The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-09-04
By Ernest G. walker.
Mail Special to the Advertiser. J

(Mail Special to the Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, d. c., August 49,
Both the big candidates seem to have
heen afraid. They seem to have been
holding back in their campaigns for the
permission of the American people to
occupy the White House for four years.
Otherwise they would have been step
ping forward more briskly to the en-.
counter. They have been fencing diplo-
matically-Taft to get the Republicans
out of the defensive attitude, and
Bryan to keep the Democrats in the APP
parent good position with which they
started off.
Now, however, it looks as though
there was to he more earnest and like
wise more aggressive work. Each of
the candidates has speech or two in
his system. These speeches will be de-
hvered this week for the edifcation
Of the American public, and will prob
ably mark another step in the progress
Of the struggle between the two men
for political supremacy. Ex-Secretary
Taft is going to speak Friday at Hot
Springs, when he will address a large
delegation of Virginia Republicans. The
meeting has been planned largely for
the purpose of stirring up enthusiasm
among the Republicans of the Old Do
minion and to give them an impetus to
begin work to get out as large vote
rs possible in November. 1t is not for
the purpose or with any hope of carry.
ing the State for Taft in November.
For much as has been and is being said
about Republicans carrying Southern
and border States in November, there
N nothing In it, except as pertains to
Maryland.
But the Hot Springs speech of Fri.
day is expected also to be return of
the rather cruel swipes that Bryan
made at the Republican nominee in his
speech of acceptance at Lincoln. Mr.
Taft can be depended upon to aim few
lard blows. The public likes games of
fsticuffs, and will begin to take notice
nj the verbal blows which the candi-
dates promise to swing at each other.
Bryan's Effort in Installments
Bryan has several speeches in prep
sration, although he classes them as
installments of the one long speech
that he is to deliver on the issues of
the campaign. He starts from Lincoln
Thursday of this week, and the follow
ing day friday, the same day that
Nominee Taft begins speaking, will de-
liver carefully prepared address at
Des Moines on the tariff. Iowa is un-
derstood to be n hotbed of revision SEN
timent, and for that reason Mr.. Bryan
wants to, launch his tariff revision
speech in sympathetic community.
He is really going to swing through the
Middle West ON this trip and will have
some opportunity for himself to feel
the public pulse and to judge of the
manner in which his campaign is pro-
crossing. He stops off in Chicago at
the weekend to confer with the officials
and workers of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee, and Tuesday of next
week will find him down at Indian
apolis, where, after having attended
the notification ceremonies of Vice Pres
dential Candidate John w. Kern, the
Democratic nominee will deliver "A
speech on the trust question. Two days
later, or August %, he will be in To-
Peka to deliver an address on the guar
antee of bank deposits. This is expect.
ed to be one of his interesting speeches,
because there is great interest in that
subject throughout Kansas.
IL Nominee Taft makes few labs at
Nominee Bryan on Friday of this week
1T is entirely probable that Nominee
Bryan will promptly talk back. The
Nebraskan is eager for verbal mix.up
with his "honorable opponent" and
will go after him on the slightest
provocation. All in all. there is prom
Use of considerable political gayety dur.
ing the last two weeks of August. Vice