The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-10-07
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HIGH.
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and 100 D B eng
Repeated

Il MAt0NtAHtAtAGa efttAAlGu Wy Glp6G
observation OF William j. Br5an's tac-
ties In his two preYinus dashes for t;ie
Presidential stakes enabled the Repub.
lican managers to prophecy, as they
did among themselves that the begin.
ming Of October would flnd the reIa-
ltive.po sitions Ct MIR. Taft and Mr.. Bry-
an III the political armament exactly
Jas they are to-day, with Mr., Taft gain.
ling ground steadily as MIR. Bryan
loses.
Mr. Bryan has repeate,i once more.
He virtually shot his bolt by October
in 1896 and again In 1900. He Is not Il
lastef. In the yernacular OF the trot-
ting track. he Is aiqnarter norse. /" He
Egets on aneRd at the drop OF the flag.
trots like a machine ais.lnd the first
turn, breaks on the bark stretch and
falls behind. while his antagonist
xecDs to HIS stride and finishes strong.
with MI. Bryan gallnning instead Of
trotting, scores OF yards in the rear.
When Chairman Hitchcock and ais
associates planned the campaign two
months ago there was one element
tthst they knew they had to contend
with. That was Republican apathy,
oHer.eonfidence based upon the evi.
dent belief of the voters that there
could be no nnsvtble question Of Mr..
Taft Winning over Mr.. BRYAN. Thcre
was no question INT fiat majority
NJ thu Penublicaa electors, when they
NHari that Mr. TSft had been nom
7strd, and that Mr.. Rryan was to be
i Ills antagHnist. settled hack content
'iedly. quite satisfied that they would
4 ts their full duty bv turning IN at the
rolls IN election day and voting the
4 Republican ticket. The leaders also
took into consideration that this list.
4 iessress to great extent would be
reutra ;ssed by Mr.. BRYAN himself. The
t:ljnmBhich worried them was the nos.
sililits that n ri 3I3rya d wanld absndon
Ibis l9sIal ;lial1 it and ins Il ofS "
ing he stump us aef iveiS as mad been
4 III swept, woiiliI eteid uct his campaign
ffroun Lincoln. 1f he began to travel
land t4lE AS freely as he did in 1896
md 1900. they figured that fear of
| the old ghost Of Bryanlsm and what
| " represents in PRINCIPLES of errattc
and untrled government policies would
scare the Republicans and bestir them
to action.
Fighting spirit OF Republicans is
Aroused.
All this came TO pass. No mare
eloquent. spectacular and. for the
nnce convincing political casuist
han Mr.. Bryan ever attained to prime
importance in national politics. He
4 POSSESSES the gift above all men now
IN public life of inspiring temporary
enthusiasm and saying things that
snnpd well and look equally well in
prlnt. From news standpoint alone.
Mr.. Bryan cannot be ignored, even by
the opposition press. When Repub
Ilican. no matter how confident he may
be OF his candidates election. picks
up his paper day after day and reads
oil the cavorttngs OF Mr.. Bryan. how
he speaks powerfully and tirelessly
Fifteen cr twenty times between dawn
and dusk, covering hundreds OF miles,
lbeing listened to by big audiences. he
is bound to feel doubts rise within him.
1T Is an old political truism that If you
can get Republicans thoroughly scared
they'll take on their coats and work
Hike sixty. That Is what Is happening
now. The Republicans, the rank and
file Of the party. had up to within ten
days even worse attacks OF BryanItis
than when Bryan was, in prospect,
sweeping State after State into his
train. in the late SINNER eight and
twelve years ago. Now, as a ReDuh-
ilican senator from the Middle West
who called at Headquarters to-day. eS-
pressed 1t. they're up and busting
like jack rabbit with honni dog
three jumps behind.s
The scare is over now. Mr.. Taft be-
Gan to turn the tide before he had
been twenty-four hours out en- his cam
naign tour. The people like to be
Shown" They want TO see the man
for whom tiley are going to vote. to
study MIN at close range, to size him
fpp face to face and fgure II he meas.
ures nm to their personal standard OF
what Presidential candidate ought To
be. And 10 they like him, as every
I one dogs who sees and hears Mr.. Taft,
md ~ he has the ability to deal ont
to them Main. simple. sensible. copper
lriyeted Republlcan doctrine, as Mr..
4 Taft does, without specious tricks OF
oFatoyy or spreal-eagle denrsnstra-
Etions, they go back home vita their
faith renewed and determined to win
over to their side every man they can
get hold OF.
4 Taft Has Made Good.
Daily reports are coming TO head.
Quarters OF the deem and favorable Inn
pr6ssions created by Mr.. Taft wher
lever he hos spoken In Ohio. aiinnesp.
| ia. Iowa. Nebraska. South Dakota and
1.-THE other States where he has trav,
eled. Tae effect of his presence and
u the recession OF the Bryan wave is
shown by. the change in the tenor 81
\ the statements given ont from tbs
democratic national headquarters and
;lby the gossip which drifts into the cor
4 ridors Of the HOFFMAN House from
Chairman Mock ONCE. They are tit
~ per cent, less optimistic since Mr.
Taft leaped Into the saddle. BFer
their claims of a Bryan victory In New
j York are less assured in tone. They
also realize TINT no matter how erier
n getiealiy they may toll 10 carry thu
EmpIre State. iii that they can a.
Is silre Ito be nndone when Mr.. Tat
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