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much disregard for their organizations
| in the states and in the Nation as he
has shown for the organization in New
York. There he even refused to CO.
operate in politics with President Roos-
evelt, who had made him governor
secured his nomination and then
thrown the influence Of his admins
tration in New York state to eject him..
TAFT OR KNOX.
Therefore many think that sooner or
later the fight for the nomination will
narrow down to Taft and Knox. Both
of those men are as available as any
candidates in the field. The President
can hardly oppose the nomination of
Senator Knox openly, although he will
undoubtedly work against him secretly
to the extent of his ability. Senator
Knox struck many hard blows in the
Presidents behalf and the President
has said many things in commenda-
ton of Senator Knox which he can
not take back now. So if Senator
Knox should be nominated, the Pres
ident would have to accept it with a
pleasant face and say he was ode
lighted
1t will probably be three or four
months perhaps six or eight months,
before there will be any decisive
change in the trend of popular favor
for the several candidates. President
Roosevelt is now doing all in his pow
er for Secretary Taft but his work has
not yet reached the stage where it is
telling. The field Of candidates COM
bined against Secretary Taft when the
President began to champion him open
" last spring. The President saw that
and appeared to be less emphatic In
his advocacy of the nomination Of his
Secretary of War. He proposes, how
ever, to reopen the ball in the autumn
and by the time he gets back to WASH
ington he will be taking up the fight
for Taft with tremendous energy. The
opposition to Secretary Taft is wen
organized. It's leaders are active this
summer and a lot of good hard Work
is being done in several states. If this
opposition should be able to convince
the President that he was beaten in
his championship Of Secretary Taft, it
would be no surprise IL he should take
up some other favorite. He could
hardly take up Secretary Root, much
as he might like to do so. Secretary
Root has been so identified with large
corporation practise that his nomine~
ton would be party suicide. The Sec
rotary himself knows it. The Presi-
dent might take up Senator LaFollette
of Wisconsin, who will be g. progress
sive candidate for the Presidency and
will have some following in the con-
vention. But the President has never
taken very kindly to Senator LaFol-
lette, although he agrees with him in
hoFn fn
Probably the President would try to
effect an alliance with Governor
Hughes. That, however, would be a |
bitter pill for him to swallow. Gov
ernor Hughes has repulsed him once |
and the President never forgets such |
an action.
So while Secretary Taft's candidacy |
looks quite as good and perhaps a lit |
tie better than that of any other Re- |
publican, there is a lot of trouble |
ahead of him. His foes within the |
party are concentrating their efforts to
that he would encounter
opposition from the voters.
That is why the opposition of the
negroes to him has been 80 generally |
exploited. Whether the negroes would |
carry this opposition to the ballot box
is a matter of opinion. They do not |
like his attitude on the Brownsville |
ARRAY and they do not like his
speeches in the South in which he vir-
-ually approved of negro disfranchise:.
nent. There is the possible opposition
Of the labor vote, because OF his strike
njunctions when a United States Cir
,Cit Judge. In the last general cam
pain, too, the President sent him on
he long journey out to Idaho to speak
against the cause and the candidates
abor was favoring. The high tariff ;
Republicans do not like him for his
advocacy of revision. The beet sugar
growers of Michigan, Colorado, Cali
ornia and other states do not like him
or the zeal with which he has urged
he enactment of a Philippine tariff
aw which they believe would let down
he bars for Philippine sugar to come
nto competition with sugar produced
N the mainland. Accordingly he has
leavy burdens to carry as a presiden-
ial candidate, apart from the bostil-
ty Of the Foraker faction in Ohio.
ERNEST G.. WALKER.
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