The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-01-28
FUR FLIES At
Washington
President Has Fighting Blood Up
and Intends to Scrap to
a Finish.
THE POLITICIANS ARE LIVELY
No Patronage for insurgents Is
One Thing That May
Bring Peace.
By Ernest q. Walker.
mail Special to The Advertiser

Nhdii optClal 10 Inc AQVert1Spr.)
WASHINGTON, January 12.-The
men in war clothes have the center of
the political arena. Rumors of combat
ny thick and fast. Washington focuses
party attention because the forces
that champion divergent views are
vying and promise to make high old
winter of il.
Nowadays there is little talk of
might else than Ballinger and Pinchot.
Men are fond of telling one another
every morning how Chief Forester Cliff
FORD Pinchot wrote letter to Senator
j. P. Dolliver, Of Iowa, which Deliver
,ead to the senate, how the letter
5reathed with insubordination, reflect
ID upon the President IS decision in ex-
onerating Ballinger and justified o. w.
Price, assistant forester, and A. G.
Shaw, bureau attorney, for aiding and
sbetting the publicity campaign against
Secretary Ballinger. Every morning in
abe lounging places of the Capitol men
are telling one another anew how the
President held three cabinet meetings
forthwith, reluctantly threw Forester
Pinchot out of office, making public a
letter explaining why, and how the bat.
he is raging at the Capitol over the
g makeup of the Ballinger Pinchot joint
Investigating committee.
There are many observant men who
are careful to let no detail of the
nomentous transactions of recent days
escape them. Such events, that stand
ont in the chronicle of Washington
sffairs, set men to talking as nothing
else can. The senate and house com.
Tnittee rooms buzz with comments. The
White House Offices buzz with COM
nent. The departments crane for the
latest and most incisive developments.
Leaders Sit Steady.
The wise old leaders, however, are
sitting steady and holding tight. When
Washington is thrilled by events like
these, there are earnest souls who rush
forth with feverish comments about
crisis being at hand and emphasize the
dangers of the party going to the bow
vows. They have had better chance
than ever because n handful of In.
surgents and the Democrats of the
house happened to combine the very
day that Pinchot was fred and, by
majority of three, modified the provi.
sion for the choice of the six mem
bers of the joint committee to inves-
f:gate Ballinger and the interior de.
partment.
President Firm.
The President is quitting his hand
FIRMLY to the helm. He will not sane.
zion insubordination in his official force,
he has announced his legislative pro-
gram in a special message, he proposes
10 drive straight ahead. The doleful
comparisons about the conditions of
the party when he was triumphantly
elected and inaugurated and now and,
also the lugubrious comparisons be-
tween the conditions that prevailed
with Harrison in the middle of his
administration and between Republican
conditions that are prevalent now do
not discourage the big man in the
White House. He tried as no President
ever tried before to patch up a peace
between the warning BallinGer and the
warning Pinchot. The quarrel was
forced to an issue and when the fateful
roment came the President assumed
responsibility. He proposes to drive
straight ahead
He makes no secret of his decision
that the investigation must be held aud
rade thorough, even though ex Forester
Pirchot, now outside the government
yervice, takes up the role of chief pros
errtor and even though his own secre-
rory of the interior should be discredit-
ed No one thinks for minute he
will be, but the President is not look
i"g mt that prospect. He wants all
ihe facts brought out for the informa-
hon Of the country. He has been so
Earnest about it that he has practical
n directed every step yet taken in
congress. He has even gone TO the
s''ert of scrutinizing the names of
S'itable men for service on the com
ni'tee from the senate and the house,
seeking TO obtain senator's and repre-
sertatives of known ability and fair
ross who wonld command the confidence
Of the country.
Fighting Blood Up.
his fighting blood is up. Now that
thc insurgents and the ultra Roosevelt.
mans have forced the administration
into winter of political turmoil the
President proposes that they shall have
their I'll OF IL. He preferred pence.
For nearly nine months Of his admins
nhtion he put forth his best efforts
IN behalf Of party harmony. Now he
Is calling upon his friends TO step out
INTO the open and stand by the al,
ninistration. Repeatedly in recent days
BE- has reiterated 10 visitors that the
sountTy designated him ms President
n execute certain ideas. That made
hin At least the tiinlhT head Of the
party, II imposed upon him Tcspons.
hiliiiea Republicans holding Office
ore naturally expected 20 stand by him
and help execute the people q mandate.
Loyalty Must Prevail.
Men sleeied ~ Republicans or ap,
pointed Ia Ofier under hiE adminisiIh,
ppn, who NoTh aciiycly against him,
snghi o. hho~ confidence In him ard
m ihe party " They proceed other
sisf' they ran nat expect his favor.
~ fhHi linr ~ reasoning he has iusii
80 punitive measures against ihn RAM
l7nhepnp insufFenis ~ senate ana
gnuff sha sfp fsiSlnn Tho standard of
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