The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-29
Of DEFEAT
ON TAFT CHANCES
Officials Believe Rejection of Reel.
procity Will Influence Taft's
Presidential Campaign.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 22.-The
question which is agitating leaders of
political parties and factions through
out the United States, is how their for,
tunes in the approaching national cam
paign will be affected by yesterdays
defeat of the Laurier government and
Canadian reciprocity. 1t is evident that
the replies will be as varied in char
acter as were the political views of
the factions which fought over the
question during the special session of
congress.
ofhcial Washington closely read the
returns from Canada last night but
remained silent as the figures poured
IN showing the Laurier party had been
defeated and reciprocity rejected. Act
ing Secretary Huntington Wilson of
the state department declined to
make any statement and there was
no other high official here in a posi-
ton to discuss the situation. The I'M
oihcial view was that as Canada had
rejected the agreement. there was
nothing for the administration to do
put make the best of the matter"
That the rejection of the Canadian
agreement will have a strong bearing
upon the campaign of President Taft
for denomination and reelection is not
doubted. Some of the old guard re.
publicans who supposed the agree.
ment against their better judgment"
are saying that its defeat will strength.
en- the Taft administration by remov.
hg the only issue on which thew wera
N disagreement with the president
Most OF the insurgent republicans on {
oosed the agreement and they believe Ii
heir position has been made much 7
stronger by the result of the election /
n Canada yesterday. p
There was no one here last night h
o speak even informally for the demo. a
rats A majority of that party in v
9th the senate and house voted for h
ne enactment of the agreement and r
'ithout their votes the Taft nrooro,,
'r the special session would have fail
d. '''
some OF the friends of the Canadian N
sreement do not hesitate to charge -,
lie canadian defeat of the Laurier y,
oVernment to the annexation bogie " IL
ne of the excuses for this issue was N
lggested by a speech of Champ Clark ~ ~
Missouri, now speaker of the house n,
hlch he delivered in favor of the cs
sreement during the last session of c,
e sixty-first congress, when the "a
'reement was passed by the house apff
ID held up by the senate. Mr. Clark re
as making plea for a wider mar te
It and in giving his reasons for sup HI
rting the Canadian agreement. said. sn
1 am for it because I hope to see leo
day when the American flag will an
at over every eouoro foo4 - M lo'
ltlsh North American possessions
'ar to the north pole. They are peo.
of our blood. They speak our Ian.
age Their institutions are much -
e ours. They are trained in the ~
hcult art of self government. NV for
lgment is that if the treaty of 1854
d never been abrogated the chances lSl
a consolidation of the two countries d.,
uld have been much greater than 13-
" are now"
he canadian press, or at least NO
ne part of it, accepted Mr.. CIark's
tement as a confession that the real
tive of the United States was IN Eli
mise annexation. In vain MIR. qui
rk explained that the remark was nee
mi-Jocular,' although representing Adj
personal desire He said he spoke Bar
on one but himself and that he MOI
ely expressed hope to which he will
given utterances many times in d
past. The chance remark was one
the chief arguments used in the ADJ
adian campaign by the opponents
he agreement
dded Importance to Mr.. Clarks re-
K was given when he was later A
ted speaker and as such became Vine
leader of his party. Many persons pres
Luse of these circumstances were vouC
night attributing the present down tratt
of the premier of the Canadian mon
'rnment to the speaker of the will
rican house of representatives. De-
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