The Washington times., 1908-06-08
Everything Taft's, Says
Member Of Their Own
Forces.
ONLY FIGHT LEFT
IN FAIRBANKS MEN
Cannon Now Simply Seeking to
Prevent a Stampede in Con-
vention for Roosevelt.

CHICAGO, June 8.-With their own
camp apparently hOpelessly divided,
ana the prospect for united action hour
~ growing poorer. the Allies" opposed
TO Secretary TAFT today recognize that
they confront a fight for control OF the
Republican national party all along tns
line, State and national, North ana
South.
There was little heart for fight left IN
the small fighting contingent Of the
Allies when IL started in this morn
ing for the serious business Of the last
week before the convention. Said a rep
Fesentatiye OF the anti-Taft candidates:
There isn't any fight left in the
Allies camp. except what Joseph
Healing and Senator Hemenway are
putting up fOr Fairbanks, ana the hand
some little scrap that Representative
James Frances Burke is making for
Senator Knox.
The Cannon people nave practically
gone 10 pieces. and are No use 10 the
cause; the Hughes Eorce In New York
mas no strength or confidence because
the New York deIegattor Is hopelesslv
honeycombed with TAFT sentiment. and
a large section OF u under Roosevelt
control La Toilette Z an utterly IN
known quantity at present
The trouble with the Cannon naorla
ls that the Speaker is more anxious ~
avoid the denomination Jf President
Roosevelt than he is 10 prevent 49,
nomination Of Secretary Tat People
NO nave Oeen IN poliucsi CCufereuces
win the Speaker since us. reached bis
nome IN DanVllle bring The most re-
mar kaDle accounts OF his bitterness
asalnst the President. One man quoted
me Speaker as having declared that
another term OF Roosevelt would make
red revolution IN this country.
Cannon's Chance Gone.
Recognizing that he has no chance
OF being nominated himself, the Speaker
seems 10 be anxious that the allies
shall not develop enough strength seri-
ously TO menace the Taft nomination.
because they fear that in such situss-
the Taft forces would stampede
Velt, and that Is the thing they want 10
avoid"
Kealing and Hemenway. representiDz
Fairbanks, and Burke, manager f5T
Knox, are stil as full OF fight as the
TAFT people are Of confidence. II they
could rave relied on the support uf the
rest O. the allies. there is little doubt
that -hey would have been willing 10
carry out the original threat 10 colt
the national committee and appeal df-
the convention as 10 those contests in
which appeal they have been treated
unfairly.
Indeed. from the Fairbanks and Knox
headquarters still come defiant an
nOunCementg that there will be sou1A
big dOings. But the prospect OF any
other event than the nomination OF
secretary tart grows less with the fleet
ing or the hours. The possibility of q
stampede for Roosevelt Is NOT at preseut
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President has convinced all his close
friends that he is IN earnest about re-
Tusing the nomination. and also because
a good many potent business and pOliti-
cal interests. though they do NOT Ike
the notion Of d continuance Of the
Roosevelt regime, still vastly prefer Z
Roosevelt regime, with a substitute for
Roosevelt IN the White House to a con-
OF the President himself in ths
Executive chair.
Won't Enter Compromise.
Senator Crane OF Massachusetts.
whose vaunted reputation for political
skill and astuteness has gained very
little as a result Of his activities IN
this national campaign, IS trying keen
the different factions Of the "AlIies' q
touch with one another. and to prevent
anything Ike a breach among them CT
any manifestation OF extremisra that
might develop serious difficulty within
the party after the nomination.
II Is plain enough now that the Roosa-
Velt-Taft combination is out 10 control
in sight, The commonly &C
ceDted rec son for the remarkable deyeI-
Opment OF lighting quality in the Fair
banks campaign Is that the Vice Presi-
dent knows his nomination for another
term in mis- present position is regarded
as especially undesirable by the Admin
lstration, and IN that situation he knows
II is impossible. Consequently, the most
positive and apparently unQueStfOnable
assurances come up from indianapolis
that under no circumstances would Mr..
Fairbanks accept, even II nominated
again.
according to indications or
a few days ago, might have gone to
Senator Crane as compromise, but
having fully realized their complete
control OF the situation, the Roosevelt
Taft people now are determined 10 per
nit no compromise, but to have the
themselves. Consequent
ly. Frank II. Hitchcock is the strong
favorite.
To Crush Opponents.
with all this, it is now obvious that
the Roosevelt lt-Taft-HItehcock organize
ton proposes to take control OF the
State machines all over the South. and
10 make the decision Of the pending
contests the basis on which to estab-
.ish in complete control those South
ern politicians who have fought the
soossvelt-TafJ battle In short, every
body who has opposed the nomination
n nation or in State, Is to be political
N outlewed,
All this sounds rather violent and per-
smptory when IL is stated by the anti
TAFT people But as q matter of fact
he Taft people now have such complete
control and by such q large majority,
n all sections of the country, that, in
insisting on complete domination OF the
everywhere, they are do
ng only the exact thing any set of poll
1cians would do in the same circuu-
stances.
Some of the fighting anti-Taft people
have been threatening to propose In the
committee the rule which
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