Show WASHING washington TOrm LETTER I 1 WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE BOX ELDER NEWS washington DC jan 29 that a concerted movement Is on toot foot be iaea all the surface to bring about the of theodore roosevelt by reelection re election the republican party two and ana one half years rears hence to the presidency ol of the united states as the successor of 0 president tatt taft is indicated by certain facts which have been brought to light in ili washington during the past few days back of the movement ire several out and out roosevelt men in congress former government officials I 1 who now served under tinder him during his administration and several washington correspondents and magazine writers they met recently at a private house and discussed plans of campaign every effort has been made to keep the names ot of those present secret but there is substantial evidence that the meeting was held and that the gener al purposes of 0 the band of congenial spirits were agreed upon gifford pinchot is understood to be interested in the movement amid the criticism of the administration that has been rite rife lately there has been much talk among the poll ticiano at the national capital 0 the possibility ot of roosevelt returning front from africa next june and taking advantage of that criticism to forward his own fortunes months before the criticism arose rumors had been afloat of a misunderstanding between the former and present presidents on the ground of inability on oil the part ot of mr tr I 1 taft to always appreciate the advise 1 ol of mr ir roosevelt then whit what appear ed to be specific efforts on the part of former secretary Garli gargield Garlic eld ld forester l I 1 pinchot Pincho tand and others to cast discredit on i the work ot the present administration I 1 fanned the rumors of 0 the roosevelt return until washington was quite quit alive with gossip about the matter matte the former president was likened to I 1 napoleon who returned front from elba to overthrow the then exi govern ment and again lead the armies of 0 france and the return from elba club was organized in the minds oi of thoss those who ho broached it if any person whether actively interested in politics in an official way vay or not mentioned to roosevelt favo favorably iAly lie he was immediately suspected of being a member of the club the thought of elba was not carried to theaon elusion at waterloo Vater lV and st t uel uela 17 la ia but did not matei this elba talk was further assisted by expressed diss dissatisfaction with the attitude of president taft in ili declaring the payne tariff law to be the best of all those enacted in the history of the country in commending senator aldrich and in sustaining sustained inID secretary ballinger Balling cr in fit the charges made against him but there was no attempt I 1 to LO organize this dissatisfaction in it any way until the meeting of the congenial spirits who hope for tile triumphal return of tile the man who is now limiting hunting jn in the wilds of africa that lormer president roosevelt Is a party to any such organization or even knows anything about its existence is not believed here by those who are familiar with the situation ile he declared before lie he sailed away that lie he had put politics aside and was intent upon seeking rest and recreation in hunting ile he has been so far from tile the centers of 0 civilization and has been so interested in ili his adventures and writing about then them under tinder the contracts lie he has with his publishers that he is not regarded as busying himself even indirectly with nith the political situation in fit the united states therefore any efforts on the part of those whose hose wish for his return Is father to the thought that ile he will seek to do so are arc regarded as spasmodic and ephemeral meanwhile the hie op opinion lillon prevails here that the elba movement has been at least temporarily forced into the background by the strong showing made li by tile the administration during the past fey few days the message of the president on the subject of the conservation of the national resources made a good impression on olt the most progressive elements in the party and senator nelson is now working on a bill which will carry into law the recommendations made while the printed statements ments that the president intended to make a general attack upon the trusts net met with a speedy denial at the white house the announced intention of the climet ell lef executive tive to proceed to tile the limit of ills his power a against those corporations doing business outside the law met with wah approval from those who were pleased with the radical steps taken by the last administration throughout the country the fight against the present high retail prices for good stuffs has become very warm and the tha president has made it a good impression among members of congress by proceeding against the beef trust wade ellis the lormer former actor ney general of ohio who made a reputation in that state by fighting tile the standard oil company and Is now assistant attorney general of the united states has orders from the president to proceed vigorously against the chicago packers against whom much evidence has boon been secured during the past few weeks by the department of 0 justice A it is now seriously seriously proposed by many any republican members of the house who are personally friendly to speaker cannon but believe his usefulness to the party lias has ended that a caucus be called to put the party in ill some diplomatic way on record as opposed to ills his reelection election re they desire to have the caucus held within a few weeks and to have it make such minor changes in the rules as will satisfy the country th that at not only cannon but will be subverted the insurgents have pricked up their cars at this suggestion and tire are most willing to join in ili the call for the vali caucus eug burthey but they want to know what changes in the rules are contemplated they tricy w will ill be content only with fundamental changes that will take away from the speaker the power to appoint point tho the chairmen of the various committees and will diminish the power of the rules committee to shut off debate and railroad important legislation through in a hurry if the S speaker were unable to name the chairmen airmen and lie he did not have the rules committee appointed by him to back up his legislation plans lie he would be the servant of the house instead istead of its master lie ile would be I 1 more like the speaker of 0 the british house of commons who is the impartial fitial presiding officer of its proceedings I 1 it is not likely that such fundamental changes will be made at aa this time because tile the insurgents are in the minority of the present house I 1 republicans but in the event of a ao 40 aliens on the subject they will endeavor to put up a good fight figh Cand and fuit fin ther lier enhance their cause in tile the hope that in ili the sixty second congress their alms ainis may bo be achieved considerable interest at present attaches it to the political situation in the state of new york politicians of both bolli parties have been much interested in the developments of the week which have been of fundamental importance in at a dinner given in lionor honor of secretary root and attended by tile the entire state delegation and many prominent federal office holders and organization leaders the senator I 1 pointed out tile the necessity for harmony in order to keep keel new york in ili the republican column next fall without lt going into the merits ot of the controversy in ili which governor hughes has been engaged during lifs ills incumbency he be stated that the latter iatter had bad not been successful in bringing about harmonious conditions this followed closely upon the announcement of G governor over hughes that lie would not be a candidate for reelection election re representative parsons resigned as chairman of the new yolk county committee and it is rumored that state chair man mail woodruff will also retire in fact there are arc indications of a general new lineup line up of forces within the republican party in the state of N new e w york the charges of corruption that have been preferred against senator allds recently selected loader leader of the upper body of the state legislature have not added prestige of chairman woodruff who Is 1 3 understood to have forced that selection senator root Is now the leader of the organization in the empire state when former president roosevelt returns to this country in fit june it Is expected that important developments will follow in the selection of new state loaders leaders in the gubernatorial situation and regarding x eg arding the seat scat now low occupied by senator depew tile the senator lias has entirely recovered ills his health which was impaired by the public castigation lie he received at the time of the insurance investigation and is preparing to become a candidate for reelection election re ile he was endorsed during the lie week by tile the new york state republican club here doth both mr air roosevelt and goic governor anor hughes are considered possibilities in case tile the candidacy of either should bo be needed to help the party situation the constitutionality of the new cor po horation por alion ration tax provision in ili the payne tariff act will be determined soon b by Y the supreme cobit of the united states ast ahen hen it renders an ail opinion in ti the lc case of flint vs stone tracy company which has just been filed the company is incorporated to do it a general merchandise business at windsor vermont the party bring bringing the action Is a stockholder who filed the suit stilt to enjoin the company from paying tile corporation tax to the government ern ment the circuit cobit lor for the di of vermont sustained the tax and in an appeal was immediately the significant fact in the appeal is that the attorney general of the united ted states and now general counsel tor for R S lovett the successor of harriman as head of tile the union pacific railroad raili ralli oad system former senator john C spooner one of the ablest constitutional lawyers in the country may appear in the case as lie has also been associated with lovett recently in a legal way A great legal battle in the supreme court t is t 1 tile the interest interest of the great colp corporations orations is aroused because the tax is a new stop in federal procedure and is an avenue to complete corporation publicity tile the law was framed under the direct supervision of the president root secretary knox attorney general wickersham ail and other very able lawyers were consulted and the administration is conn dent that the law will be upheld by the highest court coull |