Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-01-02
Roosevelt and Loeb
Pledged for TAFT.
Latter Selected to Deliver New York
Delegation at Convention Teddy Is
Out Of lt---Alleged Move To
Drop Gov. Hill for Chairman.

periodicals. Of tie country over tic
postal lates Undoubtedly has weakened
| the Tat Administration more than al
| most any ether occurrence. 1T has
| nullificd ruch of the political infiu-
encc MIR, Hitchcock previously cxerted.
| Sllu1,IG hr continue to> BE- recognized
as Il power in the denomination of
Taft, particularly If il were upfer-
| st"oH that ie would bc continued in
| his present rasition I'll" result might
b. GtsaStioiJS. Much ot the wonderful
popularity uf 'fhcoduet, itouscVet came
through tee same great magazines
Witch the Taft Administration, at the
irst .nCC ~ IT," p0stma etcr General
h"s deliberately .tntaconizc6
iittSe facts ale known to the friends
of f'resi'!'pt Taft. and theN account for
the asS,lin ttIan that tic IaeII,ion of
Weeks fer chairman of tFe national
! c"nInIitto" in nlace 6i Mir Hitchcoek's
mi'rn, .I"hn T. Hill Of Maine, as Il de-
ii'-"rs't '.r"rt IT, eliminate Hitchcock
from politics. So far this is only an.
assumption. nor Is fheis, ground for
charging senator crane. who is most
adrcit Of politicians and the last man
in the world 10 provoke controversy,
with starting row which might bring
serious r,SliltS to the Republican am
paign =
The suggestion OF. RepresentatiV
Weeks for chairman has met WITHHOLD
ular favor not naca:t;e he is q sfau9-
rattcr on the tariff, although y IL
not or that he is tv:ical of the ''aQ6ea.
who opposed the Domination OF Taft
il 1905 On the contrary. Mr.. Weeks
is liked because oil his breadth and not
hie intolerance in the tariff and poIlti-
cal matters. II There is to be q c0n-
trovcrsy between the Postmastcf-gcf1-
oral and Representative Weeks; how
e''er. it should be remembered that ,
Weeks is tho House sponsor for the
bill Ia rcorganfze tl,cs Post Office Def
partmcnt. for which Sfse Tubucu tons
which the Postmaster General has 'a,iF
tagoniz"d ar. cla,norng. TIE biif'
wnula substitute a.sbua1 hess fa5 as4fpf z
l;ticei admi2 istration oEsthe Pit r
fee DePart nlent anf Id cred III 81 7 !,
lar SUPPORT = II A7p'
Crane Workifa fo6 Losd 3 3
Tie relations of Sknator cFSAaI
Representatives, Woeta ard exdssA h
close bur they are those ! 4
ter and man. Crane stdn,ires3<
and had not the nest Lfnq n,
Democratic would hsNe As6f1 III II
c''anee To nclp slide tlrifn III Il
spHakersl1ip in the event of
lock. The Crane influence n 81 | il
would nc exerted strongly fdfa s e
in the event Of a ructfen i'm tiird F.
chusetts Legislature HAT w6,i tB.
n f~aU
fhr the United States Senator& kNI n
has oecn asserted that 4 Wee 5s I.
hls been organized under ooS he In,
ftght in heAalf Of Senator La juicy b
this is not etrnc. senator crdU7aS q.
moved hcayen and earth in aidEqis {.
colleague. A,t only BECAUSE he 5Re3
he nlrght To be returtqi ON N&{L
principles. but because llis aAs H.
tige is more or less involved I'M Efuf y
where both senators are doin4E liz !:
their power for the return of B3ator =
Lode II H.
Ia view Of the wholly tentatiy tua u
tion which exists over the me |n of lsb'
Representative Weeks for onai g
chairman. all stories imputin ndue | u
activity to Senator Crane or SpS an II
t1gonism t. Postmaster GeneraIitciI
cock must hc taken with SinSof 4 X
sal IL nc