The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-05-24

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. such an alleged conversation IL uude
, no circumstances TO be held as cAilln,
Tor either explanation or dental by IN.
President. The President IL reapon.
siblc only for what he himself says n
public. for what he writes or for what
he explicitly authorizes the proper gov.
eminent officials 10 state In his behalf y
THIS statement has been used more
than once and has figured In contro-
versies out Of which certain distin-
guished men have emerged as members
OF the Ananias Club. 1t may give the
President great advantage and yet
II Is probably necessary to protect him
against persons who might do a lot of
harm by unwarranted or untruthful
utterances.
But this statement is being used in
Ohio to shake the loyalty of Roosevelt
followers TO Taft for 1t 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 out and shout for
Taft" say these Foraker politicians
at is no indication that the President
has authorized them to speak for him
The President speaks for himself and
has not yet committed himself to Sec
rotary Taft's presidential boom"
The Foraker boomers are also put,
ting out more hot STUFF to confound
the followers of the Secretary of War.
They go after x-Representative
Charles P. Taft, hammer and tongs,
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 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 disproved
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
and Kansas. He has promised Sena-
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. 1t was the first to declare for
Roosevelt at the Republican conven-
ton of 1900. under the lead of Senator
Burton, afterward put in jail by the
President, whose law officers prosecu-
ted him for practicing law before the
Departments while a Senator.
During the last two weeks the Taft
boom has also been advanced in other
states. Some work has been done in
Wal idiu, Wltle tlltTt are TWO RtDuD-
lican factions, one of which, headed by
Attorney General Bonaparte, will be |
for Taft. But 1t is not known whether
that faction will dominate the state as |
it has strong opposition. There have |
been efforts to get foothold for Taft |
in New York state, but they have not |
been very successful. Representative |
the chairman of the New York |
cpmmiffaa has n n 10 |
preference for the Secretary of War,
but there has been falling out be-
tween Mr. Parsons and President
Roosevelt, the result of which can not
be foretold just yet. Then Governor
Hughes is credited with having a pres
dental bee and this fact blocks the
Efforts of the Taft boomers. They
nave no present hopes in Pennsylva-
Tia where Senator Penrose holds the
Key to the situation. Many members
If the House in various states have
declared for Taft but the understand
ng here is that this Is done more for
he sake of keeping "solid" with the
President for few months than out
# any genuine support for the Secre-
airy of War.
Nevertheless there is undoubtedly
much sentiment In the Secretary's fav-
II throughout the country. His
riends are trying to marshal this SEN
iment so that its strength in delegates 4
o the next national convention may be |
called. 1t is generally believed in
that he has a very good .
nance to get the nomination but there
re few careful politicians who will say
hat he is yet certain of 1t, while
Keptics continue to assert that six
months from now the Taft boom will
'e but memory. Only the events of
he next twelve months will determine