The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-10-14
RADICALS ON THE RUN
Mr.. Bryan Put the Soft Pedal
on the President.
ROOSEVELT QUICKLY SILENCED

Whole Republican Crowd Are Fright
ened Out of Their Boots and the
Managers Badly Rattled. Revolt
All Along the Line. New York
Giving Them Dreadful Concern.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The cam
paign was not quite so warm last
week as the week before. Mr. Bryan
having gone to the west and having
silenced Mr. Roosevelt's guns in the
east about all has consisted of few
statements. more or less impromptu
and oral. from the eastern campaign
managers.
People here are still divided as to
the reason why Mr.. Roosevelt de-
cided not to reply to Mr. Bryan's
last letter. The reason that Mr..
Roosevelt assigned was that Mr.. Bry-
ans remarks were personal and
hence did not require an answer is
laughed at.
All of Mr.. Bryan's letters were
personal in the sense that they
were criticisms of the presidents ad-
ministration. On that ground none
of them were entitled to reply
from the president. But before that
last letter of Mr. Bryan the president
had not hesitated to let it be known
that he was eager for the fray He
pranced away back and forth in the
executive offices, declaring Lay on
MacDuff," or words to that effect.
He said that Mr.. Bryan's letters
played right into his hand because
they gave him an opportunity to go
into print. which he could not well
do without some occasion. Now, the
question is being asked, why did he
withdraw from the contrOversary?
Effect of RoOsevelt's Activity.
There have been two very decided
opinions among republicans as to
the effect of Mr.. RoOsevelt'S stepping
to the front in the Taft campaign
if it can be called a Taft" cam
paign. Some of them believe, or pro-
fess to believe, that Roosevelt will
have a tremendous influence with the
voters. They admit that this inhu-
ence is almost wholly confined to the
west, but then they declare the east
is safe for Taft anyway. But there
is the rub they do not really believe
that the east is safe, for New York
is giving them dreadful concern, and
unless they have been able to per-
suade themselves that Roosevelt's
strength and the strength of his
word is what it was four years ago
in New York they are not really
feeling so sure of the good effect for
their cause which these presidential
illusions cause.
1t is a common belief here that
Elihu Root, the chief adviser of the
president, and the one who is said
to carry the brains of the admins
tration, is the one who called the
president off. There can be no doubt
that the astute republicans are very
much pleased that the president de-
cided to treat Mr. Bryan's last letter
as personal" and not attempt to re-
ply. That Mr.. Bryan was wOrSting
him is not admitted by any of them
for publication, of course, but there
are evidences a plenty that they felt
that the president was doing the
cause no good
May Go ora the Stump.
Talk Of the president going on
the stump continues. nevertheless,
and there is that status Of mind
hereabouts which would not be at
all surprised at any time to hear the
announcement of stamping tour by
the president. At first, and repeat
eddy while at Oyster Bay, Mr.. Loeb,
the presidents private secretary. de-
clared that the president would not
go on the stump Since coming to
Washington Mr.. Loeb has been say
ing that "the president at present
has no intention of going on the
stump" day or two ago Mr.. Loeb
said that there is no telling what
may happen, and declared that the