The Washington herald., 1908-09-06
AT THE HOTELS.

-tlC EhuDtlELl I1A4Dl4lA tlLht-l~ ana III
some States even make the success Of the
/ Taft ticket extremely doubtful" said Ben
K Wagner. banker end broker. Of Pitts
/ burg Pa, at the New willard. yesterday.
These factors are so obvious it is a
I wonder the leaders OF the Republican
party have not made efforts so far to
make them less dangerous The older
and more experienced members Of the
party are wondering that these factors
ever were conjured Up where this was
absolutely unnecessary.
The first factor IS the appointment OF
/ Hitchcock as chairman of the Republican
/ National Committee in the face OF the
/ opposition from the rank and file Of the
party. the men who have worked for the
/ success OF the party for years. and have
helped to make 1t a conservative power.
| Hitchcock has not the confidence Of the
I party leaders. He has not the confidence
( Of the business interests, and ne has not
/ the confidence Of the great mass Of
I voters. He is a beginner, has had little
{ experience. and has not as Vet contributed
( much TO the party in the way Of political
I assets and achievements He IS not in
{ business and never has been n business
I on his own account He does not know
D anything about the finances or commerce
OF this country or business enterprises
To compare him with Senator Hanna IS
/ almost sacrilegi0us- Hanna was great
I man. He had the confidence Of every
body, rich and poor. high and low. His
word was as good as his bond He WAS a
successful business man and knew bet
ter than any one else the needs Of the
T country. The country listened when Mark
Hanna spoke, and what he said was
. worth hearing. To place Hitchcock in
Hanue's chair is to ludicr0Us for any
thing.
Do you think for one moment that
Hanna would have autagouized the col
0Ted vote Of this country as Hitchcock
is d0inE2 No. sir. Hanna would never
have permitted this matter 10 assume
such serious proportions. He was too
much Of diplomat and statesman and
practical politician for that
Z Another factor is the treatment &C
corded 10 Sam Gompers by the managers
Of the Republican party And again
Z Hauna's diplomacy would have assured
the worEugmen's vote TO the Republican
ticket And II is a vote worth having
millions Of IT, To jecFsrdiZe this tremen-
dous power shows a lack Of political wis
dom. and could have only been committed
By an amateur in the game OF politics
NJ 5. Fletcher. q stock raiser OF Claren-
don. Tex, who is az the National said
Yesterday that Senator Bailey would sure
iy have been defeated az the last cleo
tion had II not been for the German vote.
Everybody thought Bailey was a State
wide prohibitionlst." said M Fletcher.
but when he saw he was not strongly
/ intrenched in the confidence OF the Pro
hibition party. he got scared and looked
90 II
the Germans in the southern part OF
Texas would have 20 give Up their beer
and amuseuents # prohibition were intro
duced IN the state. He calculated that by
promising his influence 10 them 10 defeat
the aims Of the Prohibition PARTY he
would get their votes. He went 70 them
as the champion Of personal liberty. and
they voted for him which practically
assured his nomination and his election
for United States Senator
II y Wentworth. q business nan Of
Battle Greek. Mich. is Il the Riggs
Michigan is a Republican State sad
N Wentworth and there is no danger
of Bryan running away with it, Z must
say however, that Bryan has grown in
popularity and that he VIII run better
than he ever did before. His campaign
Of educ-uon. which he has carried On
ever s.nee he came before the public Is
bearing fruit
Business IN Battle Creek is good. We
never felt the depression. Our 1arashlng
machine and pump works we're never as
busy as they are now Crops are excel
lent and prices are good. There s no raz-
son why there should be hard times The
man who has something substantial and
valuable 10 offer for money never ex-
perieCces Eard times II IS only the fc-
titious and inflated value interests that
suffer from the hard times. Il is not the
honest nan.
That Col Richard c. Kerens has devel-
ioPed a great following IN Central Mis-
souri in his race for the Republican nom
nation for the United States Senate IS
attested By II " Seaman. Of Birchtree,
No a political leader in his district. 8Ir.
Seaman IS interested in lumber manufac-
turing
If every other county IN the state is
Ike Usage. for instance. Col. kerens viii
win by a tremendous majority. Our peo-
PIE Ike John Mckinley. too. but they be
lieTe that he Is young enough 10 wait for
another try for the SenaUorshiD. In the
nature OF things. Col. KeTens may never
have another chance TO run for the Sen
emergency. and IL is 10 him alone credit
is due for preserving the party organi-
zaTion in Missouri when the hour was
darkest and the outlook most discourag-
inE- Even if We didn't Ike and admire
Col Kerens as We do. gratitude alone
would prompt US 90 be IoyaI 10 him. on
account of the great work he has accom-
plished for the party in the years gone
by
Missouri VIII go for Taft and KeTens
at the November election
Taft has about as much chance Of car
rying Georgia or any other Southern
state as he has Of carrying the District
of Columbia" ". said Representative Bart
lett. Of the Macon (Ga) district. at the
Shoreham last evening. Mr. Bartlett has
been in the House of Representatives
/ fourteen years and outranks all except
{ three Democratic Representatives He is
on his way home from Maine. where he
spent some time recUperatiEg his health.
Republican principles are founded on
animosity TO the South. and no repre-
sentative Of the Republican party viii
carry Georgia IN my lifetime Mr.. Taft
said in his speech Of acceptance he would
insist on a rigid enforcement OF the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments TO tins
( Constitution This in Itself makes it alb
solutsly impossible for any Southern
! Democrat 20 think Of voting for him.
would ike TO wager some money that no
state south Of the Potomac, with the ex-
ception OF West Virginia, viii give Taft