The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-11-01

The bidding of the cities for the
honor of having the convention is gen
orally spectacular. Delegations OF
boomers come co hang up fat purses
before the committee in the shape Of
guarantees toward the expenses OF the
convention. They likewise send their
best orators and generally their best
business men TO electrify the commit
tee vita the, advantages of their par
ticular localities.
A harbinger of the important political
gossip that will be rife at the meet
ing of the committee appears IN the
rumors that have been current about
the Importance of the meeting here OF
Chairman New and Secretary Dover. 1t
is very improbable that anything either
of those officials could say or do as they
meet TO issue the call would greatly
affect the situation. Yet dispatches
went broadcast that they were going
TO consult about the attitude of the
National Committee regarding Presi-
dent Roosevelt s activity in trying to
name Taft, as his successor.
INTERIOR GAME SUSPECTED.
1t is claimed that both Chairman
New and Secretary Dover are playing
the game against the President and
against Secretary Taft. 1t is very
doubtful whether that is true in any
particular AS sometimes happens IN
politics when one wants to find out by
indirection what can not be ascertain
ed directly, the assertion may have
been made originally in the hope of
bringing those two officials into the
open.
The organization of the committee
may be a tremendous advantage for
the candidates. If there are numerous
contests the committees authority in
deciding them may make or unmake a
presidential aspirant. Everyone who
has intimate knowledge of national
conventions is aware that it is most
often impossible TO decide these con-
tests on merit. 1t is often impractic-
able to secure evidence on which one
can base a judicial opinion. The time
for the hearings is limited. the plead
ers are fervent in presenting the
| claims of contestants. Such circum-
stances in the last analysis favor a
decision by the committee according
to its preference for candidates. OF
course, the committees action has 10
be ratified by the convention itself but
the conventions disposition is to fol-
low the committee. Hence the advan-
tage of having the organization of the
National Committee and a majority OF
its members in ones favor.
MANY CONTESTS ANTICIPATED
Everything indicates a number OF
contests next June from the South
There must be strong developments ir
favor of some one candidate-develop
ments that assure his nomination with
out regard to what the South may do
or contesting delegations will be com
ing up from many Southern states. 1
would be no surprise if as many a
200 delegates were involved. Tha
would be one-f1fth of the convention.
The National Committee is compos
ed of one man from each state anC
territory. There are firty-four mem
bers in all. Probably forty of them, a
| least, will get to Washington in De
cember for the preliminary meeting
In many states a senator or membe
OF the House is on the National Com
mittee. Almost a dozen Republica
senators are of the National Commit
, tee, and, in the present instance, tina
means the Republican opposition t
Roosevelt in the Senate has a strateg
; ical advantage in the committee tina
? arranges for the coming campaign
8 The President, on the other hand, ha
! ten or twelve, and possibly more, prom
llenl federal OIlceHOIueTS III III
5 committee. The inference is that thos
. officeholders will champion his plan!
A few proxies will be held, becaus
? there is always a number of absentee!
: CENTER OF STAGE.
q While the committee is in Washing
ton it will monopolize the political in
' terest. The doings of Congress fc
the time being will sink into compare
, tive insignificance. The committee a
a ways calls upon the Republican Pres
dent as a matter of courtesy. tn
members are also much at the capit'
!. and they sound the sentiment of tn
multitude of politicians in Washingto
at that time. Washington and tn
politicians here are invariably intel
Tested in the tidings the committeeme
bring from the divers parts Of I'll
. country. The committeeman in the
turn are deeply interested in findin
: out what their colleagues are thinkin
: about political matters and what I'll
II political world of Washington is thinl
Il ing.
: Considerable sentimental important
5 is sometimes attached to the decision
of the committee about the nations
convention. The factions sometime
have a test of strength over the dat