The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-29
POLITICAL
 POINTERS

New York Special to Washington Times August Belmont has called on State Chairman Corners and National Chair and indfcated f Ris Wiiingess to take part in the campaign in any way he
 Mr. Belmont was reminded of the fact that four years ago MT. Bryan | handed him a right severe jolt as a | ftics.
 ahce is made for tisOr and enthIsi- asn1 of statement" laughed Mir. Bell
 Col. Jim Ham Lewis. of Chicago and | headquarters today. He was not chas- ! ing any more Illinois rsinbows
 The Demoerats will carry their state tio.,stn!, tieket in Illinois" he said, but l the electoral ticket. though the State | is going to be close. and I have real hopes that they may do so. Il would Wisconsin, along with New York. all f of which I think the Democrats, from present reports, have good chance to carry. he said.
 Washington Times.
 Representative William S, Bonnet, whose ear Is always close to the ground in New York. called upon the Presi- dent yesterday, talked New York poll itics and made nnmper of optimistic predictions about Republican success.
 Hearst is going to get good vote He will draw from both parties, al- though the Democrats will feel the eff feet of the Indepenneqce Party move ment most. I regard the State as safe ly Republican for both tickets. It's too early to predict pluraIities. Hughes Is unpopular, of course, with certain elements, but the church peo- pie and the conservatives are with him. IA .l.. AA nj nnn Hearst will draw more from Chanler than Hughes"
 Chicago Special.
 appreciation of progressive Republicans are to be pressed into service in the Middle West. Hughes is In great de- mand. In addition to the itinerary an- nounced this morning in Indiana, Mich igan. Ohio, West Virginia and Mary land, Governor Hughes will speak early in October in Minnesota, the Da- kotas, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. Hughes is ranked next to Taft as the speaker who can be of the most ser vice to the Republicans in the Middle
 Representative Mckinley, chairman of the Republican Congressional Com mittee. returned from New York this morning and gave out an nterView saying the Republicans would control
 Mckinley added that the. Presidents letter, written to him on September 2 from Oyster Bay; ana peppilshea pa t,s,a portahce of electing Republican House. is arousing the voters of the country to the fact that one Of the most important things in the pending cam rressmen to uphold MT. Taft and per. petuate the Roosevelt policies.
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 New York Special.
 fr Chair. man Mack was decidedly more cheer full today than for some time, due to the retirement of Treasurer Haskell.
 If Treasurer Sheldon, of the Repub- and other corporations, as has been charged, he bears the same relation now to MT. Taft that Haskell bore to against Haskell were true.
 ''Mr. Cromwell is in the same rela- tionship if his affiliation with cor porations are what has been reported" Washington Special to Louisville Cour-
 ier-Journal
 New York Independent newspapers take good care this morning not to give full and complete prominence to the denial of the forged Cleveland state' ment. All of which is in keeping with their politics and tastes. Such papers which has been parading the counter felt Cleveland last words for weeks. does not even make mention of the fraud. That 1t was a fraud was gen orally discounted from the time that it appeared. short time after 1t swas printed the Hon. John G. Carlisle said to your correspondent.
 "I do not believe that Mir. Cleveland wrote 1t. It Is not like Mir. Cleveland at all, and especially the reference to the South.'
 Hot stuff from correspondents to The New York Sun, now supporting Taft:
 "Sir-Is Judge Taft willing to risk his chances of polling the votes or the conservative, independent business men of the country as a me too of the pres. ent occupant of the White House? If not, why can't he prevail on some good, real friend of his to put muzzle on this bull fin the china shop?' If the President is the believer he professes to be in the spirit IS well as the let ter of civil service reform why not as becomes the dignity of the office of President of all the people, set prop CT example to the underling officers of nonpartisan indifference in elections? Why should not he, servant of the people, as we'll as ppstmasters and oth- CT Government employees. be somewhat amenable to civil service rules? Is 1t consistent to threaten the poor little country postmaster with discharge for doing the very thing he is doing him. self? Is he too high and mighty even