The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-31
LOOKING FORWARD TO
CONSERVATION SPEECH
President Expected to Guido insurgency in
His Opening Campaign Address at
st. Paul Next Week.

l5.-Whatever the outcome of the No
vember election, turbulent time for
the Republicans is assured during the
remainder of this congress and during
the life Of the next. The insurgent
cause has progressed sufficiently IN the
West to make it certain that there viii
be a big insurgent representation in the
senate and the house for two years
more. None Of the insurgent senators
comes up for reelection this year, ex-
cept Senator La Toilette and it is al
most a certainty not only that he will
get back for a SIX years term but that
two or three others will be elected from
the West. To be sure Senator Bev-
eridge is now classed as an insurgent
but he does not belong in the insurgenC
belt of the West and has not been
identified with the cause, except since
Indiana went Democratic two years
ago His reelection, as is very well
understood, stands very uncertain.
Kansas has just nominated six insur.
gent candidates for congress and there
can be little doubt that most of these
viii be elected. Iowa has insurgent
nominees in the field and so it is all
over the West and Northwest. Most
of these men viii come to congress
for the next two years. where they
will keep up the agitation for reform.
They have been encouraged to this end
by what they have already done and
the influence they have exerted upon
federal legislation.
President Taft is striving to check
the insurgent movement by adopting
policies in some part which it stan Is
for. He has not been altogether sue
cessful IN appeasing the faction. how
ever. as the insurgents insist that he
is not sincere in this but man of
expediencv. The big test in this regard
is over conservation, one of the great
insurgent issues The President is
meeting his critics more squarelv on
this. perhaps. than on any other con-
tention. He has obtained some initial
legislation on conservation which has
enabled him to put his conservation poll
cies into operation and now he is start
ING out early to outline his further con-
servation plans.
At st. Paul's Next Week.
The acceptance by him few days
ago of an invitation to the conserva-
ton congress at st. Paul, September D,
demonstrates that the President IS
ready 20 join issue with his critics n
that instance The invitation was ac-
cepted after considerable delay. The
President was not quite clear in his
I nrrI< o
into the West and into the heart CT
the opposition camp. He would afford
opportunity for people to make com
9arisons between the enthusiasm shown
in his reception and that shown in the
reception to exPresident Roosevelt.
He would give prominent conservation
lists opportunity to criticize his plans,
for it is understood that he expects to
outline there what he will say IN ms
annual message to congress about con
servatiOn.
Speech and Message.
ANYHOW, the President has accepted
the invitation and he is preparing the
speech. He viii advise with number
Of influential Republicans before he
puts it into final shape. Indeed he
let il be known that he would not ac-
cept the invitation to ST. Paul. because
of the demands it would make upon
| his time were it not that IN preparing
the speech he could in reality be pre-
pairing portion Of his annual message.
| OF course. the same language will not
90 into the annual message. But the
| general outline viii he similar. Then as
conservation is TO be an important feat.
ure of the administration from this
| time on, the, President feels that he can
well submit his ideas upon that sub
! ipct before such a representative body
as the conservation congress will be.
| In the discussion and criticism which
| will follow in the three ensuing months,
| he can gather ideas that viii enable
! him to modify his recommendations in
details for the consideration of con
gress.
Big Political Event.
All the country viii he watching his
appearance at st. Paul. It IS certain
to lie a big political event of the au-
tumr. It will come iust as the time
when the state and congressional cam
paigns are beginning in earnest and,
| if he succeeds in making a good i'm
preston with his suggestions for hand
| NM the CONSTR q lIbI Hipijtlllt II W III
rebound in a material way to the henc-
fit of his party in the campaign.
Economy Program.
Within the last few days the Presi-
dent has inaugurated a new phase Of
the economy program. This is done
under the authority Of congress in ap-
propriatjng 100000 for the investiga.
ton and reorganization Of the depart
ments at Washington. II has been
virtually decided that commission VIII
be selected to consist of one official in
each of the departments and independ-
emit bureaus and that this commission
shall have the assistance II q corps of
experts The work in reality IS to be
conducted by the secretary to the Presi-
dent, Mr. Norton, who has already sent
out statement inviting expert ac-
eountants and others to submit plans
for q program Of investigation.
II is the intention that the reorgani-