Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-08-14
EFFECT OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Passing of Aldrich, Cannon, Hale and
Ballinger Welcome.
BEVERLY IS NOW HEADQUARrERs
movement 90 Set Republican uou.o
In Order Finds Its Center
ri the Summer
Capital.

gram.)-Brom a man high in the council.
OF the republican party, an intimate friend
OF both President Taft and Colonel Tbao-
dore Roosevelt, 1t was learned today that
the report that Aldrich. Hale and Cannon
are to retire from leadership and thar 49,
retary Balllnger will leave the cabinet is
true. ~
The news is important" said this man
OUT " Is not as surprising to mo as 10
the public. | have been expecting It."
That President Taft is to be finally re-
fieved Of the. men who are SO especially
! objectionable to the insurgents. was It'd.
ings so sensational that the majority 81
the politicians who could be found 10 dis.
cuss the matter today. were almost too sur.
prised 10 talk about It at all. It was gem
orally agreed that II was one of the most
momentous moves in recent history OF the
party. 3
The effects. 1t was agreed, will be tars
reaching. While there is no doubt tha4
Aldrich, Hale, Cannon and BalHnger and
their friends will not give up without a
struggle, such action on the part OF the
president would tend to bring the two
wings of the party. rapidly growing apart
of late, into harmonious relations.
1t will mean. further, that the western
republicans, who have been refusing to give
the president anything but a half-hearted
endorsement, will take up the cudgels for
him as strongly as they opposed him. And
1t will mean, in all probability, his renorn-
inatlon with little opposition in 1912, as
1t had been understood by those close to
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt that he would
not want the nomination for himself unless
practically forced to take It
Ham Fish is Pleased.
1 lab ha
"insurgent' representing New York state
in congress, was delighted over the pro-
posed "shakeup" in the party.
This viii be great thing for the
fall campaign" he said. "It will have
its effect all over the country, hnd 1
feel now that the party will be able to
present united front. or course. II IL
matter with party unity as It's object,
and ought to do wonders toward uniting
the opposing factions. The best thing
about 1t seems TO me to be the decision
to drop Secretary Ballinger and Speaker
Cannon. The measure was a necessary
one"
When asked what he thought about the
future position and attitude of Senator
Aldrich, Mr.. Fish replied:
Il think he means exactly what he
says and that he plans to retire I don't
think he has been playing with the peo-
pie about his attitude at aIl.". $3.50
What is most puzzling to the leaders
of the party in this vicinity is that there
had been no intlmatlon of any such
move on the part of the president. The
selection of Senator w. Murray Crane
TO report on the political conditions in the
troubled sections of the country did not
seem to indicate to the men on the in
side that the president had changed his
views, or was inclined to pay any atten-
tion to the uprising in the west The
nearest approach to a suggestion that
something of the kind must happen came
the other day, when a member of the
presidents cabinet told a visitor, who was
bewailing the decline of the party, that
while conditions were admittedly bad,
They were coming out right"
This man, known for his sagacity as well
as hts secretiveness, is generally Regarded
as one of the members OF the administratlon
best fitted to do the harmonizing that is 80
badly needed. II the move reported from
Beverly is true, there is little doubt that
he had. much to do with H.
What 1t Means out West.
In the west the announcement will have
important bearing on senatorial elections
that are to be decided this fall The most
important viii be in Wisconsin ana Indiana.
where La Toilette and Beveridge are up
fer reelection. At the Wisconsin primaries
! 1t is expected that the senator will win.
but the regulars have been talking about
ignoring the primary and electing another
man when the legislature convenes In View
OF the presidents attitude, such a plan
would surely be abandoned. while in In
diana the passing OF Aldrich and Cannon
would tend to put back OF Beverldge. who
has a savage fight on his hands, a re-
united party.
| That Beverly is being made the head
quarters OF the movement to set the re-
publican house IN order is generally ad-
mitted. The various moves are being made
quietly, but effectively
Senator Crane OF Massachusetts has been
one Of the active forces in the new politI-
cal movement. II was he who went west to
see Secretary Ballinger and II was he, also,
who went to see Senator Aldrich at War
wick Neck, last Sunday. Hereafter sena-
tor Cranes moves will be watched with
peculiar interest
| Postmaster General Hitchcock, president
OF the, national committee has been at
Beverly twice within the week. The presi-
dent, II is said. will continue to use both
Senator Crane and Mr. Hitchcock on mis-
stons TO which they are best suited No
question has arisen as TO their political
precedence
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