The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-03
THE FIELD IS
AGAINST TAFT
HENRY WATTERSON WRITES
ON SITUATION.
Democratic Editor Discusses Repub-
lican Politics-A Lesson From
Tilden's Experience-Fair-
banks Has a Show as
Well as Taft.

Louisville, Ky, May lin all edi-
Watterson discusses President Roose-
welt. the Republican party, and the
party's presidential! possibilities. The
editorial follows in part:
"Mr. Roosevelt has broken all the
records. Tyler, Fillmore, johnson,
and Arthur lon" ago paled their in
cffectual fires before him. He is
law dnto himself: Nothing seems to
faze him. Doing wrong things out
right or good things in the wrong
way-backine ard filling rs the case
requires-mal1in% issues Of veracity
with the proof against hirn-choleric
in method, cynical in action--by
turns daring temporizer and rash
assailant-a practical politician
among the most practical politicians,
reformcr among purists-inconsis-
tent as conservative, illogical as a
radical-there ?till exists in the po-
pular mind fixed belief in his es-
sential virtue; in his goo intentions,
his INTEGRITY, and his courage. His
enemies would agree that if you Of
fercd lin a bribe. he would knock
you Gown. The 90: 4 in bad men the
bad IN good men, ore sometimes mag
nified and sometimes denied; but
h",e il Il man who gets credit for
good and bad alil.L. ard there is
nothing so successful rs success.
"Yet, nevertheless and notwith-
standing, the president is goins to
find Jordan q hard load to travel,
and. in the end, if he is a'lc to keep
his !.arty to"ethc" ana ISSUE from the
Fray drums beating and flag "lyin",
he will be fortunate indeed; because
he can no more divert the Republic
can party from its nature, kill in it
the reason of its being than he can
out-Bryan Bry an III estimation Of
the Democrats.
Must Change Riders.
eff the country wants an over
hauling Of policies it will not go to
the author of those policies for train
ed workmen ana chest of tools. The
whole people may not be quite ripe
for this overhauling. Or they may
consider that the Democrats are not
ripe for it. Thus, there may be one
more victory for the Republicans in
for it. fifmcnt Of hot partyiSm
which the PATRONAGE IN cssc cannot
afford, or the discipline Il posse
will not brook. The best the prcsi-
dent can hope for in the next national
convention, in my judgment is a dog
fall.
"Eminent jurists make disappoint-
ing candidates. You may remember
that before the last national Demo-
cratic convention said something
of this sort 1908, as there was FOR the
Democrats in 1856 But it vii. have
to be gained by n change Of riders
and a straddle, for the talk about a
third term is the purest nonsense,
lacking the president behind it and
4 having defeat be abou; Judge Par
Y ker. II is equally appli 'ablc to Judge
n Judge Taft as man of all work,
" made him too much of 4 fctch-and-
i carry. Those who still insist that
Mr.. Roosevelt is secretly conspring
[ for third term might sec a deep de-
sign in this. There are others who
Ndeclarc that he is under pledge to
the secretary Of stato rather than the
secretary Of war. But. great as Mr..
Roots abilities and services must be
conceded to be, the line which events
have drawn upon the corporations
[ makes the nomination Of the most
eminent Of the corporation lawyers
, Believes President Sincere.
"I take it that the president wants
the secretary Of war, that he means
it, and that as surely as Jackson
E)stood by Van Buren, Roosevelt will
|}stand by Taft.
II "NVhoever is nominated will have
1 No beat Taft. 1t will be Taft against
y the field and the field against Taft.
But let it not be gorgotton and Fair