Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-12-20
CHOOSING PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

''Wher you see head hit it." This DOnny-
brook rule is the guiding star of American poll
ticians at the opening of an election campaign.
As the head of the president who may be seek
ing reelection stands out little above the rest
of the crowd. it gets the most and hardest knocks
at the opening Of the festivities That IS about
all there is to the attacks on President Taft
that have come from the republican camp up
to the present time. The knockers are mere
~ pcrpctuatmg pleasing llibernlan diversion
tranSpanted and adapted to our
The republican national committee is now
in session at Washington, and the open season
for Strengthening presidential possibilities is now
and the sport promises to be lively. After
the style of oId-fashioned gun club shoots, the
members are lined up III two squads, the adj
minisration and the insurgent, and the count
of killed and wounded will be a preliminary to
the real business of selecting flag bearer for
recommendation to the national convention next
July.
The opening move of the insurgent faction is
perfectly obvious. Any schoolboy could foretel
it. They will raise the ghost of Colonel Roose-
welt S canddature by calling him for a
statement of his intentions. 1t does not matter
that he has said he will not be candidate,
-Four ears ago they ha dhim seeking the NOM
nation and knitting Mr.. Taft in the back. The
truth was little matter Of Importance
then nor is il today with those who are play
ing the same old game.
me dignity UhdG pertains 10 the Ollce Oh
president forbids him from stepping into the
arena and taking part in the squabbles. If Mr..
Taft wants the nomination he will be almost GER
tain to get it. The loudness Of Mr.. Roosevelt s
boom means nothing but empty noise, for he is
not beating the big drum. Whatever his faults
Colonel Roosevelt will play the game like a
gentleman and will not try to discredit sup
plant the man he chose to succeed him four
years ago The attempt to his name to
injure President 'Taft's chances is cheap politics
worthy of the ward boss and its object is to
transparent to deceive anyone.
Reading between the lines, it looks il
the La Toilette boom was dead and the sup
porters of the nSurgent chief trying tC
let themselves down easy Some of those who
are talking Roosevelt, but who really fear anC
hate him, saying that he now has Wall stree
behind him. That is about the surest way to xii
the colonels chances, but those who say $,
want to Stay it while it is young and tender
While the democratic pot has not started t
boil the same game is being played in that CAM
and most of the presidential possibilities are al
ready so despatched with mud that their owl
mothers would not know them. Being first il
the field, Governor Wilson has been the fayorit
target far but the turn Of the others i
coming. The work Of wiping the names of dem
ocratic leaders off the presidential slate ha
progressed farther and has been more sweepn,
IN the south. If some of the papers down Their
are to be believed the democratic national con
vention will be ashamed to nominate anyone
unless it can find man yet unmentioned Al
the rest are buried in the mire-New Yor
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