The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-08-19
Sensational Situation Forced
by Republicans
.INSURGENT CAUSE Grow
War on the Standpatters Without Any
compromise-The Party Split by
New York Rejection Of the
Ex-president.

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patch to the Transcript describes tbs
present political situation al tollows
The greatest political crisis since the
| AEugwump reputation OF Blaine ia 1854
the most sensational situation since
Roosevelt as president. started out to
nominate William H. Taft as his sue
cessor, has developed in the Repubi.
can party within the last few days,
in the opinion Of politicians here Il
is clear that the battle will be fought
on straight standpat and insurgent
lines, with no compromise 70 be expect
ed from either side lnsurgent Repubi.
cans have ru.hlessly slaughtered regulars
in Kansas, California and every other
western state where they have had the
opportunity With the encouragement
their cause has received from the defeat
Of such men as Mckinley and AIcIach-
Ian IN California and Scott and Calder
head in Kansas, their half victory in
I Ohio and the determined warfare now
on in Minnesota. Wisconsin and other
western states, the insurgents can have
neither the desire nor the power to
change their course. The defeat by sher.
man, Of Roosevelt, for the chairman
ship Of the New York convention Is re-
gardcd here as the electric spark that
win blow the Republican party wide
open
With All his natural inclination to
work alike with regulars aud insurgents.
dominating both through The power of
his wonderful personality, Roosevelt il
now forced to a lineup. IL must fight
to maintain his own prestige. His nat.
uraI opponents are regulars, not insur-
gents. Vice President james S. sher.
man typifes Bourbon regularity in Con.
gress as no other man can, unless II
be John Dulzell, for Cannon is much
more amenable TO influence than Sber
man. Sherman Is too good a politician
not to appreciate the significance Of per.
hitting himself to run against Roosr.
welt. This action alone has served no
tice upon every regular Republican in
the country that when he dnds himself
opposed BY a progressive he must fight,
not compromise. The reported utter
ances of Mr. Sherman at Beverly con
firm the accuracy 81 this deduction.
The only large question left unsettled
il the attitude Of President TAFT to.
ward him lie is frankly under the sus
pieion Of the Insurgents, as the Iowa
state convention testifes, aud as man
OF broad and progressive ideas, partieu-
larly with respect to the tariff, he is not
a natural associate Of the regulars. The
4old guard is concerned chiefly with /
two material issues Of the present CON
aict One is personal power, which they
win not surrender until it is dubbed /
from their grasping hands. The other
is the high protective tariff, Of which /
Vice President sherman il the most I'M.
compromising defender, as Indicated IN
his st. Louis speech in April; Mr. sher
man would regard heavy volume Of
imports as affording sufficient excuse
for increasing rates, regardless Of wheth-
er American industries were holding their
own. This always has been the plan
Of the high protectionists, who have
taught the country to regard imports
as an evil on the ground that they have
dmined the country Of gold and ignored
the principle that foreign customer
can buy more American goods and pay
his bills better if he is prosperous than
# he ~ poor Mr. Sherman typihes
the high protectionist element which i
the backbone Of Republican regularity
The afIiliation II MI Taft with these
forces, much more his leadership Of them
N the present campaign, would be IN.
natural not to say impossible, If the
president intends to persist In his pro.
gramme Of tariff revision. That he does
% intend is doubted by no one who
Snows him we'll
The present storm, whose flashes re-
real Roosevelt as preparing to fight the
men who are claiming Taft as an ally +
10 doubt has it head and source, az
ar as the ex-president is concerned,
,ver the Ballinger- Pinehot elnbroelio.
rhe opinion is well-nigh unanimous
lmong the sincere friends Of the admin !
stlation that the president owes it
. himself and his party to insist upon
lie retirement Of Secretary Ballinger ,
low that the well intended attempts Of !
,thers to secure his withdrawal have i
ailed Upon few other issues than con
ervation can either Roosevelt or the
find much fault with Mr.. Taft II
S progressive administrator, and :
many Of the insurgents are Ballinger q
men. The legislative programme of Taft. /
With this one exception Is as progress {
IKE as that Of Roosevelt and has made
tucker headways {
But this one point fs the tenderest in G
he Roosevelt anatomy, as it IS also 1
,robably the most important to tho )
ountry in the long rum Il is believed a
ERE that the Roosevelt position toward ]
aft may be much modified Or softened i
hould Secretary Bailinger, as has been Z
resign from the cabinet after 5