The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-23
EVERY DAY ADDS SOME
INTEREST TO THE BIC
MAINLAND CAMPAIGN

i publicans column this autumn or swings
over to Bryan and makes Democratic
| President. Strangely enough, the CUB
| ernatorial candidates are expected TO
| be stronger in New York thls autumn
| than the presidential candidates. The
Republican leaders there, of course,
will not admit it as regards Taft, but
they show in a dozen ways that IS
| their conviction But for belief that
| the denomination of Hughes will hold
many Independents in line for Taft,
that denomination probably would not
be thought of. The Democrats, eke,
are talking about getting a good man
for their gubernatorial nominee, not
alone with the idea of defeating
Hughes, which may not be very diff
cult this year. but of strengthening the
situation in regard to Bryan, so that
his chances of carrying the State and
securing it's thirty-nine electoral votes
may be improved.
Fixing Up the Quarrels.
The inter-party factionalism has been
improved a little for the Republicans
in recent DAYS. Almost daily, as a
matter of fact, there has been "some'
thing doing' in the olivebranch line.
The West Virginia Republican fac
tions, the morning wires tell us, have
agreed to let the names of the Taft
presidential electors go upon both their
rival Republican tickets-the Scherr
and Swisher tickets, if you please.
That is step the right way, as far
as the national ticket is concerned. 1t
improves materially the chances that
Taft can carry West Virginia and add
her seven electoral votes to his column.
For West Virginia is normally
strongly Republican State. To be sure,
Bryan is very popular down that way.
If the two Republican gubernatorial
tickets keep afeld and 60 to the polls
in bad humor, there is no telling what
might happen. And yet Taft IS now
reasonably sure of the State.
Then Ohio has been making up with
great acclaim. The wounds have not
healed over by any means, but the
healing salve has been applied. Sen
ator Foraker and Judge Taft have
made up publicly, after much negotiat-
ing. Foraker is going upon the stump
for his "leader, as he styled Taft in
some public remarks at Toledo. The
senior Senator's example will be very
helpful with the recalcitrant negro
voters, however few or numerous they
may be. It augurs well in other ways,
and yet the Ohio situation is still
little ''techy" and must be handled
gingerlv for some time to come. Out
ward show of harmony, however, is
preferable to outward show or inter
party hostilities. Labor has not been
pacifed in Ohio, and there are many |
thousands of laboring men in that !
State of industrial activity. A large |
element of the population, especially |
in the cities, has not been reconciled |
to the State ticket, which is an ele- !
ment of some danger in Ohio.
Other Rivals Coming In.
The moment that Senator Foraker
came in on the reservation the work of |
getting all the late rivals for the pres
idential nomination on the stump was |
pressed. 1t has been succeeding and /
is distinct advance. About the time
that Senator Foraker was signing the
peace pact, National Chairman Hitch
cock was telephoning by long distance
to Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin,