Show washington LETTER speaker cannon and his opponents 1 dale dite of inauguration day to B changed special corres correspondence washington D C jan 23 1910 1 out of tho the surcharged i atmosphere of the national capital I 1 during tho the past week have come to fresh indications of a fight to the finish between speaker cannon and the insurgents they are short sighted who contend that because temporarily warring factions within the republican party in the have buried burte d their differences and presented a untied united front in the elections they will do so an in this instance they overlook tho the fact that differences heretofore have been more or less superficial and th it t the basis of the present great contest is fundamental it can hotbo not bo terminated without final defeat for Cannom sm or the insurgents this is demonstrated by the announcement of tho the speaker that he is in the fight to stay stav 1 I am not going to quit he is quoted as eay say ing 1 I will quit public life when my constituents fail fall to elect me ann ano not before if I 1 should quit public life I 1 should be ot only a coward but a poltroon this puta puts an end for the present at least to the hopes of df those opponents of the speaker who had an idea the storm of party might be overcome by a statement fron him that he would not seek reelection election rc to ills his present po position of power second only to that of the president an aftermath of the ejection election from the he service of gifford achot pinchot cornea comes th tha statement of james R garfield of ohio former secretary of the interior and member of 0 the roosevelt tennis cabinet indica tint ting that the action against him la Is also against roosevelt and his poh cie probably no event during the past week has caused so 0 o much inside comment ae as the inet arview v aich appeared in a few papers the country mean slean while the president has ampol cited a successor suc Lessor to pinchot as head of the bureau of forestry he ile is henry S graves director of the yale forest school and for two years ears assistant chief of the old division of forest 1 bruder pinchot simultaneously with the announcement of mr graves lime i an interview with president Il iain lne of 0 tho the american Lumb ermia association saying that it was er entirely satisfactory to ta him and to he organization he represents next to alfrord pinchot and the abitanta asi tanta who were dismissed with him it is considered hero here that graves Is tre tt c best qualified man in the coun country for the piece place by the time the actual investigation 7 f the ballinger BaUi eh a are under via ai is likely that all tho forces for and annat the administration including cannon Sen senator titor aldrich Aldr will n lined up within tho next fortnight t Is a anticipated tha thajo tnt committee ill have been appointed and the actual robe be begun pinchot me meanwhile la Is jr paring foi the presentation of tha opposition bide side of the case the resolution providing for he change of the date lon ton of mhd pre ident of the united rates from mar b ath to tho the last thursday Churs day in april w will ill pass both house houses n congress and bo be submitted to tl tie legislatures of tha the states as us an amend lent to tho the so much las been said on tnt subject accentuate A by the severe mathei conditions rt delast he last inauguration when the proa lert waa was sarn in and dal alred vt red he inaugural in tho the ignate hamber for the first andrew lackson fackson as assumed the he bf of chief xe cutie that it moema more than thele that there will be little opposition lv by the states if it the tile becomes a part of the law t f the land president taft and vico vice ibi will enjoy the unique Ita ui d serving longer than thin any rny if their predecessor or senators and lose their terms with the nett next ne tt Coti gut I 1 vill be likewise liked aie on the fourth day of march tie ti e chances ate alwaes against rood good veather eather la late to in april the chances are always in favor I 1 of it the fiscal operations of the govern k anent for I 1 at month showed a balanced balance 4 on I 1 he credit side tilde the first tims time in the of 0 1910 ail the first time since the payne tariff law want into effect the receipts were and ind the disbursements 4 making a surplus i of 2110 |