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Show : ' V ' RESULTS HARD Politicians In Two States Look Into the Future With Much Misgiving. AWAIT RETURN OF ROOSEVELT Situation In New York and Ohio Apparently Ap-parently Will Bo Tangled Until His Return Conservation Issue Is-sue In James River Dam Bill. Washington. Reinforced prossuro Is being brought to bear dally on Representative Rep-resentative 'Nicholas Longworth, to so-euro so-euro his consent to bo n candldnto bo-foro bo-foro tho Republican state convention for governor of Ohio. Ho Is sttll coy. Mr Longworth, ns the world knows, or ought to know, Is tho son-in-law of former President Theodoro Roosovolt. Tho Ohio roprosontativo has told President Taft sovoral timos that ho is, and will contlnuo to bo as long ns tho present Tnft endeavor is continued, a strong and slncero supporter sup-porter of tho administration's policies. There aro somo politicians in WaBh-Ingtbn WaBh-Ingtbn who look on tho declaration of tho fealty of Mr. Longworth to tho administration as being evidence In pnrt that tho Ohioan believes that his father-in-law, when ho comes back, likowiso will declare foalty. Othor politicians say that thcro is nothing to this, and that "Nick" acts for him-Bolf him-Bolf in political and personal matters without regard to tho advlco or aug-gestion aug-gestion of his wifo's distinguished father. fa-ther. If the "son-in-law representative" should becoma tho candidate of tho Republicans for the governorship nomination nom-ination In Ohio, thero aro thoso who say emphatically that ho will draw tho Roosevelt Republicans to his banner, ban-ner, and also tho othor Republicans, for It Is nverred that Mr. Longworth Is popular with all Buckeyo Republicans Republi-cans and that his klnshlp-in-law to Colonel Roosevelt will havo a groat sontlniental effect on somo of tho Republicans Re-publicans who seem to have withdrawn with-drawn tholr support from President Taft, and who aro apparently careless about tho result In Ohio. Democratic Faith In Harmon. Tho Domocrata say that Judson Harmon, Har-mon, prosent governor, and tho man who Is to bo their candldato for ro-election ro-election to that high ofllce, can win against nny candldnto whom tho Republicans Re-publicans chooso to namo. Thoy say that Harmon's rocord Is excellent and that tho state Republicans aro 'split Into two factions, insurgents and regulars reg-ulars Just as they aro In othor states, although tho outward manifestation of party troublo has not been as marked In Ohio as it has been elsewhere Tho Democrats scout tho truth of any statement to tho effect that a more relationship re-lationship by marrlago between Mr. Roosovolt will havo any sentimental or other effect In deciding tho election In Ohio next fall. In Now York the govornoshlp situation situa-tion is extremely interesting. Colonel Roosovolt when ho returns, is oxpoct-ed oxpoct-ed to try to straighten out stnto affairs af-fairs oven though ho takes no hnnd in national affairs, and says nothing pro or con upon tho Taft administration's achievements. It seems possible that if tho Roosevelt Roose-velt Influence prevails, and if tho rocord roc-ord which William Loeb, Jr., collector of tho port of Now York, haB mndo In a scoro of ensos stands him in good stnad, that ho who onco on a tlmo wns Mr. Roosovelt's secretary will bo tho Republican candldato for governor. It may bo that tho Democrats will nom-Inato nom-Inato William J. Gaynor, mayor of Now York city, for tho governorship of tho Btato provided Judge Gaynor Bays that ho is willing to make tho race. Jf tho mayor runs for governor, and Is elected and Mr. Harmon runs for governor in Ohio and Is oloctod, It readily can bo seon what prostlgo each will hnvo ns a candldato for tho Democratic Dem-ocratic nomination for tho prouldencyc Sees Roosevelt Opposing Taft. William Jennings Dryan Iibb said, according to prpsa reports, that ho bo-llovos bo-llovos .whon Theodoro Roosevelt returns re-turns to America ho will bo found in tho ranks of tho' "Insurgents," and that Instead of standing in defonso of tho Taft administration tho colonol will take tho position of an adverso critic. Thero are In Washington friends of Mr. Taft, who also aro friends of Mr Roosovolt, who say that Mr. Bryan is uttorly mistaken and that when tho colonol returns it will bo found that ho is atlll loyal to tho man who succeeded suc-ceeded him In the Whlto IIouso. Sonn-tor Sonn-tor Root, as ono has had occasion to writo beforo, was depended upon by Mr. Roosovolt whon ho wns presidont to glvo him advlco from a strict conservative con-servative point of view. Tho colonol has implicit confidence in his secretary secre-tary of atato, tho man who now Is a senator from tho state of Now York. Tho friends of Mr. Root say that nothing noth-ing has happened to change tho colonel's opinion of tho senator, and that if any man can bring Mr. Roosovolt Rooso-volt to tho belief that Mr. Taft Is absolutely ab-solutely slncero and is doing all that be can along tho lines of progressive legislatlou, that man is Ellhu Root, Most rocent political gossip Is to tho effoct that when Colonol Roosovolt comes back ho will enter tbo Held against Chauncey M. Depow for United States senatorial honors In Now York stnto. Republicans, "Insurgents" and regulars alike, and tho Domocrata also, say that If Mr. Roosevelt should make up his mind to bo a senator of tho United States thero would bo no contest con-test between him and Mr. Dopew worthy of namo. Tho feollng is that tho colonol would sweep everything beforo him, as least as far as tho Republicans Re-publicans nro concerned, and that his only fear of defeat would como from Democratic victory in tho state, a victory vic-tory which would elect a Democratic legislature James River Dam Bill. Will President Tnft veto tho James river dam bill? On tho answer to this question in-tenso in-tenso Interest is hanging. The conservationists con-servationists of tho country bellevo that President Taft will seo his way clear to forbid tho enactment into law of tho bill, but tho friends of tho measure meas-ure insist that tho president, being "Judicial minded," wilt find that it Is drawn In strict accordance with law, and that ho cannot fall consistently to alllx his signature If tho president maKos up his mind to sign this bill when it comes beforo him, ho will nullify ono of tho acts of Theodoro Roosevelt which tho friends of conservation say showed mora conclusively than anything olso tho real heartfoU Interest of tho colonel of Rough Riders' In measures to safeguard tho peoplo's herltago of natural resources. re-sources. Issue Closely Drawn. This matter in tho minds of many resolves re-solves Itself Into this: "A sharp-drawn issue, with conservation as its basis, botween tho resource-saving policies of Thoodoro Roosevelt and thoso of William Wil-liam H. Taft." It has beon charged by some of tho extreme conservationists conservation-ists that President Taft is not wholly in sympathy with their movement. If he signs tho James river dam bill thoy will say that tho fact has been proved. On tho other hand, there are thoso who say that Mr. Roosovclt went to an ox-tremo ox-tremo in vetoing tho measuro and that tho grounds which he gave for his veto wero outside of tho field of reason. This particular James river is in Missouri, and tho purposo of tho bill is to permit certain specific persons to construct a dam across it in Stono cpunty and to divert n portion of Its waters through a channel into tho river again to crcato electric powor. The James river Is a navlgablo stream, at least it is so held to be In part, and for this reason Mr. Roosovolt folt that tho federal government had comploto Jurisdiction, and tho fact that congressional congres-sional legislation is necessary for tho construction of tho dam in a largo measuro proves tho contontlon. Tho bill, which is a counterpart of tho vetoed measuro, legalizing tho dam construction,-again has beon roported to tho sennto and It seems likely that it will pass. Why Roosevelt Vetoed It. In order that It may bo understood Just how sharp tho Issuo will bo made between Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosovolt, It the former signs tho bill, it is worth while to quote from tho Roosevelt veto mcssago: "To glvo away, without conditions, this, ono of tho greatest of our resources, re-sources, would bo an act of folly. It wo aro guilty of it, our children will bo forced to pay an annual return upon a capitalization based upon tho highest prices which 'tho tralllc will bear.' They will find themsolvOs fnco to face with powerful Interests intrenched" behind tho doctrino of 'vested rights' and strengthened by every defense which monoy can buy and the Ingenuity Ingenu-ity of nblo corporation lawyers can dovlso." , In Mr. Roosovolt'B yato of tho moas-uro moas-uro ho spoko pf-tho groat combination'!;! formed to control ,'wntdr powor. for. iho; development, oT;eicctri'c. curronts. .lid; sa that an'a'slpnishlnkconsolldationof' tho intorests has'tokoV-placo within' tho laBt ilvo years,' and that whllo tho movement is still lh its jnfahcy, unV less it Is controlled, tho history of tho oh industry (moaning' tho Standard Oil operations), will bo repeated In tho hydro-olectrlc powor Industryj and that tho results would bo far moro'' oppressive oppres-sive and disastrous for th'o people." It can bo readily understood from tho tone of Mr. Roosovolt's veto why it is that tho conservationists and also tho frlonds of tho James River dam bill aro awaiting with extromo interest tho action of Presidont Taft when this bill 1b brought to him for sanction or for voto. GEORGE CLINTON. |