The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-18

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judgment. Perhaps the president has
not made up his mind about himself
or IL he has is not talking about 1t.
And possibly the charge that he is two
faced comes from his good nature and
his attempt to please everybody. The
only definite conclusions have reach
ed about Mr.. Taft is that he has so
much the judicial habit Of mind that
he is regardful Of the form Of things
and perhaps does not go enough into
their substance. In other words, he
does not get down to fundamentals.
He lacks the Lincolnian or even the
Rooseveltian faculty Of grasping the
nub of a situation. For this very rea-
son he perhaps has failed to see what
is back of the insurgent movement.
What Is back of it? What does 1t
mean? Is it merely a protest against
certain persons or certain forms Of
parliamentary procedure? Does not
the mere assumption that such is the
fact belittle it? All the insurgents say
that their constituents are with them,
and others who have not denounced
what they call Cannonism are being
forced to do so by the people at home.
What is the force moving the people?
They do not come in contact with the
house rules or with Cannon and AL
drich. Their reason for insurgency
could not be SO superficial or trivial.
There must be some more fundamental
cause to stir the voters. Is it the tar
iff? La Toilette, Cummins, Murdoch
and others were insurging before this
tariff bill was passed. II we are look
ing for the truth of this thing, must
we not look deeper?
Those who seek to explain Roose-
Welt, Hughes. Fort in New Jersey,
Pinchot, Garfield, the dozen progress
ives in the senate and thirty or more
in the house and the vast mass Of pub
lie opinion behind these men on the
mere basis Of personality, legislative
rules or this or that single issue show
a lack of insight equal to that Of the
time servers prior to the outbreak Of
the civil war. Those who have beheld
the cause Of this upheaval as anything
personal, trivial or transitory have not
seen it at all.
Men do not make issues, but are
made by issues. Roosevelt, Cummins,
La Toilette and all the rest were and
are not causes, but effects. And may
they not be harbingers of a greater
movement that is to come? Every day
the opinion is expressed in Washing
ton that the insurgents are playing
with a force that will get away from
them. They are moved to revolt and
phrase certain grievances which cause
them to revolt. Others may come
after who will name more vital and
fundamental causes. Twelve senators
and thirty representatives do not con-
stitute the insurgent movement, but a
vast and growing section Of the Amer
lean people. Now it is directed at Can
non. When Cannon Is out Of the way
1t will be directed at something or
somebody else. Where will 1t end?
Who knows? One thing is certain-it
will not end with the change of few
house rules. 1t may seem bold thing
to say, but the logical conclusion is
that it will end only in the change Of
the majority and control Of the Re-
publican party or the formation Of
new party. Already the insurgents
and regulars are further apart than
the Republicans and Democrats are or
have been for a generation.
Will the insurgent movement end
with the ending of Cannon? For one
do not believe it. Cummins and La
Toilette were never under the speaker,
and the causes against which they
were revolving are still in existence.
So long as these two men continue
the fight so long will the insurgent
movement remain in existence. You
cannot eliminate it without eliminat-
ing them. Nor can you forecast what
it will do in the future without taking
into consideration what they are likely
to do in future.
In New York interview Secretary
Of the Treasury MacVeagh predicts
that the central bank scheme of SEN
ator Aldrich's monetary committee
will not pass congress. OF course the