Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1907-11-06
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in the Public Eye of the Week
Now arises chance for a division
IN the Republican party. which appears
to be a split near the head, and a GER.
tain brand of politicians or statesmen.
call them which you will, are only too
glad to foster it. It arises from the
possible clash of interests between
Secretary of War Taft, the avowed
candidate for the Republican nomina-
ton, supposedly with the backing of
the President behind him and Gov.
Hughes OF New York, who is not an
avowed candidate and who year ago
would have been as distasteful to the
''reactionaries" of the party as could
be we'll imagined. Here is the situa-
ton as briefly as it can be put. Sec
rotary Taft is known to stand for all
of the policies of President Roosevelt
that are most obnoxious to many of
the leaders among the Republicans.
On the control of trusts and railroads.
the curbing of swollen fortunes and
the clean administration of the govern
ment without special favors to anyone,
he has already declared himself. It is
known that he would go into the White
House, if he went at all without having
to owe his expenses to any Interest.
There would be no string to him. A
year ago Gov. Hughes was lawyer in
private practice. He came to the front
as a clean man and an uncommonly
capable executive during the insurance
investigation. Circumstances forced
him into the nomination for the gov
ernorship of New York and he won
with the people on his record. He is
not politician by training nor is it to
be suspected by inclination. 1t has
been generally understood that he stood
for the most of what are known as
Roosevelt policies" But,in the past
week in a couple of speeches he has re-
ferreG to the need of curbing corporate
abuses without particular "noise or
heroics." This is the phrase that has
been seized upon by some of the re
dictionaries of the party as indicating
that he is not in sympathy with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. And knowing that he
is a clean man who would stand some
chance with the convention and with
the public, the reactionaries have
seized on him to back against the Taft
boom, hoping thus to split the best
element of the party in the convention
and to accept Hughes, the partially I'M
known, as the lesser of the two evils.
Nobody believes that the cooperate in
terests would accept him willingly if
they thought they could get a man of
their own choosing. It is hardly to
be thought that mnch of an inter
necine strife can be built up on the
basis of Hughes Taft feud, and itmay
be that if the Interests" did accept
Hughes and elect him, they might find
that they have been swapping Satan
for a sOrceress.
Now the Census Bureau comes for
ward with what it seems to consider
information, namely that mothers-in-
law are at the bottom of five sixths OF
the divorce suits. Not only is the
Bureau little late with this fact, but
there is a suspicion that it is ultra.
Having exhausted most other meth
DDS, Great Britain might try the effect
of sending dispatch, "Kaid MacLean
alive or Raisouli dead"
James j. Hill advocates the building
OF canals as an adjunctto the railroads,
Wall Street heretofore has simply used
the hydraut and found 1t answered JUS
as well.
A Newark Judge has just decided
that a man is not likely to lead double
life on 81 per week. We fail to SCI
how he could even be expected to leao
a single one.
With the approach of winter, it must
be satisfaction to the coal barons tC
feel that at any rate they need not bt
cold barons.
. The clearing house capsule seems t.
be an excellent tonic after long ant
eXhausting run.
Now in addition to all his 9th er OF
lenses, Tom Lawson is accused o
creating John Morgan of Boston.
This is the first time that Wall Stree
ever found out how much 1t reall
loved the Secretary of the Treasury.
At any rate, Mr.. Root cannot be &C
cused of acting as a stalking horse TO