The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-04-14

hhoW ekdCtiy now 10 Jake the COlO-
! nels silence, Mr., Roosevelt was met
by number OF men who had with
them the insurgents tale to tell.
while there were present only one or
two at the meeting with the colonel
to enlighten him as to the administra-
TONS side OF legislative progress in
the United States. OF course, Mr..
Roosevelt found letter from Senator
Root at the Khartum postoffice. and
this probably gave him the most elab-
crate account of American dongs from
the administrators point OF view.
Some Conflicting Sentiments.
A good many members of the in
| surgent faction in the lower house OF
congress are members of what has
! been called the Back from Elba
club" although II is hardly necessary
to say that this club has really no
| actual existence as an organization
One of the curious things that have
come out of the Roosevelt silence is the
recent outspeaking OF some of the Dem
ocrats who for reasons of their own
seem to want TO impress II upon the
Republicans that Mr.. Roosevelt is the
only man with whom the latter can
hope to win the election In 1919. II Is
entirely probable that, nasmuch as
this is advice from their friend the
enemy" the Republicans viii be a lit
tie shy of accepting 1t at its face
value
In a speech delivered in the house
recently Representative Palmer of
| pennsylvania spoke of Theodore
Roosevelt rs the first insurgent of
them all This was intended by the
| Democratic member to let the insur-
gents understand that he and presu-
mably others of his party believed that
Mr.. Roosevelt was the chief apostle of
the movement which had resulted in
the taking away of some of the power
| from Speaker Cannon. and in other
movements in which the insurgents
are or were engaged.
Suspicious Of the Democrats.
A Democratic member of the house
committee on agriculture recently told
a group of Republicans that II Mr..
Roosevelt should run agaio for the
presidency he could carry Georgia
and North Carolina and would come
pretty close to carrying South Caro-
| lima.
Other Democrats have been telling
the Republicans in cloakroom and In
corridor, and occasionally on the floor
OF the house, that the majority partys
one man in whom their hope for sue
cess can be placed Is Theodore Roose-
welt. In fact, the Republicans have
had this dinned into their ears by the
Democrats so long that even those who
were inclined at the first to believe
that their Democratic advisers were
telling the truth are now asking them
selves what motive the Democrats
have In view.
II the Democrats Control?
Republicans In congress are spec-
ulating good while in advance,
IL Is true. as to what the Dem
ocrats VIII do If they secure control OF
The lower house in the Sixty-second
congress. The Democrats themselves
are consulting privately as to what
VIII be best for them to do II they
come into partial possession of the
legislative fat of the land.
! There Is practically no chance that
| the senate of the United States can
become Democratic before the year
1913, when new administration also
VIII take hold of the reins of power
therefore If the present minority
party should become the majority in
the house in 1911 1t could not hope
10 secure the passage of much legis-
lation that would receive the sanction
OF the senate and the president.
Some of the Democrats say that the
best thing that their party can do If
1t succeeds in getting control of the
house Is to start straight at the work
OF formulating and passing an out-and-
out downward revision tariff measure,
then to send 1t over to the senate to
be killed. The militant Democrats
say enthusiastically that this Is the
only way 10 impress on the country
| that they they are true to their old
standards and that they believe the
way to decrease the price of living is
to attack high prices through the high
tariff. Some of the prominent minor
ity members believe that II on com
4'o INV poWNt III tnS DOuS6 the
Gratis pass a tariff bill that the coun-
try, seeing that they have the courage
OF their convictions. and having come
to the belief that the tariff is too
high, will see to it that a Democratic
senate is returned and that a Demo
cratic president is elected to succeed
William III. Taft
Ideas of the Leaders.
There are other Democrats, how
ever, who contend that If tariff bill
is introduced into the house in the
day of party success, that of course
1t cannot become the law of the land
because of Republican senate, and
that it viii be something worse than
wasted effort.
Moreover, there are some of the
leading Democrats who say 1t was
shown during the Payne.Aldrich bill
discussed that many of the minority
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