The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-01-30


as that section has g. delegates likely
TO act IN unison its capltuIation 10
Secretary Taft would be a tremendous
victory likely TO go far toward assur-
ing him the nomination. Before the
conventions for the nomination Of del
egates are held the Secretary viii have
spoken in nearly all the New England
states. It is more than probable that
the states have been fixed in most Of
the states and the names at the pros
pective delegates are known TO the po-
IticaI leaders, who have been careful
to pick only those men who can be
relied upon to oppose the Secretary in
the convention. unless he gets the ma
jority of the delegates from other
states.
There have been some interesting de-
velopments with reference to the Cor
telyou boom, for the Secretary of the
Treasury does not allow himself to be
entirely counted out. He is no longer
regarded seriously as a candidate for
the President is credited with having
struck his boom a stunning@ blow.
However. Mr.. Cortelyou. although long
Ill with the grip, mustered Strength
enough TO follow the Secretary of War
| over to New York and to make an adj
dress himself in New York City the
very night after Secretary Taft had
made an address there. This was
taken to be significant and as indica-
| ting that the Secretary of the Treasury
did not propose hts colleague in the
cabinet should go over to his own
bailiwick and proselyte for support
without the Secretary of the Treasury
coming on the scene.
The relations between the President
and Secretary Cortelyou are strained.
While one is not justified in prophe-
sying that Mr.. Cortelyou will resign
from the cabinet it need not cause any
surprise If that happens at any time
President Roosevelt does not take
kindly to the Cortelyou Boom and Mr.
Corte1you resents keenly the efforts
the President has made to discredit
him as a candidate with the %oters II
| the country. Whatever his chance OF
securing the nomination may have
been, Mr.. Cortelyou thinks that he
should have had more considerate
| treatment from the man IN the White
| House.
j. Pierpont Morgan has been in
Washington within few days. visit
ing Secretary Cortelyou. and the rumor
has been revived that the Secretary
is about to take employment with a
banking institution in New York City
The presidency of big institution
over there awaits him the moment
he will give the word. But the mo-
ment Mr.. Cortelyou does that. OF
| course, he leaves all presidential am
bition behind. His candidacy Is crush
ed out and the President is. strength
ened to that extent
i No one realizes that now better thar
Mr.. Cortelyou's predecessor, ex-Secre-
| tary Shaw. He had the presidential
bee. If he had stayed in the treasury
he could have had the delegates from
/ Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri
a nice big bunch of votes. His pros.
poets of those votes have entirely fad
ed away. He is talked of no more as
a presidential candidate. Since ne
went to New York the way of presi'
/ dents of trust companies has not beer
easy. Ex-Secretary Shaw's salary i
/ still coming to him regularly and 1t Is
generous salary but he has reason
to regret that he did not hold on t.
the $4,000 a year as Secretary of tn
Treasury a little longer and continue
in politics for a while till after the
National convention had selected
nominee.
ERNEST G. WALKER.