The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-31


ton measures can be put through
congress at this session with united
party action back of them and then,
as the officials of the committee view
It. the speakers can go before the
country and say, I'VE have carried out
the promises of the Republican plat
form in large measure, and we pledge
ourselves to carry out the rest of the
recommendation before the Sixty.
first congress adjourns next March"
Chairman Lloyd OF the Democratic
congressional committee, says that the
Republicans all through the west,
and to some extent through the east,
are disaffected because President
Taft has not carried out in full force
and effect what are known as the
Roosevelt policies. Mr.. Lloyd says that
the Republicans who are disappointed
over what they consider lack of ag
gressiveness on the part of the pres
Ont president, are bound to vote for
Democratic candidates for congress In
order to make their protest against
the dIsincllnation of the party to go
Look to Roosevelt.
The Republican managers In the
coming campaign. as has been printed
heretofore. may make an attempt to
get Theodore Roosevelt to take the
stump in support of his party and Of
the Taft management of the progress.
slve policies. 1t may be that the mighty
/ IN IL To-,
dorse what Mr.. Taft has done. but
even If he does this there are many
off cials In Washington having some
reputation for wisdom. who say that
they doubt very much whether Mr.
Roosevelt will consent to go on a
speech-making tour, and that he prob
ably will content himself with sitting
In his study at Oyster Bay or in his
editorial room in New York city. there
to put out in written form what he
thinks about political conditions.
Chairman Lloyd, of the minority
party's campaign committee, says that
he is convinced that the unrest
among the people will result In
Democratic victory. He refers, of
course, to the complaints that have
been made about the high cost of liv-
ing and the feeling evident in some
places that the high prices are trace
able to the tariff.
Republican Faction Troubles.
The Republicans in New York have
been having troubles, and while in a
measure they have been settled, occa.
sionally messenger from the Empire
state Republican camp are still being
sent over to Washington to confer
with President Taft and with Sena-
tors Root and Depew The feeling of
most of the Republicans seems to be
that the party in New York will not
get into definite state of peace un.
TIL former President Roosevelt returns.
Apparently great many people ex.
pect that as soon as Mr.. Roosevelt re-
turns to this country. he will have
something definite to say about the
present administration The Repub
licans who think that President Taft
has not done his best to forward the
Roosevelt policies, are seemingly con.
WINGED that Mr. Roosevelt at once will
get out his big stick and use 1t on the
administration of the man who during
his presidency was his secretary of
war and his closest friend. Other
Republicans believe that the mighty
hunter on coming back, will say kind
| ly words for the administration, and
will insist that Mr.. Taft has been all
right, and that the only difficulty Is
that his methods have been misunder.
| stood.
The men who are the closest friends OF
Mr.. Roosevelt men whom he consult.
ed on political matters. and who in
fact were members of his official
household, are of the opinion that the
colonel will keep silent on admins.
tration affairs for long time after he
| comes back to America, and that he
will make a close study of the first
year of the administration and of It's
outlined policies for the future, before
he says or writes a word in approval
or disapproval
Sees Work for Ex-President.
One of Mr.. Roosevelt's close friends,
however. a man who was nearer to
him in an advisory way during his
term as president, than any other man
in the United States, is now an office
holder in New York city. Unquestion.
ably this New York man. whose iden.
tity is not hard to guess, is particu.
larly interested in New York state pol
tiles. He foresaw the row which re-
Gently broke cut between the Repub-
lican factions In the Empire State, and
he came to the conclusion apparently,
for he is a good Judge of men and
political conditions, that affairs in
New York could be Strengthened out
only by some one with strong hand,
and he had one man in mind who at
that time was far away In the jungles
of Africa.
The Democrats in Washington are
not at all unhappy over the troubles
which are besetting the Republicans
in New York state. The Democrats
have set It down as certainty that
they are to carry the next house OF
representatives, and they say freely
that with a Democratic victory next
fall another Democratic victory in the
fall two years hence is certain to fol