Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-03
Morning Journal Bureau,
G13 Munsey Building.
Washington, D.. G., March /.

National leaders Of the republican
| marty expect Theodore Roosevelt to,
| save the state Of New York from the
| democrats in the congressional ciec-
| tons next fall.e They rely upon the
elimination of Cannon as speaker OF
| the house to bring the middle west in
to line.
Tho leaders, while they admit that.
if the elections were held tomorroW.
democrats probably would win, bank
On the return Of Roosevelt and the
political death of Joe Cannon as their
salvation. These facts can be stat
ed, not as a mere surmise, but as the
| conclusions reached by the leaders
in conferences which have been held
here and in Now York in the last
ten days.
Joseph q. Cannon is no longer an
! asset to his party. He is a liability
too heavy for republicanism 10 carry
to victory at the polls. If his dis
trict chooses to send him back to
Congress, that is all well and good
but there is at this time a tacit UNI
dcrstanding, that in order TO win the
insurgent middle west to cohesive
support OF the party, he is eliminated
as a possibility for the speakcrship
Of the next congress
Conservative leaders in the house
take the position that the insurgents
are powerful enough 20 compel a COM
promise between the two factions.
First and foremost the insurgent cry
is for end OF ''Cannonism'. They
also demand an enlarged committee
on rules and committee on commit
tees. AS things are shaping up now
the compromise which Is intended to
get the two wings into working order
is the elimination of Mr.. Cannon and
, the enlargement of the committee on
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as being willing to yield in the mat
ter Of the committee on committees.
SO far, the plans of the leaders con
template only two men as possibilities
for the speakership if the next house
is republican. They are Olmstead Of
Pennsylvania, and Walter 1. Smith Of
iowa, and Olmstead ut this time
seems TO lie the logical man.
The result Of tho New York confer
cnces have been the opinion hat Gov
ernor Hughes should again be a can
didate for the g"overnorship In spite
of his dissemination for the place, and
that Theodore Roosevelt should be ac-
tive in the campaign next fail. The
state leaders in Washington are GER
tain that the former president win
leone out in strong Endorsement Of the
Tart administration and the present
tariff bill. II he fails to do this. they
admit that the state Of New York will
almost inevitably go into the demo-
cratic column. The plans now are to
have i'm New York a regular old-tim"
Roosevelt campaign. which is consid-
cred the only thing capable of saving
the day.
| There are three states whose senti-
ment today threatens disaster to the
republicans next fall. They are Ohio,
Indiana and New York. or the three.
it is hard to tell which is the most
dangerous.
Ohio's republicanism has not been
IN such bad shape for many years. and
against its REORGANIZATION there stands
1.-THE strongest democrat in the country
! today, Judge Harmon. who, in he
last elections. defeated a republican
governor when the state went repub-
lican on the national ticket, II the
conditions there were not desperate
the president would not have resortcd
To- the heroic measure of appointing
at this stage a manager FOR the next
campaign. when the custom in the
state is to have n campaign manager
selected by the candidate for govern
on and ratified hN the executive com
mittce.
In Indiana there is already II DEM
~ocratic United states senator. ana OF
the thirteen representatives from
there. eleven are democratic. Al
Though the city of indianapolis has q
republican mayor the representative
from that district is a democrat. In
addition TO this, there is no harmon
iouS action between senator Bcver-
idgc and the IlcmcnWay-N atson wing
OF the party.
While Roosevelt Is expected To SAVE.
New York. aud Ellis To pile up n ma
liority in ohio. Senator BcNeridEc has
boon given a free hand in Indiana,
ANA has been old that he is expected
to turn the trick for that state. But
II is admitted tina he is fighing against
fearful odds and has Il terrific task
tn perform. As it is now he ~dispenses
Ian the federal patronage for the state
Some idea of the ~pTecariOus state.
in which the republicans find them
solves can be gathered from the fact
That in the last congressional elections
there were twenty nine districts
which were carried by n majority Of
less than 1000 votes, and that, of this
total of tWentv-nine. twenty of the
districts were republican. n only
nine democratic. OF these "hair-trig-
gcr districts nine were in Missouri
and Maryland, six being the former
state and three in the latter.
And. II the recent election for a.
successor to DE Almond Of Missouri
cam be taken as an indication, the re-
nuhlltftltS SiaHt uANit Sh'N " sum -
Missouri.
other statcs where trouble is eN-
'pccted are Kansas. Michigan, the Da-
|kotas and Minnesota. The rcpubli-
leans admit that they will lose some
of the states that they now hold. but
|~orr-set this with the claim that they
|will gain in Nebraska and indiana
and one or two other states.
As "A matter OF fact. however. the
Headers are in the greatest fear or
what the elections viii bring forth
and in the tacit elimination of MIR
lCannon as speaker. and reliance ON
Roosevelt there can be found sutii-I
Client evidence tina the conservatives
'are willing 10 10 anything which they
will strengthen their cause
throughout the country.
Coneressman Charles f. Scott. OF.
Kansas. chairman of the house com-
mittee on agriculture. said today that
he believed his committee fould re-
port ~faVorably to the house within