The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-09
A TREND TOWARDS BRYAN
WHICH CAN'T BE IGNORED

make any speeches are still fresh in
the public mind, but Chairman Hitch
cock and Mr.. Taft's friends and lieu
tenants are importuning the President.
He is being told that should Taft by
any chance be defeated, when he (the
President) has kept his silence, the
Republican party will hold him (the
President) responsible, him upon whom
it has conferred the highest official hon
ors. They are telling him about the
Western defeetions and, about the
troubles they are having in stirring up
any enthusiasm and that he, more than
any other living man, can give Bryan
an effective "swatting.'
Word from Roosevelt Expected.
Men who know the President we'll do
not believe he will remain passive very
long under such representations. He
likes to be in the midst of things
He likes to ''lay on'' and make the
other fellow cry "enough.' And even
though the President may refrain from
going upon the stump, there is great
confidence among the Republican man
ayers that inside of two or three weeks,
whenever the right time comes, he will
pen a letter to, some friend, who has
obligingly written some inquiry to him
as to whether a doubling voter ought
, to take Bryan or Taft as his ideal.
, And the way the President will enlarge
upon the subject and the way he will
thump thump at "Bill of the Prairies -
will set the boys in the trenches to
cheering like mad and will give the
campaign great life and spirit and will
enable "Big Bill' Taft to forge ahead
in his quest for votes.
!, Meanwhile the vice presidential can
didates? The country seems to have
lost them. Who is paying much atten-
tion to Sherman or to Kern9 Usually
I the vice presidential candidates are
stars upon whom the country is gaz.
ing. 1t is no particular fault of either
James Schoolcraft Sherman or of John
W orth Kern that this is not the con.
dition now. Usually the vice presider
| tial candidates are out on the stump
making a fearful racket. They travel
by special trains and they speak at q
l dozen small stations daily on the way
Z with big, whoop-er-up speech every
evening
To be sure, the vice presidential can
didates have been exercising theil
vocal cords a little this autumn, but
;. they are getting mighty few spreads
II in the newspapers, and the average cit
: iZen would have to scratch his head
Q and stop and think before he coult
n tell an inquirer much about what tn,
vice presidential candidates are doinl
and saying. All this may change late
5 on, when the campaign "warms" {
I little more But the facts are thai
: the popular interest thus far, whateve
: there is of it, is conferred upon tn,
"big uns"-the Republican and Dem
s ocratic candidates for the presidency
}, Peacework But Partially Successful
Taft leaders, who rendezvous here
express keen disappointment at SOM
q developments of the week Just past
r The good work in advancing peac
4 pacts, which Chairman Hitchcock start
$ ed early in September, seems to hav
# halted. The campaign is now well ad
r. vanced.. The period for preliminar,
f organization and making ready is over
!. Several Northern States failed to i'm
prove that period with harmony eff
a forts. The final fight for the presi
e dency is to be made in the next sever
" weeks. 1t is now taken for granted
il that the Republicans must enter upol
h this battle with the handicap of hal
q dozen or so serious State Quarrels.
If the numerical strength of the BIZ
g parties had been nearly equal in recen
g elections, the Washington politician
Z say these quarres would be serious in
= deed. How much of a real handical
n they will prove to Mr.. Taft, under tn
@ present status of presidential politics
l. probably will be very uncertain RICH
n up to election day. They are in par
a consequence of the inter-party quar-
n rels that fared forth two years ag
n and resulted in quite a crop of Demo
e cratic governors in the North, and i
is part consequence of Republican dill
n ferences in national politics.
is The roster of Northern States, i
rs which the Democrats are now suppose
IS to have about an even chance-perhal
lie better than an even chance-of cleo
le ing their local tickets, is quite formit
D. able. 1t includes Rhode Island, Cor
Is necticut, West Virginia, Ohio, Indian;
d. Minnesota and probably two or thre
lie small Western States. Democratic OF
It timists would add New York, Illinoi
and Nebraska. 1t is worth noting this
all these States, with two or three e:
40 ceptions, such as Rhode Island an,
" perhaps, Nebraska. would>be almost {
10 certain as Pennsylvania to choose R
u u publican governors were it not fl
10 these pernicious factions. Governc
o Johnson got his foothold in Minnesot
~ because the Republican factions fe
~ out with one another and have new,
Z, been able yet altogether to adjust the
~ differences.
lp Quarrels Very Tenacious.
81 Oldtimers say it is a quarter of
y, century since such tenacious quarre
NJ have cropped up in the Republics
NJ camp. Otherwise they would ha'
yielded ere this to treatment. A go,
d, part of ex-Seeretary Taft's most e
no ergetic effort in the last six months
rs much of which the public knows lit
M about-has been directed to securii
a. party peace. Since the Chicago co
' a vention he has been ably assisted
q" o." that role by Chairman Hitchcock, W
ny would have preferred TO devote mo
n of his time to campaign preparation
had not these matters affecting ha
rm mony been more pressing. The stu
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