Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-03-23
BRACE 81 RN
SAYS TAFT"
KENFU C<IAN Has DELlBER1TE
JUDGMENT No ROOSEVELT'S
CHOICE.

Joe Blackburn. OF Kentucky
sab. whose name is known from
one end OF the American nation TO
the other. who came TO the United
States Senate in 1855. after several
terms i'm the House and who will be
come a member OF the Panama Ca
nal Commission next month. was ask
ed today for his views on the po-
litlcal situation. Blackburn is known
as the White House Democrat. sol
his remarks may be considered as
rejecting the Roosevelt light. Black
burn is unalterably of the opinion
that President Roosevelt must not bel
considered as a candidate, nor would
he accept the nomination of the r
publican National Convention next
year were the vote unanimous. He
does believe, however. that Secretary
Taft is. and will continue to be. the
Roosevelt candidate. and that he
will be nominated
1T is my deliberate judgment" he
said, that the President is interested
in having Secretary Taft succeed
him. believe Secretary Taft will
go before the convention with the
unqualified Endorsement and support
of Mr.. Roosevelt and that he viii
make a hard candidate for the Dem
70 ~ lac,
would give The Democrats more
trouble than any other candidate the
Republicans could nominate Be-
sides, Mr.. Taft would be the caudi-
date in perfect harmony with the pol
icies which have distinguished the
administration of President Roose-
welt. For the Republicans to nomi-
nate a man the President might be
inclined to designate as a reactionarv
would be to insure the election of the
Democratic candidate The Repub-
leans are more divided than are the
Democrats and right now are less
able to weather party dissentions
The Roosevelt Republicans will not
stand for any reactionary, and on
the other hand he faction opposed
to continuation Of Mr.. Roosevelt
reform policies will not tolerate ,
man whom they regard as being
ultra radical"
With respect to the Democratic
outlook Senator Blackburn said: "In
my opinion the only name that viii
be presented to the convention will
be that of William J. Bryan. and I'M
less there is most decided change
of sentiment he will win. Regretting.
as I do, his reference to Government
ownership I'm his Madison Square
Garden speech. am Of the opinion
that the trend of recent events has
contributed to rather than detracted
from his popularity so far as his
views on the general subject cor
porations and their relations to the
general Government are concerned. 30
Senator Blackburn predicted that
the forthcoming state contest i'm
Kentucky BODIED iii for the Southern
Democracy. He said that If a good
Republican State ticket were nomi-
mated, with a man like John w.
Yerkes for Governor, who is now
President Roosevelrs Commissioner
~ Internal Revenue the Republi--
cans would carry the State
MY Presidential boom is grow
ing" said Secretary Taft with a
laugh this morning after visiting the
Presidents Office. You saw the
various important mon that were in
there at the same time ] was, and
it is certain that hey have an agreed
to deliver their states to- me at the
convention"
who was i'm there besides Rep
resentadve Alexander. of New York.
and Senator Warner of Missouri
asked one
We'll, there was Representative
Campbell Of Kansas. Senator Crane.
pr Massachusetts, and Judge Glenn
nts. Of Georgia" exclaimed the War
Secreary. as he laughiuely counted
he names ON his fingers "Wih Ncw
ork Missouri. Massachusetts Kan
7s and Georgia today and Illinois
pc other day. through Governor De
Gen. it looks as though by boom was
city well started doesutit2 That's
ght."
There IS moro truth than sarcasm
what Taft said