Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1908-05-01
WdtertOWn. Wis. Friday. May
EITHER TAFT OR ROOSEVELT

Inc e0ltOr OF the DICKINSON IN.
d. Post in felicitious and humur-
Gus way thus sizes up the national
political situation from a republican
viewpoint, and may be more of a
political prophet than he thinks:
1--WE are inclined to be amused at
the interest exhibited in Presldent
Roosevelt's future plans by that pUr-
ton of the press VIGOROUSLY known to
be subsidized by the interests. Every
week or so they rush to Roosevelt's
defence by vociterating that the ex-
ecutive will not break the promise, or
alleged promise, that he will not
serve another presidential term. The
year following his departure from the
White House, they tell US, he will
spend in fosrign travel. Better yet,
he will bury himself in the wilderness
and grapple with the armed rhlnOce
ros and the Hyrcan tiger All of
which solicitude reminds Us of the
injunction of the host TO the unwel-
come guest: Here's your hat, we're
sorry to see you co..
"This interest would be ridiculous,
but that it is an Indication that the
nation is about to face a crisis. This
will develop within the next few
months, or SO soon as Wall Street and
the interests for which Wall Street
stand hit upon sugar coated pill tor
the American voter in the shape of
a candidate strong enough to hurt
Taft in the Chicago convention. The
fight against the administration SO
far has assumed the disguise of tav-
orite-son movements. These in time
are bound to align themselves in
solid formation against Taft. La
Toilette is very active. So much So
that we are inclined to believe that
the anti administration managers are
taking the Wisconsin senator out into
the woods to catch snipe-and eventu-
ally will leave him to hold the sack
into which the votes are to be driven
not. Either that or else LaFvIlette.
suffering from the obtusenesss found
in SO many office-seekers, can't see
how he can lose.
This snIpe game probably is
icing tried on hughes, but Hughes
appears TO be looking out the window.
Knox is VIGOROUSLY pro-inlerests
and Cannon, from the speakers
chair, turns the auger that scuttles
the tariff revision ship every time it
tacks across the floor of the house.
Fairbanks gum shoed about the coun-
try last fall and left nothing but a
CONCEALED wake and a sad memory.
The activities of the last named
three BODIES no good for the administra-
ton, regardless of their platforms.
History has demonstrated that if
a candidate supposed to have in his
pocket barely enough votes to swing a
convention ON the first ballot fails to
support dissipste. Taft, the man,
besides Roosevelt, best fitted to carry
the Republican standard to success
next fall. cannot be said to have
strengthened himself materially with
in recent months.
"The nation is overwhelmingly pro-
Roosevelt in it sympathies. Then let
the wishes of the people run no chance
of being defeated by the Vaccinations
of political tricksters. Every nation
al delegate instructed for Taft should
be doubly bound to the support of the
administration. on pain of having
home made too hot for him on his
return should he prove faithless,
with the injunction that, in the event
of Taft's inability to swing the con-
vention, Roosevelt is to be proffered
the nomination in a manner that will
not allow him to refuse, promise or
no promise.