The National tribune., 1910-06-30

AS a matter of fact he has been quite
as successful politically in the West or
late as he has been successful legisla-
lively in Congress. For all thru the So
called insurgent States the President
Joined issue some weeks ago, and the
conventions have been putting the par
ty loyalty to the President and his Ad-
miniStration to test. The great 1nsur-
gent States of Minnesota and Wiscon-
sin. in their conventions, have come
out strongly for him. Iowa did wei
for the regulars and also for the Presi-
dent These States Will have decided
influence upon the contests for control
now waging in other insurgent states
between the regulars and Insurgents.
But the Presidents contention for regu-
larity has gained such impetus that ne
is in a fair way to win practically all
along the line in the West, and the
men nominated on the State and Con-
gressional tickets are likely to be IN
the main men attached to the regular
faction of the party.
The Situation i'm Ohio.
Therefore it is that the President can
so appropriately take up political con-
ferences at this time. He will talk with
a number of OhioanS before he starts
for Beverly. There is more or less Re-
publican confusion in that State, which
went over to the Democrats in 1908,
and where the Democrats are now try
ing with might and main to re-elect
Gov. JudSon Harmon, and thus get him
into the running for the Presidential
contest in 1912. President Taft is ac-
cepting the Democratic challenge, and
in a short time his friends will be ac-
lively at work organizing the Buckeye
State on q basis which they hope will
insure the defeat of Gov. Harmon and
also of other Democratic candidates
There is said to be a good opportunity
for the President to accomplish this,
and if he succeeds it will immensely
strengthen him before the people and
incidentally put a crimp' in the Har-
bon BOOM For it is recognized that
before long the State fight in Ohio is
likely to resolve itself into Taft-Har-
mon contest. Ohio, of course, is nor
mally strongly Republican State, and
if the President can only bring the Re-
publican factions together and make
them work harmoniously in the cam
paign there is little doubt about the
outcome of the November voting.
L begins to look as tho the President
would virtually be in charge of the
campaign in Buckeyedom, as we'll as in
some other States of the Middle and
Far West He is talking things over
with the Hoosier Republicans in the
hope of bettering conditions there, but
Senator A. ]. Beveridge, who is leading
the Hoosier campaign, which will de-
termine whether he or John w. Kern,
Democrat, is to be United States Sem
ator for the next six years, is a pro-
nounced insurgent. Senator Beveridge
is not on good terms with the White
House. and his pronounced opposition
to the regulars makes the Presidents
task in Indiana more difficult than 1t
is in Ohio, his home State.
In Illinois, however the President is
able to put in some hard and effective
work The Republican leaders there
are now ready to cooperate with him.
and are outlining the work of the
strenuous campaign ahead. The scan
dals in the Legislature are being
prebed, but as the Governor of Illinois
is elected for four-year term the po-
ltical contests of Federal interest in
Illinois will center chiefly upon the
election of Congressman.
Prospects in New York.
The President is having some impor-
tant talks with New Workers. for that
is another State which he is very anx-
ious to hold in line this Autumn. He
would rather keep that State Republi-
can than any other in the Union save
possibly Ohio. There are reasons for
believing that the President and Col
Roosevelt will work shoulder to shoul-
der in saving New York from a Demo-
ident and Col Roosevelt's son-in-law-
Representative Nicholas Longworth, of
Cincinnati-are cooperating actively to
recover Ohio from the political foe.
Within President Taft's full approval,
Representative Longworth is going to
take a prominent part in the Congress
sional campaign in several States. The
young man has demonstrated his ability
to make a good political speech, and
the President is giving him every op-
portunity to get to the front. Repre-
sentative Longworth is besieged with
requests to make stump speeches, and
has already accepted a number of in
vitations. He is going into Massachu-
sets within a few days to make a
speech on the same platform with SEN
ator Lodge.
Apart from these efforts to get into
personal touch with the chieftains of
yhe coming Congressional campaign,
President Taft has been giving atten-
ton to publicity matters, bearing upon
the achievements of the Republican
Party during the year and more he has
been in the White House. During the
next few weeks a vast deal of litera-
ture touching that subject will be dis
patched from Washington, and the peo-
pie who vote will be given a chance to
understand how much has been accom-
plished and what it signifies. And after
the President is established at Beverly
1T is understood he will keep finger
on the political pulse in many States,
and from tine to time ask the more
prominent workers to report to him in
person.