The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-05
IcuNlNG CONGRESS - SIGNAL ron
BEGINNING OF rREsiDEs-
TIAL CAMPAIGN.
MUCH TALKED OF MEN
FAALnEADY THE NAMES OF MANY
WELL KNOWN LEADERS
III
u ARE BEING MS
ClssED.
By VICTOR ELLIOTT

activity OF the country. and already
e men. who have their eyes on the presi-
dental nominations Of their rekpet-
tixe parties ana factions. are lining
up their forces and planning 10 open
headquarters here
The reassem bling Of Congress heFe
ia December is going To be the signal
der the opening OF the various head
Quarters Ia the national capital ot
those men VINO are listening to the
tn2zing ~ tho presidential hee- The
Leutemauts of the various candidates !
viii swoop down on Washington ana
there viii be a lot of pulling and
h1using IN the interest or this cann4- 1
.iate and that.
lew politicians actively In tho ltar
Aess recall time when the Demo
erals were So buoEed up with the hope
% success ~ they are al present. As
fer the Republicans, IL is d case Vi
getting ready for q desperate light.
and the preliinInaries or the night TO
be- worked out next winter Viii ne IN
much To them. t5esides there J.
active competition Tar he presi 1eat'aI
r. inination IN beth the Republics and
4 en.c ratio camps uy The leaders vi
aha. various factions If these parties.
Meetings oil beth lhe Republican
and the Democratic national commit
iee are Oh tho program To be held
in the national capital next pecen-
Der.
Iasi session The friends OF Cover
pcr Judson Harmon talked "a good
deal aho,t opening the headquarters
In Washington in the interest OF the
Ohio executive but the plan did not
materlaiize. possibly because of the
hot weather ana possibly because OF
lack OF funds But. IL Is expected that
during the coming winter the followers
of Harmon viii be eucamped mere con-
i 1tuuousty,
woodrow Wilson Mentioned
Friends of Governor Woodrow Will
scr promise to be equally active and
they are expected to be on here dur
ing the winter al headquarters TO
be opened here
Lfeuteuants Of Champ Clark vii!
also be on hand with the boom for the
speaker and If they do not actually
have headquarters here under that
name they will he found encamped
in the office of the speaker AT the
capitol.
On the Republican side the La Fol-
letta headquarters already are going
in fun blast under the name OF the
Republican Progressive headquarters.
and President 1'afts headquarters Will.
OF course be at the White House.
The course OF things political on
the part Of the Repu bilcens here next
winter viii depend largely on tha ma
or the presidents speeches Ia the
West II the trip proves great sue
cess IT Will encourage the Triends OF
the president and VIII have "a ten
dency 10 restrain the activities OF the
1nsurgent wing of the party II the
trip be failure or even partial fai'-
ure the progressive leaders Will be
encouraged to make more Vigorous
carnpaign to wrest the nomination
from the president and his followers
ON the regular side.
AS for the Democrats the presi-
dental campaign Ii fraught with the
utmost uncertainty when 1t comes to
trying to figure out the nominee lha'
WOODROW Wilson is the most popular
I'M candidate seems to be fairly we'll es-
aablished BY the testimony from many
quarters But Governor wilson mas
powerful opposition HIS most 'of
midable opponent being Champ Clark
' Much encouragement was given To
n the urogres.siNe leaders by the recent
declaration of Representative Under
wood that the campaign next year
wiil be fought out on tho Issue OF
tariff revision The leaders here are
not saying much about IL. but they &C
not attempt to conceal their satlsfac'
tion.
Tariff the Big Issue.
They are making their fight to con
froi the next national Republican CON
Sention. to cireumyent the nomination
ri President TAFT and TO shape the
sRepg blican platform. But they arr
looking further ahead than that foi
Ihe reason that II they succeed III theil
plans to control the conventions the>
1hen viii have On their hands this
problem Of the election. In this even
they Will have to consider the CUES
sion of how hest to makeshrdlcmfW
getting eontroI ia various States, ant
sy.e,r S.4Ey nl ola
slyes for the House ana Senate.
The proeressiVes do not propose u
allow the Democrats or any othe
political element 10 keep the atteh
rion of the country riVeted entirely OF
the tariff Apparently the Democrats
leaders want 10 choose the tarln al
the battle-ground for next year. Wha
BY Dir L Underwood has said about it coin
eides with expressions in other higi
Democratic quarters The insureent
~ say a.seg haze a mind ~ choose Tn
field themselves. and thai the tssu
will have To he on some other inc
than the ancient one of the tariff TIL
1ragressives recognize The tarin CUES
lion is important of coarse, but the,
add IL is but one Of numerous bi,
Issues.
Foremost u all the great question
10 be hammered home. say the insur
gent leaders here. Is popular govern
1ilent. They intend to stir up tile reo
pie 10 rule the country themselves an
not 10 allow IL to he dominated b,
the men who have strong leanings t
special interests. II is the purpose o
Y. abe progressive leaders also to EN-
phasife such matters as this initiative
referendum and the recall
Corporation Control.
Some OF the leaders differ about re
call of judges. but most Of them ar
for the recall 81 officials generals
exclusive Of judges Representative
Murdoch Of Kansas, is one OF the In
Aurgent leaders Who Is doing som
1Yery preaching for the recall of judges
He IL making many speeches, and h
asserts the public is deeply aroused
In addition 10 this. the progressive
are going to lay the utmost emphasi
Ill on the corporation control question
III has not escaped notice anon
II shrewd politicians OF all element
here that the Democrat leaders az
exposing themselves badly In comm
4 out at this time and saying tariff wi
aEsS.SS BE the great issue of the coming can
DAign. The question then follow
what IL President Taft. on the strengt
@1s ~ reports for low duties by the tart
Ss board. gets through next winter a sti
4arlff revision program II need hard
III i ~ b. pointed out, In the opinion
Al sFSss n good many poiitfcianA that thi