Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-09-22
Ingenious Theory Of President
ROoseyelt's support Of TAFT
For the Presidency.
TAFT WILL STAND FOR A
REVISION OF THE TARIFF
President For Il All Along But
Agreed % Shelvc Du ing Con
gress and This Campaign.


washington, d, g., Sept. 1.-THE
lae8i
Inet Oh the way u looks 10 pollfl
CLANS in Washington. Tho standuai.
tiers won in this years Ohio ropuhli.
can convention. it "a true. but the
Wis ones believe the nght has only
Alter the battle Of Bunker Hin. a
iricnd 20 the American colonies aaia
~ the British parliament. "A few
morc such Victories. ana Bis majesty
VIII have no nruy la America" The
historical rtmark has been paranhraa.
. 81 to apply Co the Victory OF the Dick
lnachino Ia ohio. The war has not
0ton ended By the nrat enhancement
That Ohioa lnsurgont be three
taf. Burton and norrick--win con.
tinut their Fight for control OF the
Chic ofganiintiaH 81 the accepted be.
ioi. and % o. accepted as an equally
fofg1no conclusion that they viii make
iarin revision the isuuo Mr.. Burton
has been a vovislunist Cor a number of
ycafa Secretary Taft. in hia Maine
speech wSat sQuaroly on record as
an advocate oi revision. and ex-Gov-
ernor Herflcks conventna speech
completed the trio. They viii take
up the hght, u Is expected, At the
point where Gov. Cummlns aba1doned
~; and u the next two years grant
Them victory, the th,ng that was the
Iowa idea IN the national convention
of 1904 viii 4o the Ohio idea IN the
r. convention OF laos.
There no lonEor Is entertained any
doubt THAI Secretary ran Ia a canui,
date for the presidential nomination.
Phnd MS Maine speech "a accepted as
10 Old Tor the support OF tarin royls.
oninia. Following hard upon the war
eecretafy's appearance ln Maine. came
ne announcement that Attorney Cen
erai Moody H. 90 be- elevated 10 thel
bupIome bench Indicating taat TAFT
haa inally made his choice and that
no Gu osen 90 try for the mauiol on
Roosevelt
There are those who prafcas 80
bee. in the situation tuat has heon
created, the fine political acumon Of
ihcQdUro Roosevelt There are two
hiugs which Mr. Roosevelt Is known
% farar One 81 revision Of the iaun
and the other u tho nomination OF
TAFT aa his successor Tho president
consented that this years compression.
i clmpaigu should be- made on
ainndpnt platform, but q has not been
Z believed That he has become o convert
i0 taat doctrine.
Here % the situation aa figured out
y D liiical wlaeacrps al She national
'4cfplinl and Il must Do admitted 10
pave the merit OF being logical: Mr.. /
iiouseFfii came to realize that a "a.
publican congress would never revise /
ne iRrin until q had been made plain /
hat the rank and hie OF republican /
YpierH demanded revision. and tho
4iy way 10 determine wethor sucn 1
~ demand existed was % put u 10 the /
K CHl The natural method of making |
such was an open hght for "a revision I
candidate and y revision platform ln /
platform IN 1913. Taft, of course was 1
nc man io makC the fight There was |
consultation and agreement, and /
4iaits Maine speech followed.
j. "a accepted, almost without cues
lan that Secretary Taf o. the ad.
miniaratiouH candidate for the pres|
lential nomination. that his proc "a.
Tention campaign Win be made with /
aria revision as the issue, and thak
hls nomination would carry with II a
BLANK 10 the national platform com.
Emitting The republican party 10 an I'm.
lncdlaie readiustmong OF the Dingloy
schedules Doesn't Il strike you az
ln altogether Rooseveliian political
atroko3
Whether the ab ye be- good or a
bad diagnosis, the fight De- On. ace
nonfesi iu Ohio was uuly a sklrmish.
and the result is without algnlhganco
Because the aklrmlHh line of an 40.
Nncng column Is forced back on the
maiu body. % doesn't moan the battle
b lost " aoevor heard OF Skin
niah line driving che main hody OF an
snomy from On ontronchmcnt3 sena-
T niCt Oh els new combination with
Senator Foraker, retains control for
he present ~ the OHIO organization,
but their troubles have only begun
d Dick and Foraker elect 90 continue
heir proachment az slandpatlam, thoy
Wiil have ON hands the biggest hght OF
hfir lives to control the doieRatlon
b. The uOxt convention ~ on the
1thof hand they try 40 take the wind
lul of the iait huuon-llcrrick sails hy
Declaring tor revision, they cannot
logically oppose the sending of a dele
satl0n go the national convention in.
ttfucted FOR TAFT. who VIII bC the can
lldate 0i royisioulsts IN every state Of
be union ono alternative will uo ,
bout ns bad AZ thg other, ao FAR aa
Pc prestige az the OHIO senators o.
ncernod.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
|fPit b would seem, we're quick 90
~ ne great opportunity which
Nlny democrats believe was present.
b William Jennings Bryan and which
I'D neglected Had Nr Bryan, 10 hos ,
IOme- comics speech, declared revision ,
N the nrin Go be the paramount ls.
uo between che parties, there would
have been little roam for the RoQae q
bolt raH campaign within The renuh.
lean ranks Now chat Mr. bryan ,
DE- rclegatod the tariff to ihe list OF
lnor ISSUES republicans can hEhi &C 2
ID among themselves and sin re g
balm united in opposition io the demo
3atic paramount. that ol federal and (
Pate ownership 10 railroads
a good while ago Mr huoaeVolf
nYo q pledge mat hs would take NO
e6ri ln the contest among republicans 3
~ thf succession and % o. not to {
ID doubted That a. was sincere The
PONDS of other candidates charge
N already DC % using bis influence !