The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-13
league Mr. Hearst through his news
lane. Tad this tC say:

! league Mr.. Hearst through his news
/ ljapc5' had this tc say:
at vas Lincoln who in the early
! stages Il the Republican party adj
, yiHad against suhmerging the move
. lncnt ia each locality 10 mere local is
sues.
The Republican party WAS a national
organization before Lincoln appeared
as IL, prophet. 1t was founded on &
national issue. that of slavery. and
was the outcomc Of HE prolonged agi-
tation Of the #holijinnists. the de
! cadence of the Wing party and the
general breakup 81 all party "rgamiza-
tons opposing The historic Democracy.
It WAS not originally ~ .saniZei locally
70 nominate 4 candidate for mayo".
nor WIS ii made i stat" organization
to nominate fh:. same candidate for
~oy"ru"r M" indeed uiU it enter
he national tc;;l t. n"niinale tai AIr.
Hearst says Il" viii uavrr again I've It
candidate for elective Office
Tbe Republican party haf its frs,
Inception il ~" minds oi Il r1t.ater a.
members uf congress. They. nitur long
discussion caii,d nc colvr,. ion which
met under he n:,ks, III jackson. Mich.
ana created TIE parry which has been
the only s'IeceS>'tui opposition to III"
Democratic iHIiy SINCE tht days .;
jefferson. II SprLn@ FROM Il popular
unrest and i popular agitation. ~;
from the ambitions, Tie miist and thH
money Of enc iunn. How far the In
dependence lr&gue far short of either
the Republican nr NeI.tprraii" idea oi
self government is fairly Indicated l..
the fact that lii" state leagues are M!
incorporated. cof:ro: If the corpnr.,.
ticns being vested in NJ: Hearst him
self IS for the national League. Il is
enough 10 cali attention ~ III" fact
that the co!nmitt"" in providing for a
national organization authorized Mr.,
Hearst personally to select al OF lis
members. 10 appoint Ill Of lis officers;
and even ~ determine whether Il
should or Should not cal Il convention
and put 81 ticket in the field That j.
hardly the American j1clbud q p"3-
cecdia; tow&r! It r"Dnar political
movement
Th> President ard o,,Iahoa2a.
1t is matter If official ana newspaper
etiqu2tt, rot - sly rule, That III"
president is not t. ~ Interviewed III
less hG invites rh, ul,nrr.sv indeed ::
good many nnfnr;anat" persons, both
political ard journalistic. have had
cause to Bitterly repent Ire Ironut,s:!-
ton OF an interview WIlici! was offered
but repuGiated when it WIS found lot
10 touch the r:eht point ia the public
mind. Yet presidential opiGI@t:~ Il"
leak ont from tl!c White E,oifSt. s,a,ac
CT these ycrr given me tie o:,.o:
day by 4 gentleman who spent .nrch
time in OEialiou,a during the recent
campaign and Who saw the president
almost Immediately after It's close. |,
is proper 10 say li:cit h WAS not il az
cord with the c'inayor Of tie admin
iatraiion to deny statehood - t." poo
pie OF the territory. The jnt2ry lew was
had on the day that the news h:id u N
given out that the president WaNd is
sue the proclamation # stlt"!iyJ.i an.
not Is had been expected. veto the "a
ton Of the people vino adopted the coil
stitution by ioo0o majority. IL view
OF the fact that Secretary Taft was
sent t. Oklahoma t, fight The colstir;.-
ton ard that every territorial u'ii-.a
holding his office ~ grace Of III, ltrH.''i'
in the White House haa fought il. on,'
may lie permitted 10 Tyn'l-irT whether i;
was not The size Of the majority more
than any ether consideration that I'D
Mr.. Roosevelt to abandon his supposed
programme.
However. my Informant told nae that
the president had said that he was not
in fact strongly opposed to the militia
tive and referendum feature IL the
constitution. He thought that for
counties and cities the system OF direct
legislation has been shown 10 be pcac
ticable He doubted whether it would
work out successfully in Il state and
was absolutely certain that it would
fail if tried rs national device. Yet
the people of OklalIom; had Il right to
test it i'll their commonwealth if they
so desired. Nor did be bitterly attack
the 50 called serrymander which has
been the staple argument Of Republic
an opponents Of the constitution. III
fact, he remarked with philosophical
humor that he had had some expert
ence in New York politics and had
seen Republican gerrymandcrs there
and was reliably Informed that they
existed in other states. Of whatever po-
liticai complexion. This and the syS-
tenn Of taxation adopted he thought
matters for the people of the state to
pass upon.
CuriOusly enough. not one of the ar,
guments advanced by AIr. Taft In his
speech has been upheld by President
Roosevelt in the numerous interviews
he has had with public men since the
Oklahoma vote. AS the story OF these
interviews passes from one to another
Washington is buzZing with specuia-
ton as to whether the faithful Taft
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