The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-05-05
SERIOUS FACES
At THE CAPITAL
SESSION WORK UNDER A PULL
HEAD OF sTBAM AT
PRESENT..
CBy Ernest q. wallor,)
(Mail spoeial to Tho Advertisor.l

everybody IS asking eNefynouy elbe ~
Washington what the political effect
will be. That interrogatory is applied
to every big move on the checker
board. 1t applies to everything that
President Taft does as well as to every
thing that congress does. And as
presidential politics are very much in
the air, many questions are heard as to
what effect successful extra session
of congress win have upon the presi
Dental aspirations of the Honorable
Champ Clark, of Missouri.
Some wise folks have been proclaim
ing around the Capitol that the time
was at hand when the Democrats could
not afford to play politics and the WORD
has gone around that when the Demo
Gratis decided to bring out the Canadian
Reciprocity bill early they had eschew
ed politics and were attending strictly
to the business for which the President
called congress into extra session. All
the same the Democrats are very jubl-
liant over the praises that are sung for
the success of their tactics in urging
reciprocity to the front and, likewise,
for bringing out the Farmers Free
List The Republicans are bemoan-
ing the aptitude the Democrats are
showing all of q sudden for conducting
the business of legislation. And that
goes to show how much political advan-
tage with reference to the next presl-
Dental campaign is now in the minds
of the people who dwell in the fedora,
city of the Potomac.
The Democrats are by no means yet
out of the woods There is plenty OF
time for false steps that will give the
Republican brethren good, taking Is
sues with the masses. The snap, and dash
with which the Democrats have inau-
guraIted their return to power, of
course, encourages them to expect that
they will sweep the country in 19l2
and their candidates are crowding to
the fore. Naturally, too, the Demo
cratic activities make the Republicans
take notice for they will not jog along
in an Indifferent sort of way when the
Democrats are proceeding at a brisk
trot
There has really been little difficulty,
and should not have been, in getting
a reciprocity bill epacted by the house
under all the circumstances. Neither
ting a Farmers Free List through the
Democratic house. The real trouble
will come and the real test of ability
to size up to requirements will be when
the Democrats undertake to revise the
cotton and wooden schedules, the franz
ing of which has taxed the brain pow
ers of the ablest Republican legislators
of the last quarter of u century.
Boomlets on the Way.
During the recent April days, teem-
ing with Democratic activities in the
National House, presidential candidates
have accordingly been pushing little
farther into the field. Under the cover,
as it were of these activities there
have been several maneuvers the signif-
canoe of which is not altogether clear.
For example, vigorous little boom
let has been launched over Governor
Dix, of New York, who apparently has
no earthly prospects of delegates out
side of his own State. His income tax
letter, in which he vigorously endorsed
the proposed constitutional amendment,
has been used here at Washington to
arouse interest in his presidential pros
poets There seem to be agents on the
ground on his behalf and they talk, in
Dental boomer and, particularly to the
New York presidential boomer, about
the splendid qualities of the Empire
State Governor.
1t hardly need be said that the boom
ers have made no impression upon those
people in Washington who have any
say about presidential campaigns, be-
yond arousing curiosity. Perhaps the
Dix boom is designed to help Governor
Harmon by preventing Governor Will
son, of New Jersey, from gathering in
very formidable delegation. Perhaps
Tammany Hall is working out some
fine plan. The day is not distant now
when the strife for convention dele
gates will be on.
Taft Endorsement.
There were too many other in
teresting topics current in Washing
ton at the time to permit of
much attention to the action of
South Carolina Republicans at Column.
of Capt John G.. Capers, of valiant
Republican record, in endorsing Presi.
dent Taft for denomination and re-
election. The 300 word telegram, de.
seribing the meeting of the executive
tions it adopted, was not only sent to
the White House offices but was given
out there. Furthermore certain friends
Of the administration took pains to OBJ.
tain for the telegram as wide publicity
as possible, Still other Southern States
where the administration has complete
control of the party machinery, will
probably act in the near future. These
State committees in the South are
paramount in Republican politics and
when they declare for presidential
candidate IL Is certain that the State
conventions In due season will make
the pledges good.
The South Carolina resolutions 70,
ieFred TO the desire Of the Palmetto
Republicans 10 take this early op,
porunity 10 join our sister State Of
North Carolina IN lie prior endorse,
meat u the sfatesmanahip, wisdom ana
courage u william Howard Taft the
lsAeef Ana baff councillor of our marty.
aand 70 pledge 20 him the aalegates from
Pc slaie a. The nexi kanonn eonysn.
ION eaplaln eaners apanas 8 dsal af
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