Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-11-11
President at Work to Secure
Control OF New York Dele
CATION
NOT WORKING FOR HIMSELF
He is Only Striving to Maintain Bal
ance of Power in the Convention -
Contest Crucial one-Empire State
Holds Key to Situation-No Confer
enoe Planned.


of making sure that the New York
delegation to the 1908 republican ma
tional convention will be delegation
which will be able to influences, and not
one selected by politicians. friendly to
Governor Hughes. The preliminary
work of getting this delegation was
begun at Oyster Bay last summer and
since last Tuesdays election 1t has
been taken up again. 80.
The presidents friends. of course
say that the desire of his to have the
delegation from his own state made up
Of friends does not mean that he is a
candidate for another term. and this is
no doubt the case. His desire can be
quite nationally explained on other
grounds. For instance, if 1t is his de-
sire to nominate Taft, or Cortelyou or
any other man whom he believes will
carry out his policies, he would OBJ
viously find it necessary to have his
own state dele cation as rallying CEN
ter. To lose 1t would be to lose con-
troll Of the convention.
In this connection it is also pointed
out that without New York he could
not be offered another nomination by
exclamation. This is true, but IT. need
not be taken into account in explain
ing why at this time he is anxious to
have the New York delegation made
up of men who will do as he suggests.
In discussing this desire of the pres
idents the New York dailies have been
saying lately that Tim Woodruff and
various other leading New York re-
publicans are to meet the president
ut the White House next week to go
over the situation. This report, altho
published with lot of corroborative
detail, is denied at the White House.
II any of these gentlemen is planning
to visit the White House he is doing
1t on his own motion, the president
having no knowledge Of his movements
This denial gave rise to another rumor.
namely. that the president had given
Woodruff a quiet tip not to come to
Washington. This rumor is also Of
ftcially denied.
Contest Crucial One.
The contest In New York for con-
troll of its delegation will be the first
important preliminary skirmish in the
republican national convention fight.
It the president loses the delegation
will undoubtedly be made up Of
Hughes men and the Taft boom will
subside, as will any feeling previously
existing that the president will be able
to exert important control over the
convention. II he wins he will be in
prime condition to go into the regu-
lar nomination contest on more than
even terms with anybody else, and the
Taft boom will increase in Importance.
At the same time the way will be
open for the presidents denomination
ty reclamation should the party be In
nlood for such a performance.
Numerous gentlemen prominent in
rarty affairs have been trying for a
long time to induce the president to
say that he would not accept such a
nomination, but they have failed. This
failure has led the presidents orpon-
ents to say that in this matter he is
an opportunist. and that 1t is not his
intention to add anything to his cleo
tton-night statement. Should IMAM
ilnous nomination be offered him he
can say that conditions have changed,
and accept it. Should it not be offered
him, he can say that the election
night statement was sufficient, and
that he did not want to insult the in
telligence Of the country by repeating
it.
Keeping the Upper Hand.
On high authority, however, it may
be said that the presidents disinclin-
alton to issue another thirdterm
statement grows out of his belief that
III he should issue it, and thus take
himself completely out of the presi-
Dental problem, he would find his po-
litical prestige so weakened as to i'm
pair his ability to secure the nominal
ton Of Taft or any other progressive
man. On the other hand, by declining
to issue that statement, he by indirec-
ton holds over the heads of the poll
ticians a threat of his own candidacy
and at the same time keeps himself
live factor in the problem.
Meanwhile, there are grounds for
believing that the president is salts
fled with the status of the Taft boom
and is awaiting that gentleman's re-
turn, when the campaign for him will
begin in earnest, and be prosecuted
vigorously. provided it does not be-
come evident that Taft is not availa-