The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-02

mollient influence this will have upon
the enraged colonel is matter of con-
lecture. /
After all is said, however, it is GER
tain that President Taft will proceed
straight ahead and seek to avoid be-
coming involved in the broil. He is
RELYING upon his record as President to
appeal to the American people and to
command support for his administra-
ton. He does not want Colonel Roose-
Welt to figure as his critic in this CAM
paign, and sincerely hopes there will
be friendship and cooperation.
His friends count upon some reaction
in his favor They believe that Colonel
Roosevelt will lose many admirers, now
that he is virtually in the role of the
administration 5 detractor. There will
be sympathy for the President, because
of conviction on the part Of many
people that the colonel has not been
entirely fair and that he is trying to
bowl President Taft out before the lat
ter has had an opportunity to show
whether he can make good.
Give Taft a Chance.
\ prominent Massachusetts congress
man had letter recently from a big
business man in Baltimore who takes
a lively interest in politics and who
has been an ardent admirer of Colonel
Roosevelt 81 would like to know the
truth of these reports that Mr.. Roose
welt is trying to undermine the admin
istration,' he inquired in substance.
81 believe sincerely in our ex-Presi-
dent. but fair play demands that he
give President Taft a chance to show
what he can do. If the ex-Prcsident
persists in this course | simply am done
with him for good and all.''
War Declared on Cannon.
4 chronicle of the great Rooseveltian
embrogliO and of the efforts 10 undo
Vice-President Sherman, however, by
no means covers all the exciting doings
of recent DAYS at Beverly War has
been declared upon Speaker Cannon,
and while this nominally comes from
Representative Nicholas Longworth, it
has the sanction of President Taft and
Eice-Prasident sherman. Soon after Sec
rotary Norton put out his ambitious
program for the elimination of Aldrich,
Ballinger and Cannon as essential for
the success of the Republican congress
sional campaign, Speaker Cannon fared
forth from Danyille with q defiant in
terview. As matter of fact, the Aid
rich Ballinger- Cannon program of the
Presidents secretary fell quickly. Adj
visers FASTENED to assure the President
that it was not feasible and was not
well advised. Secretary Ballinger could
not be forced to resign by September
-. Simplv because the President was
not in position to ask for his resigna-
ton. Senator Aldrich had eliminated
himself a long time ago by announcing
that he would not be a candidate for
reelection, and as for Speaker Cannon,
if he were reelected to the house he
could not be prevented from becoming
candidate for another term as
Speaker.
The word of the ambitious program
conceived by Secretary Norton was car
RED to Speaker Cannon, and he snorted
fire. He said lot of things in a char
aeterIstic Cannon way as he sat in that
old library of his fine old house at
DanviIle, and among them was , decla-
alton that he would be a candidate
FOR Speaker Of the next house
just about that time REPRESENTATIVE
Anthony, of Kansas, saw the President
o talk about the platform council. soon
10 assemble in that State. 1t is made
up Of the Republican nominees for of
flee. They intend 10 endorse the Taft
administration, although Kansas went
jnsurgent at the primaries. Besides
talking with the President about the
platform Mr., Anthony told the Presi-
dent and also the Vice-President about