The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-09-16

ple," said he. favor the e-efectiaa-e President Roosevelt. The President would receive three out of every four. votes cast in the inter-mountap states" " 4
 Mir. Stevenson even goes so far az
 assert confidently that with Roosf ( once more at the head of the ns . al ticket there will be no longer as> olid South. His Roosevelt enthusiasm. in- deed, causes him to predict that the President would carry no less than half dozen of the Southern States, and that in his opinion would result in a white man's' Republican party down in Dixie that would do more towards solving the race question than anything else, and make John Temple Graves, ot Georgia. happy as lark on May morning. If the President will not run MT. Stevenson wants Secretary Taft.
 William H. Thomas. well known lawyer of Portland, Ore, among the weeks visitors. is just as jubilsut for Roosevelt for a second elective term. as he calls 1t. as any man who has arrived from the Pacific Slope this season. MT. Thomas says that 1t Is hard to find a man in his State who Is rnfriendly to the President. The peo- pie throughout the entire section will demand that he once more be made the candidate. --st.s
 DalxeIl Wants Knox.
 Congressman Dalzell of Pittsburg, is one of the big men of the House who sings dffferenf tune. He's for Sem ator Knox for the Presidency. Mir. Dalsell is stubbornly opposed to any revision of the tariff. In this he diff fers from Secretary Taft, who is sup posed in his Columbus speech, not only to have expressed his own views. but also to have echoed those of Presi- dent Roosevelt. Mir Dalzeil considers the present tariff schedules perfect enough. They suit Pennsylvania, and anything that suits the Keystone peo- pie will suit to a gnats heel the old, experienced legislator from. Pittsburg. Mir. .Dalzell, however, Is forced to ad- init that the next Republican platform will probably contain a platform fa- voring revision, but 1t will direct that 1t be along conservative protectionist lines. Only in an incidental way will 1t be made an issue in the coming cam paign. Senator Knox. Mir. Dalzell thinks, is the best man talked of for the Republican Presidential noniina- tion.
 happened in during the week also. He and Mir. Dalzell are such chums that when one comes to Washington the other is not apt to be far away. MT. Payne Is mighty cautious just now about commenting on Presidential can- didates. Things are mixed inside of the Republican Party in the Empire State, and politicians are slow in talk ing stand for the Presidential ticket next year. New York is divided into powerful factions, and besides 1t Is too early to determine whether that del- egation will decide to support Cover nor Hughes or hold itself aloof for trading purposes after the National Convention meets. Mir Payne says he has not been shouting for a revision of the tarif and he does not see any need for it. And he does not think that the average man in this country is bothering himself about the ques- ton of whether the tariff should be revised. He hardly knows this far In advance of the campaign what the leading issue may be Mfr Payne calls attention to the fact that eleven years ago meet every one thought the tarifgi would be the ringing issue. but 1t was not. William Js Bryan sprung silver, and in that meThorhble contest the tarin was lost sight or It would not surprise Leader Payne If next year MT. Bryan were to bring oh some new is- sue which may claim the public atten- ton. Mir. Payne takes the President at his word and understands that he meant 1t when he said he would not accept another nomination.
 For Tariff Revision.
 Senators Clapp and Curtis, and in fact all of the Western men who have been heard to express opinions. con-. cede that there. is a sentiment ali through the Western country, that the sariffa should be revised, but opinions diner as to the methods to be pursued. Senator Nathan Bay Scott of West Virginia, Is 50 well known here that ever since he threw up his hands and proclaimed that his State and others were tumbling over each other in the demand for Roosevelt's renomination, that most people acquainted with him think he must have obtained stunning information to have practically given up and virtually decided to fall in with the administration combination. Fish Commissioner Bowers, who lives at Martinsburg, is out in an interview in which he is posiIIve that the West Virginia Republicans are for Roose- welt, and that if he will give the slightest hint he can have the entire State delegation.
 Representative Campbell S1emp, the lone Republican Congressman from Virginia, adds his voice in the chorus that Is singing for Roosevelt, and pro- claims that the Virginia delegation win either be for the President or the candidate favored by him.