The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-01-07
TAFT LOOMING UP
FOR PRESIDENCY
Secretary Of War Is Said to Be
Mr.. ROOSeveIt'S Choice For
the Succession.
ROOT IS ELIMINATED
His Cold Temperament and Ser
vices as Corporation Lawyer
Destroy His Chances
Special to THE News.

Special to IHE NEWS.
st. Louis, Jan. Ga special to the
Globe-Democrat says there can be no
question but that if the President of
the United States has candidate for
the Presidency other than himself it is
William H. Taft, his present Secretary
of War. The published gossip relative
to Mr.. Taft, and the resultant loosen
ing up of the tongues of public men
here makes this clear. Some public
men claim to have had this broadly in
timated to them by the President him
self. Others point out that it is the
natural inference from the acts of the
President and the manner in which he
has put Mr.. Taft forward at all times.
There has long been circumstantial
story, never clearly denied, that in in
ducing Mr.. Root to return to the Cabi-
net the President limited at the place as
natural stepping stone to higher
place. Mr.. Root himself seems to
have had somewhat the same idea as to
his own future at that time, and even
earlier, when he appeared at the last
National Republican Convention in
charge of Mr.. Roosevelt's interests.
Many things have conspired TO elini-
nate Mr.. Root from the present situa-
tion, One of these was his own tenn
permanent. He is naturally cold and re-
served and dignified and an ultra con-
servative, as we'll as popularity be-
lieved to be in sympathy with capi-
talistic class iu consequence of his long
professional association with great cor
porations. and the men who have them
in charge.
Said keen and aged Senator of the
United States, who is member of the
dominant party, today:
"The President has no candidate in
the sense that he will ever permit his
name to be linked with a candidate in
that guise. If he favors one man
above another in the country other
than himself for the Presidential chair,
he favors William H. Taft for the
PAoNS. 1AC IIcho AIilic1ICu do W
some of his intimates.
"He probably at one time thought
of Mr.. Root in that connection, but
Mr.. Root has not got on in the public
mind like Taft, and does not possess
the personality. He has no warm
handshake. He has the respect of
every one who knows him, and is
rightly credited with one of the great
est intellects the century has seen.
But the times demand man of an
other type. Taft exudes confidence
from every point. His avordupois, his
ability to work and pull in the tugs
like draught horse have all counted
in his favor. The President is under
almost as many obligations to Mr.. Taft
as Mr.. Taft can ever be to him.
"The selection of Mr. Taft would fit
in nicely with any plans which Mr..
Roosevelt may have personal to him
self. Mr. Roosevelt has always had
him in mind as the logical candidate,
and the man who will carry out his
policies after his retirement.
There are visible signs innumerable
of the desire of the President to put
Mr.. Taft forward. 1t was up to Mr..
Taft to make good in every case, and
because he did he possesses elements of
strength in the country such as does no
other man, in my judgment Roose-
yelt has had advantage of the great
judicial learning and experience of Mr..
Taft Had he always followed it and
been guided by it instead of sometimes
using it to justify himself after he had
acted, he would have had an almost
nawless administration from the modern
and best standpoint
"When the President brought Taft
back from the Philippines he gave him
prominence and high place. He put
him forward whea he was sent to the
Isthmus Of Panama to still the turbu-
lence of the newborn Republic. 1t
was the sort of job few men would
have desired and fewer carried out sue
cessfully. He put Taft forward when
he turned over isthmian canal affairs
and made the canal officials responsible
for all their deeds to the Secretary of
War. Perhaps the one mistake which
Mr.. Taft has made was while serving
in this connection he summarily dis
missed Engineer Wallace from the pub
lie service.