The San Francisco call., 1913-07-17

Pinchot would not be opposing him SC
bitterly. AS one of Golfers men told
"a veteran correspondent, II haven't
got the legal evidence that Bal1inger
is a crook but just feel that he ia
What the men higher up really
wanted was Taft's scalp. No tip has
gone out in the California case. Sc
| 1t is becoming closed incident and
the newspapers are devoting their at
tention to the Mulhall letters.
Is Wilson using the big stick?
Indeed he is. And, clever politician
that he is. he is getting away with
it. The best observers here declare
that he is as big spokesman as any
one, but that he wants to use spoils
for his own organization and to secure
his own ends.
His bawling out of the "insidious
lobby was an adroit play that landed
him at least two senatorial votes for
the tariff that otherwise would have
gone astray
buffaloed, but both senate and house
now show signs of revolt on the cur
lrency program. So some patronage is
being held back. AT that | think that
the chances are that he may be de-
feated on currency. He is biting off too
much for one session.
Senators and representatives who in
fear and trembling that he would de-
nounce them as reactDnary, were run
ming TO the White House a few weeks
ago to tell how good they were, are
now getting off the reservation again.
They say that they are getting tired of
the whip cracking. Further, the Will
son attitude toward senator's and con-
gressmen has in it just bit OF con-
tempt.
The attitude of Underwood, Clark ct
al. toward the president is one of armed
neutrality. They realize that the pres
ervation of harmony is essential if the
party is to continue in power.
The president also Is constantly
preaching harmony to them.
So there is an appearance of har-
mony on the surface. but I think a
majority of senators and congressman
on the hill are hoping sincerely that
Wilson chokes.
I hear more predictions of democratic
defeat next year from democrats than
/ do from republicans.
No one knows better than Wilson
thatN he has not the loyal support of
the party leaders in congress.
He relies on soaring. hammering or
trading them into line, and if that
fails, his dependence is the. secret gov
ernment" of which / wrote above. The
euphonious way of saying this is that
he relies on the People 1t is the
secret government" that makes public
opinion, and isn't public opinion the
opinion of the people?
Don't mistake me do not mean
that there is a real. organized secret
government,-or association. or club that
runs things. There is no absolute bond
alike on lots of things, and work in
dividually to the same ends.
wish ! could run the grouD to its
lair and tell just how it operates. But
it is too indefinite thing to isolate
You ask If Bryan is running Wilson
or Wilson is running Bryan EN-
phatically, Wilson is running Bryan.
That is Bryan comes to the White
House with his hat in his hand. lie
.defers and he kowtows and plays his
own game all the time. He is getting
just as much patronage as he can
grab off, and Wilson gives him lot.
Caminetti was one.
If the row comes Wilson is deter
mined that ii must come through
Bryan's acts. He wants to be in the
position to declare that he did every
thing possible for Bryair
So. when it is necessary for Bryan
to be called down, TumuIty does It,
For example, early in the administra- :
tion Bryan got crosswise with the cor
respondents. lie was too busy with
with patronage callers to see them
regularly, as previous secretaries had