The Washington times., 1910-04-08
Determination to Visit Anti
Tariff Hotbed Opens
War on Insurgency.
INDIANA BELIEVED
ALREADY HOPELESS
Speech In Answer TO Beveridge
Planned for Warning to Other
State Organizations
Bv TAMEs Hay, JR.

The President viii speak in Indian
apoIis on MAY ).
VisitinE the capital Of the drst state
which has gone on record in irs ReDUb-.
Ucan convention as opposed 10 the new
tariff law. he vii. make q strong speech
IN support OF that law
Cofucident with this information comes
the further news that Attorney General
WickeTsham. in his Chicaeo speech to-
morrow night. viii read the Republican
.'insurgentsF out OF the party in more
drastic manner than has yet been done
bv either the President or any OF his
advisers
In his indianapolis speech the Presi-
dent IS expected 10 iudOrse the pro-
rouEcements Of Mr.. Wickersham. and ID
clinca the fat declaration that poIiti-
cal party does not and cannot recognize
insurgency. and that those who are not
with the Administration are its eremies
Change Contemplated
In other words. the war is on
For the past few days, il has been
currently reported that the President
would not include Indianapolis I'm his
itinerary Of the Western trip he viii
take. leaving Washington April =. lie
has. however. changed his plan. and viii
20 10 the center Of the first scene Of
tariff disanection- IL was said that AIr
Taft feared TO go into Tldiana as he
could not do so consistently without in
dorsing the tariff law. and such indorse-
ment would do the party IN that State
nothing but harm
Such IS nos the case. The President
had read Efr. Beveri5ge-s speech long
1 before Il was delivered He has AT no
time contemplated with any fear the
/ prospect Of speaking in Indiana So far
as EFLEr goes nc welcomes the oppor-
tuuitv 70 speak in Indiana regarding the
tariff He and his Cabinet are out with
The ayoWet purpose OF defending the
I Administration and its achievements
So far as Indiana is concerned q is
Gespaired Of by the Republicans. In ad-
0itiou 60 its party dis2nectlOn ~ud dis
/ agreements = as a result OF the = if The
I Republicans have lost what they had IN
the last electiOns-practicalIy the entire
7 prohibition vote In the last campaign
| the Republicans had The county local
/ option plank in their platform and had
the support Of the pTOhibitionists. This
/ year that plank was left OUT, and the
/ prOhfbftiouists had a convention Of their
I own. thus Withdrawing their support
I from the Republicans
Effect on Others
/ Consequently, the President speech
/ in the heart OF the rebeliious State viii
/ b. important only as it viii affect other
| States and State organizations contem-
/ plating jumping or the reservation
| Not until today has there come a reaIi-
zation OF how frrcely the Administra-
ton and the organization Of the party
I are determined TO fight insurgency
! Therefore, the organization is about
Z l.; take the offensive throughout the
! country The Administration and us
] orators viii invade every section with
I the argument that the Admi abstraction
is right and that the insurgents are
wrong So far. the policy has been 10
I a great extent to let the insurGe'I- g go
! on their way unuCl eSteG- but now they
7-s tn b@ a attacked in their own stY-lu---
holds and in any state where they have
created any dissatisfaction with the
! regulars Of the party
/ Not o viii the party leaders cripple
Itne Insurgents by Withholding cam
palzn help. financial and otherwise, but
viii actually fight the rebellioUs wins
I Of the party in the open up TO election
Speakers Enrolled.
/ Members Of Congress are being en-
rohed to 90 out TO the country with
/ speeches calculated 10 show that the
/ insurgents are wrong and the regulars
are right The Administration feels
that ii has sat quiet far too long under
unjust criticism
The first bis gun VIII be fred by AIr
! WiCkerSham tomorrow night. ana the
/ second viii come IN the President
4 speech in Indiana
/ What the result Of il all viii be- car
I not now be foretOid, but the party lead
erS are determined that they can no;
afford 10 let themselves be attacked by
/ the INSURGENTS without fighting back
! and that, ff ,lefest has 10 come, II had
better 10 az the hands OF the Demo.
[ Gratis than thro8gh efforts of those who
are fnSurzeuI against what the leaders
/ believe to be real RepubliCanism.