The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-15
By JAMES Hay. II.

HAY, il.
terms and is regarded as 8Ir- Tafrs first
step toward assuming the active leader
shiD or the progressive wing of the
party
Farewell To AIdrieh.
Il Is construed here as a public fare
well 70 the old days. when the admins
tration walked down the political high
way hand-iE-hand with Senator Nelson
W Aldrich and attuned its steps to the
coUnseIs OF the New England oIigarcHv.
Il Is believed to be a formal Eood-by
10 the old stand that the insurgents
were 10 be stamped out OF existence.
Here IS the telling paragraph IN Mr..
Merton s letter describing the Presidents
attitude as IL viii be from now on
In the preliminary skirTnishes in Ger
tain States. Ike Wisconsin and Iowa.
and elsewhere. he was willing, in the in
terests Of what the leaders believed
would lead TO party success. TO make
certain Determinations but the Presi-
dent has concluded that il Is his d7rfv
szc= g treat ali Republican Representa-
tIves and Senators alike. without any
distinction
Announcement Dramatic.
While the Presidents announcement Of
his determination 10 abandon his old
policy OF discrimination against the In
surgents has been IN course OF preUara-
ton for several days. its publication
comes At peculiarly dramatic tine.
The morning neWspspers brought 10
Beverly the Information that Theodore
Roosevelt is contemDlatinE making a
speech at Syracuse. y. y before the
State convention meets setting forth his
views Of TAFT and the Taft Adn1inistrs
ton These dispatches further frtinate4
that the speech would not b especially
complimentary to the President OWN
TO the fact that ne was not IN sympathy
with the nroCressives vho have been
shouting Roosevelts praises
II IS neiieved in Beverly that Mr.. Tan
within the next few weeks VIII give even
more pronounced proof OF his willing
( LesS l ana qesire TO oe REGARDED as the
EedI as Iseli aS the utulaT leader OF the
proCressives-
Friends OF the President realize that
MS action today may be construed in
some quarters as a knuckIing-uuder 10
Roosevelt. and that he may be charged
with having been smoked out OF his
allegiance to the old guard Of stand
patIeTS The President himself hoz--
yer. is understood TO take the position
that he has made this step only for the
sake OF party harmony, and without any
I regard to the effect II may have on his
( political future
Asks Insurgents Aid
I The publication OF this letter toda-.
+ Offering as II does, the fruits Of pat
rOnage TO the insurgents and asking
1 for their support in the coming Con
/ gTessionaI elections, marks q sensational
y chapter in one OF the most unusual
] political stories in American history
The Taft administration started out
l on the verse CT fighting Speaker Caunoo
/ 10 the death and heating him for the
; Speakereship OF the House Then the
/ plan was changed. The White House
| worked with Cannon AID Aidrich and
/ Crane IN revising the tariff. the Presi-
dent went 10 Winona and made speecb
} defending Representative Tavney, a
/ henchman OF Cannon. and lined fp nm
( equivocaIly with the standpstteTs. The
I triD on which he made the yvinora
I speech. by the wsv, vas begun exactly
one year ago TODAY.
The expiration Of the twelve months
I finds the President lining u with the
/ insurgents who have taken possession,
: OF the Western country, and II sees AID
I rich and Hale refusing 10 run for -
4 election 20 the Senate while Cannon
cannot be reelected Speaker OF the
{ House.
Text Of Letter.
/ The text Of the document OF trl,oe.
which is intended 20 bring into the party
I fold such men as DoIIiver and Cumrnins
| of Iowa, La Toilette Of Wisconsin. Bris-
1 tow OF Kansas. and the insurEent repre-
/ sentatives, reads as follows:
Your letters Of the ninth are At hand
and I have DELAYED replying until after
/ the primary elections
The President directs ne to express
TO You and your friends his deep aupre-
! ciatiou Of the work which you have
! done and the powerful assistance which
! you have extended 10 the Administration
from the beEinning-an assistance that
has contributed much TO the leEislat.y
ana otner successes which have Zen
secured
The President recognizes that vou-
/ eHorts nave been wholly disinterested
that you have fought sfurdi1v and
generously for what YOU believe to be
i his interests and the welfare and sue
cess of the party
i While Republican legislation uss
opposed by certain Republicans. tise
President felt il TO be his duty 10
the party end the country to with
hold Federal patronage from certain
senator's and congressman who seem
ed 90 be IN opposition TO the Admin
istration's efforts 10 carry out the