The Washington times., 1908-06-11
TAFT NOW CERTAIN,
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does not want Mr.. Cortelyou on the
ticket. The War Secretary has no per
sonal objection TO Mr.. COrJelyOui on
the contrary, his feeling Is most cor
dial But ne does think il would be
bad business to select both candidates
from the Cabinet. and moreover, ne
thinks the charge of Wall Street friend
lineSs to the ucket-which he considers
Utterly uniust-Would be given more APP
pearance of reasOua bleness II MI. Cor
telyOu were on the ticket,
Therefore, MIR; Taft does not want
CortelyOu. ana the people VINO ought 10
know most about the War Secretary 8
attitude OF Iltnd are mai ana absolute
in statements that it viii not be Cortel-
you. There is some sign today or the
pendulum swinging back 70 DollEer Tor
second place, simply because he comes
so near u filling the bill of require
The fact that he is strong with the
Methodists and the temperance people
is EOW being pressed as particular
reason in his favor; his speaking aDlIl-
ties have been from the nrst urged, ana
along with this, the fact that he has
been a supporter OF the Presidential
policies.
Iowa Factions Warning.
The DoIIiver-Allison faction of Iowa
Republicans entered violent protests
yesterday against Delivers nomina-
tion. pointing out that il would let Gov
ernor Cummins get into the Senate,
which they insisted, would be a calami-
~. They had their own way with this
argument until today, when some OF
the politicians of the Cummins faction
in Iowa got 10 town and set forth that
II the AlllSOn-DOlllVeT people were SO
anxious 10 drive Cummlns out OF public
life. as all this talk would indicate, the
AllisOn-DolliyerN people would have TO
erect the next legislature all alone,
which would be quite task.
The Cummlns people IN Iowa IN short,
have practically laid down this ulti-
.uatum: That If the Allison crowd is
going TO be SO bitter against Cummius
as 10 veto any plan that would let him
into the Senate then the Cummius
crowd VIII retaliate by knitting the legis-
lative ticket next fall and beating Ali
son. The situation in Iowa is so ir
Jensely bitter that this could easily be
done, and the threat is regarded as no
idle gossip.
Cummins Men Aroused.
Col Lafe Young. deIegate-at-large
ana J. W. Blythe, State boss and
general solicitor Of the Burlington road,
were deep in conference on the Iowa
situation today. Carroll Wright, gen
eral counsel of the Rock Island for
Iowa, was here yesterday, deeply con-
Cerned about The Deliver movement.
". ". Baldwin. another general officer
of the Burlington. Is here and taking
great interest in the effort 10 Kill of
the Deliver boom lest il should open a
door 10 the Senate for Cummins. These
gentlemen are ali of the anti Cummins
leadership.
II is reported that hurry-up call
has been sent 10 Iowa for reinforce
Inents, in order 10 make sure OF duly
lmpreSslng the convention with the helm
business OF the plan 10 nominate Dol
liver for second place On the other
hand W. G. DOWs, OF Cedar Rapids, a
Cummins leader. came IN JOdaT and de
Clared that II the Allison people try 10
keep CumminS down by such tactics,
2 IeTc Will be a nue prospect for the
next Legislature going Democratic It's
very fine mix up
No effort TO convey to the outside
public an impression of the situadoh in
he convention gathering would be aC-
Curate or honest which would fail 10
picture the great concern which proml-
nent ana Informed party men entertain
concerning the result OF the election in
November.
Fear for Outcome.
The truth Is that the people whose
opportunities for observation and anal
ysis of public sentiment have been best.
and whose judgments are commonly es-
teemed good, are fearful of the outcome
al the DOLLS =N-l-r men III t-LLr an the
precs utionary Injunction, don't men
tion my name, viii open the discussion /
with the observation that this is no dead
open and shut Republican year-''not BY
2 = means"
They are worried about the question /
OF whether the President can transmit !
his strength TO another man. Nobody !
dreams that any other man in the party I
approaches the President in strength !
with the masses. The question is sim |
ply whether lie can pass IL along.
Ar BryEn's strength is discussed and
analysed with almost as many results
as there are students OF il. Some be- /
Eeve he is stronger than ever before,
Others insist that a JWiCe-beaUen Candi- /
date never viii win. and that he Will J
be as badly defeated as in 1896. Nobody 4
is willing TO imagine that he would
have q chance against President Roose-
welt; the uncertainty relates simply to
whether Roosevelt's strength will so 10
Taft.
Middle West Doubted.
From the Middle Western States come
the most remarkable reports of the ut /