The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-06
PROGRESS Of
THE CAMPAIGN
Walker Writes About Passing
Politics in the
East.
By Ernest G.. Walker.


pilgrims to the two springs-Hot
Springs, Virginia, and Colorado Springs,
Colorado-in recent days, returning
here with confidential information. say
great turning of all the wheels in the
Republican machinery will take place
with the speech of acceptance era, which
the last week of July is to usher in.
he preliminary survey of the field has
| been made. Nominee Taft has been at
tending to important inquiries in the
Middle West. Chairman Hitchcock has
| brought back from the Far West
| number of ideas about conditions there,
which he has not given to the public.
They are by no means discouraging,
but of a character to guide him in the
educational and vote-getting campaign
of the next three months.
The speech of acceptance has been
tuned as far as possible to harmonic
and inspire the Iegions of voters. Al
though Mr.. Taft has not seen Chair
man Hitchcock since the latter's visit
to the inter mountain country, the two
have been in frequent correspondence
by letter and by wire. Mr. Taft, while
at Hot Springs, was in daily conference
by telephone and telegraph with Oyster
Bay on wide variety of subjects af-
fecting the campaign AS matter of
fact, the speech of acceptance was mail
ed both to Secretary Root and President
Roosevelt several days before Mr.. Taft
started on his journey to the East, not
withstanding statements that he carried
a copy for the perusal of those two
party leaders.
The Republican nominee has been Civ
ing very close attention during the last
two or three weeks to the preparatory
campaign movements in Ohio and In
diana. He feels that he is likely to
than any other Middle Western State,
and has been somewhat concerned be-
cause he has few friends, skilled in the
political game in that State, to whom
he feels like entrusting his interests I'M
reservedly. Many cheering messages
have been sent from Hot Springs to the
local Indiana leaders, with whom the
nominee has sought to get into closer
personal touch. He believes the Re
publican situation in Hoosierdoom is
improving and that, in the course of a
few weeks, much better things can be
expected of it.
Mr.. Taft S interests in Ohio are in
charge of tried lieutenants. and he is |
in contented frame of mind over their
efforts and the results therefrom to date !
In spite of all the paragraphs written
about the friendly attitude of Senator
Foraker, the fact remains that what |
Senator Foraker has himself said to
date is of an exceedingly formal char
acter, and that he is still only luke
warm. Mr.. Taft has had no talk what |
ever yet with any of Senator Foraker S |
representatives., although there have
been pretty definite hints from the For
would be welcomed. Certain visitors to !
Hot Springs have brought away the i'm
preston that there will be events in |
Cincinnati, while the nominee tarries |
there the next few days to promote
better political relations between the |
two men. This is not taken to mean |
that Mr.. Taft is at all likely to make |
any promises to the Senator, but that |
there will be outward evidences of a |
renewal of the entente cordiale, which /
will put Buckeye voters in better heart. |
Should Senator Foraker be in Cincin-
natl that week it is hoped to bring the |
two men together, perhaps at dinner. |
Neither Mr.. Taft nor Mr.. Hitchcock |
is yet figuring on what States the Ma
tional ticket viii carry. There has been
small talk in some quarters about car
rying this State and that State and |
about unprecedented majorities in Re
publican strongholds. Mr. Taft is very
confident over the general outlook, as
confident of election as he was of the
nomination three months before the
Chicago convention met. But he and
Manager Hitchcock are giving atten-
ton rather to eonditions-how to i'm
prove them when in given localities
they are bad, and how to hold and in
crease the enthusiasm where the con
ditions are all that could be expected.
A season of vigorous work to make the
best possible showing for the ticket
must intervene before election day.
The figuring on States and on prospec-
tive majorities will come later when
the voters have had many weeks in
which to think things over.
One observation Chairman Hitchcock
is understood to have brought from
Colorado Springs covers very general
to the campaign and to the