Their leaders in the Senate were Messrs.
Aldrich and Hale.

The Speaker of the House when I became President was Mr.Henderson, but in a little over a year he was succeeded by Mr.
Cannon, who, although widely differing from Senator Aldrich in matters of detail, represented the same type of public sentiment.

There were many points on which I agreed with Mr.Cannon and Mr.Aldrich, and some points on which I agreed with Mr.Hale.I made a resolute effort to get on with all three and with their followers, and I have no question that they made an equally resolute effort to get on with me.

We succeeded in working together, although with increasing friction, for some years, I pushing forward and they hanging back.

Gradually, however, I was forced to abandon the effort to persuade them to come my way, and then I achieved results only by appealing over the heads of the Senate and House leaders to the people, who were the masters of both of us.