The Washington times., 1910-02-15
Pennsylvania Likely to Be
Elected When Crisis
Is Reached.
ROOSEVELT HAILED
MAN Of THE HOUR"
Former President Said to Be
Practical One 10 Save Re-
publican Party.
By JAMES HAY, j.

By JAMES HAY, Jr.
National leaders Of the Republican,
party ,xpec. Theodore Roosevelt TO
save the state OF New York from the
Democrats su the Congressional cleo
tions next fall. They rely upon the
elimination OF Cannon as Speaker Of
the House TO bring the middle west
into line.
The leaders, while they admit that. Il
the elesuons were held tomorrow, the
Democrats probably would win, bank
on the return Of Roosevelt and the po-
IticaI death Of Cannon as their saliva
ton.
These facts can be stated, not as a
mere surInise- but as the conclusions
reached by the leaders ia conferences
which have been held here and in New
York In the last ten days
Joseph g. Cannon IS no longer an
asset OF his party. He Is a liability too
heavy Tor RepUbIicanism 10 carry 20
victory at the polls. II his district
chooses TO send him back to Congress.
that Is all well and good. but there Is
az this time a tacIt understanding that.
iH order 90 win the iusurGent middle
West TO cohesive support of the party.
he is eliminated as a possibility for the
speakershiD Of the next Congress.
Insurgents Powerful
Conservative leaders in the House take
the position that the insurgents are pow
vrfUI enough TO compel a compromise
between the two factions First and
foremost, the IusurEent cry IS Tor the
end Of "Cannouism.=' They also de-
maud an enlarged Committee on RHIes
and a Committee on Committees AS
Things are shaping up now, the cuaEDTo-
mise Wlfch j. Intended 90 set the two
wings into working harmony is the
elimination OF Cannon and the eularge-
meur Of the Committee on Rules The
insurgents are described as being willing
90 yield in the matter OF the Committee
on Committees.
So far. the plans Of the leaders con-
template only two men as posi- ibjIfties
for the SpeakeTSHiD IL the next House
is Republican. They are Olmsted OF
Pennsylvania. and Waiter J. Smith Of
Iowa ana OlTnsted at tl1is time seems
Co be the logical man
The results Of the New York confer
euces have been the opinion that Gov
ern0r Hughes should again be a Candj-
oate Tor the GUFerlOrShp lu spite Of his
4lslnclinaIIon Ter the place, and that
LneoGcre Roosevelt should be active iu
ina campaign next fall The state lead
ers in Washington are certain that the
former President viii come ont In
strong Endorsement or the TAFT Admin
lStratiCn and the present tariff Dill
III ne iallS 10 90 inlS, they admit that
the state or New York will almost in
eFitdDIE - into the Democratic column
The plans now are to have in Nevv
York a regular Otd-time Roosevelt cam
palSu- witch IS considered the only
thing capable Of saving the day
There are three states whose ze7+f-
menT today thre1tens disaster to the
Republican, next fall They are Ohio
Indiana and New York OF the three
u is hard to tell which is the most dan
Eerous-
Ohio In Bad Shape.
Ohio's RepubIicanism has rot been in
such bad shape for many years, and
against its disorEanizatIon there stands
the strongest Democrat in the country
today, JUdson Harmon, who. in the last
elections. defeated a Republican gov
ernor when the state when Republican
on the national ticket If the coudi-
tions there were not desperate the Presi-
dent would not have resorted TO the
heroic measure Of appointing at this
stage a manager Tor the next CamuaiEn
when the custom in the State is to have
the campaign manager selected by the
candidate for governor and ratified bv
the executive committee
In Indiana there IS already one Demo-
3
thirteen Representatives from there
eleven are Democratic Although the
city OF Indianapolis has a Republican
mayor. the Representative from that
district Is Democratic. In addition TO
this. there IS no ha harmonious action he
. tween Senator BeveridEe and the
Hemenway- atSou wing Of he p2rty.
While Roosevelt is expected to save
New York and Ellis TO pile I'D a ma
jority in Ohio, Senator Beverid-e Eas
been given a free hand in Indiana, and
has been told that he is expected TO
turn the trick for that State But il is
admitted that he is fighting against
fearful odds and has terrific task to
perform.
Some Pertinent Facts.
Some idea Of the precarious state in
" hich the Republicans find themselves
can be gathered from the fact that in
the last Congressional elections there
were twenty-nine districts which were
carried by a majority of less than LOO
votes and that, Of this total of twenty
nine, twenty Of the districts were Re
publican. and only nine Democratic. OF
these .-hair-Jrigser districts .'' nine were
I'm Missouri and Maryland six in Mis-
souri,. and three in Maryland.
And. If the recent election for a sue
cessor TO De Almond of Missouri cay,
be taken as an Indication the Rep;snIi-
cans stand little show to gain in MIS-
souri,.
Other states where trouble IS expected
are Kansas, Michigan, the DakOtas and
Minnesota. The Republicans admit that
they viii lose some Of the seats that
they now hold, but of set this with
the claim that they viii gain in Ne
braska and Indiana, and one or two
other States
As a matter Of fact. however the
leaders are IN the greatest fear of what
the elections viii br ng forth. and in
the tacit elimination Of Cannon as
Speaker. and reIiaT &c on RoOevelt there
can be found sufficient evidence that
the conservatives a-e willing to do any
thing which they think VIII strengthen
their cause throughout the country.