The Washington herald., 1907-10-20
AT THE HOTELS.

Former Gov. Chalmberlain. Of Connecti-
cut, who is one Of the party which took
the fortifcations /of the jamestown EXPO
sition by storm on Connecticut Day. IS
of the opinion tlhat II President Roosevelt
wants TO runi again for the Presidency
he viii swelp the country. At the
Raleigh last Sight Gov Chamberlain said
that while he had no idea that Mr.
Roosevelt fwould run, he did not doubt
that If h9 decided TO do so at the last
moment, be could carry the national con-
vention atS one swoop.
The p9litical situation in Connectl-
cut" said Mr. Chamberlain, lis rather
quiet Naiional politics are not figuring
largely inl our State and the question Of
who will Ibe the favorite for the Republl-
can nomination is one that Is rather hard
to discuss.S Elihu Root, I believe. has
many friendA throughout the State, but
do not SUPPOSE he will ever become 4
candidate for the position. Taft, too.
has many friends. He is Bill Taft 10
the Yale men. He has hundreds Of
friends In Connacticut. and probably is
the most poDulaI man mentioned, with
the exception Of I the President
Il do not beli4 4ve there is any doubt
that Connecticut iwiT be Republican, in
spite OF the receipt Democratic victories
in municipal elections. The State, you
see. is so full II comparatively small
towns in which thNe party is very strong
that the results Ok elections in larger
cities, in which t1e Democrats havo
gained temporarily. FiH not influence the
count when natiotal election is held.
Gov. Hughes has noS a great many ad-
mirers in Connecticutk that u.s. he has rot
nearly so many as Tie two other candi-
dates whom l have mentioned. I really
believe that unless Secretary Taft does
take the nomination, I the sentiment IN
my State Will be for ! Roosevelt As to
who viii really be the Choice of the party
for the Presidency, i'll is hard 10 say.
All the men menti9ned have good
chances. but I do not Eonsider that fea-
ture. Not one Of tlIem is anywhere
nearly so strong throughout the whole
country as is Mr. Roosevelt.
In the West Secret3ry Taft appears to
have caught the people, although PresI-
dent Roosevelt seems lstill TO be the most
popular man that has ever occupied the
chair with the Weste|Fners. Next TO Mr.
Roosevelt. I suppose, comes Mr.. Taft,
and after him IL wdUld be indeed hard
TO say. After all, itiis not matter that
can be decided Tor eome time yet, and
particularly In ConnActicut things politi-
cal are quiet"
Sentiment in PeItnsylvania. accord
ing 20 Lewis @. Ftariy, editor Of the
Reading (Pa) TIMES. while ii may be
expressed peTfundtcrily for Senator
Knox. Is really strong for Secretary
of War Taft for the Republican nomi-
nation for President
with the EXCEPTION Of President
Roorevclt. Secretary Taft is by far the
most popular mah who has been sug-
gestcd for the Republican nomination"
said Mr. Early last night at the Riggs
House Senator Knox viii receive
the votes Of tha delegates 10 the na-
;ional convention through courtesy.
but Mr. Taft will get the votes Of the
people If he receives the nomination.
Hughes? Why Hughes doesn't
figure at all. even, in Northern and
Eastern Pennsylvania, President ROOse-
welt is. Of course. immensely popular
in the eastern part Of the state. but
he VIII not I Believe. be candidate
again, so that the man who viii con-
tinUe his policies. Secretary Taft. viii
be the man for whom the large ma
jority of Pennsylvanians will vote. No;
do not think tfe recent graft inves-
legations in my State viii influence the
Presidential vote at all. The Keystone
State has too great a Republican ma
jority TO be bothered by any such in
vestigation.
"Berks County, of which Reading is
the capital Is the strongest Democratic
county in Pennsylvania, but even IN
that county I should not be surprised
# Secretary Taft would receive q very
/ large vote, II nominated"
Mayor James B. Martin, OF New Haven,
Conn, who is in Washington with Gov.
| Woodruff. is the first Democrat who has
! been selected as head Of that city for six
years. Mayor Martin said last night at
/ the Raleigh that it was only through
hard work and because the Republicans
were a little derelict and over-confdent-
and a few other things-that he became
mayor OF the University City.
/ Mayor Martin used 10 be connected with
newspapers in Connecticut. and says that
/ his early training stood him in good stead
when 1t came 10 politics. After a few
years at newspaper work, Mr.. Martin en-
/ tered Yale law school, dabbled a little
( In politics, found the game worth the can
/ die. and a few weeks ago was elected 70
/ the position Of mayor Of New Haven.
II intend to give the city Of New
Haven" he said, the best administration
\ that is possible. I am not a reform
mayor. but I wish 10 give the city the
/ best government that can be given 20 her.
II attribute my election 10 the fact that
/ I and my good friends got out and worked
/ hard for it. We found the Republicans
more or less asleep and secure in past
victories. We worked all over the city:
worked night and day, and naturally We
won out
! Besides being mayor Of New Haven in
name, he will become mayor in fact jan
uary l. Mr.. Martin is connected with the
/ Governors Foot Guards. and is one OF
/ the nOncOmmissiOned officers who accom-
panied that dignitary on the jamestown
/ trip.
! Gov. Rolin S Woodruff, Of Connecticut,
is Of the opinion that his State is somno-
/ lent in affairs political at present, and
said last night that Il was entirely too
early in the game q talk about Presi-
/ Dental candidates. He said that Secre-
tary Taft. Elihu Root. Gov Hughes, and
all the rest had many friends in the Nut
meg State, but admitted that II is a hard
matter TO say how many each one can
/ claim. He said that in spite of recent
/ Democratic victories in municipal cleo
tions. there is no question Of a Republi-
can majority in a national election in
/ Connecticut.
Francis ". Sutherland, director of the