The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-19
TAF7<., DEFEAT X'PREDlcTED E. ,enator William P. Kellogg Talks. IA ONCE POWERFUL FACTOR Too Much Participation by Federal
 0fficeholders. The Very Same Conditions That Ex. Isted Just Before Harrfson's
 Defeat in 1892 Confront
 the Present Repub
 Candidate.
BY ALFREp J. sToFER.


 his opinion through published inter- that ex-Senator William Pitt Kellogg, of Louisiana, has had no hesitancy whatever in saying in answer to all inquiries from friends and acquaint- ances that he looks for the defeat of Judge Taft for the Presidency.
 For the past fifteen or twenty years he has made his home in Washington. He is one rof the closest political ob. servers In the United States Tn days gone by no man was his superior and few his equal in handling and con- trolling delegates from Southern States to National Republican Conventions. The negro delegates looked especially to him in past campaigns for guidance and advice, aAd his hold upon the blacks, coupled with an undisputed leadership also among the white Re- publican politicians from the South, made him a powerful factor at nation- al gatherings noted for intense rivalry among the biggest statesmen in tho Re- publican Party.
 L. Mir. Kellogg was one of the profnis nent figures in the movement at Cht~a cago in 1880 fin the interest of General Grant for a third term. He was one of the 306 who held out stuhbornly for so many days for the nomination of General Grant, and surrendered only when it was found impossible to accomplish that purpose without rip ping his party wide open oarnelo was finally picked up as compromise candidate and was elected President. A Prophetic Warning.
 The last National Convention at l which Mir. Kellogg was actively in | the game was at Philadelphia in 1900. | Out at Minneapolis in 1892 he gave out prophetic warning to the HepuoVeain | a&v .ar fN lie nate Hansamin Harrison for another term as President.
 1 That nomination could never have been brought about but for the large number of Federal officeholders wno participated In the convention as dei- egates. Others were hanging around | the convention hall. and all over the | country word had gone forth with the ! entire approval of the President him" | self that the men on the Government | nay roll were expected to exert every | possible influence to bring about the 1 renomination of the man in the White l House At Minneapolis Mir. Kellogg and his political followers had tnis powerful element to contend wltn' l Neither he nos those acting with him | thought at the time that it would be 4 wise thingAto give General Harrison another nomination. His administra- tion had not been a popular or strong one in their opinion, and there was such a strong undercurrent m tne country for Blaine that Mir. Kellogg for one. thought Harrison should be | dronned. But his nomination was l forced. However, the ex-Senator from | T.ouisIana plainly informed those who | had put the program through that l Harrison would be defeated on acs | count of the brazen part that had been nIaved by the officeholders. He told | tthaye that at Minneapolis and stuck to bis oninion throughout the campaign. l The result of the election proved that | HSr Keiloeg was right, for 1t will be 1 recalled that the late Grover CleVe- 1snd was elected overwhelmingIy, car l rvfne New York. Indiana, Illinois Wls- | aonsIn New Jersey and Connecticut in sddjtior to all the States of the South. Obio was only saved to the Republi- cane hv shave, and all through the l Sand Renublfcan majorities melted nwsv fin such rrightrul fashion that inc leaders of the Republican Party did not get over the Joi' io' ''s years x.,orL
 f, commenting upon the situation .bis vear. MT. Kellogg has often oeeh | naarS 10 remark that the omceholoahS s crowd overlooked the business at Cni caeo in June last. aheir presehce any '.
 astSods were simply disgusting out | thARa tretioo through the orSers given oy uranT Hitchcock and others was used to traronle down the rights or all who 1 dared oppose "my candidate
 crank Conger. who was postnas.tte. .t 2. of inc city of Washington ouI 1lns, son, S,-e administration or tns i% +reo daIegates ta tSe Republican convention wnlcn .tnated 10 t, Blaine in 1884 Mir Con. ,Tho Is a son of the late united SStatae senator Conger. or Mlchlsan seid the other day in conVeIsa.iop with The Advertiser corlespo"S.th ~. tha,
 "I felt very uncomfortable at Ina
 .s,antion as a delegate simply pc
 oo,,se oon was holding Federal once
 Std mt want to go, but ardent sup
 rtsrs of Presto Tt Arthur who nan
 ,.rs after the nomination. paoly tn
 S,sted that 1t was my duty 10 max
 sSa race for delegate. l saw ana real
 s .Ls e,,ep then tat 1 was hinderanc' na+har than a help to my chief in th'
 a.tost Voters among the rank anS
 sIa rosented the activity of the Fedora
 naSca-holders, and in my opinion Una
 feeIing did much to prevent Presioeh Arthur from receiving the nominati n
 Strca then the number of ofiice-holder
 + az delegates to National conveA
 .fas bas increased so largely that i
 to. simn1y caused the masses Of tn naonie 10 rise up ond protest vigorous
 fv against the practice. It is wors
 tbis wear ten times over than It was ii
 n,, ena' day and l am not surprised tha tl,ere ,ilS is SO much caustic criticism o tho methods that have been used t
 Srtrg snG about the nomination of Judg
 raft" ,.,,.. r,.s,
 Ex-sen4tor William Chandler. o
 New Hampshire. is another prominen
 gS",,biican. who in advance of the re nan{ chis go convention. warned hi
 .ty assoCistes and the administra , tsor neople in in particular that the
 S.,ere s.e- overplayinE their hand in fore , ing the nomination of JudEeA Taft. MI
 Saners and gave out interviews f 5 p.bich he stated emphatically that Tai ) couId not possibly defeat Bryan. II , has been at his home up in Coneov
 most of the time. but so far as know