Bisbee daily review., 1911-05-14
TAFT u LAUNCH. HIS BOOM AT COUNTY
 FAIRS NEXT AUTUMN
tBy sidney Espsy.l

now definitely known that President Taft will launch his campaign fer
 renomination when be makes his western trip in September. All plans \ of the administration forces arc be- ing made to that end. and every where tae president goes he will find the 'stalwart" members of his | party will Le cn hand in force to show their loyalty.
 Three months ago the president announed that he had accepted an ! invitation to visit the Kansas state | fair at Hutchinson. This seemed simple enough in itself, but since then he has told at least a dozen
 representatives and senators from states through which his train will | pass that it will give him pleasure to be their guest en route. Little by little this itinerary has | been e tended. Already the president has made tentative engagements to | speak at a dozen places. All this. combined with pointed intimations from the president himself, indicate | that the real battle against the in- surgents for a renomination. as | well as the campaign for the second term will begin when the western ! trip is started.
 By that time, it is confidently ex- pected and devoutlv hoped by the re- l publican leaders, that the extra ses- l sion of congress will have adjourn ! cd. The fate of the administration reciprocity rolicy will have been | fixed. and perhaps the presidents | have been acted upon.
 Line to Be Drawn.
 At any rate the line between the ! insurgents and the regulars in the | republican ranks will have been | drawn. Time enough will have pass | ed for Taft 10 have learned whether or not to expect opposition Tor the pomination in his own party. There are just now plenty of persons who know, or say they do, that either La | Toilette or Cummins will take the field for the presidency on purely 1 progressive platform.
 There seems little hope even smong the most determined insur- gents that thay ean control the
 next republican convention. It is | question, therefore, whether or not | they expect to take their chances on a third party platform. 1t Is the expectation of the president and his advisers that the klsurgents will | have shown their hand completely by September, and that Mir. Taft | will be in position to make his ap-
 peal with or without their support. Then, too. the activity of the dem ocratic candidates for the nomina- ton is given as one of the reasons
 why the president has decided to ! take the field in September. This | applies especially to the growing sen | timent throughoUx the country in favor of the nomination of Woodrow ] Wilson, governor of New Jersey.
 WIieon the Strongest.
 There IS no question but that Tart | looks upon Wilson as the strongest ] possible man whom the democrats | could nominate. If he should con ! tiuue to grow in public esteem as he has since he drove through his reform program in the New Jersey 1 legislature, the republicand expect
 to find him dangerously formidable.
 It is common knowledge in Wash ington that the administration has ! never regarded the Harmon boom
 seriously. He next to Bryan, they say, is the weakest man the demo 1 crats could put forward, and they
 would joyously welcome his romina- ton next year. Friends of Harmon ! say, on the other hand, that this very feeling on the part of the re ! publicans would result in Harmon s ] election.
 Another thing which has actuated the president in planning his re- election campaign for September is the fact that by then the democratic house will have made it's record l This will then be subject to the 1 widest comment, and some of this 1 comment vii! come from the pres | ident as head of his own party.
 Democrats Gain Time. Soon after the recent election
 showed tha: the democrats would 1 control the present house, the dis 1 cussion of the republican party 8
 policy and legislative program be- ] gan. At frs. 1t was thought that
 this program could not be acted up on until the regular session of con i gress next December. However, the extra sessica came on. and the de1l-
 
 ucratic opportunity has come eight
 months carrier.
 Democratic reform ideas. economy
 plans, and campaign schemes viii
 all have heen spread tefore the
 country before the president starts
 west on bis coming trip. He Will
 naturally take some Of the wind on
 of the opposition party'f sails, II
 there is any point of attack open to him.
 By this western trip, there-srN
 the presidential campaign will have
 come before the people more thar six months ahead Of time. It will begin more than year before the election, and more than eight montfs before the national conventions
 meet.
 Perpetual Campaigns
 The fact is. presidential cam 1 paigrs never end. As soon as an eiec . ton settles the fate Of one party | N--