The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-13
GO. ?. FACES
FIGHT FOR
EXISTENCE
ANXIOUS CONSULTATION
BEING HELD DAILY
" AT BEVERLY
POLITICAL DEAOWOOg
MUST Be L0ppEO OFF
Retirement Of AIdrlch to Be
| Followed By That Of Bal
llnger and Cannon
(By Associated Press,

events OF Friday following incidents
Of the last week or so lead TO the con.
i clusion that complete political re-
! adjustment In circles close 10 Prcsi'
dent Taft is In progress.
Although he Is not TO retire until
March 4, 1911. and Senator Aldrich
confirmed TO President Taft his In.
tcntion to do so, the read'nstmenl
plans which are in progress arparcnt.
! " treat with whatever Influence Mr.,
| Aldrich may have had with the prcsl-
dcnt, as thing Of the past.
| The elimination of Mr.. Aldrlch, ao'
curdlng TO a close political observer
Is soon to be followed by the retire
lncnt OF Secretary Richard Ballngcr
| from the cabinet.
| Mr.. Balinger has lost practically
al his personal fortune In defending
| himself from the attacks that have
been made upon him. II Is said that
one attorneys fees alone in the con
gcssiOnal investigation cost him
| 10000 If the secretary is to recov
or the losses, II Is said, he must soon
resume the practice of law which he
left in his home state TO take up the
| duties of head of the interior depart
ment, The retirement of Mr.. Balm.
ger Is fixed for September t5. The
congressional committee will have re
ported by that time and the date Is
sufficiently early TO take the so'callcd
Ballnger issue out Of the campaigp
The third move in contemplation
Is said to be directed against Speak.
or Cannon. II is not admitted In
Beverly that Mr.. Cannon will even
be candidate for the speskersiip
/ The Cannon situation Is Il thing of
the future and is a little difficult to
handle; only Il Is known that the
president would like TO see change
, however.
Reports have reached Beverly that
the recent results in Kansas aud To-
wa were due largely TO the activity
OF Speaker Cannon In Kansas TO the
charges against Senator Aldrich and
I doubt In the West as to whether he
actually lnteded to retire.
The situation developed by these
two states evidently has made an i'm.
! preston upol the party leaders that
has stirred them to action.
Senator W. Murray Crane, of Massa-
cbusetts. has been one of the active
forces in the new political movement.
II was he who went west to see Sec.
rctary Ballinger and II was he also
who went TO see Senator Aldrich at
Warwick K. L., last Sunday. Hcreaf-
ter Senator Cranes movements VIII
be watched with interest. There have
bccn stories In progress of friction
between Mr. Hitchcock aud Senator
4 Crane and some political jealousy as
TO their Influence with the admins
traiion These stories are declared
here to be without foundation. The
president. II is said. will continue to
use both Senator Crane and Mr.. Hitch
cock on missions to which they are
hest suited No questions have aris'
en- as to their political precedence.
i Mr.. Hitchcock participated In the
conference which tie president had
| Friday afternoon with four Republic
| an leaders from Tennessee. The Re-
publcans are laying plans TO capture
that southern state this fall and tney
hope 10 do so with the aid OF the IN
dependent Democrats.
The Republicans are anxious to
hold the ground for independent po-
1 lltcal action in the state which they
say was gained at the recent judicial
1 election. The Tenncssccans who talk.
cd with the president were Rcpresen-
tatvc Austin Newall Saunders, the
state chairman: Lee Brook. a member
of the Republican state leg'slaflFo
committees; and Judge G, Mcllender
son. issste
Mr., Hitchcock also has been having
1. serios OF conferences with Now
1 York state leaders, which may have
an important hearing upon the cam
palgn.
i President TAFT conferred with Mr..
4 Hitchcock and secretary OF the Treas
ury Mevesgh regarding postal saw
lngs banks 1t Is said nov that the
first of; these banks can not he put ~
operation until about November l.
Senator Dick, Of Ohio, came to lBcv
erly but declined to await the arriv'
oil here of Warren g. Harding, the Re
publican nomlucc for governor III
Ohio, before calling on The president
\ Although admitting that the fight
IN Ohio Is going 10, be. a aarJ one
that The campaign must be begun ear
ly and be carried into every part ol
! The state. Seaator Dick believes the
Republicans Awill win.