Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-06-25

| The following, from a staff correspondent
Of the Indianapolis Necs, appeared in that
Republican paper, issue of June Z -
CHICAGO, ILL June 6.
| As has been said, there is TO be no person
aiities associated with the campaign that
has been planned by the field candidates.
No one intends to say aught against Mr..
| Taft as man, nor is there much DISPOSE
/ tion to say that be might not makea good
president if elected The sum total OF the
argument against nominating him Is that
/ be cannot be elected 1t is now being
pointed out, ard it will be pointed ont
with more energy when the delegates all
get here, that for the following reasons he
will be defeated, if nominated
First-On reflection the people Of the
country will not elect man whose nominal
tion was dictated from the White House.
SecoDd-He will lose the votes of large
number of progressive republicans every.
where as result of bhe support he is get
ting in Wall Street and from the trusts and
interests generally.
| Thifd-The negro Yote of the country is
against him aud will never become recon
eiled to his nomination.
1 Fourth Organized labor is unfriendly to
! him and is quietly planning to wage war
against him il he should be nominated.
1 Fifbh-His statement about General e.
! S. Grant on Decoration Day has offended
the Grand Army men OF the land, and they
may be expected to be lukewarm in the
campaign, If they do not refuse TO support
]. him.
/ Now these republicans who are opposing
the nomination OF Mr. Taft for the above
reasons believe every reason they assign is
based on facts They have faith to belieye
that the delegates to the convention when
they get together here and canvas the situa-
tion with the view Of doing what is best
for the party will see what risk the party
will be taking in nominating a candidate
against whom there is so much aggressive
opposition.
Prominent representatives of the party
there are who believe the first reason as
signed for desiring to prevent the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Taft is sufficient Many per-
sons believe too little attention has been
paid to the use of federal power in obtain
ing Taft delegates. 1t is common knowl-
edge among persons who have followed the
events OF last year that the entire federal
machine, with the president of the United
States at the throttIe, has been used in
making sure of the election Of delegates
who would support the Administrations
candidate IN the south, where the federal
Office holders could not control without
running roughshod over the opposition,
Ioughshod methods were Tesorted to.
Practically every delegate from the south
who is here asking for admission to the
convention as Taft man was chosen by
convention OF officeholders. When it be-
came necessary for the administration to-
resort TO extreme measures Frank H Hitch
cock was taken from the office of first as
sistant postmaster general and placed in
charge of the work of obtaining delegates
in the south. Why Because, as first as
sistant postmaster general, he had appoint
ed the postmasters down there and was the
man who could successfully assemble them
in conventions for the purpose OF electlng
delegates that would come here ready to-
carry out the administration bidding.
More than year ago the federal admins
trablon deliberately started out to gather IL
the pa delegates from the eleven southern
states for Mr.. Taft-states that do not con-
tribute one electoral vote to the election OF
a republican president, and yet have within
one vote of 25 per cent. OF the votes IN the
national convention The federal admin
istration's activity in the south makes the
contests from down there doubly interest
ing. II the national committee should
stand BY Mr. Hitchcock's word-lf it shall
say that it was right and proper for the
office-holders TO dictate the election OF dele
gates-Mr. Tafs's chance for obtaining the
nomination viii be greatly enhanced
Unless all signs fail, delegates from the
progressive republican states Of the west
will want TO know all about the Taft alli-
ance with Wall Street, before casting their
votes in the convention. Ii is inevitable
that there must be some explanations. Why
is the Standard Oil Company, the steel
trust. every truss good and bad, now for |
Mr.. Taft? II will, in the opinion OF good
Judges, take lot OF explaining to convince I
the western delegates that a deal OF some /
sort was not made. In New York 1t is T
common talk that il was the presidents
promise to stake the teeth out OF the Sher-
man antitrust law that brought some OF
the big ones over
The administration failed to persuade
congress to extract the said teeth, but from
all accounts Mr.. Roosevelt is determined |
that the national convention shall, in its
platform, promise to have congress do the
extracting at the next session. Somebody
carried she word to the undesirable oiti-
zens,, IN New York that If Mr.. Taft should /
be nominated and elected they 1.-THE un-
desirable citizens would mos be molesteds
during the next four years. There u no +
doubt about tilis. And yet about SOC dele /
~ - seoye iusfY1oto{ 80 vote f0r Hi. 1T S i