The Washington herald., 1908-01-14
AT THE HOTELS.

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March, is considered by many in the
Green Mountain State as a movement TO
launch a boom for Taft for President"
That's the way politics in Vermont is
sized up by Frank II. Wilcox. of Bos-
ton, whose business interests frequently
take him to the Green Mountain State
where he resides for a length Of time
each year. He is here on business. and
is registered at the Cochran.
ASK a dozen people in different walks
Of life in Vermont their preference of
the men mentioned for Presidential candi-
dates, and ten Of them viii answer,
Hughes / have Travelled the State over,
been in every county and in many OF
the towns of each county since last Sep
tember, and / find the tide running
strongly In favor Of Hughes.
Since the visit TO Secretary Taft in
Boston by Vermonters representing the
two societies mentioned the claim has
been put forth that back OF this invi-
tation is a movement to deliver the eight
Vermont delegates to Taft and that the
men who viii be sent 70 the Chicago con-
ventlon have already been selected II
this situation is true. then the State con-
ventiOn delegation to the national con
ventiOn viii be but a cut-and-dried affair.
enthusiastic Hughes man, a Vermont
r., now holding a high State Office, ex-
pressed himself on this situation strong
ly. He said they have had State con-
veutions In Vermont to select delegates
to Republican national conventions when
It was a Well-establlshed fact that prom
ises had been made that the delegates
would be chosen in the interest Of a par
ticular candidate. but the convention
failed 10 live up TO these promises.
''Vermonters are used to political die
tation, and they stand up and stoically take
their medicine up TO a given point, and
then the echo Of their bolt is heard the
country over, ] do not say Taft dele
gates will not be chosen at the con-
vention next June, but ! do know that
if they are chosen. it will not be the
easy task some people imagine. The
State press comes pretty near vOicing
the sentiment Of the people, and the fact
that a great majority Of the papers have
put forth Hughes for their Presidential
candidate, shows eoncIusiveIy how the
people stand"
Representative II. o. Young, Of Michi-
gan. who makes his home at La
Normandie. said last night that Michi-
gan was pre-eminently Roosevelt State.
and that If the election was TO occur
to-day, he would be reelected with an
/ increased majority.
Roosevelt having placed himself out
Of the race, Taft seems 10 be the ia
yorite candidate Of Michigan. Cannon.
/ however, has also quite a number Of
friends. La Follette's name is hardly
mentioned in connection with the Presi-
dency.
/ Michigan is not a pronounced tariff
/ revision State. Our people would not ask
/ for revision If the present tariff schedule
/ were 10 operate for another twenty years
Some years ago there was a feeling that
the tariff ought 10 be revised, and that d
treaty Of reciprocity with Canada should
/ be entered into. But little Of this kind
1 Of talk is heard now.
We have local option IN our State,
and ] think IL is the best way 10 find
out the real sentiment OF the people on
/ the question as 20 whether or not they
want saloons. II public sentiment is
/ against prohibition. ii is almost impOs-
I sible to enforce prohibition measures. II,
/ however. on the other hand, the people
vote 20 try prohibition and eradicate the
saloon, It shows public sentiment is in
/ favor Of enforcing a law 10 that effect
1T seems as if the gods we're especially
favorably inclined toward the Democratic
party" said Emmett R. Sullivan, we'll
Z known lawyer of New York, at the Ra-
leigh Hotel last night.
An exceptional opportunity presents
itself to the Democratic party" said Mr.
Sullivan. ''to select ticket for the Pres
idential nomination. If the occasion is
! recognized. and If advantage be taken
thereof, no power under the sun can pre-
vent the election Of a Democratic ticket
Il mean Gov. johnson. of Minnesota
/ and Lieut. Gov. Chanler, Of New York
Johnson and ChanleT. JOhnsOn's strength
is best indicated by the fact of his re
election TO the gubeTnatOrial OfIice witt
an increased majority in a Republican
State He is a man OF the type Of Jack
son. of Lincoln, OF Garfield. The self
I made man. the honest son Of a washer
woman, who is proud Of the fact that hi:
mother earned an honest livelihood. John
son is a man Of the people. He is nat
and he has merited the confidence OF the
commercial and financial interests by his
conservatism.
Take ChanIer. on the other hand. Hs
is the wealthy son of wealthy parents
But he is not the idle young man who
spends his money in foolish eXtrava
i gance He works every day, and con
tributes toward the welfare Of the coun
try by doing So
IN my opinion. we do not need muci
OF a standing army. said DR.. John Q
Lukens, Of Philadelphia. who is deepl,
interested in all matters pertaining 10 IN
military arm OF the government, hav
7 ing himself served a number of years Il
the regular army. DT. Lukens is at tn
, Cochran Hotel. In this city, and is her
on business.
II feel. however" continued DR.. LUX
J ems. that whatever we have should
t in conformity with our national existence
] Let US recruit the army from among on
5 young men. After he gets into the arm
[ and there takes rank as a common sol
I der, then commence to train and edU
, cate him. first. to be a good soldier. the
to be a good corporal, next a sergeant
then 10 West Point. or a similar mllitaT
academy.
BY doing this We would naturally IN
! duCe our best young men 10 enlist in th
I army. We would also derive the fu
benefit of our military schools for arm
purposes.
After the young man has served thre
years in the army, he would himself kno'
, from experience whether he wanted (
! devote himself to army services, and tn
very fact that he has attained the ran
+ of sergeant would be sufficient recon-
, mendati0n for admission to West Point
With such a rule the term Of year
!, at West Point could be somewhat re
Iduced and the same results obtained. Thi
would eliminate the caste feeling whic
: now exists in the army. 1t would n
crease patriotism and would make n