Show RESULTS HARD TO fORECAST Politicians in Two States Look Into the Future With Much Misgiving AWAIT RETURN OF ROOSEVELT Situation In New York and Ohio Ap patently Will Be Tangled Until His Return Conservation Is sue In James River Dam Bill WashlnBtonRclnforced Is being brought to bear dally pressure on Rep rescntntlve Nicholas Longworth to so euro his consent to be a candidate be fore the Republican state convention for governor of Ohio lie Is still coy Mr Longworth as tho world knows or ought to know Is the sonln law of former President Theodore Roosevelt Tho Ohio representative has told President Taft several times that he Is and will continue to be as long as tho present Taft endeavor Is continued a strong and sincere sup porter of tho administrations policies There are somo politicians In Wash ington who look on tho declaration of the fealty of Mr Longvvorth to the administration as being evidence In part that the Ohioan believes that his fatherinlaw when ho comes back likewise will declare fealty Other politicians say that there Is nothing to this and that Nick acts for himself him-self In political and personal matters without regard to the advice or sug gestion of his wifes distinguished fa ther If the soninlaw representative should become the candidate of the Republicans for the governorship nom ination In Ohio there are those who say emphatically that he will draw the Roosevelt Republicans to his banner ban-ner and also tho other Republicans for It Is averred that Mr Longvvorth L Is popular with all Buckeye Republicans Republi-cans and that his klnshlplnlavv to Colonel Roosevelt will have a great sentimental effect on some of the Republicans Re-publicans who seem to have withdrawn with-drawn their support from President Taft and who are apparently careless about the result In Ohio Democratic Faith In Harmon Tho Democrats say that Judson Harmon Har-mon present governor and the man who Is to be their candidate for reelection re-election to that high office cnn win against any candidate whom the Republicans Re-publicans choose to name They say that Harmons record Is excellent and that tho state Republicans are split Into two factions Insurgents and regulars reg-ulars just as they are In other states although the outward manifestation of party trouble has not been as marked In Ohio as It has been elsewhere Tho Democrats scout the truth of any statement to the effect that a mere relationship re-lationship by marriage between Mr Roosevelt will have any sentimental or other effect In deciding the election In Ohio next fall In New York the governoshlp situation situa-tion Is extremely Interesting Colonel Roosevelt when he returns Is expected expect-ed to try to straighten out state affairs af-fairs even though he takes no hand In national affairs and says nothing pro or con upon the Taft administrations achievements It seems possible that If the Roosevelt Roose-velt Influence prevails and If the record rec-ord which William Loeb Jr collector of time port of New York has made In a score of cases stands him In good stead that he who once on a time was Mr Roosevelts secretary will bo the Republican candidate for governor It may be that the Democrats will nominate nom-inate William J Gaynor mayor of New York city for the governorship of the stato provided Judge Gaynor says i that he Is willing to make the race If the mayor runs for governor and Is elected and Mr Harmon runs for governor In Ohio and Is elected It readily can be seen what prestige each will have as a candidate for the Democratic Dem-ocratic nomination for the presidency Sees Roosevelt Opposing Taft William Jennings Bryan has said according to press reports that he believes be-lieves when Theodore Roosevelt returns re-turns to America he will bo found In the ranks of the Insurgents and that Instead of standing In defense of the Taft administration the colonel i ii of nn adverse will take thit position an crItIc on four or Jive different happenings Ho his prediction Mr Ilrynn bases the colonel has thinks that because conservation promised to speak at the convention In I the west and because hf his enthusiastic and delighted wel romo to Glfford Pinchot Mr Roosevelt Roose-velt Is ripe for tho fight In defense of former chief forester all that the BtanilB for In tho way of conservation eluding his position of notagouisni to of the Interior filch Mr Tafts secrotry IIrd A Dalllnger 1 Bran touches also though the rePort admitted on lightlVttimist bo took Port that a stenographer who tood correspond Roosovelts correspon of Jllr some 0 has leaked Information I to the once Intends I one strenuoUs effect that the to get Into the field of progressive ac and to assail those t Hvltles once moro admInistration pots of the present which he thinks denote tendencies which the to retreat from the position president originally took present In Senator Roots private visIt to lfr Bryan also I 110osevclt Theodore signs which poInt to a fear 011 thc lIees his 1 prcdCCeSSOt part of juIr Tart that II pre I Is Inclined to object to some of Ills methods since ho has been In olllco It Is likely Mr Uryan does not believe that Senator Hoot by his statement of the case of the ndralnlstrntlou cnn en rely convince the colonel that Mr raft has been hlncero and whole hearted heart-ed In his endeavors eth to secure the fur herance of the Roosevelt policies Tafts Friends Not Uneasy There arc In Washington friends of M > Ir Taft who also friends MR uro of Mr lloosevelt who say that Mr Bryan Is utterly mistaken and that when the colonel letunm It will bo found that lie Is still loyal to tho man who succeeded suc-ceeded him In the Whlto House Sena t or Hoot as ono has had occasion to write before was depended upon by Mr Roosevelt when he was presldont to give him advice from i u strict conServatIve con-servative point of view The colonel has Implicit confidence In his secre t ary of state tho man who now Is a senator from the state ol New York Tho friends of Mr Hoot jay that noth ing l has happened to change tho colonels opinion of tbo senator and that If any man can bring Mr Hoose velt to the belief that Mr Tuft Is absolutely ab-solutely sincere and Is doing all that bo can along tho lines of progressive legislation l that man Is Elluu Hoot Most recent political gossip Is to tho effect that when Colonel Roosevelt comes back ho will enter the field against Chauncey M Depow for United States senatorial honors In Now York state Republicans Insurgents and regulars alike and the Democrats also say that If Mr Roosevelt should makeup make-up his mind to bo a senator of the United States there would be no contest con-test between him and Mr Depow worthy of name The feeling Is that the colonel would sweep everything before him as least as far as the Ho publicans are concerned and that his only fear of defeat would come from Democratic victory In tho state a victory vic-tory which would elect a Democratic legislature l James River Dam Bill Will President Taft veto time James river dam bill On the answer to this question Intense In-tense Interest Is hanging Tho conservationists con-servationists of the country believe that President Taft will see his way clear to forbid the enactment Into law of the bill but tho filends of the measure meas-ure Insist that the president being Judicial minded will find that It Is drawn In strict accordance with law and that he cannot fall consistently to ulllx his signature If the president makes up his mind to sign this bill when It comes before him he will nullify ono of the acts ol Theodore Roosevelt which tho friends of conservation say showed snore conclusively than anything elso the real heartfelt Interest of tho colonel of Hough Riders In measures to saleguan the peoples heritage of natural ro sources Issue Closely Drawn This matter in the minds of many resolves re-solves Itself Into this A sharpdrawn Issue with conservation as its basis between the resourcesaving policies ol Theodore Roosevelt ana those of Vii lam 11 Taft It has been charged by name of tho extreme conservationists conservation-ists that President Taft Is not wholly in sympathy with their movement If he signs the James river dam bill they will say that tho fact has been proved On the other hand there are those who say that Mr Roosevelt went to an extreme ex-treme in vetoing tho measure and that the grounds which he gave for his veto were outside of the field of reason This particular James river Is In Missouri and tho purpose of tho bill Is to permit certain specific persons to construct a dam across It In Stone county and to divert a portion of Its waters through a channel Into the river again to create electric power The James river Is a navigable stream at least It Is so held to bo In part und for this reason Mr Roosevelt lelt that the federal government had complete Jurisdiction and the fact that congressional congres-sional legislation Is necessary for the construction of the dam In a large measure proves the contention The bill which is a counterpart of tho vetoed measure legalizing tho dam construction again has been reported to the senate and it seems likely that It will pass Why Roosevelt Vetoed It In order that It may bo understood Just how sharp the issue will be rnado between Mr Taft and Mr Roosevelt If I tho former signs tho bill It is worthwhile worth-while to quote lioui tho Roosevelt veto message To give uway without conditions this one of the greatest of our resources re-sources would be an act of folly If I we are guilty of it our children will be forced to pay an annual return upon a capitalization based upon the highest prices which the traffic will bear They will find themselves face to lace with powerful Interests Intrenchei behind the doctrine of vested rights and strengthened by every defense which money can buy and the ingenuity ingenu-Ity of able corporation lawyers can devise In Mr Roosevelts veto of the incas ure he spoke of tho great combination formed to control water power for the development of electric currents Ho astonishing consolidation 01 sa that an the Interests has taken place within while the the last live years and that movement Is still In Its Infancy un of the less It Is controlled the history oh industry meaning the Standard 01 operations will be repeated in the hydro electric power Industry and that the results would be far more opprcs sive and disastrous for the people It can be readily understood from the tone of Mr Roosovelfa veto why the conservationists and also it is that the friends of the James River dam bill ne awaiting with extreme Interest the are acton of President Taft when this bill Is brought to him for sanction or for veto GEORGE CLINTON L |