The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-28
QUARRELS ARE
SERIOUS ONES
By Ernest G. walker.

I
Peace and has been doing much tc
place the olive branch in the hands OF
all concerned, the month of August is
slipping away and some of the Repub
lican fights are quite as acute as ever
Republican quarrels are not allowed
to distract well informed men as O
rule. Hard as the party fights before
conventions. its, factions are accustomed
to close the ranks after conventions
August is usually the great month for
the Republican peacemakers. The
lquarrels this year have been of an ag.
gravated character and the month of
September. when the presidential cam.
paign begins, finds the party fighting
inside its own lines. The old and prac.
ticed peacemakers seem to have retired
this year. New men are at the helm
and they are not as skillful as some
of the oldsters were.
The quarrel in Ohio is an example.
No matter what the plausible takers
say, the Buckeye state is not at all
certain for Taft this autumn, as matters
stand today. That is not altogether
because the Republican state central
committee has recently seen fit to slap
Senator Foraker IN the face by refus.
ing to invite him to speak at the open
ing of the campaign in Youngstown.
There are half dozen elements of Sc.
rious discord among the Ohio Republi-
cans These would not be serious were
there somebody with the acumen and
the diplomacy to adjust differences and
get all the Republicans into line for
the ticket.
The Germans are not going to vote
for the Republican state nominees this
autumn, because of Gov. Harris's atti
tude on the liquor question. Hereto
fore most of these voters have been
with the Republicans. 1t is claimed
that many of them can yet be won over,
but nobody is taking hold of the task
and working out satisfactory solu-
tion. The negroes are apparently will.
ing to vote for Taft in Ohio. but if
Senator Foraker is treated with indig-
nifty by the party leaders these negroes
will resent it. If there is one thing
that will turn the Ohio negroes against
| Taft it is unjust treatme of their
Ohio champion, Senator Foraker.
With September days approaching,
the Indiana Republicans are fighting
among themselves; so are the Illinois
Republicans. In each state the breach
is wide. The eagerness with which
Democrats are seeking nominations for
office in both states speaks for itself.
Often it is next to impossible to per
suade the big Democrats in those states
to run for offices. The Republicans in
Wisconsin are fighting; ditto the Re.
publicans in Iowa, ditto the Republicans
variably have their quarrels but this
year these quarrels have not been as
numerous as usual. Then the Demo.
Gratis are getting together. Bryan is
assuming the role of pacifcator 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 a united front, al
of which makes the Republicans take
notice.
National Chairman Hitchcock is Civ.
ing some attention to the adjustment
of these factional fights but in spite
of him and of Taft the fighters keep on
fighting. Every effort to patch up a
peace seems to be followed by 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
in Kansas. One of the ugliest party
fights of the year is on in West Vir-
ginia. In New York the Republicans
are demoralized and pulling at cross
purposes as to whether Gov. Hughes
shall be nominated.
Party fights of this character predom-
mated within the Republican party in
1892 when the Democrats swept every.
thing and elected Cleveland for another
term. There have been party fights
galore since, with this difference that
the Republicans have settled their quar-.
rels during August. The Democrats in
Ifriction-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 distancing
National Chairman Hitchcock. Bryan Is
letter of acceptance is out and now he
is going on the stump for the remaining
weeks of August and for portion OF
September. He will not go barnstorm
y 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 bt
no misrepresentation of his words. Be
/ fore the close of August he is going Il
fire the West on few of the popular
topics like the revision of tariff, tn,
guarantee of bank deposits, the regula
tion of trusts and the anti-injunctioi
= plank of his platform.
In fact, Bryan is taking right hol,
of his campaign and working like
: beaver to get things into good shap
: so that during the month of October
= the last month of the campaign, he cai
n remain at home and write signed arti
!. cles on the issues. Taft will not be il
speaking trim till September some time
? when he will go down to Cincinnati
Q He will make his headquarters there
r some people think because he wants t
8 give just as mach attention as possibl
4 TO Ohio and to saving il from going fo
Bryan.
;, President Roosevelt's hand is see