The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-28
Recent Events Clearly Show
That "Stand-Patters" Are
Losing Ground.
PROGRESSIVE INSURGENT
SPIRIT FILLS THE AIR
Not Many of the Shrewdest Poll
ticianS FOresaw the Political
Earthquake.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

by LeQSe0 wire 10 Inc lTlpuHe,
WASHINGTON. Aug; 27-Muffled
the old guard In congress From
Maine to California and from the Ca
madam line to Atlanta, the dolcful sound
is heard by the mon who made the things
in congress as they are.
When the sXty-second congress as
sembles in December, If President Taft
does not call II sooner to make another
attempt at downward revision. Aldrich.
Hale, Flint and Warner will certainly
be out OF the senate. and II Cannon is
In the house he will be without the scep-
ter OF the speakership, even II the cleo
tion in November returns Republican
majority thing not now expected by
the men who are going 10 make the Re-
publican fight J. "A. I. Hull OF Iowa,
mittee on military affairs, will not an
swer TO his name, because II Will not
be on the roll. Calderhead Of Kansas.
strctest OF the sect of standpatters. Will
also be among the missing. Duncan 4.
McKinay of California is sad case.
Just before he stripped for the contest
with William Kent, insurgent. President
Taft wrote n fine Endorsement for him
Mckinlay added TO that letter by permit
ting II to become known that in the next
congress he would be the mouthpiece
of the White House. lie thought he
would simply use Kent as n choppine
block. because Kent, native OF Cali
fonri1. had dipped into reform in Chica-
90. where he was one OF the moving
spirits In the Voters league. After his
dip into Illinois politics he went home TO
try the Windy City methods in the Cold
en- state. The old guard element In Cali
fornia laughed at Kent, but three days
before the primaries Duncan e. the
handwriting on the wall and II was not
pleasing. so he went to Kentucky. on the
pretense that he had TO make a speech
theee
Political Earthquake.
Frank Il. Flint, senator from Califor
MIA. is the only member OF the old guard
other. than Nelson w, Aldrich, that got
out Of the way Of his own accord. Not
II living soul expected the political
earthquake that has broken the fabric
OF the organization in that state when
Flint announced that he would not be
candidate for another term. He said he
could not stand the expense of a primary
canvass such the laws OF California
.reaulrcd this year for the first time.
The Democrats VIII miss some war
horses, too. Principal among them is
Col Lon Livingston Of Georgia He was
the ranking Democratic member OF the
appropriation committee. but he was in
favor OF the Cannon rules, and his con-
s;ituents decided they did not need him
any more.
Federal officials in New York state who
have played II prominent part in the turn
ing down of Roosevelt arc in serious dan
ger OF being deprived of their comfortable
bcrths, according 10 officials In the treas
ury department
The formal charges against them IL is
said. will be perniclous activity in poll
tics. The real basis for their dismissal
will be that they placed President Taft
In false light in turning down Roose
vcli as temporary chairman Of the Re-
publican state committee
Prominent among the men who are
slated for Dismissal, according TO gossip
In the treasury department, are William
Barnes, Jr, who holds the position as
surveyor Of the port OF Albany, side
line 10 his newspaper and political work,
and John ~ Merritt, collector OF the port
AT Niagara Falls and former postmaster
ut Washington. II is understood the
present plan is TO permit these men and
several others whose names have not yet
become public to remain undlsturbcd in
their positions until after the November
elections.
At tha: time President Taft will be
approached with proposition TO remove
the men and 10 give their places TO or
ganiZation men who can be counted up
on TO be considerably less conspicuous
In shaping the party course in the empire
state,
II so happens that practically every one
of the men slated for dismissal is u
Roosevelt apponlee.
Notwithstanding the fact that no rep
rcsontations will be made by Mr.. Roose-
velt'S friends TO keep them in office for
while they have proved themselves TO
be source of considerable cmbarrass-
mcnt To President Taft. they also have
made themselves obnoxious 10 the erst-
while president by lining mp with his
political enemies in an effort to dis
credit him in his own state,