The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-10-21
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Getting Bus. y.
At the c pital.

WASHINGTON. D. G., oct. 81. ~
With the arrival Of Harry N. New.
chairman OF the Republican National
Committee, the return Of Cortelyou.
late chairman. and still presiding &C.
Mus; the coming back ot the bear
hunting President and a general inaax
OF senators and congressman, washing
ton is to be busy place from now on.
AS the papers long ago told the tala.
Of News visit and its political In
portance. his coming created no SEN
sation.
There is no.reason to believe TINT
New will remain in town long enough
to have tatlk with President Roose.S
yelt,
There Is no call for any conference
with the man now In the White House.
New and Dover are most concerned
about the man who will be nominated
to take Rooseyelt's place. s
As practical politicians who do not
practice deceit. New and Dover have
gone along In their work taking the
President at his word that he VIII not
be candidate for another term.
Roosevelt had onthing to do With the
selection Of the committee. He aid
pick Cortelyou as chairman, and
cortelyou Resigned the Job
The administration worshippers who
think Roosevelt controls everything
have been contendlng that he will con
troll the national committe In favor Of
TAFT. When they find out their mis-.
take they will come to earth With "a
thud. The anti!Taft people have been
buster than Roosevelt In finding out
the sentiments of the committee mem
bers. They have talked with every
doubtful one and now feel confident
that the administration men on the
committee are in minority;
Even though this information went
to Roosevelt in the Louisiana cane.
brakes. IT did not make him so nery.
ous that his aim was bad when the
bear trotted out to be shot,
When the President arrives t6is.
week he may be visited first by those
twins. Garfield and c6iey,
who know little about politics and
some about tennis, but the sPresident,sS
first political visitor will{be Corteiyoii.
The President will ask about the sltua.
tion in New York Stare. corteiyou
has been there nearly three months
and the President Is eager to know
Just what has been going on since he
left Oyster Bay early in September.
As to Hughes.
Now that the Hughes sentiment
seems on the increase westward as
well as in the east, the administrator
is nervous about It for personal rea.
sons and not because orStne erect on
the Taft ambition. One has TO BE In
New York but few hours 10 feel the
undercurrent against the governor.
among friends Of Roosevelt and Cor:
telyoa. met that distinguished Dem.
ocrat Fingy connonrs, OF Buffalo,
chairman OF the Democratic State com.
mittee. and after he had predicted tie
nomination Of Chanler as the Demo
cratic leader, the Hon. Flngy used a
few interrogation points on his own
account. He wanted to know about
Republican sentiment in Washington
and then declared that Hughes would
never get New York, that the admin.
istration would never permit It and
SO on. Now IT is very possible that
The Hon. Fingy does not want Hughes
but Conners has a way OF finding out
what is doing among his Republican
friends and seldom slops over In his
talk. ,,!j
The growing interest throughout the
west and the comment OF big Republl.
can papers since the Hughes speech
Of last Friday, contribute not a little
to the worry Of the TAFT people. IL
loes not take long TO figure out that
= combination of anti.Taft votes In the