The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-02

One phase of the political situation here which has escaped the attention of some is what at first appears to be the anomalous condition of anaifs presented by the presence in the cab lnet of two active candidates Tor the nomination, Secretary Taft and secre- tary Cortelyou. Friends of the other candidates have not overlooked the possibilities in such a situation and the trouble makers have been busy for some time. Stories are circulated to the effect that the President has switched from Taft to CortelIou or rom Cortel-ou to Taft and that one. or the other will resign from the cao- lnet. "A split in the cabinet Is re- port iadusttiously circulated aeous' once q week Men calling themselves TlenI9 of Secretary Taft catne to nim on the eve of hls departure for the Philippines anI attempted to re- port the alleged activities of Secretary Cortelyou against his candidacy. Tho 7ecre tary of the treasury fas la the 51ne experience with ncn claiming 10 be his friends. t is Q tribute to Mir. Taft and to MT. Cortelyoa that at the expense cf heinz profano they hago -core than once apoliei t'at e9ol ter and uglier we'd to these tale i'fa" ts sent on trouble making High-nIaa- ed men as are Mir. Taft and Mir. Cor
 clyol they tnow enough Of political
 lie to 'heware os t3c Greefs bearing gis5s" especially when the latter are
 1ougai in the form of stories on the quiet"
 i It wss declared in t.Is correspond- cnce three months ago that the carry 'nr forward Of t1o Eoossvelt policies was the common bond bctween the President, his secretary of war and his , secretary of the treasury Mr. Vsrt and Mr. Cortelyou nossess\t9r ad'ifional bond in common of absolate loyalty to their chief anl to h!s policies not only i because they are his hut theirs as we'll If it shall become apparent as time goes on t2at MT. Tat cannot be nominated the Cortcl9o1 candidacy may come to the front in a1vanco of I the convention. and t will have no nore loyal supporter than the secre- ! targ of yer and so t is with Mir Cor telyou T is net likely tat Tren who are unselash enough to view the situ- ation in t'lls light can be mcvad by ithe activities of tale-bearlng trouble makers whose effort s plainly to arouse friction in the cabinet and in crease the strength of the reaction aries by sowing the seeds of disoord in the Roosevelt camp. There is every reason to believe that both Secretary | Taft and Secretary Cortelyou will "stiek to thoir knitting' and remain in the cabinet hntl the national con vention has chosen one or the other as the standard bearer Of the party next year. and of course, if tho can didacy os Governor Hughes develops tho strength expected Of 1t iby his friends the cabinet may retain their services until the end of this admin istration,
 Soon after the meeting here next 1 week of the National committee at which the time and plare for the next national convention will be fixed the pre1imnaries for the lineup will be- gin. and unless students of politics, whose experience fits them for pre- dieting, are far wrong tho new year will not be many daysv old before tho Republicans of the country will see that 1t must choose in the first in lstanee between Taft and Hughes or if sentiment is so divided regarding these two men and their different poli- cies that the party must turn to Mir ICortelyou.- Washington Correspond ent Boston Transcript.