The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-21
o1in CAESARS nuBIcoN.

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y rhc Rubicon and Long Island Sound
r.have. at least one point in common.
Each in their day bore u Caesar in u
small boat over q tenpestuous sea.
In each case the man of destiny spoke
to the boatman, saying: Fear not,
thou Dearest Caesar Cor the colonel)
and his fortunes"
Gugout was not SO swift as the 20;
..ot motor boat in which the Colonel
hurried to New Haven, both that he (.
might dodge reporters and get help. |
But lin each case the boat kept float !.
ing. and we know Caesars success. /,
If the Hon. William Barnes. of AL
bany, hassany foresight or wisdom. he
will tremble when he reads of the un-
derstanding which the Colonel and
Taft reached at their conference. In
simple truth, no matter what the Col
onel's Interior purposes may be. and
wholly apart from any question OF
his designs on the White House for
1912, and SO long thereafter as Proyt-s|
dence. in His divine mercy. shall per-
init him to live, every good citizen
who believes in the government Of tho
people, and not in an administration
by purchasable and corrupt political
oligarchy. will hope and work for the
success of the fight that is now being
waged in New York. against Wood
ruff, Barnes, Wadsworth and the force
and aims they represent and desire.
In the course of the discussion Pres
ident Taft came out flat-footed in
opposition to bossism in New York, anu
Endorsed the Hughes direct primary
bill. This should be a comfort to- the
believers in popular government but
1t has not restored the old-time cor
diality that once existed between
.sWilr' and Theodore"
president Taft was gratifed." says
the Associated Press dispatches. that
..ie Colonel should have asked his
support" 1t would not have been asked
If 1t had not been needed, and the
country will look to see whether
with this support the Colonel will con-
tiiiue his unremitting warfare against
the crooks.
SO far. the crooks have Jared seN-
tremely well at the hands of the Coll
onel.. The tariff robbers went on I'M
rebuked in their extortions; malcfac-
tors were reviled, but not punished.
great wealth was lambasted on tho
stump, but nothing was done to touch
the real cause Of its unfair distribu-
JJor
wheedled out Of two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars; Paul Morton was
whitewashed: Senator Plat, tho arch
go between in the Senate for corpora
lions. was praised; the thunders tina,
delighted the Insurgents, in the Yves,
fell harmless about the heads OF the
corrupt and crooked East Anyway
alarmed.
As'to the question of Taft's endorse
ment by the New York Republican
State CONVENTION. 1.-THE Colonel KEEP,
silent; but it was not always So. In
1908. when the question of TIL,
coloners own endorsement by the Re.
publican Convention of Ohio came ur
hr, IiaiEd opposed II. lHen MI
Roosevelt. who was in Walla walla
issued statement. in which he said
~ have not asked any man for his
support. have had nothing to dc
= with raising the issue of my endorse.
ment. Sooner or later it was bound
to arise. and inasmuch as it has now
arisen, Of course, those who favor my
administration and my nomination
will endorse them, and those who dc
not will oppose them
Neither has Mr.. Taft asked any man
for his support in New York but now
as then, those who favor Mr.. Taft's
administration and nomination vii
endorse them, and those who do no
VIII oppose them Mr.. Roosevelt can
not escane his own declaration.