The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-10-25
Republican Managers Ask
National Leaders to Come
TO Rescue.
LETHARGY VANISHES
IN NEW YORK FIGHT
Charges of Libel and Misrepresen-
tatiOn Appearing In Campaigns.
Politics In District.

The desperate nature Of the situation
/ in Ohio from she Republican standpoint
/ Is shown by the pressing demands that
| speakers OF national reputation. the big
men OF the Republican party be hur-
/ ried into the field 20 save the Buckeye
( Stase from the Democrats
Francis 3. IO0mis. OF Ohio, former
| Assistant Secretary Of state, in a talk
with President Taft. urged the import
ance Of making Republican voters n
Ohio, and in other States for that mat
ter. realize that election Of Democratic
/ candidates this fan viii weaken the Re
publican Presidential prospects in 1872
Mr.. LOOMS pointed oct that Governor
Harmon was keeping the campaign in
I Ohio confined as far as possible % State
issues, and what was needed was a
| broad campaign on national lines for the
next two weeks
ThIs Will be undertaken as far as pos
--ble.
Roosevelt viii speak at Toledo, Elyria,
and Cleveland. Former Senator For
aker will make further speeches. Sec
! re-aries NageI and Wilson. Of the Cab
J met. and Attorney General Nickersham
may be drafted These speakers are ex-
Dected 10 dwell on national matters. in
Guiding the achievements Of the Taft
Administration
Waking Up IN New York
The New York campaign this week
| has become extremely active. The
I lethargy Of the earlier part Of the
campaign is wearing of. and both sides
are busy
For some days there have been signs
/ that StimsOn was making gains.
Colonel Roosevelt Is whirIIug through
| ire upstate country. in a whirIwiud
I campaign He keeps up his attack on
| Dix and keeps hammering on the state
ment that Dix was director OF the
Standard Wall Paper Company while Il
was a member Of the trust He has
| been visiting some Of the New York
] abandoned farms and giving advice on
farming.
Il think Vel win this year said the
/ colonel, and # not Wen go ahead and
win next time We've got the RepubIi-
can party on the highest plane IL mas
/ ever been in New York State"
In New FORK city. a movement has
| been stared 10 enroll the business men
in what is known as the Independent
Business Mems League. II is anti
Roosevelt and is headed By Herman
Ridder, who in 1885 organized the busI-
ness men against Bryan
Judge Asks Retraction.
Judge Simeon Z. Baldwin. former
chief justice Of the Connecticut supreme
court. and Democratic candidate FOR
| governor, has written Colonel Roose-
welt declaring he uisrepresented him a.
| Concord, y H. and demanding a re-
/ traction.
! In the meantime John A Dix. Demo
| cratic candidate for governor II New
| York. declares Roosevelt made q false
I statement when he accused him OF be
I ing IN the Wall Paper Trust, and that
he should apologize for even an invoI-
Untary Misrepresentation
John x. Tener, Republican candidate
I for governor In Pennsylvania. has
/ caused the arrest on the charge OF HoeI
/ OF + a Van VaIkenbUrg. editor and
/ president OF the Philadelphia North
/ american. The North American has
been attacking Tener daily since Octo-
| Der Il on the charge that he IS "a
/ friend and associate Of swindle-s.-'
( Tener is charged with selling his name
while he was a member Of Congress 20
| the National Public Utilities Commls-
/ sion. a corporation asserted TO be fraud
I ulent.
/ The Republican League Of the Dis
I trict is conducting q vigorous campaign
I 10 set voters home 10 vote Il IS hoped
! that about 1000 can he induced 10 go
/ u their respective States and help the
{ Republicans out on election day
4 President TAFT has temporarily called
I 91 a movement TO hold Republican
! meetings or conventions IN the different
/ Southern states to organize the Repub-
I leans. Negro voters fear the move
ment Is a white mans movement, cal
[ culated 20 hurt them.