The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-07
VOTE MAY DECIDE
FUTURE OF I AT 7
Roosevelt Victory in New York
Might Mean His Retire
ment.
THEN TO DON ERMlNE
With Colonel in White House
He Would Put Taft on
Supreme Bench.
THEN TO DON ERMlNE
[gpecia1 to The imes-Dispatch. ]

Especial to The Times-Dispatch.1
Washington, .. G., November 6.--lf
.Stimson defeats Dix for the governor
ship Of New York at to-morrow's cleo
ton, 1t probably means the last OF Will
liam Howard Tafts administration and
the undoubted return OF theodore
Roosevelt to the White House in 1912.
unless the Democrats are victorious at
that time. Conversely. IL Dix defeats
stimson thereby defeating the purpose /
Of Mr.. Roosevelt. the latter Will be In .
the down and out class, and the coun-
try Will hear little more of him here !
after That's all there Is In the pres
/ ent situation, so far as New York state
Z is concerned. but the results are far
reaching in their consequence. On
1 this Issue hangs the fate of the next
/ Republican candidate for the presi-
dency the probable platform to be
adopted, and likewise, In a measure.
| that of the Democratic party also.
! stimson spells Roosevelt, and Roose-
/ Welt means Pinchot and Pinchot's con-
seryation policies, there not being the
shadow of doubt but that II the
former President shall again go into
the White House he will make Pinchot
Secretary OF the Interior, In order thai
his ideas on the way the government
forests shall be conducted may be car
ried out. Stimsons election also means
!! that President Taft will go on the
I Supreme Court bench almost immedi-
:. ately after leaving the White House
within the next two or three years
several vacancies are expected, and
there seems little reason to believe that
President Taft will fail to don the ju-
dic!al ermine. This is especially pat
ent because of the fact that IL Roose-
!, Welt succeeds Taft 1t will be entirely
, due to the former that Mr.. TAFT shall
, mot be again nominated, ana In that
event, to placate matters, seat on the
, bench of the highest court In the land
would be offered
AS a Supreme Court justice. President
, Taft Will find the work to his entire
taste. while there have been many In
stances that life at the White House
has not been bed OF roses to the
, President, because of his inability to
swing the big stick at the right time
and a disposition to let matters adjust
. themselves. In addition. Mr.. Taft was
, colared early in his administration
!, by Senator Aldrich and other Repuo'
: lican advisers.
!, The House Situation.
"a, While no one, not even excepting ths
= optimistic McKinlay. manager OF tn,
a Republican campaign. is able to sa!
. whst -morrow's developments vii
ia b,ing forth so far as actual number
=. of Democrats and Republicans to sit II
"a the Sixty-arst Congress is concerned
,s there are certain Indications tina
~ point out results better and more fore
y IDLY than the words of any one maj
~ or a dozen men. One of these signs
~ found in the fact that, fearing Ohi'
would be lost to them, and knowini
that If this should be the case nov
nor 1,y n
!. national election two years hence, ever
IA available Republican, big and littls
,is has been dispatched to the Buckley
20 state during the past week to head o.
q. the Democratic stampede.
tn Another strange instance of how tn
nv political game is being played come
~ in here. Realizing that New York
ia probably lost to them, SO far as the pei
sonnet of the next Congress is COZ
cerned, party managers IN the Repu1
n. llican lineup saw some time back ths
so to make an open fight there, IN we
~ OF the fact that Roosevelt is hghtir
-. for sttmson against Taft, and in wa
against the regular forces, might
serious harm; SO they fred their ma
MN shot In Ohio and left New York pra
mt tcally to take care of itself.
90 Who VIII Be the Republican Lender
IAN While everybody is going on the a
10 sumption that the House Is going to
Democratic, what are the Republica
six going to do If they are in the minorit
ira and who will be their leaders?
1t is evident that the campaign n
done nothing to lessen the breach b
tween the Regulars of the Republics
49,, marty and the Insurgents. There seer
~ little likelihood that the two tactic
.,ef of the party will come together an
rad cably and settle the question Of lea
of ershlp OF iiiinot
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