The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-03-20
Special to the Journal.

Washington, March 19.-"Show me
candidate who stands for Cannon
ism and Aldrichism, and l will show
you statesman who stands for pro-
gressive legislation and against gang
rule in congress. Votes cast for
standpatters are votes cast for good
government"
Standpat Republicans declare they
can easily imagine hearing Col. Roose-
welt, with characteristic snap of teeth,
expound this brand of philosophy from
the stump in the approaching con-
gressional elections
But the progressive Republicans,
while persisting that they have equal
ly as vivid imaginations as the
standpatters, declare that it is an alb
solute impossibility for them to
imagine that Col. Roosevelt will say
anything OF the kind. Quite on the
other hand, in fact, the progressives
express the belief that the African
hunter is perhaps even now coming
some new, terrible adjectives with
which to excoriate the Cannon and
Aldrich followers.
And there your are, Each wing of
the G. o. P. still processes to believe
the ex-president will defend their re-
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tons. 1t looks as if one or the other
of the factions is to be disappointed
Or will T. r. be able to effect one
grand blend out of the assorted varie-
ties of political strains% Time alone,
it appears, will answer this question,
as no one seems to have any authentic
information as to what course Mr..
Roosevelt will take as to aligning
himself either with or against the
aft-Aldrich-Cannon oligarchy.
The Republican national congress
ional committee hopes to be able to
book the ex-president for a number Of
speeches in the west during the fall
campaign. This hope. of course, is
based on the expressed belief that
Roosevelt will support the staltwarts
Efforts by the Cannon and Aldrich
Republicans to defeat the progressives
and Independent men of both houses
are once more attracting attention.
1t is no longer a secret that the Re
publican congressional committee will
endeavor to prevent the reelection Of
every man in the house who has
fought Cannon, and that the same eff
fort is to be directed against the
| members of the senate who have re-
fused to follow the lead of Aldrieh.
President Taft is in full sympathy
with the plans of the campaign COM
mittee. They have been discussed at
the White House, and no move is be-
| ing made without the president
| knowledge and consent.
An interesting inside view of the
! political outlook in PARKWAY Maine
| is contained in the following en-
| cerpts from letter just received by
! the writer from the Hon. Fredw EN-
| cry Beane, chairman of the Maine
| Democratic State Committee:
Our presidential and gubernatorial
| elections for the past eight years
| prove to my mind that this state is
| the place to look for results, provided
| We had the funds with which to prop
| erly organize.
II thoroughly believe if fifty thous-
and dollars could be raised outside of
! this state with the funds which we
can raise, Democratic governor
| could be elected and the legislature
| so organized as to defeat the return OF
| Senator Hale. 1t would strike me
| from a business point of view that the
| defeat of Seantor Hale would be
worth at least this amount to the
country at large.
Evidently the Democratic congress
ional and national committees do not
| study situations, are unwilling 10
travel in new paths and are afraid of
| blazing their way through unknown
| territories.
Our municipal elections yesterday
prove the dissatisfaction existing
| with Republican leaders. principles
and platforms. The elections to fol.
| low next Monday will further empha.
| size this fact. l trust l may live long
| enough to see the state redeemed
from such leaders as Hale and Bur.
| leigh"
''The secretiveness of the Taft ad.
ministration will be one Of the points
that will be raised by the Democrat
in the congressional elections this
fall" said Chairman James T. Lloyd
of the Democratic National Congress
| ional Committee. THE rule that no.
body but the heads of departments