Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-23
ROOT GOING TO OHIO
Responds to Appeal to Aid
Party in State.
PRESIDENT URGED HIM
Menace to Republican Success in
New York and Indiana
CABINET CONSIDERS OUTLOOK
West Virginia to Be Visited by
Meyer-Labor Vote to Be
Solicited.
CABINET CONSIDERS OUTLOOK


He accepted one other invitation. That
was to preside at a meeting in New York
next Friday night at Durland's. He can
celed that today and next week will go
to Ohio, speaking at Cincinnati Wednes-
day night and Cleveland Thursday night.
He will go from Cleveland to New York.
Postmaster General Meyer has announc-
ed that he will speak at Paulding. Ohio,
next Monday night and at Sandusky
Tuesday night. returning to West Vir-
ginia for speeches AT Belia!r October 20
and going into Trenton October 80.
Cabinet Talks It Over.
There was grave consideration by the
cabinet today Of affairs in Ohio. 1t was
the direct. personal request Of the Presi
dent that caused Mr. Root to yield his
own desires to the danger Of the party.
1t was also brought out that West Vir-
ginia is in none too good shape. because
of labor disaffections and factiOnal fight
ing. 1t was decided to give more atten-
ton to that state. Speakers will be
poured in there, too.
One republican. fresh from Ohio. who
has taken his friends into his confidence.
declares that Ohio is lost to Taft beyond
doubt, and that Bryan will win there.
Gen. Corbin Is known to have told the
President that Ohio is In bad shape. The
scare has come none too soon IL Ohio Is
to be replaced in the republican column.
President Is Keen.
In the closing days Of the great fight
for the presidency President Roosevelt.
both as a good republican and intimate
friend of william H. Taft, keeps q sharp
eye on the situation.
He is In touch with party headquarters
at all times and with various parts Of the
country through friends and admirers in
all directions. It is doubtful il Frank H.
Hitchcock. republican national chairman,
has clearer grasp of conditions.
He remains as confident as ever. al
though he Is compelled 10 recognize that
there are weak spots that must be
These weak spots, three in number. are.
in the order of their weakness, Ohio, In
diana and New York.
Ohio is showing signs of thinking we'll
of Bryan. Everybody connected with
the administration and the national COM
mittee knows 1t. Nearly everybody in
the republican camp claims Indiana.
Yet CANDIDATE Taft has given three days
of this week to that state. making over
fifty speeches. He Is to give nearly a
whole week to New York and wind up
the campaign in Ohio.
Bryan. too has been laundering in both
Ohio and Indiana and Is to wind up in
New York with q campaign which he
the last minute.
New York in Best Shape.
OF all three states. New York looks
better to the republicans than Ohio and
Indiana. The division in New York is
clearer and cleaner. 1t is not compIi-
Gated by the temperance fight, as in the
other two states.
Republican leaders admit that, with a
red-hot temperance fight on. the voters
care little for national issues and candi-
dates, and they are liable to cast their
ballots according to local color. That Is,
II man Is a red-hot anti-temperance
man In Ohio and intends voting for Har-
mon, democrat, for governbr, because of
that issue. he is likely to mark the entire
ticket democratic and let it 60
On top of all this Is the bitter fractional
feeling in Ohio. the resentment of friends
of Senator Foraker the sulienness of the
negro vote. the uncertainty as to labor.
Indiana republicans, no matter how
hard they tried, could not get rid of the
temperance question. 1t is the real issue
in that state today. the presidency being
Is that Jim Watson, the republican
nominee for governor. Is in danger as
things line up now. The legislature is
also seriously in doubt But the same
information is that Taft is many thou
sands of votes stronger than Watson and
will win. 1t is. however. no ''cinch," ap-
parently.
With the south and these three big
states voting for Bryan, he could be
elected. The republicans see it Division
commanders of the great army have re-
ceived orders to train all the heavy ar
tillery upon them in the last hours of the
battle. with the object of breaking the
democratic army by the very strength
OF the onslaught.
Will Try to Save Ohio.
Ohio, the weakest spot of the three
states. is to get hammering Of orator.
cal thunder from big guns that II has
never before had in q presidential year.
-Four weeks ago New York was ad-
mIttedly in bad plight from a republican
viewpoint. The situation there, accord
ing 20 ali authorities, has steadily i'm
proved until now the republicans are able
to claim everything. Still. they are more
or less nervous as to what may happen
next week. with Bryan talking at every
place of Importance.
Trained men of both parties make the
claim that there are % per cent of the
this late day and that these men can be
turned one way or the other by import
ant happenings In the last two or three
days
Never has there been such vacillation
OF mind among voters as at present One
day men practically reach the conclusion
to vote for Taft, when something occurs
to change their sympathy.
Labor the Prize.
The labor vote is to be fought for in the
next ten days as no vote was ever before
fought for The President is expected Tn
come out with more letters. Mr.. BRYAN
has about ready a jolt he expects to turn
loose In answer to the Presidents letter
to Senator Knox
The administration orators will tell
what the administration has done for la
Dor and all the powerful influence of the
administration will be turned in that d.
rectiOn. The democrats too, will not fail
to understand the Importance of the situ-
alton and will try still harder to get close
to the workingmen
Altogether, it looks as IL the working
man will be great pet for at least ten
days and that he will hear more nice
things said about him than he has heard
in years
President Roosevelt Is determined not to
give up to the demands that he get into
the field for few speeches. Pressure
upon him, however. grows stronger each
day.
In the great labor centers there is rumb-
ling. At Wheeling. Pittsburg. Columbus,
Youngstown and elsewhere the labor men
rather gloomy and threatening.
personally among the men and talk to
them. making speech at Pittsburg or
some other points he can change the sit
nation He has declared that he. will NOT