The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
Incidents and Opinions Throwing Light on
 The National Contest

trail leading to the Cabinet. but the mighty hunter called on Judge Harmon '1 to De taken against the man cnargsd with violating the law of the unted States Is not thls 'Haskellism as now dennsd by the best best Sssn0rssyys hssn ssys from this charge if he had not only called of his Attorney General put also covered the accused with thick coat of whitewash?
 May or May Net Speak.
 Secretary Loeb today made the. state ment that President Roosevelt naa naaRo ho ing tour in behalf of the Republican candidate for the Presidency. Many in- vitations had been received py me veit never has stated that he would
 When asked whether. if the situation to0k sSs .sst taFn tSs tnsf sk6s as tour would materially aid the Repub. lican cause. the President In that event would take the stump. Mir. Loeb replied added ids that no no one could tell what the future would bring forth
 One of the surnrsses.
 Walter weilmanH New York Special to
 Chicago Record-Herald
 One of the great surprises or tnis campaign, h my opinion. VII pc tno Sse Mew ofih YorS ryi n isoo p ne e had only soo0o over Mckinley in the area comprisin the metropolitan city. Thls year sii the signs are his plurality n the wnoie be 12s.000 Unless the Republican man. agers can do something to stop the la Dor people going wholesale to Bryan
 National Chairman Hitchcock and State Chairman Woodruff are worried over the signs of heavy Bryan gains here. It costs abo,s. s5o;ooo to get the Republican vote registered In this city. The money goes to assembly district leaders and their henchmen. Till day or two ago neither the National Re. inittee had the funds with which to special appeal has been made to cer- word sa,p men and it is thas ts money has been promised.
 The conditions which affect New York and make 1t Q doubtIul State. though In New Jersey. though not go sharply. The Republicans have a little scare about New Jersey. where the workings FSs ssw ss rseSsssd espssS Rspabcss n iisss e tes has asked for funds and for speak, CTS: They will get the latter.
 Trenton Special to Newark News.
 so much harmony in the Democnatlc Party of sNew Jersey. and so little harmony in the ranks of the Republican Party. Not in many years have Dem. ocratic leaders been so chirked up over the otitlooK for an election. and not In years has there been so much pessiri1- . ism and gloom among Republican iead-
 It is frankly admitted pv practically all the Republican leAders, of every shade of opinion. that the Taft and sherman campaign in New Jersey is in bad shape, What is not 50 frankly admitted, but what Is not the less true, is that thore Is little efrort or inclina- ton on the part of the party leaders to improve the situation.
 There .is a reason In fact. there are
 First of these is that there are. not more than three or four members of the RepubIicAn State Committee who have not been strongly. if not always open- iv. antagoIisttc to President Roosevelt and his policies. These same men were, most of them openly and vigorously opposed to Tafcs nomination. They were against Taft before his nomina- : tior. because of their fear that he was in earnest in declAring his loyalty 70 thA RooseV atf ftoIicIes and his determi z nation to continue these uolicies IT elected. They strove hard to prevent the eTldorsernent Of any proEressiye re forms or ideas in the platform adoptea al Chicago, and opposed and defeatSd fti the convention many of the proposl . tions for which Mir. Taft has declared himself since his nomination.