Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-03-14
Seeking 4 SAVIOR Fighting FOR LIFE
Washington Core eSpOndent Says Mr..
Roosevelt Will BE Called Upon to
Save His Party by Running for
Congress- as Open Candidate for
Speaker.

The following dispatch is taken
from the Philadelphia Public Ledger
(republican)
WASHINGTON. d. c. - With
Roosevelt in the field for congress on
the platform that if elected he Will
be a candidate for speaker some OF
the astute republicans think they
have solved the problem of how to
hold the next house of representa-
tives for their party. They argue
that if Roosevelt it to be speaker,
the people of the middle west, who
threaten to turn the country over to
the democrats. will relent and join
in the rush to get their candidates
into congress. Such is the scheme
at the present time. While Colonel
Roosevelt has announced that he
would not go to congress, yet he
might be persuaded for the sake OF
the party and for Taft to prevent the
administration from receiving a re-
buff that would probably be used
against it during the next three
years.
Mr.. Cocks, who represents the
First New York district in congress,
is well known in Pennsylvania and
is a manager of Swarthmore college.
Mr.. Cocks says that while some plans
were made for Colonel Roosevelt up
on his return, they did not contem-
plate his going to congress, at least
to the lower branch of that body.
There is a hint that the colonel would
seek the place now held by Mr. De
new as senator from New York. Not
knowing Just what the present con-
test may lead to, Mr.. Cocks is going
ahead with his fight for renomina-
ton and has enlisted the services OF
Representative j. Hampton Moore, or
Philadelphia, who was scheduled to
make a speech in his district to-
night. If necessity should arise Mr.
Cocks will go back to his farm and
hermit Colonel Roosevelt to be NOM
mated in his place. This matter can
not be settled until June, when
Colonel Roosevelt will arrive in this
country.
Roosevelt Is Essential
Every day new conditions arise
that make it plain to the leaders
that some drastic and bold measure
must be resorted to in order to pre-
vent trouble in the fall and the loss
not only of the house of representa-
tives. but of the state governments.
There are more than twenty-five
governors to be chosen, and the local
fights in the state aggravated by ma
tional turmoil endanger the sue
cess of the republican ticket. There-
fore the intense desire to get COL
onel Roosevelt into the fray.
If seems that every time Presl-
dent Taft delves into politics on ms
own hook he makes mistake. rms
has been proven the case in ONO
where the president has caused wade
Ellis to be sent from the attorney
generals office to assume charge OF
the republican party in that state
The wisdom of the move is seriously
questioned. The republicans Of ono
who were seeking some plan for mar
n,onizing the different factions and
irving to regain the governorshll
from the democrats, were astoundeo
when they learned that Ellis was tC
become their boss and was empowered
to run matters as he liked; and his
authority came from the White
House. Imagine the president send
ing J. Hampton Moore or any one
else from Washington into Pennsyi-
yania at this time with orders te
take charge of the republican poll
tics of the state over the head OF
Senator Penrose and the McNichol-
Ware combine. 1t amounts to Jus'
about that in Ohio. Boss Cox, OF
Cincinnati. was not consulted. ano
neither was Foraker. Unless they are
placated, they will join with Senate
Dick and the other malcontents. The
result will be that Judson Harmon
1,ril1 I,n 20 o1onto1 Governor PpTlaDe
democrat will be chosen senator il
tho screws are put too tight on The
anti-Taft faction.