The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-18
over the Ninth received these letters.
What did these letters say? rhis.

freuIent requests OF you, but 1t has
been In n good cause, and j am asking
something further Of YOU VIII you
kindly Inquire among your neighbors
and MI out the Enclosed blank regard q
ing dissatisfied voters? ..
Your courtesy In the matter VIII
be appreciated, and the names recorded
and used Trusting to hear from you,
/ am, Yours very truly,
So talt ''-------A-- 5tts
"Sbnte Chairman"
Precisely the same letter In effect as
that sent out by the Democratic head
quarters. The facts speak for thcm-
selves. 81 II
stch is the brand of politics used by
the Sslemp adl,erents. they are hard
put. and they know 1t. There arc dis.
satisfied Republican voters, and the
Republicans know it. These dissatls-
fed voters will vote for Stuart, and the
Republicans know It.
Bysuch tactics Slemp is losing votes
every day. Fits satellites are using cx-
strcme remedies now, but when the re-
turns come In on a certain night in
November, 1t will take all the oxygen
In Big Stone Gap to>restorc Iii Bns-
com" from the shock OF stuart's em-
phatic victory.
sa5
THE COLONEL. AND THE PREsI-
DENT.
We agree entirely with the SPRING
field Republican that 1t is high time
Mr.. Roosevelt was declaring his posi-
tfon as to the Taft Administration.
"President Taft has right to know
very soon whether Mr.. Roosevelt is
for him or against him" We should
say that it is mainly important so
that Mr.. Taft shall know whether he
is friend or foe one or the other, and
not both at the same time; for If the
4 Colonel is not for the President he is
4 against him, and being the bold bad
i man that he is, he should not hesi-
a tate to define his attitude and in such
! terms that even the Pinchot consplra-
tors will understand It.
IF Mr.. Roosevelt We're out OF poll
tics entirely" says the Republican
= |"his silence could be explained as con-
sistent with his general aloofness
from political aifairs,.s but he is ur
to his neck In politics, the queerest
a|politics ever known in this country, is
Il in constant touch With all sorts OF
4 stramps at the Outlet Office or at his
a home In oyster Bay, sends out hurry
4 calls for men who are supposed tt
Z understand the manipulation OF ma.
4 jorities, advises as to matters OF leg
i islation, assumes the direction Of nom
a nations, hears reports of the progress:
I of revolution in Kansas and Califor.
! mia, is ready to write the platform fol
y Ohio, counts the children in the Goa
j mines Of Pennsylvania, and tusie:
himself about all sorts of politica
things except about the political stat
us of Mr.. Taft. What he ought to dt
now is to come out in the open; bush
whacking in politics is not the high
! est art.
we do not know that Mr.. Taft care
very much about 1t one way or tn
Z other-if we were in his place W
= should prefer the Colcnel's open en-
nifty to his silent friendship, as it !
! perfectly clear that he must hoe hi
! own row and fight his own battles
> What he ought to do, until lie know
!. beyond the pcradventure Of a douh
: the exact whereabouts of his forme
Patron, is to keep his own counse
8 consult Norton freely, play golf wit
8 John Hays Hammond and see tina
/, Kerby does not obtain access to tn
. files Of the Executive Offices.