The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-05-21

/ This statement has been used more
than once and has figured in eontro-
..versfes out Of which certain dfstfn-
guished men have emerged as members
q The Ananias Club. II may give the
President great advantage and vet
it is proba bly, necessary TO protect him
/ against persons who might do a lot OF
/ harm by unwarranted or untruthfuI
! utrerances.
! But this statement is being used in
/ Ohio TO shake the loyalty OF Roosevelt
! followers TO Taft for IL is recognized
! that the Secretary IS not particularly
/ strong OF his own account in Ohio but
with the President behind him. would
| be formidable. Because Representa-
/ tive Burton or any of the other Taft
/ lieutenants go up TO the White House
and after shaking hands with the
| President come cut and shout for
| Taft" say these Foraker politicians.
iii is no Indication that the President
has authorized them to speak for him.
The President speaks for himself and
has not yet committed himself 10 Sec
retary Taft's presidential boom"
The Foraker boomers are also put
ting out more hot stuff to confouud
the followers OF the Secretary Of War.
They go after ex-Representative
Charles P. Taft, hammer and tougs.
and demonstrate that the Taft claims
have thus far been false. At the start
the Taft people claimed that George B.
Cox, the Cincinnati boss, and his or
ganization would be with them But
Boss Cox has recently issued a state
ment refusing to join either faction
Then the Taft camp claimed that State
Chairman Walter Brown was with
them. But Mr.. Brown is now out in
a statement which indicates a leaning
to the Senatorial candidacy. 1t has
been proclaimed that Gov Harris is
with the Secretary of War but Sena-
tor Foraker's friends say this will in
due season be disoroved.
And, of course, all these and other
things are cited by the Forakerites to
weaken the faith of politicians in
Washington in the strength of Secre-
tary Taft at home" A Foraker man
said here recently: Party leaders in
Washington are beginning to doubt the
claim that there is a great popular up
heaval IN Ohio for the Secretary of
War"
Secretary Taft is going to open his
presidential campaign in Oklahoma |
tor Long TO make a speech in the lat |
ter state soon, because there is a lot of |
Taft sentiment there and Mr.. Long /
thinks the Jayhawkers can all be bag
ged for the Secretary of War If some /
thing is done to crystalline the senti- /
ment for him. Kansas has a record |
for being the pioneer in declaring for /
the nomination of Republican Presi- /
dents. It was the first to declare for /
Roosevelt at the Republican conven- Il
ton of 1900, under the lead Of Senator Il
Burton, afterward put in Jail by the II
President, whose law officers prosecu-
led him for practicing law before the
Departments while a Senator
During the last two weeks the Taft
eoom has also been advanced in other
states. Some work has been done in
Maryland, where there are two Repub-
lean factions, one Of which, headed by
Attorney General Bonaparte, will be
or Taft. But it is not known whether
hat faction will dominate the state, as
t has strong opposition. There have
'een efforts to get a foothold for Taft
n New York state, but they have not
,een very successful. Representative
the chairman of the New York
county committee, has announced his
reference for the Secretary of War
nut there has been a falling out be-
ween Mr.. Parsons and President
the result of which can not !
e foretold just yet Then Governor
hughes is credited with having a pres
Dental bee and this fact blocks the
forts of the Taft boomers. They
ave no present hopes in Pennsylva-
ia where Senator Penrose holds the
ey to the situation. Many members
the House in various states have
eclared for Taft but the understand
1g here is that this is done more for
ne sake OF keeping solid" with the |
resident for a few months than out
any genuine support for the Secre-
ary of War.
Nevertheless there is undoubtedly
lueh sentiment in the Secretary's fav-
r throughout the country. His
lends are trying to marshal this SEN
ment so that it's strength in delegates
the next national convention may be
salized. 1t is generally believed in
Fashington that he has a very good
nance to get the nomination but there =
re few careful politicians who will say
lat he is yet certain of it, while i
keptics continue to assert that six I
onths from now the Taft boom will
2 but a memory. Only the events of
lie next twelve months will determine.
ERNEST G. WALKER.