The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-30
GIVING HIM ROPE ENOUGH TO
ENTANGLE HIMSELF UP IN
Taft Exercising Forbearance While Roosevelt
2@. Cavorts to the Disadvantage of
Republican Harmony.

much TO the party S embarrassment in
the campaign. 1t is all but openly
charge that he has been fomenting
! discord, in the belief that there will be
Republican defeat, resulting in a
great clamor for him to come forth as
the savior of the party.
In such an emergency, it is almost
certain, say those who know President
Taft, that. his fighting blood up. he
would enter the lists against his erst-
! while friend and try conclusions be-
fore the people The organization, of
which the President is leader would
not tamely submit. They would resent
the off year defeat, as a result of the
| colonel s activity IN stirring up pro-
gressives, oppose him in the national
convention and, should he win there,
which would be by no means certain,
/ oppose him at the polls.
Call for Harmony.
Quietly, but persistently. President
Taft continues to forward .his plans
for the congressional campaign He has
! followed his campaign book letter with
another appeal for party harmony in the
! campaign, and has announced that all
| Republican senators and representatives
/ will hereafter be treated ,"without dis
| tinction - IN the matter of patronage
This patronage announcement was made
through a letter which Secretary Nor
: ton gave out to the newspapers by the
! President IS direction. 1t occasioned a
little surprise, as it contained a state
! ment that the President had been re
fusing patronage to Insurgent senators
and representatives who failed to CO.
operate with him in enacting the laws
: he wanted of congress for the fulfill
ment of party pledges.
! One of the most notable para graphs
in the letter reads that ''while Repub-
lican legislation pending in congress
was opposed by certain Republicans, the
! President felt it to be his duty to the
party and to the country to withhold
| federal patronage from certain senators
! and congressman who seemed to be III
opposition to the administration s eff
! forts to carry out the promises of the
party platform. That attitude, how
ever, ended with the primary elections
and nominating conventions which have
now been held and in which the voters
have had the opportunity to declare
themselves. -
! 1t is known that, while the letter
was signed by Secretary Norton, it was
+ dictated by the President An appeal
for all the factions to come together
for the campaign is contained in the
document. 1.-THE people have Spoken
/ the letter states. Fand as the party
must be settled by Republicans of
every shade of opinion whether the diff
, ferences of the last session shall be
perpetuated or shall be forgotten
| The closing paragraph of the letter
announces that che (the President)
| will now follow the usual rule in Re
publican congressional districts and
States and follow the recommendations
made by Republican senators and con
! g1essmen of whatever shade of politi-
cal opinion, only requiring that the men
recommended shall be the most com
petent and the best fitted for that par
ticular Office
I The name of the person to whom the
letter had been addressed was omitted
from the copies furnished to the press.
1t is understood, however. to have been
written to a Republican in Iowa. who
was one of many correspondents inquir-
ing why the President did not appoint
postmasters. district attorneys, internal
revenue collectors and other federal of
fees in the States when such appoint
ments We're recommended by Insurgent
senator's and representatives Evidence
has been pouring in upon the President
that his refusal TO allow the Insurgents
the same patronage recognition that
other Republicans in congress have was
hurting the party.
+ Refusal Helped Insurgents
For a long time the President refused
to honor the political endorsement of
Senator Bob La Toilette of Wiscon-
sin. The senator wanted a certain man
appointed United States district at
tornev for one Of the Wisconsin dis
tricts. but for months there had been
"nothing doing In the meantime
Senator Isaac Stephenson, who is SEN
ator La Toilette s colleague from Wis
cousin and who was voting for every
thing in congress that the Regular lead
ers wanted. was getting all the local
patronage. If he asked for the nomi
nation Of a postmaster il given town
or city where there happened to be a
vacancy. the nomination was made
forthwith
But Senator La Toilette was adver-
i Using TO his constituents early and late