Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-11
LA TOILETTE Is GIVING
 CONCERN ID FRIENDS OF PRESIDENT TAFT


 WASHINGTON, May lS.-The Taft seeondtermers are considerably i concerned over the spread of pro- gressive sentiment in all sections and the growth of Senator LaFol- lette's presidential boom. While the president is not a radical standpat ter by any means, he has not given any signs of being able to swallow all the progressive doctrines, and the Wisconsin senator has not been on friendly rolitical terms with the chief executive for some time. The turning down Of the progressives in the organization of the senate has widened a breach that became quite noticeable when the president de- clined to appoint La Follette's man as United States attorney for the Wisconsin district.
 While President Taft has not an uource1 himself a candidate for re- nomination, there is no donbt enter tained hereof his willingness to run and his desire to be nominated. It is growing more apparent each
 
 sition and that the platform of the nrogressives will be rather radical with special stress laid unon the need fo rwider control and regula- ten of the big corporations.
 Where They Disaares.
 The lavyer-iudicial side of the president's character makes hi'n lean towards the regulation Of pub lie service cororTations through the machinery Of the courts. The Wis consin senator. though a lawyer, Is very much nfavor of the rernae- nent comnissior ~'an. as more ef- fective and exreditious, the plan which has been nrt to snch good use in his own state and which has re- centlv received the approval or naanv big corroratiop heads 'ncind- inc James ]. pti the northwest raiIwav king, Theodore \. Vail r-s sident of the American Tele- -,hore R. Teleeranh co-ananv tt'e Pell systenal. who voice@ this in bis pnpual -ero-t. George NJ. Revnoifs. the Chicago bankeg, Stuyvesant Fieh and others.
 The coonrniss'on control metho1 o' roIving thecnrroration problem may gai~iv he caued child of the pro- qreseives. Therefore. to have cor soration rpen. previously stanch sup porters Of the more conservative re puhIieaps. take their stand with the progreesfve wing, has made the Taft secondterre-s if not the president bin,relf. rea1i7e the magnitude Of the battle before them.
 
 Ore oF the interesting rhases ct recent events is tNe rrnmise that Illinois. so long rlaying only minor ra~t in the national nolitf"al drama. may awaEen and tate tNa lea6ing role 10 which her population and wealth entities her. she has no pro gressive of sufficient renut' ton to put forward as a candidate in oppo- | sitfon to the president. bTt one {" hery ounger rrublicans has sud ! denly shot into the lir'li~ht "s 2 strength. This is Charles E. Merri- am. the defeated candiC5te for nav or Of Chicago. and an enthusiastic ! LaFollette man.
 lt has been some time sine elili
 had a national leader. either
 the reUublcan or democratic ranks. Uncle Joe Cannon has been ! the nearest approach to it. Govern or Charles s. Deneen started out l several years ago to achieve this ' distinction. but fell by the wayside. He is a seniprogressive, but has pursued a mi'Sle-ofthe road policy hoping and trying to bring about re- ' form along progressive lines within | the party, and without coming to an open break with the older lead CTS.
 Deneen las always been very strong in the state outside his home ostg-Chicago Merriam, admittedly T stronger since his defeat than be- fore, is rapidly maturing his plans to capture Chicago for the progress. i've wing of the party-and his de- feat through the agencies of the older leaders will help him in this task.
 Dereen a Power.
 So the passing of Lorimer, the age of Senator CEIlom and the shelving of Cannon leaves the party practically in the hands of the gov. I ernor and the new Chicago leaders faction. Deneen is willing to be friendly with the president, but ne is flirting with the progressives. If Le ard Merriam combine they will ie able 10 deliver the Illinois delega- ton to the national convention to ; LaFollette. There is little doubt but 5 that he will also have his own state 5 Wisconsin, and several other west . ern states-rerhaps Kansas and Ore z gon, and maybe a part of the Iowa r Celeg ation.
 - This will give the Wisconsin sena' [ tor a strong fighting nucleus and his D fighting abilities asse well known. } While aFollette is ambitious, and ]. naturally would be pleased to have ? r ro-sinat'on. he is fighting for | what he considers right principles ' and will turn his strength over tc 5 any other man that gives promise r Of doing better.
 r Whether the progressives succeed , in naming the candidate or not. they