The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-01-24
{Il FLIES At .. .,
WASHINGTON
D,,,ident Has Fighting Blood up
and Intends to Scrap to
a Finish.
| raE POLITICIANS ARE LIVELY
| n, Patronage for Insurgents Is
One Thing That May
Bring Peace.
r4f POLITICIANS ARE LIVELY
Bv Ernest G.. Walker.

RV ErleSl ". w d4h1A'
Mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, January 12.-The
men IN var clothes have the center Of
"a. raitieal arena. RumOrs of combat
f. thick and fast. Washington focuses
,,,tv attention because the forces
ta champion divergent views are
wing and promise to make a high old
winter Of it.
yaTsiavs there is little talk of
susbt else than Ballinger and Pinchot.
Men are fond of telling one another
sgpy morning how Chief Forester Cliff
| t,l Pinchot wrote letter to Senator
u P Deliver. of Iowa, which DoIliver
| rp,j 10 the senate, how the letter
. heathed with insubordination, reflect
d mon The President $ decision in ex-
aerating Ballinger and justified 0. W.
. Pee. assistant forester, and 4. c.
Saw. bureau attorney, for aiding and
aetting the publicity campaign against
Secretary Ballinger, Every morning in
lie l9anging places Of the Capitol men
ore telling one another anew how the
President held three cabinet meetings
i.rhFith, reluctantly threw Forester
Pinehot cut OF office, making public a
sref explaining why, and how the bat
tie ]; raging at the Capitol over the
makeup Of the Ballinger-P inchot joint
Investigating committee.
There are many obseryant men who
an careful to let no detail of the
n9reHiQas transactions of recent DAYS
ftale them. Such events. that stand
nj ii the chronicle of Washington
a1lIfs, set men to talking as nothing
- can. The senate and house com
1l;iee rooms buzz with comments. The
aiIie House offices buzz with com
meat The departments crane for the
iles and most incisive developments.
Leaders Sit Steady.
ihe wise old leaders. however. are
Jung steady and holding tight. When
aanngton IS thrilled by events like
l5ss there are earnest souls who rush
s'a with feverish comments about a
ms beng at hand and emphasize the
myers q the party going to the bow
soa> lhey have had a better chance
4a ever because a handful of In.
4sefts and the Democrats Of the
,sa% happened to combine the very
y 'aa1 Pmchot was fired and. by
aaffity Of three. modified the provi
~ lo' the choice of the six mem
e Of the Joint committee TO inves
sa't balllnger and the interior de
ll'in4Ht.
President Firm.
ne President is putting his HAND
-,-t 'e the helm He will not sane
AsaoordinatiOn in his official force
1's announced his legislative pro
az u a special message. he propose.
awe straight ahead. The dnlpfu
FaiS2As about the conditions o.
l,fST when he was triumphant1y
aud naugurated and now and
@ l0gnhrious comparisons be
Nc conditions that urevaila,
HARRISON in the middle Of hi
alsEa'ion and between Repnblicar
,.'AS mat are prevalent now !,
H., "FToarase the big man in tn,
=. mouse He tried as no Presidcn
~ before TO patch up a neac.
3, NE warning Ballinger and fh,
r,.3 Flneaot The quarrel wa
an Issue and when the fatefr
r., zane the President assume,
n,s ,' INV, He proposes 10 driv
!, aa-e' no secret Of his dcrreio,
e,tigation must be hold an,
rs,a ,.''o0gh' even though ex Forest q
s,rr. LOW outside the governmer
.oHes up the role Of chief nroe
ny even though his own sacra
'e Interior should be disara5i+
l. ~ o.. one thinks for a minute h
1 :. on. mi the President is not look
, st brought ont for RI the " inform "a.
ms ne s5s country !. He has been . s !.
3.s. se'a1 it that he has nrac+;car
ge,. W every step yet taken r
! sbl. " sentinizing the names ~
4 IA. e men for service On " +ba on ~
I M, '. % the senate and the ron..
I t,,. % obtain senators arg , ro..-.
vz5 of Of known ability and 't fa,,
80 ., would command the c @%f I,..
:, Fighting Blood Up.
s<5 ming blood is m. v,n- l..