Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-10
Have EYES ON 1912 REPEATS HIS STORY
Presidential Publicity Bureaus State Senator Landee Before
Working Overtime. Lorimer Inquiry Committee.
PLANS OF TAFTS FRIENDS lCAMPAIGN FOR THE SENATE
Hes May Be Placed Charge No Material Deviation From State
Hunt for Delegates. He Previously Made
LOOK FIRST THE SOUTH HIS TESTIMONY UNDER FIRE
Delegates Always Regard
Perquite of Administration Following
Democrats Not Sleeping. He Implicated.
Presidential Publicity Bureaus
Working Overtime.
PLANS OF TAFT'S FRIENDS
Hilles May Be Placed in Charge Of
Hunt for Delegates.
LOOK FIRST TO THE SOUTH
Southern Delegates Always Regard
ed as Perquisite of Administration
Democrats Not Sleeping.

Democrats Not Sleeping.
President Taft's return to Washington
after his misunderstanding tour Of the
country is expected to be followed by the
establishment Of an active organization
to promote his nomination and re-elec-
ton. This is foreshadowed by the talk
Of the selection Of q chairman of the ma
tional committee. with Charles D. Hilles
as the subject of the most authoritative
gossip.
Delegate-gettingi in earnest will soon be
the order of the day. Always the first
efforts are made in the south, and some
body will have to go among the feudal
lords Of the republican party in that Sec
ton and arrange for future deliveries.
The southern delegates are usually con-
sidered the perquisite Of the administra-
rangements to be made. The southern
tial nucleus for a national convention.
La Toilette Machine Busy.
The only opponent of President Taft
for the nomination, United States Sena-
is conducting q machine for the manu-
facture Of public sentiment that is GER
tainly making a good deal of noise
whatever the actual results may be
The headquarters of the La Toilette
public sentiment factory are in the Ma
tional Capital. The headquarters are des-
ignated the La Toilette publicity
bureau"
The headquarters are in charge of a
former secretary of state of Wisconsin
and the secretary to Senator La Toilette.
So Tar this bureau has not put out a
great deal Of literature" 1t is now try
ing to perfect a La Toilette organiza-
view is corresponding with insurgent re-
publicans throughout the country, COM
piling list of insurgents in each state,
etc. AS part of the Plan for creating
sentiment in favor of the candidate from
Wisconsin, Senator La Toilette is print
ing his autobiography in one of the
monthly magazines. This serial. which
is to be largely devoted to politics, will
run until the national convention is neal
at hand.
Plans Tour Of Country.
A little later Senator La Toilette vii
make q tour of the country He intend
to go out and make a personal appeal t,
republicans to send to the national con
vention delegates that will support hin
for the nomination, and he plans to gt
over much Of the ground that is being
covered by President Taft. The senator
also intends to challenge the Taft repub
iicans to join with him in asking the re.
publican national committee to recon.
mend to state committees that delegates
to the national convention be chosen by
direct vote. The National Progressive
Republican League, which also maintains
headquarters here, is really an auxiliary
La Toilette organization. 1t is busy these
days trying to create public sentiment for
the things for which Senator La Toilette
stands.
On the democratic side this business OF
trying to create public sentiment that
will favor the nomination of this or that
man is looking up. Gov. Woodrow VIII
son Of New Jersey has positively refused
to make any effort for the nomination
that is to say, he has declined to sane
tiOn any plan for the opening Of Wilson
Headquarters this has not prevented
some of his admirers from establishing a
Wilson publicity bureau,
Bureau in New York.
This bureau is located at AZ Broadway
New York city, and is in charge Of Frank
Parker Stockbridge, newspaper writer
who has a wide acquaintance over the
country. So far this bureau has con-
fined it's activities to the sending out OF
articles from the newspapers Of the coun-
try commenting favorably on the record
Gov. Wilson has made since he entered
public life. There is enough of such
comment to enable the publicity bureau
to mail to the newspapers of the country
big and little, several stories daily. Ir
Atlanta there is a newspaper called the
Atlanta Georgian, which Is great ad
mirer Of Gov. Wilson. and has OF Its owr
accord, and at its own expense, started q
publicity bureau In support Of the nomi
nation Of Mr.. Wilson. 1t Is lending daily
bulletins to the press OF the country.
The Judson Harmon publicity bureau
is located at Columbus. Ohio. Its daily
output is a good deal larger than thai
of the Wilson bureau. 1t Is sending out
articles dealing with the views of Gov
Harubn on the leading questions OF the
day. It is particularly active In trying
to dispel the view, apparently held in
some quarters, that the Ohio governos
is the candidate of the conservative wing
of the democratic party. and would, II
nominated and elected, be a President to
the liking of the big financial interests.
Champ Clark Lacks Bureau.
So far Champ Clark, the Speaker of the
national House of Representatives. has
not established public sentiment fac
tory. He said about the time he left
Washington for his Missouri home after
the adjournment of the special session OF
Congress that he had no thought of
launching any such a manufacturing es-
tablishment. He has never said that he
is a candidate for President. although his
intimate friends have understood very
we'll that he would be delighted il the
nomination should drift in his direction.
Some of his friends here seem to think
that after he gets back here, he will con-
sent to the opening Of a publicity bureau.
So far as the east has learned neither
Gov. Thomas r. Marshall Of Indiana,
Gov. Dix of New York, or any Of the
other men mentioned in connection with
the democratic nomination has done any
thing in the way Of creating public senti-
ment.