The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-01-03
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WEST VIRGINIA SENATORS MEN.
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New York paper OF recent date is of
great interest because OF the names
mentioned and plans said to be on
foot as to the nomination for Presi-
Ident by the Republicans in 1908. The
. article is Of considerable length and
may very properly be classified as
Political dope" but 1t is worth read
ing at any rate. 1t is as follows:
The contest to prevent President
Roosevelt from controlling the next
National Convention IND handing the
succession down to Secretary Taft or
some other man chosen by himself has
.hegun. Before January is far advanc-
Beyelopments, in the ante-con-
Contest will probably have
the situation to a consfd.
tktent.
eandriate hes.seen agreed upon,
will n be. The present move
Tent is started by the old guard to
prevent the Presidency from being
treated as a legacy. 1t Is the field
against the heir.apparent.
Senator Foraker's use OF the
Brownsville incident was a move in
the first part of the game, the attempt
to capture that great asset of the Re-
A publican convention-the vote of the
Southern delegates. The debate on
>the Foraker resolution is likely to IN
cover to some extent those of the anti.
Roosevelt-Taft combination who are
not afraid OF publicity at this stage
of the game.
However, it has come to light that
the plan to hold the convention open
has proceeded much further. In fact,
SO well has the work been done that
President Roosevelt has already lost
: control of the organization in the
South. The old Hanna guard has cap.
tured It while the Roosevelt men slept.
Old Crowd Lining Up.
The sudden change in the tactics
of conservative Republicans has
brought the little politicians of the
country. and some of the big ones.
tumbIing into Washington to see what
it means. Reduced to the ranks by
Roosevelt. compelled to accept new
rules Of warfare, ordered to turn their
weapons on their old allies of many
compaigns, the corporations, these
Republican veterans of the Hanna
days have been watching impatiently
for the time when 1t would be safe and
profitable to desert to the insurgents.
But the insurgent leaders. Foraker,
A1drich. Scott, Ellkins, Hartman, Cox
of Cincinnati, Blythe of Iowa, the reb.
els in the Senate and the insurrectos
out of 1t, gave no open encourage
ment to recruiting. They we're ope.
rating with small bands and under
owe Of the jungle, raiding the Rate
bill one day, attacking meat inspec.
ton at a far-distant point on another,
and ~dfsbanding, hiding their arms,
and parading into town as peaceful
amigos the next, to meet in State con.
vention and take the stump with elo-
quent endorsement OF Roosevelt in
their mouths.
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But with the meeting of Congress
after a successful campaign conducte
In the name Of Roosevelt to insure
their party a majority in the next
House. there was a sudden lombard.
ment Of the White House with heavy
batteries firing Brownsville ammuni.
ton. This bombardment has ~increas.
ed in violence every day.
Foraker and the faithful "scotty.'
the West Virginia Senator, who was
one Of Hanna's Field Marshals, have
hoisted what they assert is the real
royal Republican standard on Capitol
Hill. And the focking politicians
have been assured that the real wnr
for control in 1908 has begun. Cox of