Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-06

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| breathed criticism of the administration.
| They called loudly for man like RoOse-
welt as the head of the nation. They
| have been even worse in their attacks
| than the covert methods Of Senator La
Follettes magazine or the outspoken
attacks of Senator Clapp of Minnesota,
both of whom are in the hung-up class.
like the we'll picked Thanksgiving or
| Christmas turkey.
Senators Taking Counsel.
| 1t is understood that mysterious confer
ences are in almost daily progress among
these three senators to determine whether
! they will hurl defiance at the administra-
| ton or join in the Bull Run movement
now in progress among their former col
| leagues in Senate and House to crawl UNI
der the great administration tent before
| the big three-ring performance gets under
| Roadway and all seats are taken. VI the
| three men Senator Bristow could possibly
| afford to be more defiant than either OF
| the others. His reelection is farther
away than either La Folette's or Clapps.
| The term of the latter expires year
from next March and the legislature to be
elected this year will choose his successor
| Frank Kellogg, the trust breaker of the
| administration, is an avowed candidate
against him. Kellogg is not much of
crushing a shell. Clapp has been talking
a great DEAL possibly too much for his
| future benefit.
| La Follettes term expires simultane-
| ously with that Of Clapp. He has al
ways had to fight for his political life.
He must win the legislature of Wiscon-
| sin this year or be left out in the cold.
Can he keep out Of the frigid blasts OF the
unprotected exterior and fight the ma
tional administration. especially when it
looks If that administration will put
through laws this year that will make
it popular with the very classes of the
| west upon which La Toilette and Clapp
depend for continuation in public life?
With the picture Of the icy blasts of
| the outside will the warmth of the in
| side finally triumph with the Wisconsin
and Minnesota senator's?
Cannon on Regularity.
The doctrine of party regularity was
lexpounded today by Speaker Cannon. 1t
was a characteristic delivery. The Speak
err had made brief call on President
Taft, remaining only few minutes about
a matter in which he said the President
| was interested On his way out he
struck the newspaper brigade. Asking
match. of which he Is always minus. he
lit the stump of cigar that had become
extinguished. stuck 1t upright in the east
corner of his mouth and then started to
sa- enter away. Questions of different
sorts were fired at him and then some
one asked about the insurgents. Uncle
joe hesitated. 'Ah-ah-ah," he began,
and his left hand went up into the air.
He reflected a minute. stopped as II The
would not say anything. raised his left
hand once more, sawed the air with 1t In
familiar style and delivered himself &C
| cordngly:
My test of regularity in politics. church.
finance or family is cooperation. har-
mony. ! am a great believer in caucus
| the wicked caucus. Get together and fight
out differences there. and If you are licked
come back again and fight again. We
can't all have our way in this world. We
do not have our way, no matter now
big or high We may be. The manly man
gives and takes. fights or yields as ne
thinks best for his cause haven't much
patience with these men who are wiser
than all the other fellows put together.
whose views are Interchangeable. 1 always
| feel than man Of that sort has no bust
ness in an organization. If he can't night
1t out in party or church ranks, and yield
| If he is beaten, then he had better go over
to the enemy, OF. better still. go out and
form an organization of his own But all
this is chestnutty. bays: the worst sort
| Of chestnuts. But l want 1t understood
that did not mention this subject to the
President or he to me. am not trying to
run his business"
The Illinois legislature is now in ses-
sion having been called by Gov. Deneen
| to enact a direct primary law and to put
other legislation on the law books OF the
state. The reports from that state are
that Speaker Cannon, Representative NC
Kinley and several others are using their
Influence with senator's and members of
the lower house to kill measure or tnat
kind. The speaker is represented as such
q believer in caucuSes, conferences ana
Organization that he does not consider the
direct primary the best method OF public
expression. AS result he is running into
serious opposition from newspapers in
his state heretofore friendly to him.
Nav Go to New York.
Representatives Goldfogle. Goulden.
Bennett. Harrison. Sulzer and Fornes OF
New York asked President Taft today to
visit New York Memorial day, May 20.
and review what they said would be one
of the greatest parades in years. largely
composed of G. 4. r. veterans and vol
unteer soldiers of New York and sur
rounding states The President said he
| could not definitely accept the invitation
this far in advance, as Congress might
not have adjourned or he might be on his
way tn Alaska. He would attend II ne
could do SO.
| President Taft postponed a visit to
! Alaska last year. when he went west. but
his intention Is to go to that territory and
see matters for himself at the earliest OPP
! portunity He will go this summer II he
| can, and may leave right after Congress
| q dtourns and before he goes to Beverly
REPRESENTATIVE Olmsted of Pennsyl-
yania. chairman of the House committee
on territories. conferred with the Presi-
dent today about legislation for Porto
Rico. Mr. Olms.ed has some ideas. and
SO has the President but II was agreed
that nothing will be framed until Sec
rotary Dickinson comes back from the
of suffrage for the people. together with
/ his views on other questions.