The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-04
President Will Defend Admin
istration Against Attacks of
Enemies Who Try to Stultify
His Policies as Executive.
RUM0RS OF CHANGES IN
CABINET UNC0NFIRME
Vacancy in Supreme Court
Caused by Death of Justice
Brewer May be Filled by APP
pointment of Gov, Hughes.
w WASHINGTON, April 3.-The Taft
w administration is about To de-
TEND itseIf aggressINeIY before

XTAsHINGTON, April s.-The Taft
w administration is about 10 de-
fend itself aggressiVeIy before
the people of The United states.
Convinced that the public mind has
been impressed by attacks upon the adj
minlstratiOn In many parts of the eOun-
try, and that criticisms cannot be per-
mitted TO pass unanswered without in
jury 10 Republican prestige. the party
leaders have decided Ia sczrry the war
into the enemy's country"
President Taft is now declared 60 he
ready and anxious to assume the Of
fCnsiVe.
The opening guns will be fired next
Saturday I'm Washington by the PreSi-
dent 1n person, and in Chicago by At
tOrney General Wickersham.
Mr.. Taft will speak ia this city on the
subject of organization and he will be
supported by other powerful orators
of the Republican party Attorney
General Understands subject viii be
the policies of the administration. Other
speakers ON the platform with Mr. Taft
viii be Senator Lodge, Representative
Mckinley of Illinois, chairman of the
Republican congressional committee;
Representative Duncan McKinlay Of
California. and John Hays Hammond.
Leaders Are Interested.
Nothing has created so much interest
among the Republican leaders in
Washington since the Inauguration of
Mr.. Taft as the plan now formulating
to defend the administration. Some of
the facts are to be brought out about
the operation of the Payne-Aldrich
tariff bill and fl is expected that legis-
lation will be called upon to answer the
concrete evidence if this subject is to
continue as an issue within the party.
The party, 1t is said, expects con-
fidently to close the session of congress
with interstate commerce, statehood,
postal savings, anti-injunctiOn and
conservation legislation to its credit
In addition, il is hoped statement
may be issued showing a very great
saving has been made in governmental
expenditure
Little is being said by party leaders
about the issue of "Canaonism' be-
y0nd the statement that this question
will take care of itself at the right
time. The only explanation vOuch-
safed for this comment is that Speaker
Cannon is expected to resign the speak
ership at the close of the present ses-
sion of congress
Host of Candidates.
Should the speaker resign at the close
of the present session at a time when
there would be no opportunity 10
choose his successor before next win
ter. it is argued several members of
the present House would Immediately
announce themselves as candidates. No
official statements on this subject are
expected from the speaker. His friends
believe il would be inadvisable for him
to weaken the organization of the
House at this time by disclosing ms
intentions. They argue that in view or
the recent battle in the House, all the
force that was retained by the Repub-
lican ma jority Is needed If the admin
istratiOn legislative program Is to sue
coed.
There are rumors that before the con-
gressiOnaI elections some changes may
be expected in the Presidents cabinet,
but none of these stories can be con-
firmed. In fact, no one processes 10
have any first-hand information on the
subject. At the same time the general
IMPRESSION seems to be that an effort
will he made to strengthen the cabinet
in political way. Among the retire
ments often mentioned as possible are
those OF secretary Dickinson and of
Pos tmaster General Hitchcock. Also,
it is said. AIR. Ba1linger may resign
from the interior department after the
present investigation if the change can
be made without subjecting himself to
the charge of retiring under fire.
Some of the party leaders are urging
upon the President the adVisablllty OF
appointing to the treasury some man
who has been affiliated with the party.
There is no dissatisfaction with the ad-
ministratiOn Of Secretary MacNeagh,
but some politicians argue that the
President should not hesitate to use
every leverage To advance the admins
tration politically. If two or more
changes should be made in the cabinet,
it is said, with some show of authority,
that one of the places would go to
William J. Loeb Jr. former secretary
to Mr.. Roosevelt and now collector OF
customs in New York.
No one in the confidence of President
Taft, It is said. would be surprised If
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