The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-19


who are allied to defeat the pol
icies for which l stand. Of
course, if you are opposed to a
continuance of my policies, if
you prefer to let powerful viola
tors of the law go unpunished
rather than run the chance of
depressing business, if you pre-
fer gold to righteousness, NOM
mate any one of the others who
have been mentioned as possible
candidates and l will abide by
the will of a majority of my par
ty and will cast N y ballot for the
party nominee. l will regret that
you have repudiated the things
for which l have stood, but l will
be obedient to party discipline. "
The President had intended to
defer the reiteration of his cleo
ton night statement until Sec
retary Taft returned, but he
found that wolves disguised in
sleeps clothing were traficking
in his name, were trying to make
political capital out of his popu-
larity and to deceive his friends
by pretending to be for a third
term when in reality they were
merely seeking to injure the
chances of Mr.. Taft whom the
President regards as the one
man in the field s5ho would sin
cerely and faithfully carry on the
work where he leaves off and
who would be uninfuenced by
the Wall Street end of the Re-
publican party. He determined
that his. friends, at least, should
not be deceived by such tactics,
that every wouldbe candidate
must fight his o'an battle square
ly on the one issue of the cam
paign, the continuance or the re-
pudiation of the RQ Qosevelt poll
cies, that Cortelyou and Hughes
and Fairbanks and Cannon should
be as clearly recognized as oppo-
nents of the policies of this ad.
ministration as is Senator Fora
ker who has occasionally frankly
avowed himself as opposed tc
those policies. With the situa-
ton squarely presented to the
people, with further deception
by men who shout Roosevelt
while they whisper Trusts
impossible, the President stands
prepared to abide by the decis-
ion of majority of his party.
His stand is now, He that is
not for Taft is against me, and
he that is for me is for Taft, :"
and the decision as to the candi-
date and the future policies OF
the party rests with the great
rank and file of the Republican
party.
It is doubtful if ever before
has the Democratic National
Committee held as spiritless and
hopeless a meeting as that which
occurred in Washington last
week. II guess we'll have to
nominate Bill Bryan, although
don't see the slightest chance OF
electing him." was the declara-
ton of almost every member OF
the committee, made, of course,
on condition that he would not
be quoted in the newspapers.
Speaking for publication, each
one asserted his confidence in
Bryan and in his election. OF
course, there were some side
shows in connection with the
meeting. For instance, ex-Sen'
ator Kinney of Delaware brought
with him a resolution declaring
| it to be the sense of the commit
tee that all candidates to the
convention should be sent unin-
structed, and around the corri
dors of the hotels and in the
rooms of members he talked elo
quently in favor of nominating
Judge George Gray of his state
But when the meeting met, Sen
ator Kinney sat silent in his sea
afraid to offer, even in executive