The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-04-29

ming 30 show in the betting, TO
wits Charles L. Hughes, governor
Of New York.
They can elect nobody else.
Henry WattersoH.
Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Louisville, KY. April 2S.-Foliowing
Is part Of an editorial, by Henry Wat
terson, that VIII appear in the Louis
Vile Courier journal tomorrow morn
ing:
Mr.. Roosevelt has broken all the
records. Tyler. Fillmore. johnson. and
Arthur long ago paled their Intellectual
fires before him. He is a law unto him
self. Nothing seems 10 faze him Do
ing wrong things outright. or good
things in the wrong way; backing and
filling as the case requires making is
sues Of veracity with the proof against
him; choleric IN method. cynical in ac-
ton; by turns a daring temporizer and
rash assailant; practical politician
among the most practical politicians,
refOrmer among purists; inconsistent
as a conservative, illogical as a rad
ical-there stiH exists In the popular
mind a fixed belief in his essential
virtue, in his good intentions, his in
tegTity, and his courage. His enemies
would agree that If you offered him a
bride, he would knock you down. The
good in bad men, the bad in good men.
are sometimes magnifed and some
times denied; but here is a man who
gets credit for good and bad alike.
and there is nothing so successful as
success.
Yet, nevertheless and not with
standing. the President is going 10 ind
Jordan a hard road to travel, and. in
the end. if he is able TO keep his party
together and issue from the fray drums
beating and flag flying. he will be for
tunate indeed because he can no more
diver, the Republican party from it's
nature, kill in IL the reason Of its be-
ing. than he can out Bryan Bryan in
the estimation OF the Democrats
Democrats May Lose Again.
II the country wants an overhauiing
Of policies II will not go TO the author
Of those policies for trained wOrkmen
and a chest OF tools. The whole peo-
pie may not be quite ripe for this over
hauling. Or they may consider that
the Democrats are not ripe for it. Thus.
there may be one more victory for the
Republicans in 1905 as there was for
the Democrats in 1856. But It will
have TO be gained by a change Of riders
and a straddle. for the talk about a
third term IS the purest nonsense.
lacking the President behind IL and
having defeat before it, a fgment of
hot-partyism which the patronage in
esse cannot AFFORD. nor the discipline in
posse viii not brook. The best the
President can hope for in the next ma
tional convention. in my judgment, is
a dog-faII.
What is the Republican layout
From a distance II seems 10 be this:
Taft entered by the President, first choice
of the ladies and gentlemen in the grand
stand; Fairbanks and Foraker from the
Senate stables. backed by the knowing
ones; and a field OF favorlte sons. Uncle
Joe Cannon, from Illinois, for all that
may be in sight; Knox 20 hold PennsyI-
vania for contingencies. and the list Of
entries not yet closed. In sporting par
lance, such appears at long range to be
about the size Of a.
Material for Guessing.
There is material here for the widest
and widest guessing.
Eminent jurists make Disappointing
candidates. You may remember that
before the last Democratic National Con-
vention, said something Of this sort
about Judge Parker. It is equally appli-
cable to Judge Taft The President has
overworked Judge Taft as man Of all
work. made him too much Of a fetch
and-carry. Those who still insist that
Mr.. Roosevelt is secretly conspring for a
third term might see deep design in
/ this. There are others who declare that
he is under pledge TO the Secretary Of
State rather than the Secretary of War.
But. great as Mr.. Roots abilities and
services must be conceded TO be, the line
which events have drawn upon the cor
porations makes the nomination of the
most eminent of the corporation lawyers
unlikely. I take it that the President
wants the Secretary of War, that he
means it, and that as surely as Jackson
stood by Van Buren,. Roosevelt will stand
by Taft.
winner Must Beat Taft.
whoever is nominated viii have TO
I peat A0LL II VIII DC 4oAt al dAilCL AAAS
field and the field against Taft. But
let it not be forgotten that Fairbanks
is in that field, and that whoever is nomi-
mated will have also to beat Fairbanks.
THE Vice President is an old. a cool
and shifty hand at the bellows. He
is the incarnation of orthodox and con-
| sentative Republicanism. Indiana is
pivotal State. What Foraker may do
to Taft in Ohio remains TO be seen.
Even if Ohio goes back on Foraker.
may not the country be a trihe tired of
Buckeyes? If it rejects Taft, can Taft
still pull through a national convention
as Cleveland did? Less and less has the
Juror trick worked IN these gigantic
| mobs, as more and more the trick has
come to be understood. Two. even three
can play il The professionals prepare
for it. In advance. they discount it. The
wiser among the Republican leaders well
know that the party is treading that mar
row strip of political territory which
lies between the devil and the deep blue
| sea. Concession and compromise IS bound
to be the order Of the day witi men in
vested with such transcendent RESPONSE
biiity. They will think long and work
hard against an unreasoning stampede.
None Can stand Test.
Every delegation IN that convention
will have its price, every delegate his tag.