Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-02-14
Reuublic,n Convention viii be
MostExolting in Last Quar-
ter Of a Century.
BUCKEYE STATE THE PIVOT
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PS,,,.n,reton, d. c., Feb. 9.-The Tart
sort,ment, which assumed large p,o-
a-tIons before Secy. Taft left on ms
around the world, and which by
T. Of his absence became
I .,,hat dulled Is again mount
,,,,u,ard. There is no denying the
[,ot mat the secretary of war 10 III
f.ro,sing his following by leaps anu
,a,,ras II one is to Judge from the IN
,arviews printed in the papers through
49,, che country and particularly from
those who are on Visit 10 'i'e ~"
,ional Capitol, either upon pusihess Vi
Measure And yet this growing seh'i-
-, for the very able and Distinguish
.,,re,orv of war invites attack ana
49, generalization Of the forces IN OPP
position to his nomination. IL mas
noar minated that within the next
eo,, weeks there viii be quiet meeting
=, those in charge OF the presidential
-, Of Cannon, Knox, FAIRBANKS,
l,,,,ea and LaIollette 10 decide upon
man of acuon with reference Y"
securing delegates in states wheio
there is no pronounced Tart sentiment
and wnereoy earnest WORK, VIII be rec
o,,,n,snneu IN tue endorsement or otn-
are tnan the secretary OF war.
TAFT FORGING TO FORE.
Taft is making Roadway throughout
rbe country. rms Supporters III the llldli
couuug from tnose VINO aumlre the llaii
ana VINO sLano Tor the pullcies OF lhe-
oaore Roosevelt. And yet win a trend
OF the pupIic thought in favor Oh oeSy.
TAFT as the most logical candidate 10
u.rpetuate the principles OF the very
distinguished occupant of the Whlte
House very deep ana very subtle pon-
tics is being played py those in opposl-
ton to n continuation OF the Roosevelt
administration altnought under come
other ana different guise. The opposl-
ton embraces extremely strong anu
able men and they come from New
York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Wisconsin and Illinois, with a totai
electoral vote of l21. exclusive OF ONO,
but these states including Ohio Will
4 have total strength in the Republi-
can national convention of 300, and II
is known that Pennsylvania will In
Nruct for Knox; Indiana Will instruct
for Fairbanks Illinois send delega-
ton for Cannon; while Wisconsin win
ask It's delegation to vote for Lafol-
lette. Taft win receive the great ma
iority of the delegates from Ohio. as
seems absolutely sure. but Foraker will
have some following there for
trading purposes. This leaves
only New York OF the big
states wholly uninstructed, although
a there is a growing sentiment in favor
a Of the governor of the Empire State
NJ and 1t may not be possible TO keep from
N sending an uninstructed delegation as is
IN now the effort of Secy. Taft's follow
Al srs in that state.
~ OHIO THE PIVOT.
III This brings notice to Ohio upon which
III are focused the eyes of almost every
# politician In the country. Ever since
III Its birth as a state Ohio has been a
~ subject OF irritation in a political sense.
~ Those who go back to the days of Sher-
~ man and Blaine recall the fierceness of
The Struggle made by these two splendid
IN Americans for delegates from the Buck
n eye State, out of which contest grew
81 that famous expression, IT viii stick to
Blaine as long as the buttons stick on
* my coat" Then the fight that the faith
M o. Of the. present secretary of war had
# Aonzo Taft-and Rutherford b. Hayes.
N and Brlstow, the only solid delegation
ever going from Ohio in a half century
# having gone for William Mckinley. The
81 night that Is now going on between For
&. aker and Taft Is an inheritance. 1t
+ comes down through the years and For
Il aker and Taft represent completely diff
& ferent factions of the old guard which
Il changed Ohio from a Democratic to a
Republican state.
a FORAKER FORMIDABLE.
a One Of the best known men In the
public life of today and a stanch sup
porter OF Secy. Taft, said, speaking of
5 the bitter contest now being waged be-
tween the Taft and Foraker forces Ia
mat state, that 1t would not surprise
MN II the senior senator from Ohio
VI would make unexpected inroads in
iaits str0ngholds because of two con-
aiuOns He Is the idol of the old SOL
ner element in the state and the rec
oBlhzed champion of the negro growing
M out ot the Brownsville investigation. He
ADMITTED that the Taft enthusiasm was
rampant over the state and that on the
laSe Ok things he could see nothing but
iatt victory and yet he could see an
uhuer'one OF Foraker feeling which
ulsnt nave an important bearing upon
'ne selection OF delegates
Ohe thing Is certain. the Republican
I9Iv Is going TO have the most inter-
a SCSntt1hs and most exciting convention in
nlvago N June Of this year Il has had
o' q quarter OF century and the field
- seu'hg ready to combine against the
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