The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-02-14

| place, as he looks upon II as n POSI-
tion worthy tho ambition OF any mar
In this country.
With the Secretary OF War elimlnat-
ell, Il is difficult 20 SEQ IN what dlroc-
tion the President might turn for tn,
kind Of man he would like TO soc
as HIS successor. Tho talk that Mr.
Roosevelt, himself would again be a
candidate, Ia Idle,
Vice President Fairbanks. perhaps,
up 10 this time, has the most perfect
and effective organization. He is an
avowed candidate. and HIS friends IN
all sections Of the country are ener"
gctically at work. Although Il IL not
admitted. there are several bureaus
engaged IN disseminating Fairbanks
literature and otherwise keeping their
candidate TO the forcfrent. Mr.. Fair
banks makes no secret OF his ambition
and his friends are In constant COM
munication with his Washington head
quarters. II the suggestion OF one OF
the prominent Chicago papers. made
within the last few days. should be
carried out. Mr.. Fairbanks would have
opposition In his own state. This pa
per In vigorous editorial called the
attention to the policies Of the pres
ent administration, TO which II gives
cordial approval, and declared that II
these policies were to be pcrpetuated
the one man who might bo counted
upon to do so was Senator Bevoridgc
IL Indiana. This paper declares tha,
In the coming campaign the fight must
be made on the issues as defined by
Mr.. Roosevelt. and not upon the per-
sonal qualities OF any candidate. and
upon this assumption Il declares that
the senior senator from Indiana Is tho
ideal candidate.
In the list Of those who may be
designated as avowed candidates. the
name OF Leslie NJ. Shaw. secretary Of
the Treasury, must be placed Mr.
Shaw retlres from office March ., and
will then be at liberty to devote his
lime TO the advancement of HIS own
interests. In some OF the Southern
States MFR. Shaw is understood TO be
strong and is said to have
,uilt upon an organization that IL la
,oring to advance his interests. His
strength In the South is said 10 lie
hiefy In the Atlantic coast states. A
horn In the side OF Mr.. Shaw, how
YER Is the candidacy OF Governor
'ummlns Of Iowa. Between him and
ir. Shaw and the other standpat tar
n men Of the party there has been
bitter struggle for several years. II
8 claimed by persons who profess to
now the situation In Iowa that d.
'ided delegation must inevitably go
o the national convention.
II Judge Taft abandons his idea or
.oing to the Supreme Court and be-
ONES an active candidate, similar
utcome is likely In Ohio. where SEN
tor Foraker will contest with Mr, Taft
or the support OF the Ohio delegates.
10th Mr. Taft and Senator Foraker
We In Cincinnati. The senator's
tronghold IL the southern part Of the
tate, but Mr.. Taft would find his sup"
orters chiefly In the northern part
nd particularly in the lake region,
here Representative Burton IL one
( the party leaders. Mr.. Burton,
owever, Is said to have Presidential
mbitlons and he might find some
hing to his advantage In the Ohio sit
alton IL the Foraker and Taft factions
et into a wrngle ana ma it ncceH-
ary to agree upon some dark horse.
ust at present Foraker, aided by Sen
su fConcluded on page 81