The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-10-24
Roosevelt Has Ordered All His Cabinet Members to GOOut
 and Help Taft
POLITICAL FENCES ARE
 TORN DOWN EVERYWHERE
The Big Stick Is Swung Over the Heads of the Secretaries In the Fear That Ohio and West Vir-
 qnia Will Be Democratic.

Washington. October 2S.-(Special)- Realizing the desperate situation in which the republican party is placed, President Roosevelt today directed all the members of his cabinet to take the stump He himself will at least continue writ ing letters and may make a speech. Sec retary of State Root who has announced frequently that he would make but one speech in the campaign and that in New York, will also go into Oho Postmaster General Meyer will also speak there and in New Jersey. Secretary of War Wright is ordered to Maryland. Secretary of the Treasury Cortelyou to New York and so it is with every other cabinet officer. While the republican papers of the east are openly declaring that by reason of large campaign contributions the cleo tion of Taft is certain, the President has no such information. Indeed, a number of the best posted republican leaders are known to have informed him of the true situation, viz: that there is not so- called doubtful state which can be safely placed in the Taft column from California to Connecticut
 Cabinet Must Hustle.
 In view of this the cabinet is instructed to leave the government in the hands of clerks, throw off their official duties to the winds and attempt to check the Bryan wave.
 That the Presidents action today had not been anticipated is illustrated in the case of Secretary Root, as it also il- lustrated that the President is not sat ished with the plans of the national com mittee for the final week. The Secretary of State has repeatedly stated that he would make but one speech during the campaign, that one to be delivered at Durland's Riding acamedy in New York a week from tomorrow night
 When he left the White House today, however, MT. Root said that his plans had been changed. It is now his intention to get into Ohio before talking to the voters of his own state. He will speak at Cincinnati next Wednesday and on the following night he will speak at Toledo. These plans will make it impossible for him to preside at the Carnegie hall meet ing in New York Friday night, but he will keep his Saturday night engage ment
 Programme Extended.
 .'Postmaster General Meyer also an- nounced an extension of his speaking pro grame after the cabinet meeting. He, too.
  I'D the shaky republicans. On Monday night MT. Meyer will speak at Pauldng, Tuesday night at Sandusky. He will then come east and on the 29th speak at Bel air. Md, Trenton, N. J. on the S0th and wind up by speaking at Cambridge Mass. the night before the election.
 Maryland is giving troublesome thoughts to the party leaders and Secretary Wright today announced that he would go to Baltimore and make another speech.
 Secretary Wright's work in Maryland will be followed up by Attorney General Bonaparte MT. Bonaparte also has been impressedi nto service to give help in New York, where the labor vote is giving trou- ble He will speak in New York city twice on Tuesday next, once in the after noon and in the evening.
 West Virginia Fight.
 The factional fight down in West Vir- . ginia is not improving to the satisfaction of all concerned, and last effort VIII be made to impart some straight-from-the- shoulder administration talk. Secretary Metcalf left the cabinet meeting today with instructions to go into that state and deliver a speech. Neither the date of the speech nor the place it is to be delivered has been decided upon, and probably will not until MT. Metcalf gets into touch with the state committee.
 If was learned on absolutely reliable
 
 feels that West Virginia has been neg lected by the national committee. The headouarters in New York; accordingly, received a suggestion today thai some of it's best timber must be sent to that state instantly.
 This programme takes care of all the members of the cabinet who are now in Washington Secretaries Garfield, Straus and Wilson already being out in the field Secretary Cortelyou will speak in New York next Thursday night
 Will Be a Landslide.
 q not only believe Bryan will carry West Virginia, but I think it will be a landslide and that the whole democratic ticket from top to bottom will be elected said Gen. G. C. Watts of Charleston, W. Va, tonight
 General Watts was democratic canuldate for governor In 1S96
 '"The people, republican as well as dem ocrats, are tired of the present regime of extravaganza and wilful domination They want house cleaning and return to an administration of the affairs of the nation along lines of American smplic- ity," he continued "It looks, judging from the tone of President Roosevelts S letters to Bryan and Senator Knox and others, as if he wanted to tell the people that the republican party was the only political organization fit to attend to the aTalrS or the country. ne SpedhS ol tHc democratic party, which has been in he field for these many years. and ie IT, posed of millions of good American citi- zens, as being unfit to attend to t.e ;'atg- lie business of the nation. IL is aii affront to the intelligence of the people. The people are getting heartily sick of this swinging of the big stick, of this intmi- dation on the part of Roosevelt
 Cost of Living Higher.
 At a meeting of the District of Colum- bia Democratic association tonight, Creed M. Fulton declared that the tariff has ilI- creased the cost of living 49 per cent, and charged that the leaders of the republican party are prompting and supporting man. ufacturers to approach laboring men with
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