The Washington times., 1911-12-12

him.
for M ana 70 hs as msn Me-
Roosevelt then nominated.
The insurgents OF today. all OF them
bitterly fighting President Taft, were
Me- %sf soSr % yehs shs sso strength behind
These same insurgents were for Mr..
Taft four years ago mainly because
he was Mr.. Roosevelfs man. They
M0uid hsye tsey Mt
OF their own and are for neither Mr..
Taft nor Mr.. Roosevelt. They view
with alarm the rising. tide Of Roose.
yss sa M na mesns What p's hs
says when he declares he will not be
and Is not candidate.
State Examples.
This complete topsey -turveyizing OF
the situation rs illustrated In almost
every state. Take Massachusetts. Four
years ago Murray Crane was regarded
as the real head and front OF the "al-
Hes" organization. which brought out
Knox. Fairbanks. Cannon and Hughes
in the effort to defeat Mr.. Taft. Mr..
Crane did all he could to keep Massa-
chusetts from supporting Mr. Taft.
forces in Massachusetts. and got the
delegation, in the main.
But Mr.. Crane was afterward taken
Iup by Mr.. Taft and was made chief
siderable OF what they call In the more
intellectual districts of Boston the
'hinky dink." SO times and things are
changed; Mr.. Crane is now Taft
Just pleased to death to see Mr. Roose-
velt come back.
And Senator Penrose. He was the
head Of the Knox movement. fighting
Taft" That was four short Years ago.
Today he is thick-and-thin for Mr.. Taft.
Fight Over Primaries.
The nght over the primary election
Of delegates, in States where the
State organizations may desire 1t.
remained unsettled when the COM
mittee went into session. Confer
ences between the Ohio leaders. head
ed by Brown and Vorys; consultations
with the President all kinds of ef-
forts to compromise, had been futile.
The primary advocates insisted, how
ever that they would win because
they had the votes in committee.
II that proves true. 1t will be real
evidence that the committee contains
a majority secretly hostile to Mr.
Taft. The Taft people do not want
primaries. and do not want to be
forced openly to say It in such plain
terms. They have sought excuses
based on expediency and PRACTICABLE.
ity, but have not convinced the Brown
| crowd. - IT,
Today the Ohio feud gave waS, I,
point of chiefest interest, to the New
York situation. When big "Bilr' Ward
tss staten
from the Presidents dinner last night
he set the bees buzzing. Mr.. Ward ex
plained that his health was bad. and ~
He never recbeG 9c svs. shes
wonderful facial control.
Effect of Ward Action.
But the thing that Got them all tan,
ing Is that they know Mr.. Ward Is do
ing the thing his associates In the Ney
York leadership want him to do. Thes
New York managers never talk much
They don't blow Off steam. "Bilr' War
stays away from the Presidents Dime,
and 1t Is the token that the New Yor
organization-State Chairman Barne,
Jim Sherman, Lou Payne. George Al
ridge, and all the rest Of the puissa,
old PATRONS who run things up there
are In sympathy with his desire to Il
the country know that Mr.. Taft il
edgewise with the powers OF the p,yott
State. Nothing is said: no noise; nothin
impolite or worrisome; but the motto
Is served. and its full significance
understood without a word.
So today the Administration confront
ed the painful fact that It has oppos
ton. bitter ana unrelenting. from IN
examinations In both Ohio and Ne,
York. Walter Brown just natural
knows that Mr.. Taft cant carry Ohir
and he manages 20 make about every
body believe 1t who talks to him. War