The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-09-29
By Ernest a. Walker.

4 WASHINGTON, September BY
the time this sees print the Presidents
pirate car viii have been wnisked
out Of the great South Station Of Bos.
ton and upon is zigzag transeontinen-
tai journey Of many thousand miles
The country is wagging its millions
of tongues about him, especially about
bis political prospects, The conversa-
tfOn in every village and hamlet and
crossroads win increase as he fares
forth ~ viii grow in volume and in
tensity, perhaps, as he journeys. Presi
ffents have rarely gone on such jour
neys a year before their campaign for
reelection
II is being much reiterated that the
President goes on a political trip. A
larage majority Of bis fellow citizens
ure likely 20 persist in that view, not
withdrawing the announcement from
Beverly almost an eleventh hour an
nouneement-that he would abstain
from politics as much rs may be and
would condne himself 20 an explanation
in be two hundred speeches Of what
he administratiOn has accomplished
nnd is attempting.
Insurgency's Chief.
with al the hurry burly, which the
zigzag transcontinental journey entails.
fhe second most mentioned Republican
abides 40 Washington He is Eight
ing Bob" La Follette. Other lawmakers
have gone FAR away and are widely
scattered For one moment almost ev-
cry man Of them is forgotten and is
figuring. each in the local chronicles
only Bat Fighting Bob" keeps in
he forefront Of public attention. If
be had not remained in Washington
whence al bat him have hed-like the
boy on the burning deck--it might not
have been thus 20 such a degree.
Bot he is the ehieftain Of Insurgency
ard the country thinks of him more
readily Al Washington. That place af-
fofls the proper setting for his aetiv.
ties. even in the good old vacation
time u IS true the world over that
The critic and active opponent engrosses
EtteHt on Ia Toilette looms forth at
this hour more than ever as the thorn
in the Presidents side He is now
conceded 20 be the only probable rival
who wiz contest with the President for
the nomination when the Republican
nftional convention meets. Some are
/ mentioning Justice Hughes again, but
probably 90 no purpose. And just when
/ The President is about to fare forth
for better or for worse, as to renomina-
/ ton and reelection naturally men think
more than ever Of Ia Toilette. What
b be- likely to do 2 Can he do it
Gould sdn Retire.
By the way, the Wisconsin senator
s not set a declared candidate for the
I presidency The nice distinction, per-
] q. -
I b. be- denied that La Toilette is looking
80 the White House. But he is still
I in the tactical position where he can
With good grace decide that his name
/ shal not 90 before the convention.
I There II mighty little warrant just now
I FOR inferring that his name viii not 90
before the convention. A bureau of
l fhre or four rooms well up toward the
TOP Of one Of Washington g largest and
most modern Office buildings. is hum
ming with industry and it is said to be
all 30 the interest Of Ia Toilette s can
didaey. Folks out through the teeming
West are marshaling in his favor. A
big company Of them in Minnesota have
\ gathered about the banquet board in
recent days and proclaimed him as their
choice,
Gossip bnzzes about La Toilette fol.
lowing President Taft on that sigzag
lunsconfincntal journey. BY gum,
There might be some compelling infer.
eHccs 20 draw between the receptions
ffat would be given La Toilette and
fe receptions accorded Taft. Whcwl
Whit Il time there would be is "Fight.
lin9 Bob should 90 ont, fully aeeou.
fefed. and answer those tariff revision
rpiHenis md divers Other arguments
ul explorations which tho President
announces as ho journeys. An idea
per DIE mnny fhrObbing craniums that
IGia faft receipt ions iu the West viii BIO
cool ln4 fofmal Some frank spoken
l1aoplf Hitf fhat Il was that way last
ffef aan TIC President motored over
l6 HaHfofd. Connecticut, and attended
| @f1fo fsf
Playing Big Game
Hf b m impossible fh8f Ia Toilette
H NglHg aeroas tho continent after
lfhf p4aifnf ~ H. an attractive topic