The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-04
ROOSEVELT and
TAFT INACC0RD
Will Play Political Game TO the
End.
DIFFER ON MINOR POINTS

Political Gosslps at Beverly Figure
That Former President Is to Lead
Insursent Band Back Into Fold.
More Radicals Call at Sycamore
Hin and Others Are to Follow.
President viii Make Political
Speeches In Ohio.
Beverly. Mass, July A. President
Taft and Colonel Roosevelt are in
perfect accord. Between them there
exists an understanding not express.
ed, but tacit. Between them they win
play out the great game that is to
end only at the polls next November,
and that will result in a Republican
or Democratic house of representa-.
the next presidential election may
go. The ultimate outcome of that
game they both agree. The house
must go Republican. AS to the out
come of that other election they have
the same belief, or hope the next
president of the United States must
be a member of the G.. o. p.
Minor differences of opinion as to
whether or not a chief forester of
the United States and a personal
friend of one man was fired unjustly
and questions of the fitness of Ger.
tain cabinet officials will be subordi.
mated. Colonel Roosevelt has been
called the greatest living Amerl.
can" and conservatives have laughed,
but few would deny that he is the
greatest living politician In the coun.
try.
President Taft is the "titular' head
OF the Republican party. He has said
so In speeches. A few months ago
he hated politics. probably he does
yet, but at the same time he is going
to fight to retain control of the house
and to assure the party of victory in
1912. He has far too many very good
friends who might be sacrificed by
his lack of interest to ever sit quietly
by and see defeat come II he could
prevent II.
1t was admitted after the confer.
ence between the president and Col.
onel Roosevelt at the Evans cottage,
on Burgess Point, that politics had
entered but little into the conversa.
ton. The colonel, back at Oyster
Bay, declared that still he had not
made up his mind as to his attitude
toward the Taft administration. The
president at Beverly let 1t be known
that what he and the former presi-
dent had to say of things political
was tabooed, not to be discussed at
ALL
At the tea party on the portico OF
the little cottage that looks out over
Salem bay they did talk politics and
of the fight that is coming next fall.
Probably before that time the colonel
his ideas. He wrote from London, II
will be remembered, to President
Taft, a friendly, intimate letter
Many men since then have seen the
colonel who talked afterwards with
the president. At Beverly they mere
ly set the chessmen out for final
inspection. They decided how the
game should be played and who
should move the knights and who the
castles.
This, of course, officials here are
not talking about at all, but this is
the way some politicians figure out
the game. Colonel Roosevelt, the
idol Of the insurgents, the man who
Is held to be leader of the radical ell.
ement in the country, will lead those
radicals again for the good OF the
Republican party.
He began the leading of the Insur-
gents months ago. Clifford Pinchot
crossed the seas to speak with him
and pour into his ear the tale OF
troubles and woe. So did Senator
Elihu Root, who is not an insurgent.
Senator LaFollette, the radical who
outheroded Herod, called at Oyster
Bay and came away smiling, calling
the hunter "the greatest living Amer
lean" Victor Murdock, the vigorous
Kansas with the sunfiower hair;
Judge Madison Of Kansas and Sena-
tor Bristow, were there. Others no
doubt are coming. OF the last four
LaFollette and -Bristow are the only
real insurgents so far as Mr.. Taft is
concerned Bristow Is probably per
soma non grata at the White House.
LaFollette had no great love for The
odore Roosevelt when the latter was
there. Victor Murdoek insurged
largely on the rules OF the house OF
representatives. Uncle Joe Cannon,
he declared, was his meat. When
the insurgents and the Democrats in
common took much OF Cannon's pow
er away from him last March, much
of Murdock's work had been done.
President Taft himself accredited
Murdock with being most helpful in
putting through the postal savings
bank bill, called for, II may be noted,
in the Republican platform. To parts
OF the administration railroad bin
Mr.. Murdock objected, but in the end
he helped TO put that law on the stat
ute books. Other administration
measures he opposed, but in the end,
after they had been whipped into
shape, he. gave his support.
Mr.. Taft let It be known weeks