Northwestern Senators Plot Against the President

There is a conspiracy on among the United States senators of the northwest to fight Theodore Roosevelt, president of this country. If the story proves true, then Senator Foster of Washington and Senators Fulton and Mitchell of Oregon have joined hands with Senator Hanna of Ohio and will go down the line against President Roosevelt to the bitter end. It is a well known fact that Senators Mitchell and Fulton are openly opposed to the second term idea. The feud between the Oregon members and the chief executive is of long standing. Now the time has come to tell the part Senator Foster is alleged to have played. While Mr. Foster has been a member of the senate for some five years, he has played only a small part in national affairs. However, a short time ago Senator Foster was placed on some of the most important committees. The story as it has reached Seattle is that Foster is very much in evidence in matters wherein Senator Hanna has evinced the most interest. Local men who should know say that they have received absolute and certain information that the combination has been effected and that Fulton, Mitchell, and Foster, together with Senator Ankeny, will do their best to throw the two northwestern states into the Hanna camp.