The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1908-07-16

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oral popularity Is so great that the
Democrats had been hoping he would,
and hoped so much that they did
net attack him personally In their
p atforrn. But Chairman Clayton Of
the convention made a bad mistake,
ard the president viii get into the
fight with his coat off. lie is a
wonderful campaigner. and a good
many Democrats admit tnat they
art badly scared.
1t came about this way. Older men
will remember the corruption fund"
charges which were made by Mr..
Parker during the last presidential
campaign. and which were indignant
ly denied by Mr.. Roosevelt The charg-
es were in effect thar MIR. Cortelyou,
who resigned from the Secretaryship
OF the Department Of Commerce and
Labor. and Leeame chairman of the
Republican committee aud manager
o. the campaign, had used secrets
regarding corporations which he had
learned in his office TO eNtort nom
cor,orations that had been guilty Vf
law bresking bie contributions TO the
campaign fund and that in return
ha ha0. with the permission OF Pres
Roosevelt promised them safety. Mr.
Rcosevelt's denial settled the cues
ton but sine, that time there have
BEEN several revelations Of corpora
tlon cor tributions TO both Republi-
car and Democratic campaign funds,
ara Nc Clayton declared that Mr..
Parkers charges were proved, and
that the President lad been shown
t. be blackmaller and corruption
ist-an enemy to good government.
II is needless to say that these
charges are false, and can be proved
so. That question will be taken up
in a future article. But the point IS
that they will give Mr.. Roosevelt a
chance to get into the fight. and that
in defending himself he will help
Taft tremendously. Clayton thought
he was hurting the Republicans. but
IN reality he was helping them more
than amy other thing in the conven-
tion die
In other ways Mr.. Clayton attacked
the President. particularly because Of
his alleged "steam-rolier" at the Re-
publican Convention. and he charged
that his messages TO Congress de-
mandirg reforms were for the sake Of
making "A political play" Both these
charges will come back on the heads
o. the party that makes them, be-
cause the Democratic methods were
w.rse than the Republican and the
strength that enabled Roosevelt 10
force" the nomination OF Taft Is
the same that put him in the White
House-,he will of the people; and
also because the people have decid-
ed for themselves that he is their
friend and is honestly working for
them. a@d are not going to stand any
false attacks on him.
These are the main points that will
have 20 be considered in the cam
paign. according TO present appear
ances. and they viii show up in the
~ pulaI vote But presidents are not
elected by popular vote but by the vote
of the electoral college. Each state has
number OF members OF that college
equal to the number OF its members
in Congress, and their vote is Just
a gcod II they are elected by major
ity OF enc as II they have the unani-
nous backing Of their state. A man
nay become president legally against
the will of a majority of voters, tho
we are really reckoning up the
chances OF the election we will come
nearer getting a safe result IL we
count up By states. And in this
count Bryan's weakness is strongly
shown In the figures here given
We have tried in every case to give
Bryan the benefit of the doubt. be-
cause this is Republican paper and
il is always better 10 give the 9TH
er fellow a little more credit than
yen think he really deserves.
or course to start Bryan has the
solid South, with 100 votes. Those
votes would GO to Satan himself II
he wera on the Democratic ticket
Next. while some of the border
states are doubtful. we will. for good
MEASURE. give them all Maryland.
Kentucky. Missouri and Oklahoma. to
Bryan. They have 46 votes. The total
Is l66.
The following states are considered
certain for Taft:-Maine, Vermont.
New Hampshire. Massachusetts,. Rhode
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