Mexico Missouri message., 1910-05-12

ment to make possible a gradual dis.
armament of the great nations of the
world.
Want Roosevelt as Leader.
1t is certain that Andrew Carnegie
and DR.. Bartholdt believe that Theo-
dore Roosevelt, the militant one, is to
lend his aid and his comfort to the
peace cause. He may do II in one
way and he may do It in another, but
If congress shall approve Of the reso-
luton which DR.. Bartholdt has intro
duced, President Taft will be asked
has been asked, in fact-to name the
former colonel of the Rough Riders as
a leading member of the peace COM
mission provided for in the resolution
of the st. Louis representative.
The peace men have formed a World
Federation league, the details of which
have been published before this time.
In a pamphlet made public by the
league, and which just now is being
given wide circulation, for it is con-
sidered that the time is ripe, there
occurs this paragraph:
"The peace of the world reposes in
the hands of eight men: The president
of the United States, Emperor Will
liam, King Edward, the car, the pres
ident of France, the emperor of Aus.
tria-Hungary, the king of Italy and the
emperor of Japan. At least six of
these eight men are peace advocates.
The vast majority of the subjects of all
of them will now favor universal
peace and will support measures that
will abolish war"
This publication of the World Fed
Grafton league is called Theodore
Roosevelt and the Peace Movement"
Andrew Carnegie, Richard Bartholdt,
Hamilton Holt, Oscar T. Crosby "a
graduate of West Point, by the way)
and Joseph H. Choate today are work
ing with warlike vigor to secure &C.
ton by congress which may lead the
way to peace, and they expect that
Theodore Roosevelt at Christiania or
elsewhere will help to make their
work easy.
Effect of Hughes Appointment.
passed since President Taft nominated
Charles e. Hughes of New York to the
position of associate justice of the
Supreme court, the Republicans and
Democrats have had time to figure out
what the effect will be of the elimina-
ton of Governor Hughes from the
field of politics. AS long as Charles
E. Hughes was "footloose" both par
ties knew he was likely to be a great
factor in the presidential year. Now
New York's governor is out Of it,
for when men go to the Supreme
bench of the United States, they go on
it to stay.
One thing has beer notable in the
tone Of the interviews which politi.
clans have given on the subject of the
presidents selection of Governor
Hughes for judicial preferment. Many
of the old-time Republican politicians
of New York state have reioiced open
Iy because the governor has been re.
moved from the arena of active par
ticipation in New York's political af.
fairs. Some of the Democrats of New
York and elsewhere have shown in
what they have said something Of ju.
bilation also, because they have felt
that Charles e. Hughes was a man
who, if he became a candidate for the
presidency, might gather to his sup
port thousands of Republicans who
might be lukewarm toward other can.
didates.
Up to the very hour that President
Taft sent the name of Governor
Hughes to the senate, no one in Wash
ington believed that the New York
man would accept the position. There
had been considerable correspondence
between the president and the gov.
ernor on the subject Of the Supreme
court vacancy, and 1t is known that
at the outset the man who was the
presidents choice did not take kindly
to the proposal to transfer the scene
of his life's work to Washington and
to change completely the sphere Of
his activities.
Moreover, 1t is possible that it was
something of a wrench for Governor
Hughes to give UP a perfectly proper
ambition, common to a good many
Americans, to be president of the
United States. President Taft, how.
ever, succeeded in inducing Governor
Hughes to take the view that duty
called him to Washington and so the
acceptance came as a surprise to the
country, and perhaps If the truth were
known, as Just as much of a surprise
to President Taft.
If the presidents policies are en-
acted into law and the people finally
commend his endeavors, 1t seems that
in the ordinary course of political
events he will be named by his party
to succeed himself; but If something
approaching failure to progress
should mark the present administra.
items course, it is conceivable thar
the party may turn elsewhere for a
candidate OF course there is the
second elective term" for Theodore
Roosevelt TO be considered, and while
nothing is known definitely of the