Bisbee daily review., 1907-01-04
TAFT BECOMES ADMINISTRATION
 CANDIDATE
A Definite Line-Up Between President Roosevelt and the Opposing Factions Are Now Recognized.
ISSUES SHIPMENT
 PREClPlTATlN6 FIGHT

WASHINGTON, Jan. s.-Secretary Taft made the following statement to- day concerning his presidential aspira- tons
 sF'or the- purpose Of relieving the burden imposed by recent publications upon some of my friends among the Washington newspaper correspond ents of putting rnsther inquiries to me. l wish to say that my ambition is rot politicaI; saat 1 am not seeking the presidential nomination.; that l do not expect to be the Republican candi- date. if for no ether reason than be- cause of what seems to me to be ob- iections to my availability which do not appear to Iessc:S ssith the contin- ued discharge of my official duty; but that l am not foolish enough to say that in the improbable event that the opportunity to run for the great office of President were to come to me l should decline il, for this would not be true
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.--A definite lineup between the Roosevelt and anti Roosevelt factions. or between the rad lCd4c anu (OAAoSA AN4fNH W AN-1AA eA~C @-S publican party, was brought about by Secretary Taft today. when he author ized a statement which puts him in the field as the administration, or Roose- welt. candidate for President
 4 great struggle already has begun in Republican ranks for the control of the next Republican National Conyen- siUu The old Hanna-BicKinley ma chine with its, host of dependent poll ticians, lost power and place when the ballet of Czelgosz elevated Roosevelt toStbe presidency,
 Roosevelt brought in a regime of new men and new doctrines, and his unlJounaed popularity has. enabled him 10 withstand the assaults of the old crowd The money bags of the Re publican party and a horde of it's poll ticisns. eolits.' like Kerens, of Mis- s00ri, are against Roosevelt They eaasot destroy him while in office, bu; they may De able to muster majority of votes in a convention
 Falrbanks.. Foraker. Cannon and Shaw. each of whom has been and is busy building gp following, al repre-. sent various Republican elements which have the mutual purpose of ere ating an era of reaction against Roosevelt Fadiealism."
 Taken singIy, the peIsosal ambition of these men is now. of course, their first consideration. Probably there is not as yet a combination between them But the basis of combination exists, and it is certain that should the four of them control the convention the eventual nominee would nos be a man of the Roosevelt stripe.
 Another significant fact has become known in Washington. The New financial power has espoused the can didacy of Fairbanks. Morgan, Harri man, Cornelius. Bliss. the banking and heavy railroad interests, are al work for Fairbanks. This unqualified state ment may be made on the authority of the Washington representatives oi these men and their interests.
 Thhz reason IS clear. Fairbanks is cold, conservative and cautious-the antithesis of Roosevelt. As President he could be counted on not to make mistakes. not to rush ahead with poll cies that would disturb existing con ditions."
 Fairbanks has the Indiana delegation and scattering Southern and Eastern votes in sight Forsker has the besl chance for the Ohio delegation, and in the Brownsville affair, has made a strong bid for all negro delegates.
 Cannor will have fifty-six delegates from Illinois, and his friends in the House can land him others. Shaw is the weakess of the four. But. taken together. their showing is formidable
 President Roosevelt is a shreWd poll 4ician, and these facts have not been lost on him. If hts work as President if his policies are not to die before their fTuition-ss a matter of Repub iican logic purely-it is clear that his wing of the party must actively organ ize for fight and lay plans to noni pate a Roosevelt man
 The Taft announcement is. there fore permitted, so that public senti ment may have full time to crystaIlizs on him and so that the Roosevelt pol itieiaBs can "get busy"
 The Taft statement must be con stsped in the light of politics. It ii worded as befits the dignity of an as pirant to the presidency But it open the way for organization of a Taf movement. both in Ohio and the coun try at large.
 It is permission to his friends to gl ahead It is fully as conclusive al if afr. Taft had said: Yes; l am can didate
 Taft. Roosegeits nau. against th' field. this is the situation
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