The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-01-31
PRESIDENT IS
SURE FOR TAFT
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county. which includes the city 8
Cleveland have made II so hot for tn,
Tsftites that Representative Z. T
Burton has gone streaking back Il
Cleveland TO assume command o. tht
Taft forces. An appeal has been male
To that subcommittee of the National
Committee which dealt with the sub
jet of the call for the convention
whether the Ohio primary law can De
properly observed in the election 81
delegates Two OF the members >:
that subcommittes John w. Yerkes Of
Kentucky, and Gen. Frank 5. Streeter
Of New Hampshire. the latter an ar
dent Taft man and aspirant for the
United States Senate. have decided
that the Ohio primaries are all right
and that delegates can be elected w
der that law which the National con-
vention should recognize.
The advance which the Taft boom is
making confines TO be quite as much
through the weakness Of his opponents
as because of his own strength. There
Is no one 10 oppose the Secretary OF
War with. rs has been remarked very
many times The favorite sons seem
to. be making no Roadway outside Of
tlSir own states The Hughes boom
balts, as of wore, because of the air
Of mystery with which the Governor
surrounds himself and his unwilling
ness to communicate his opinions on
public questions. The public mind in
the western states has been poisoned
against him by the insinuations from
administration sources Many ultra
Roosevelt advocates are very strongly
Of the opinion that Gov. Hughes is not
the kind of a man who ought TO fill
the Presidential chair and these views
are aeecntuated by reference 10 Gov.
Hughes having once been the personal
attorney of John d. Rockefeller.
The strength of the Cannon boom
seems to have been waning ever since
the committees of the House of Repre-
sentatives were announced. There are
foreeful signs that the Speaker still
has his lightning rod up as high as
ever, but lot Of members are sore
over the way he treated them and
his boom seems to be growing weaker
and weaker IN the House, where in
dividuals as well as the organization
of Republican members were counted
upon to do wondrous things in push
ing his boom ahead
Only the choice Of delegates. as the
conventions meet and declare prefer
ences. viii determine just how strong
the rival candidates are The Taft peo-
pie are trying to hasten conventions
the country over as much as possible
In the belief that. with the opposition
50 disorganized, Secretary Taft's op-
Portuuity is to gather in all the dele
gates possible at the earliest possible
day While an early state convention !
VIII be held in Ohio for the choice of
four delegates at large 1t will probably
be well along into the spring before |
al the Congressional conventions in
that state are held The Foraker peo-
pie viii see TO that and will prevent /
the Secretary from going into other
AZ he, 1,T, - : 10,
a solid Buckeye delegation.
Very much DEPENDS upon what hap
pens in New England and New York
New England is the stronghold of the
doctrine of uninstructed delegates and
as that section has e. delegates likely
10 act in unison its capitulation TO
Secretary Taft would be tremendous
victory likely 10 go far toward assur-
ing him the nomination Before the
conventions for the nomination of del
egztss are held the Secretary will have
spoken in nearly all the New England
states II is more than probable that
the states have been fixed in most IF
the states and the names Of the pros
Pective delegates are known to the po-
Htical leaders, who have been careful
10 pick only those men who can be
relied upon to oppose the Secretary in
me convention, unless he gets the ma
iority 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.. Certelyou, although long {
III with the grip, mustered strength
enough to follow the Secretary of War !
over to New York and to make an ad- I
dress himself in New York City the |
very night after Secretary Taft had ]
wade an address there. This was
taken TO be significant and as indica- {
ting that the Secretary of the Treasury
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