The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-06-14
TAFT BOOM
IS GROWING
(Mnn Special to the ADVERTISER

/ NMHlI Snccinl 10 the AdNcrtisCr.)
WASHINGTON, d. G., May TO-
Once more the Taft boom has new i'm
pctus. The admiring political world OF
Washington is now asking whether
lucky Teddy Roosevelt is going to have
his man virtually named within the
next few months. Has the Republican
party nm absolute dictator and is it 90
ing to happen that the President of the
United States can easily name his sue.
cessorf
The flop in Ohio has stirred this, the
great political city of all the world
profoundly. The President heard day
or two in advance that Boss Cox of
Cincinnati was coming out in strong
Taft declaration. Only short time
ago Cox declared against any primaries
in connection with the municipal elcc.
tions, which was interpreted MS n pro
Foraker statement. But they play
politics cleverly in Ohio and it seems
that the whole activity behind the
scenes in Ohio for quite time has
been to bring out Taft for President,
Foraker for reelection to the Senate,
and Harris for reelection rs Governor.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Taft have been very stoutly opposed to
any Foraker alliance, but Ohio IS Re
publican politicians seem to have over
ruled them. There have been two or
three reasons for this opposition atti-
tude. One is that President Roosevelt
bitterly hates Senator Foraker for hav-
ing dared to vigorously disagree with
him. Like many other men who have
risen to eminence, President Roosevelt
does not brook interference with his
plans. The President has been very
anxious to crush Foraker and in his
anxiety to crush him came near to
making an open breach in his party, for
there are numerous influential Repub-
licans outside of Ohio who have re-
sented the President s program in that
regard Influential Senators who have
Il voice in the selection of National
Convention delegates decided that they
would fight unless Senator Foraker
could have u square deal.
But there has been still another po-
tent reason with President Roosevelt
and Secretary Taft for opposing For
aker alliance. They think an alliance
with the Republican machine will not
be entirely popular in Ohio and they
also believe that Senator Foraker has
powerful enemies within the Republican
party who will try to defeat him by
electing a Democratic legislature next
year. Secretary Taft himself is on the
whole rather doubtful of the ability of
the Republicans to carry Ohio next
year, because of a hostile attitude |
among a large number of the city vot-
,rs They are at outs with the Repub-
lean machine and also dislike Senator
Foraker for one cause or another.
Whether Secretary Taft likes it or
not his friends and lieutenants have
gone ahead and arranged the deal in
Ohio which now seems to assure him
he forty-six delegates from that State
o the next National Convention. They
ire not worrying much about what
ohio will do when it comes to voting
n November, 1908, because they be-
ieve Republicans will eventually all
get together and support the regular
candidates. They are much more con
erned about giving his boom good
tart in other States and the endorse
nent of Ohio, which is apparently as
ured by the movement made in Gin
innati, will undoubtedly encourage
ther States to get into line. Repre-
entative Theodore L. Burton, of Cleve-
and, Ohio, who was here few days
go, dwelt upon the Importance of an
arly endorsement in Buckeyedom to
urther the capitalization of Taft SEN
iment elsewhere.
With Ohio all harmony, the Taft
will take up the fight in many
tates and try to pile up formidable
olumn of delegates. This easily
iakes Secretary Taft the most prom
tent Republican Presidential candidate
} date, but the Knox boom, the Fair
anks boom and the Cannon boom will
II be ready to try titles with the /.
hioan. 1t may be months before there
re decisive developments, and yet the |
aft supporters now have some tangi ,
Ie argument to advance and they will
do their best at vote decker
". A few States win readily come 4
ito the Taft fold-States that can be {
Dssed from the White House. Kansas, I
Minnesota and the Dakotas can proba- \
~ be put In that class without doing I
ny Of them an injustice, and probably I
lere are even more. possibly Iowa, 4
'isconsin and Michigan /
THE WORK IN THE SOUTH. I
For the present the big fight will
kelly be In the South. for the Fair
inks boom has made considerable
'adway In that section, As has been
Nd, tho President Is moving heaven '
M earth % got the South into llhe
n his choice Secretary Tan-bul has
u made appreelabla headway yet, \
ard night Ia likely soon for EeuturkK