The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-10-26

eAcoAt liiS uSuIdLu from the peODl
that he run again. He found, how
ever. that there was something Of
mystery in this persistent clamor 70
a thlfd term The men who clamo
tor MIN are by no means sincere, anC
there is deep scheme of politics afoo
to make that clamor the cloak TO
plots to undo the Presidents effort.
to name his own successor. Many mer
came to him with daggers under theil
cloaks. As long as the hue and CRY
for renominating Roosevelt is kept III
SO that it fills the horizon, the Taft
boom langufshes. If the hue and CRY
are kept up long enough the Taft boom
| may die.
That boom is making splendid head
way in the Middle West but it en-
counters obstacles in the South. Lieu
tenant Vorys is whistling to keep up
his courage but he sincerely wishes
that the prospects in the South were
brighter than they are. A little init
/ nation of his real apprehensions
reached the public through some chan
rel that had not been closed, while
the President was in Ohio. It seems
that Mr.. Vorys has found the Cortel-
you boom strong in some quarters of
the South, where he expected TO find
Taft enthusiasm. Some one has been
| through that section of the country
and pledged the prospective delegates
and the delegate makers in the matter
| of second choice. Their first choice
ill most cases is Roosevelt himself
Mr.. Vorys has been much disa appoint
ed in the attitude of Internal Revenue
Commissioner John G.. Capers, of South
Carolina, who is National Committee
man from that state. Mr.. Capers was
for Fairbanks but when the President
offered him the big appointment of In
ternal Revenue Commissioner for a
few months he thought that he at
tached all Mr.. Capers' political pre-
objections and would be able to swing
that state into line for Taft. But Mr.
Capers has either been unwilling or
unable to accomplish that task. In
Mr.. Vorys' eyes the Internal Revenue
Commissioner has been derelict in his
political duties and there are fears
lest Mr.. Capers turn the entire Pal
metto state delegation to Secretary of
the Treasury Cortelyou.
SOUTH Is SINCERE.
The white Republicans of the South
are genuinely for the Presidents re-
nomina ton, because they really believe
that he could carry a few of the
Southern states-Maryland, Kentucky, |
Missouri, Tennessee, and, perhaps, |
Virginia and North Carolina. Many of
these Southerners think it would help
them nightly in their party strivings |
if their states could go Republican |
just once. They are therefore willing |
tol commit themselves to Roosevelt but |
they do not want to commit them |
selves to anyone else. Therefore they |
do not want to declare for Taft, obse- |
quious officeholders though most of |
them are. Secretary Cortelyou is held /
in remembrance as a friend and ally |
of the late Senator Hanna who put the |
Southern Republicans in q bag and !
took them to the National convention I
of 1896 and voted them for Mckinley. !
Hanna not only made promises to the ,
Southern delegates but he delivered i
the goods and they have always held |
him in grateful remembrance as we'll |
as any of the big politicians who were !
associated with him in that |
great philanthropic work.
The advices here are that the Pres
ident has not been altogether pleased
at what he has found throughout the
West with reference to the presidential
situation. 1t may straighten out all
right in the course of a few months.
The Taft boom may proceed and pro-
gress and when the honorable Secre-
tary of War returns from his globe
girdling tour he may find himself as
good as nominated. But the President
found many complications in the
Western states, with no decided senti-
ment for the nomination of anyone
but himself. And while the third term
talk continues and probably will con-
tinue for long time, it is realized
that it is nothing more than futile to
expect that the President would be
willing to serve for four years more.
CONTIGUOUS AMBITION.
The long continued absence from
of Secretary Of the Treas
ury Cortelyou has led to speculation.
His colleagues of the cabinet, except
those who are on distant travels, are
here but the Secretary of the Treasury
will not return much before the end
Of October. He made no move, as far
as known, to come to Washington
during the Presidents brief visit here.
oOIlO Oh HIS ASSISTANTS are dDSSllL ctIAd
there have hardly been enough of the
higher official force of the department
n town to assure an acting Secretary
IF the Treasury from day to day. The
political relation between the President
and his Secretary of the Treasury are
a little taut, no matter
now firm or sweeping the denials. 1t
s known that the President does not
ike it because Mr.. Cortelyou has his
lightning rod up but feels that his
Secretary of the Treasury should turn
n and help to nominate Taft. But
Mr.. Cortelyou frankly told the. Pres
dent a considerable time ago that he
lad some ambition to be president
md was trying to get delegates. Mr..
1ortelyou feels that if the President
we're seeking a denomination it would
De his CCortelyou's) duty, while re-
aiming place in the cabinet, to do
nothing to hinder. But as the President ,
las again and again declared that he !,
will not have it, Mr.. Cortelyou feels
hat under no Interpretation of official
ealty could he be required to support