The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-22
DELEGATES FOR TAFT
WILL BE ms TRUCTED
Campaign for denomination Of President Soon
VIII Take On Organized Proportion
roosevelt Ghost Causes Uneasiuess.

Washington, D. c.. November al
Tart delegates TO tic next national
convention are to be instructed, riv-
etcd and iron bound. That IS virtually
the decision of the Taft leaders to-
day. and IL means that within !. month
the campaign for the denomination oi
the President VIII take on organized
proportions.
Orders will go out Immediately ar
ter thc meeting OF the Republican
National Committee here next month
at which the time and place for the
next national convention Will DE liked,
that wherever Taft delegates are Sc
lected by the old-timc convention sys-
tenn the instructions for the President
shall be such that overly enthusiastic
gentlemen may not be swept off theii
feet by any thanking movement
The truth Is the Taft people see the
1T. r. ghost in the distance. Like
the JACKIE o lantern of childhood days.
It fits about In tho political marshes
and bottom lands. u constant source OF
wondernant and awe, u warning to be
careful and step with elaboration.
OF course. the IT. r." huguboo was
expected about this time OF tho year.
1t is due to have quite an airing, &C
cording TO the political seers to-day.
In the next month or two 1t Is TO DO
uHbeu III pal VI lhe SoS'iei >
II will do all sorts OF weird dances
and the wcak-knced Taft people Will
have the shivers. Only the stout OF
heart among the friends OF the Presl-
dent will remain tranquil through 1t
all
Up and down, like the temperature,
the bugaboo will go. one time almost
disappearing. and the next comins, SO
close as to stir the onlonler with pc
culiar feelings.
VIII Not Take Chances.
But the TAFT managers will take no
chances In tho next convention. Thctr
careful survey of the situation con
vinces them that the great majority
want the President for another term,
and they do not proose that at the
last minute any hurrah business shall
rob them OF the work they have done.
SO. beginning with the meeting OF tho
National Committee. which is over
whelIningly for Taft. genuine politics
will be played. Htchcock's old sieam
roller will give way TO the suit Of
iron. padlocked and the key IN tho
possession OF the TAFT managers.
The Taft people. TOO. arc 10 wake
up. They have been going easy. salts
ned with an Improvement in tho stu
alton as 10 the President. But they
are now going to meet aggression
with aggression, loyalty with loyalty,
Issue with issue. They are going 10
fight in the primaries and in the CON
ventions. They look for big rise in
Roosevelt stock in the next month OF
So The Roosevelt bulls VIII rush tht
political stock market. and then the
bears will ia Ike hold, and It VIII be
up end down until the market
steadies along toward convention time,
with the munipulators dicounting what
Is TO actually happen.
View of Governor Johnson.
The Taft people to-day called atten-
ton to the statement from California
that Governor Hiram johnson, the Ia
Toilette leader there, has come out for
n state wide primary 20 select dele
gates TO tho national convention. They
say this is distinct acknowledG ment
of Taft sentiment i'm the State. Gov
ernor johnson, IL is asserted, had
everything arranged by when certain
men elected in a recent primary should
pick the Delegates This scheme caus-
ed such a row in party politics that
a primary Is to be held The TAFT peo-
pie claim that they will get every
delegate. The raft claims are also
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