The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-05-10

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that when the convention comef sen.
ator penroae and the Pennsylvania
delegates viii be- FOR a conservative
candidate. uniess President Roosevelt
has fully established HE control of
the convention and is able to make it
do as he Wishes
That fight FOR control continues to
go merrily on. There 10 very little on
the surface 60 Indicate how terrfnc the
struggle II. Contrary 60 the prevalent
opinion. the chances probably are now
that the President will not be able
to control the convention aud that the
opposition forces. operating In many
States. will come very near TO carry
ing out there own program. II viii
be many months. however. before the
result can be accurately foretoid.
Probably much will depend upon New
York state. where the President has
been trying to marshal forces TO as
sure a friendly delegation. II seems
just now that the Old Guard In the
Empire State will give Governor
Hughes terrible struggle and. not
withstanding reports to the contrary.
ignore his plans for legislation. As
the President has already cast his for
tunes I'm with Governor Hughes, a de-
feat for the latter would be a defeat
for the former II this defeat comes
about within the next few weeks the
Legislature remains in session. the op-
position leaders in many States will
take great heart and their arrar ge-
ments for running the Republican par
ty to their own liking will make a
great bound forward.
After all a very great deal depends
upon the limits to which the Repub-
iican opposition to Roosevelt is will
ing TO go. II they are willing to wreck
the party and permit the Democrats
to come in for four years. they prob
ably can have their way. For the
election of delegates to a National
convention is a far different problem.
under present conditions. than Presi-
dent Roosevelt has ever tackled before
The men who do that work do not
always follow the popular will and
there are countless ways to manip-
uiate. But 'in the last nanlysis.'' as
Uncle Joe" Cannon would say. the
delegates to the next National Conven-
tion are likely to be impressed with
the fact that II they nominate a man
whom President Roosevelt does not
approve they will be inviting defeat.
There are a hundred thousand Office
holders who will cry out against any
such program as that.
The Presidents plans for prodding
the South into line have apparently
not progressed to his entire satisfac-
tion. The negroes are in open rebel
lion against him. Assistant Postmas-
ter General Hitchcock. who went into,
Georgia, Florida. and South Carolina,
to drum up an organization for the
President did not have as good succ"ss
as the Presidents friends might have
wished. He returned saying that that
section OF the country was on fire fer
the President. which is undoubtedly
true. If Roosevelt would take the
he could have Southern |
notwithstanding the negro |
opposition. But Mr.. Hitchcock found |
no enthusiasm in the South for Secre-
tary Taft and that is the thing which |
most interests the President at pres |
ent. Mr.. Hitchcock is to travel more. |
He will take other political trips into |
other sections Of the South and rally |
the oficeholders to a strong grasp on |
the machinery by which the delegates |
will be nominated next spring.
The President has some shrewd men |
at work for his cause. He has his |
busy in every States where |
there is a chance to gain some advan-
tage. Secretary Cortelyou has charge |
of lot of the Presidents workers and |
Is said TO be giving considerable at
tention to the Far West. While Mr.. |
Cortelyou is not at all enthusiastic /
about the nomination of Secretary |
Taft. his loyalty to the President i'm |
pels him to help as much as he can /
In bringing the convention to the point |
where 1t will accept the Presidents |
dictation. He has also been giving |
close attention to the Southern situa-
ton because. in the several years he |
was Postmaster General, he had op-
to become acquainted with
the leaders and politicians In that sec
ion. ERNEST @. WALKER.