The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01
LEADS RAGE
% WHITE HOUSE

OAA AZ J i. 49,
Said That President Believe
Who Can Beat lBE,|ry'
Among r R,
8s8 BY Sheldon s.. Cline. .5S *
WAsH1NoTON, b. CJ Iune Sn.-A cAtt:
svaSs OF Republican sentiment III WASH
tington, on the SeVeSof the departure OF
senators md Representatives Tor thels
homes, reveals 4 majority conviction that
Secretary of&W William H. Taft y a
long ways sAheAd Iii the race for the.
8inext& Republican pfeSlde entail nomination.
twill Be interesting to ascertain. when,
these Senators and Representative come!
back gto the Capital next Decefnber.. AFTER
spending the GUNNER among their peo--
pie, X they are still OF the TAFT way o.
thinking. BM5 a$S
III recognized that there are ~ az
tive and aggressive Republican candl-
dates for the Presidency. They are 5Vlcs.
President Fairbanks and Secretary Ot
tife NJ Treasury Shaw. They are not them
selves soliciting support, Of course. nor
sdof they ayow an aspirationato sttainKth he,
SfirstSoffice ofsthe land. But their fri e'ds
ore actively engaged In the 4 nv les
WITH the futl knowledge and consent ol
5Mcssrs. Fairbanks and shaw. y,
Il doesn't appear that there g any. q.
3sanised effort on behalf OF nj. sIIaeLI!sS
Vet 4 j grows daily larger as q pres
dental quantity. 30 q Tar the wa $3.50
StaryF has not been Splaced In the scate4oiy
IA actlve candidates, bit his delay ~
ssrcentinr 4 nomination 70 the Supreme
nRanchf n taken AZ an indication that the
airen's 4 8 Il 10 not GunmuslcalA TO MS cal
SfYntiiG folks tbeganSto mention DIS nulllIhe
N connection with the presidency. e seat
On theS supreme Bench had been t tne ~ IL
ambition OF Mr.. TAFT. $
Ita,.8 a. strange coincidence thai 9 9
$theFf most enthusiastic Of the TAFT poonlere
tshould be am associate justice O. tne
s,,nreme Court. It % very strange. u.
6sedS andS almost without precedent, that
az ashooiate justice S3oof the Supreme
Court should boom anybody tor ne 5ple-s
;sldencys something very nearly akll.,s
sensation was created In Nasnlnsto h N
when press dispatches told q ln%aaf
.drsssinr the Yale alumni; at New Haveh
5Aasonia Justice Brewer had USED 3tnese
.wnrd. IN speaking OF III. TAFT: @I -
safely r,ided 9the country the E
intricacies 81 the Philippine ~situatloh,
and Is az present CARRYING. !. on success.2
the great .canal problem; a 9 = ~
viii carry, to the presidency Stne = =
strength 81 5character he has shoWh. y
dca1inr With the other problems mo mo
when ne }ts IN the White House,$.I nope
know Ii will put into his admins.
,traion those same high principles ,taasns
~ Yale, which he Is Salready l sno yuIs
la his public lie. "g@ x.yh,+.
Recent Republican callers az y & !. -
Housa nave conceived the notion. ShaS
Roosevelt Is quietly promo \.
tn, SSpre%sidentlal fortunes Of his $ &WaA Z, I
ister. They represent Mr. tononsseryellLt & e
yconvincedBtha William 4 1h y VIZ q
the Democratic NOMINEES. and az, Os,ns8
much concerned az 70 whom. 80
;litcans shall name to opp. s
M Sebraaka man, From things SAID /, !,
IA frnm the way ii which2sthe sPresi-
dant SAID them. his callers conclnd n
that M. Roosevelt believes q yL Lar.
81 about the only man eauipped . az
s,,raTs Republican Victory In 1905. Nov.
President ii not going Stos3 declalle
ihimself Tor Judge Taft nor for ny5otn
candidate But there are tnonsan
ways III which he could use the min
ence OF His high office TO- b e
OF any favored candidate e.. ior the !. ~,
ceession, and should he really eet aons g
esract thes nomination 81 Taft will re-
quIre q strong mar 2 g aSrons ~ St1AoA4i
zations 10 thwart him. ss5
ust now the TAFT boom is handicapped
nv tn, fact that there appears to pc no
marked sentiment In Ohio. NIUE
feelinF there IL on the subject would
saem 10 come from6the rtrict Republican
organization men, and to be hostile s "
TAFT. They have neither forgotten
nor forgiven his speech at LAST lsIs
foil. in which he attacked the 2 ma
chine In Cincinnatl.g&T That speech, VIA
out doubt. resulted ! the. defeat ea ofstns
Cincinnati Republican, ticket and aScon-s
trIbuted in no small degrees to the ele Sis
Of a Democratic governor The TACT that
there Il no Taft sentiment IN Ohio. how W n
ever. does not mean that I'm the 4conYen I
ton Ohio might not be enthusiastlcaliy5
for TAFT. Political sentiment Is aSshift-
thins. especially IL the matter OF
pre%sidential@ candidatesH And II is true
that men have been nominated ZOE
presidency when their Il own staten
were positively hostile to them, G y We
Cleveland IS al Industrious example
THE political influences In Ohio which
might be expected to- oppose the nominaT
tiorfot MI, Taft Just now are insthe y
die, aanrudscesrtainly will prevent any, action
M tlNlS year - otd SSNhSO IUTITA
Is the Cincinnatis1 urist. But the powers
are confronted by p strong ssopppp-li
Jsition.. and two years may see
In the situation. The "outs" IN n ohio
Republican politics are trying 10 getgsinAa
81. using full Endorsement of President
Roosevelt as their strong card # may be
to their advantage later on 70 use the
Taft presidential boom as an issue:
Should they DO so,,aand win Il iss believed
TAFT would enter the national convention
with bright prospects % carrying off the H
prize,
Secretary Shaw contronts q very similar
situation IN Iowa, Everything out there
.seems to be coming the way q! Governor
.Cummins, and Cummins d not DOING any
shouting for Shaw ~ q candidateSfor the
Indiana undoubtedly VIII de-
Glare Tor Fairbanks, Ind soRiars al EhlomHss
support Is concerned, the VlossP reatdeRt
would sasrneto have . 'ong advantage.
The only other Republican presidential
.boomEwhlch attracts any transferable at