Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-25
MAY Be FOR CORTELY0U
Elimination Of TAFT Likely 10 Give
New Yorker Big Boost.
PRESIDENT AGAINST HUGHES
Advocacy of New York Governor Two
Years Ago Attributed to Opposition
to Hearst, Not Friendship for
Huehcs-Attitudc is Important.


The probability of President Roose-
welt dropping Secretary Taft rs a
presidential candidate and taking up
the candidacy of Secretary Cortelyou
Is seriously discussed. Governor
Hughes Is asserted to bc responsible
for conditions which may cause the
President to abandon his efforts to make
his Secretary of War the candidate
aud turn his Influence In the direc-
ton of his Secretary of tho Treasury
II is alleged by those who claim to
be thoroughly familiar with condi-
lions that tho break between the
President and the Governor OF New
York is incapable of being healed
Although Mr.. Roosevelt had Mr.. Root.
Secretary of State. 20 to New York
during the last eubcrnatorial CAM
paign and mako n speech "by author
ity' urging the electorate to vote for
Mr. Hughes. nevertheless and not
withdrawing, 1t is said that hatred of
Mr., Hearst, and not love of Mr.
Hughes. moved the President In that
Instance.
To Beat Hughes.
II Ia believed there will he n strong
fight inangurated ly the Hughes Re-
publlcans of New York to elect n del.
egatlon 10 the Republican National
Convention instructed for the Cover.
nor. Tho only other New York Re-
publican even mentioned In connec-
ton with the nomination Is Mr.. Cor
telyou.
There is said to he not the slight
est doubt that Mr.. Hughes would win
the delegation us against Mr. Taft or
any other Republican, unless the
President should play strong hand.
II Is cmphatically asserted that aven
tho President, through his friends,
controlling tho Republican machine,
In New York, could not make tho Re
publican State Convention turn down
Hughes for Taft. But II is more than
possible that should the President
throw his support to Mr.. Cortelyou
tho Empire State delegation would 70
to Chicago instructed for Cortelyou.
That alone would make him most
formidable candidate.
1t Is entirely mthinknble that Mr.
Cortclyou will te the nominee, but
II maybe hc will develop much great
er strength In the convention than
people who know him have ever
thought possible 1t will also be a
shock to those of tho American peo,
pie who still have absolute confidence
In the sincerity of President Roose-
volt as the fearless champion of the
common people and the enemy of pre-,
datory wealth." No man has occupied
n public position OF any prominence
whatever In the pnst decade who was
finer friend of all the people and
things Mr.. Roosevelt Is supposed to
he fighting than Mr.. Cortelyou, and
this does not exclude Mark Hanna,
nor even Senator Nelson w. Aldrich,
peculiarly known as 1.-THE fnther-in-
law OF tho Standard on
Oppose Local Option.
II develops that the bill proposed
by representative John Lamb. allow.
Ing the citizens of the District of Co.
lumba to vote on the proposition to
prohibit the sale of liquor, will have
strong opposltion from even temper
ance members.
For instance. Representative Carter
Glass. of Virginia. a close personal
friend of Captain Lamb, says he can.
not support the BILL since 1t proposes
to leave the question to manhood suf-
frage.
THAT means leaving to negroes as
we'll MS to white mon" said Mr. Glass.
lowed to vote in Virginia; therefore,
II nm opposed to negroes being al
ann opposed to letting them have
the tallot in the District of Column
hit"
Representative Sims. If Tennessee,
an outand- out prohlhltionist, and Il
member of the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia, said today that he
would support the bill. provided that
1t be amended so as to allow the suf-
frage laws of Massachusetts to regu-
late those who may vote on the uues,
ton. This would eliminate hundreds,
probably thousands. of negroes.