The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1908-01-24
Official Paper Of the City Of havre
BY Willis ]. Abbott.
MR. BRYAN IN THE HOUSE

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letter I sent out yeste4d4y | q.es-
toned the accuracy OF poll OF the
House Representatives, pinned in
the Washington Post, and sromlsed TO
send shortly a definite proof OF my
DOUBTS louas / learn that tie sta.e-
ments made by tue Post coace ming
the Virginia de.eg ..tion a.e utter y
without foundation. / have in my
possession the auehent Gated il.e4-
views with practically all Of the viz
ainia represe lLatit es Everyone d.
cIares hlmslf tor Mr.. Bryan. TER
phrases run in this wise, though I
cannot give tae nan es IN eve. y "a e.
Representative hlood:-"4 am for
Mr.. Bryan aid regard him as tue
strongest canuida-e. Virginia viii
send delegation for him."
Representati> E.ay:-I .hink Mr..
Bryan the strongest man IN the de a.
ocratic party"
Representative Caril:-"I am I'M
equivocalIy for Mr.. Bryan"
| Mr.. Bryan and believe he can .ol
more votes than any other man we
could nominate.
Representa,i>e Saunde $500 Mr.
Bryan is the logical cand date"
These express. ons are nicely typ
ical of the general opin on of the vir-
ginia delegation. That thee is a oe'
tain amount of antagon SIN to M.
Bryan among the two senators flom
Virginia is notorious. Whether e
senators who are elected by the
legislature once in six years is re re-
sent more accurately the sentiment of
the people than the congressman who
are elected by the peop.e every two
years may be left to the Judgment
Of the reader.
A BLOW FOR HUGHES, A BOOST
FOR TAFT.
The stormiest session in the his
tory Of the New York County Com
mittee," THE Most holly contested
fight in the annals Of, New York pol.
itlcs, Three hours of bitter in
vective, Kisses, cheers and ca ca Is
for Roosevelt, Taft, Hughes and 70
aker, are the expressions used in tie
press to characterize the recent meet
ing Of the New York Republican ecu /
ty Committee. The pro-Hlghes news
papers picture this. meeting as one
| o8 nv
an unfair and high-handed manner by
Herbert Parsons and federal job hold
der Instructions from WASH
lngton. Thy are ma ing the
most CT the adverse results by de-
claring that they show an &C ual gain
Of Hughes strength since the time
a similar resolution endorsing him
for the Presidency was tabled over
a month ago. On the contrary, tie
| adm sstration organs bac ing tle
Roosevelt insistance on Taft do not
disguise their jubilation. They POINT
out trat what was in ended as a
Hughes c. up, resulted unexpect d
ly as stampede for Taft, and ey
note with evident pleasure that the
cheers that followed mention of Cow
ernr il',eles nan ~ere ningled with
liberal HIS &, while the vocal ald
other support for him was weak in
deed as compared with the outbu st
ct anah ',t1ated enthus iasn that fol-
lowing the nam;n., ct Secretary T 1T.
:: II. ls snnle trula and some c.
ton iii each Of ties; conflicting re-
/. T.. ] he nvlt. - co aacts re
these arout month ago the Has les
boomers tried to obtain an endorse
ment from the New York ReruDl-
can County Committee of the presi-
Dental aspirations Of Gov. Hu5--es,
which was tabled for month by Tile
administration forces in the COM
mittee. The Roosevelt TAFT auher-
ents, however, were afraid to meet
this question and at the recent meet
ing did all they could to ESCAPE this
ISSUE The executive committee by
vote of tWenty-one to thir cen dec ded
not to consider Hughes resolut on in
/ the committee of the who-e But af-
ter long parliamentary wrangle, this
very issue was presentd in an lndi-
rect, but in nowise disguised form,
and the Hughes forces Were d +feated
\ by vote of three bundled and wo
i. to two hundred and twenty-five.
This result was as mu h a surprise
8, to the administration as to tie
{. Hughes crowd, and belied both the
:. confidence of the lat 81, aud lie
9 fears of the former. 1t was a battle
i. between federal office holders for
a Roosevelt and TAFT, as against the
ID New York state office-ho ders beh nc
IT Hughes. The early chat tiers of this
~ nna rrel narr nnlif let rrr