The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-08
REPUBLICANS FEAR
TAXES NEW HOLD
Party Managers, DesPondent
AT Polls Results, Look
ing 10 Roosevelt.
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House in the Sixty-seeond CONGRESS they
VIII in ali probability be i'm position
y 5lctate the selection ct the next
speaker and It WOutG not be SURPRISING.
= insur-eu- victories 0nrfsTr-rs q, milo
ID. II they were able TO choose the
speaker from among their own ranks
4dhen oy itselt she Vermont election
: not neceSSarliy regarded as proph-
ecy OF Republican defeat in States where
me Repu blIcaU ma 1oTiLies are not near
y SO large When the Vermont returns
sc plaEed side by side with conditions
existing IL other sections OF the coun-
nv however the political situation
rom che standpoint Of the Republican
party begins TO look serious
Every Breeze An IL Wind.
Party leaders who are frank enough
70 discuss the political outlook at all
DO not hesitate 10 admit tIlat every
political straw thus far seems 10 have
been against the old guard California.
with its almost unbelievable insurseut
triumph over the Union Pacific railroad
forces startled those members OF the
O o. P VINO had, heretofore. asserted
that the insUrEenc movement was con-
fined to States somewhat given 10 Lle
ideas OF populism-
publican convention fu tnat state gave
additional evidence of the popular trend
Of mind. and the Republicans of kan
Eas went on record In q lar more pro-
Eressive manner than did Iowa. despite
the fact that the latter state Is now
controlled by Senators DolilEer and Cum
Minis, TWO Of The most prominent In=lIT-
gents II the upper branch OF Congress
I0surEeucv IN Michigan US not look
&C upon seriously f-oru q Washington
point OF view and vet EepreSeutai1Ne
Charles F. TOWNSEND, running on
Progressive platform and 90 all lDtentS
and purposes pledged To train with Jhe
CumUlns-Dolllver faction IT the sen
ale. comes along with an enormous ma
5ority over Senator Julius Caesar Bur
rows. UerfccC tyre OF the old guard
IN the Senate
TIE victory of the state insurEent
ticket ~ New Hampshire does not affect
IN any way the national situation bat
e. is believed here that The overthrow
or the St.I-e machine ia New Hampshire
Is one G. the most Important lI1sllf-=lll
victories ShltS far achieved
In support OF this theory Il IS pointed
oIt that there is scarcely a STATE IN the
Union, with the possible exception Oh
California, where the ReFublics3li res lil3r
organization was so strongly IntTeIciieu
as IN New Hampshire When W i1Sion
Churchill. the novelist. made ms cam
palEn fOT the Republican noi'liiisiylola Eol'
EovernOTShiD six wears ago he round
that ne was up against tremendous
odds. and i seemed then that II would
be MAN. years before the Insurgents
would be able 10 overcome such old-tll'le
leaders is Senator GallinseT- il has
been declared here that II was the
avowed policy Of the Ngw Hampshire
Insurgents To clean house at home be
fore arteruDTiuE To force ilSiIgelsL l-tsie
furo their Congressional campaign Now
that the. InSurCeut element seem 20 Dc
on top 50 far as the STATE llclet IS con-
Cerned. II Is expected that The next
move vii be IN the dIreCJluE OF pToErcS-
Sive candidates for the House and sen
ate
Senator La Follette-s victory in Wis
elHHrsr - L
able than any Of the inSurEeDL trIUrIlpiiS
scored since the adjournment Of Con
s-TeSS The Senator polltlcal career
has been one of continuous uSlIlnH- puI
il is doubtful if he was ever called upon
10 enter q contest IN Wllc1 the o41s
were so heavily against him as IN tle
recent primaries
Senator La Toilette has been as JEor-
OugfIv and radically progressive IS IN
she csunpaien in which he has just been
returned the victor. but In almsot every
instance he was able 10 command pr2c-
ticaliT the unlimited moral influence
and financial support OF senator
Stephenson. one oil me richest OF lll-
millionaire in the Senate. In his last
fgnf- however Senator la Toilette had
10 fight against the finances which pre-
viously had been at Els disposal
Opposed By Administration
In addition 10 this the Administration
was against him. II is true that Meth
er President Taft nor any OF the higher
officials Of his Administration came OF.
openly in opposition TO the senator
from the Badger state It is true, also.
however, that the administration did
hamper and embarrass him IN many
ways. the most important OF which was
IN denying him patronage which has
come 20 be regarded as the right Of
every senator. senator la roulette
not only was denied the privilege Of
Mora +r.H
own city. but likewise was denied the
right 10 express any preference IN the
matter Of posJo1lce appointments
That Senator Ia Toilette still has a
rough road ahead of him is clearly iudi-
Gated BIZ the fact that Theodore EOose-
welt upon his arrival ia milwaukee, too4E
occasion 10 comment upon "a disposition
70 defeat the Senator in Ihe LeElsl allure,
NOTWITHSTANDING The expressed prefer
euce of the voters in the primaries
Colonel RDGSeFt-- s aDnot frsEnent that
he did not believe the legislature would
attempt 10 deprive Ia Toilette of the
Senatorship IS regarded here as the
eclOlel-S own peculiar method of an
nouncinC that the legislature must not
attempt any such deal
2 Is known that the feeling against
E2natOr la FClIeICe among the stand
bitter that they VIII not hesitate TO
oNeTturn the primary decision If they
have an opportunity TO do so when the
Legislature IS called upon to carry ont
che VII Of the people 20 re-eIeCt Senator
Ii FCiiette- II Is even charged bE La
Toilette parJiSanS IN washington that
The staud0at element j. nreuared 10 bs5y
the Senatorial election away from the
father Of the Senator proyreSS5Ves- How
much truth there is in this assertion
cannot. of course, be determined al this
distance. but the fact that Colonel
Roosevelt has seen fit TO EXPRESS his
views on the subject leads 10 the belief
that he discovered some intention of that
sort on his visit T. WISCONSIN