The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-03-26
Also 1t Is Sort of a BugaboO For
The Allied Forces That Are
Against Taft.
TAFT'S FRIENDS NOT WORRIED.
Interesting EpitOme OF Political Cos
sip From The Seat of The United
States Government.

lions to nominate an independent
Republican ticket this year. The
ones who worry are the Demo
Gratis, who really want Bryan and
the Democrats who are casting
about vainly for some one who can
put Bryan out of the running
The sudden pushing forward of
Johnson, the Minnesota wonder,
did not annoy the Bryanites near
as much as the intimation that
Hearst and his fantastic Indepen-
denCe League would put forth a
ticket fixed to draw support from
the unhappy Ones-the cranky en-
tremists of all parties. The Hearst
spectre haunts the Bryan temples
more than Johnson and his un-
certain strength in Scandinavian
states Of the Northwest. The
mere suggestion of the Hearst
3atters that La Toilette of Wis
consin would be a very big part
of the Hearst ticket, caused chills
and chattering among the Johnson
enthusiasts.
The chief argument for Johnson
has been his popularity in the
Northwest and we have heard from
Republicans like Kellogg and Nc
Creary Of Minnesota that they fear
the placing Of Johnson at either
end Of any ticket. They knew
his pull in the Gopher State,
and knew it would be as clever in
all states having large Scandi-
navln population. Neither Kellogg
or McCreary dreamed of the
Hearst scheme to offset the John
son movement by charging that
prince of trouble makers, La Fol
lette, and it adds to the woeful
for boding of both parties that the
Hearst-La Toilette conspiracy does
not plan alone campaign among
the Swedes and Norwegians of the
Northwest.
Hearst promises to look after
the East if La Toilette will keep
busy in the Wisconsin. and Mime
sofa regions. Very crafty the
Hearst chaps have planned to
make New York and Indiana the
battle field, with the Northwest
thrown i'll for good measure.
1t is an old political story that
TO win a presidential election the
winning party must carry New
York and Indiana and not all the
'paCious arguments of Charles
,enry Grosvenor, the Ohio politi-
! prophet, has convinced the
managers of either party that an
election can be won without the
two states named. We can all
recall how New York and Indiana
turned the election cost to both
sides. To concentrate the fight in
these states this year means much
expense and the whimper is al
ready heard that it will be hard to
finance this coming campaign on
either side. 1t must be discourage
ing to the Johnson boosters that
the Hearst shadow loomel up the
very week set for a very vigorous
launching of the Johnson boom.
The only ones happy oyer the
Hearst intention are the hackers
Of Taft, while less degree of Joy
pervades the pectorol muscles of
those who favor either Republican
candidates.
This is the reason that Hearst
will enlist the support of Demo
Gratis more than Republicans, al
though in the big cities many Re
publican voters in the labor or
CARNATIONS will incline to Hearst
and his fanciful theories.
Nothing has given the Taft men
so much JOY as the prospect of a
Hearst ticket. There is even the
awful suspicion among anti-Taft
men that malefactors of great
wealth will cheerfully aid in
financing the Hearst scheme so