Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-04-08
[;HANGE in CABINET
PROPOSED TO TRY And STEM
WARING FRACTIONS.

raft Administration to Make Itself
Plain Before thte People Our Presi-
dent Anxious to Assume the Offensive
Criticisms to Be Answered Several
Cabinet Changes Are Proposed.
Washington, April 5-The Taft ad-
mfnistration is about to defend itself
aggressively before the people of the
limited States.
Convinced that the public mind has
been impressed by attacks upon the ad-
ministration in many parts of the coun-
+rv. and that criticisms cannot be per-
mitted to pass unanswered without in
Jury to republican prestige, the party
Ieaders have decided to "carry the war
into the enemy's country"
President Taft is now declared to be
ready and anxious to assume the often
sive. The opening guns will be fred
next Saturday in Washington by the
president in person, and in Chicago by
Attorney General Wickersham.
Mr.. Taft will speak in this city on
tbe subject of organization, and he will
be supported by other prominent ora
tors of the republican party. Attorney
General Wickersham s subject will be
the policies of the administration. 9th
er speakers on the platform with Mr.
Taft will be Senator Lodge; Representa-
tive Mckinley of Illinois, chairman of
the republican congressional committee;
Representative Duncan McKinlay of
California, and John Hays Hammond
Tariff Bill in the Van.
Nothing has created so much interest
among the republican leaders in Wash
A ington since the Inauguration of Mr..
4 Taft as the plans now formulating to
defend the administration. Some facts
are to be brought out about the opera
ton of the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and
the enemies of that legislation will be
called upon to answer the friends of the
i administration with some concrete evil
dence if this subject is to continue as
an issue within the party.
The party, it is said, expects conf
IDENTIFY to close the session of congress
with interstate commerce, statehood,
postal savings, anti-injunction and con-
sentative legislation to it's credit. In
addition, it is hoped statement may be
issued showing very great savings has
been made in governmental expenses.
Little Said About Cannonism.
Little is being said by the party lead
ers about the issue of CannonIsm, " be-
yond the statement that this question
will take care of itself at the right time
The only explanation vouchsafed for this
comment is thatSSpeaker Cannon is ex
pected to resign the speakership at the
close of the present session of congress
Should the speaker resign at the close
of the present session at, time wher
there would be no opportunity to choose
his successor before next winter, it il
argued several members of the present
house would Immediately announce
themselves as candidates. No oficia
statements on this subject are expected
from the speaker. His friends believe
it would be inadvisable for him to weak
en- the organization of the house at thi
time by disclosing his intentions.
They argue that in view of the recen
battle in the house, all the force tina
was attained by the republican majorit!
is needed if the administrative program
is to succeed.
Possible Cabinet Changes.
There are rumors that before the con