Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-04-14

PRESIDENT TAFTs DECISION TO
REMAIN AWAY FROM STATE
APPROVED. ...
SENATOR BEvERIDGE IN CONTROL
Other Western States May Follow
Heosiers-PossibIe Formation of
New Party As Outcome Of In
surgent Movement.

Washington, April II. ~ President
Taft's cancellation of his tentative ac-
ceptance of an invitation to speak at
Indianapolis on his western trip, early
in May, has been the subject OF much
comment among politicians, and there
are as many opinions regarding the
wisdom Of his course as there are re-
publican factions in the house and sen
ate. nv ss ~, ~ =#s~.'e ss4.5t4 LAT +
The regulars maintain that he has
done the only thing possible, and that
if he desires to be consistent, and to
preserve his dignity, he must not 70
to state which has just refused to
indorse the one legislative act of i'm.
portance Of his administration. e15
: The progressives OF the senate and
the insurgents of the house, with thin
ly yelled delight, point to the refusal
as another Indication of the widening
Of the republican breach, and the com
ing Of the time when the progressives
Will either control the party or will be
strong enough to have a party of their
own. The question Of whether: the
president made strategic blunder
when he Cancelled the Indianapolis
date depends on the point of view,
! Men in Washington who make \
study OF politics without engaging in
it, and who are, therefore, interested
chiefly In getting at the real develop
ments and meanings of political situa-
tons, profess to discover nothing
strange in the presidents action. Con-
fusion, these men point out, is already
great In the Indiana republican party,
and the president, by going to that
state, would only add to it, with no re-
sultant good being accomplished. Co.
Ing to Indianapolis, he would be COM
PEELED to discuss the tariff or lie under
the charge of cewardice. Discussing
the tariff, he would fly into the face
of the party which has just refused
to indorse the Payne law. This being
the case, it is said that the only thing
the president could do was what he
did-conclude to stay away, and dis
cuss the tariff, if at all, on his western
trip, in Cincinnati or st. Louis. II
Beverage is the issue in Indiana.
He condemns the tariff. Taft approves
it. The gulf between them is impas-
sable. If Beveridge should win in
Indiana, it will be without the aid of
the party. If he falls, it will be out
side the republican breastworks. The
PRESIDENT, as leader ul che regular re-
publican organization, made up his
mind that there was nothing to be
gained, and perhaps something to be
lost, if he were to go to Indianapolis,
right on the heels of the convention,
and make any kind of speech. To
go there and not make a speech would
be worse than not going at all. And
so he cut Indianapolis out of the itin-
erary. J.: ~ @..c...>.@ H. .ts1y
Indiana is a typical central west in
surgent state. What has been done
there is likely to be done in several
other central west states when con-
ventions are held later on. For in
stance, Dolliver and Cummins are to
make similar fight in Iowa, La Fol-
lette in Wisconsin, Norris in Nebras-
ka, Bristow in Kansas. >Gt i ~.s-~5sc.
In the Minnesota state convention,
in June, the most important question
will be whether the platform shall de.
clare after the Indiana fashion. This
question will also be up in North Da-
kota, where the opponents of Senator
McCumber for reelection are making
their campaign as insurgents. 49, f3r