Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-05-23
VIEWS Of EDITORS
ON PUBLIC TOPICS
Republica For taft And
Big Navy. democrats
. For Bryan

II the opinion Of the general public
on the leading topics of the dat is
faithfully reflected In the views held
by the leading newspaper editors OF
the United States who have been In
conference In New York City for sew.
eral days past at the annual meeting
of the Associated Press and AmCri.
can Newspaper Publishers Associa
ton. the sentiment of the wide awake
citizen Is overwhelmingly In favor Of
a bigger navy, with William II. Taft
the republican choice for President,
and democratic sentiment Is In favor
of William jennings Bryan.
Out Of total Of 225 newspaper
men, representing every section and
| shade Of opinion. whose views were
sought by the Evening Telegram. liz
! freely stated Whit results Of their OBJ
! sCrvations had been. Several refused
to commit Themselves as to President.
| ial preferences On the ground that
| public opinion in their sections had
not yet sufficiently crystallizcd tn
warrant them In expressing q prefer
cnce. AS Ia. the nations naval re-.
Quirements. however, few hcsitate1
to Indicate what they believe their
home sentiment TO be.
Among those who voted was the
editor and publisher of the Cincinnati
TimcsStar, controlled by Secretary
Talt's brother
One notable opponent of President
Rooscvelt's four battle ship pro.
: grammc Is the editor uf'thC Common.
er. published ut Lincoln. Ncb. While
opposed TO the construction Of moro
than two blttleships at this time, he
Is not of the opinion that the United
States should have a small navy. As
to his preference for the Presidency,
E he remarked that IL would hc hardly
proper" to go on record.
Practically all Of the editorial cX.
pressiOns summarized above were
Civeu to the representatives OF the
Evening TELEGRAM Immediately pre-.
ccling the joint banquet of the hsso
ciatcd Press and American News
! paper Publishers Association, at the
I hundred mcmborB of the two asso
Citations, whose business II Is to keel
! In close touch with public sentiment
u wore present.
l. General Nharlcs II. Taylor, of tn,
Boston Globe, presided and william
jennings Bryan. of the CommOnCr
: was one of the principal speakers.
u Republican editors seemed to pre-
dominate ut the feast, although demo
g cratic newspapers from every sectioi
II Of the country were represented
Half n score OF Canadian newspape
y men were In attendance. and whil
g all of those from over the border wer
y diiident about "me1dling IN forcigl
l. affairs" as they phrased II. ncarl.
All declared they were convinced tina
the United States should have n larg
navy.
OF one hundred and fourteen repull
lican editors or publishers who com
mitted their views to paper for tn,
Evening Telegram, siXty-two fayOrol
q the nomination Of Secretary Taft
!. Nearly all of the Taft men were fOl
President Ro0scvclts -four blttleshil
naval policy Half n dozen. however
" disagreed with the administration
II naval program.
II President Roosevelt was tho chnic,
y OF thirty.siX of the republican news
pGper men. or these two expressed
K. n preference for Secretary Taft "a!
.. second choice II the President vii
u not accept denomination, and two
y declared chat with the present In
IS cumbont of the White House remove,
q as Presidential possibility the,
). would prefer Governor Hughes To an,
g Of those whose names are likely t,
II go before the Chicago convention.
ID Every Roosevelt man but one favor
~ cd the big navy policy, and two o
n. those who declared that they believe
10 ihc President should accept ronomi
y. nation put themselves down as be
icying also that not four battlcship
II. should he added this year, but eithe
le six or eight.