The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-08-26

year these quarrels have not been as
numerous as usual Then the Demo
Gratis are getting together. Bryan is
assuming the role of paeifcator but
no more so than ex-Secretary Taft.
However, Bryan is having better sue
cess. Even in New York, where the
Democrats have lost campaign after
campaign because of their differences
it is beginning to look as though the
party would present united front, all
of which makes the Republicans take
notice.
National Chairman Hitchcock is Civ
ing some attention to the adjustment
of these fractional fights but in spite
of him and of Taft the fighters keep on
fighting. Every effort to patch up
peace seems to be followed by a new
outburst of trouble. The olive branch
work, however, seems to be of the
utmost Importance at this stage, of even
more Importance than the organization
for the National campaign. For, al
though voters are very intelligent IN
splitting tickets, the fact remains that
with local quarrels the National ticket
is bound to suffer.
Meanwhile not only are the Demo-
Gratis getting along with minimum OF
friction-therein outdoing their rivals
but they seem to be ahead in their or
ganization for the campaign. National
Chairman Mack has his Chicago head
quarters open and is thereby dlstanclng
National Chairman Hitchcock. Bryan 9
letter of acceptance is out and now ne
is going on the stump for the remaining
weeks of August and for portion or
September He will not go barnstorm-
ing, as he did in his previous campaigns,
but will deliver few carefully pre-
pared addresses on specific topics IN
divers cities. He is going to speak
from manuscript, so that there may be
no Misrepresentation of his words. Be-
fore the close of August he is going to
fire the West on few of the popular
topics like the revision of tariff, the
guarantee of bank deposits, the regula-
ton of trusts and the anti-injunctlon
plank of his platform.
In fact, Bryan is taking right hold
of his campaign and working like
beaver to get things into good shape
so that during the month Of October,
the last month of the campaign, ne can
remain at home and write signed arti-
cles ON the issues. Taft will not be IN
speaking trim till September some tlme'
when he will go down to Cincinnati.
He will make his headquarters there,
some people think because he wants to
give lust as much attention as possible
to Ohio and to saving it from going for
Bryan.
President Roosevelt IS hand is seen
more and more in the management OF
campaign affairs. Apparently nothing
of Importance is done without consult
ing him. Every little while the news
paper dispatches tell how this appoint
ment to campaign work was made at
the suggestion of President Roosevelt.
The travellers up to Oyster Bay are not
quite as numerous as the travellers to
Hot Springs, but very many of them
are on campaign errands. National
Chairman Hitchcock goes there every
little while to report, and he is exeeut-
ing many of the President S directions
in the management of the campaign.
One good feature for the Republi-
cans in the West is the fact that the
primaries are out of the way. Kansas
has just held primary and nominated
Joseph L. Bristow, former Fourth AS
tor. He ran as radical. The radical
candidate for Governor was also nomI-
mated. Both those nominations will
help the Republican ticket and
strengthen Taft s cause in that State
Whether as much can be said of the
outcome in Illinois is uncertain. How
ever, once the primaries are out of the
way Republicans are more apt to get
together for the campaign
Soon the effort will be to arouse some
interest among the Republicans in their
national ticket. There is great leth-
argy. True, this is August, and the
election is eleven weeks away. Lethargy
has become a growing feature of cam
paigns in recent years, and sometimes
is not as dangerous as it might seem.