The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-12-23
BRYAN IS TO RULE
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Roosevelt's name, the attempt was tc
i be made to stampede tie convention in
such manner as to suggest that Roose-
/ Welt alone. of all Republicans, is the
man who can command the substantial
Republican vote, and can receive in ad-
! diti0n to that considerable allies from
independent or anti-Bryan Democracy.
He Must Not Seek 1t.
This, however, would involve the
maintaining by Colonel Roosevelt of
the attitude he has consistently main
tanned since his return from Africa
namely, of not seeking a nomination,
not even recognizing the possibility of
q nomination.
Unfortunately. the progressive Re-
publicans who have been occupied with
this strategy of politics have of a sud-
den discovered that the Nebraska
statutes are likely completely to block
or neutralize this game, For. accord
ing to the Nebraska law, IL a sufficient
number of voters notify the secretary
in so days of April IS of next year the
person thus indicated as the prefer
ence of these voters must reply to a
communication of the secretary of
state, notifying him that he is the
choice of so many Republican voters
in the state of Nebraska. His reply
must be categorical He must answer
yes or no to the question, viii you
be a candidate for the nomination in
accord with the wishes of some of our
voters?" But if the person thus writ
ten to responds either yes or no then
1t would be impossible to stampede q
convention to the support of this man.
For instance, should Roosevelt say yes,
avowed candidate Should he say no,
then, presumably, he must stand by
that decision.
The CONSERVATION which this dis
covery has made causes some amuse-
ment among Republicans who are not
in favor Of any politics which has in
view the stampeding of the convention,
either to Roosevelt or to any one else.
It is almost unnecessary to say that
some of the friends Of President Taft
cannot refrain from smiling when they
speak Of this unexpected embarrass-
ment.
Mr.. Underwood's Visit.
The leader of the majority in the
house OF representatives at Washing
ton, Mr.. Underwood, spent the first
half OF the present week in this city.
Ostensibly he took this brief vacation
so that he might conveniently accept
invitations to make a public address.
But he doubtless was as fully persuad-
ed to spend a few days in New York
by an invitation sent to him last week
to become the guest of honor at a pri-
vate, somewhat informal dinner. Mr..
Underwood learned that at this dinner
there would be some thirty or forty
representative citizens OF New York.
Some of them are of his own party
some of them prominent as Repub1i-
cans. All of them are men distinguish
ed for professional educational and
other achievements.
This dinner was held on Monday
evening Of this week and of it the
public has had no knowledge. There
We're no formal speeches. Instead,
the informal questioning, conversation
and exchange Of views, which are fire.
quently of SO much greater conse-
quence than set addresses. kept the
host at the dinner table until late
hour. 1t is sufficient. perhaps, to say
that Mr.. Underwood charmed every
one Of the guests. not merely by the
revelation of that unusual gift of
personality which has served him so
we'll as leader in the house, but also
by the acuteness, as well as the
broad nindednes, of his comments on
conditions as these now exist in the
United States, as we'll as his wonder
fully brilliant forecast of a future in
which there is to be industrial peace
with honor-the beginning of a new
era in which the vast energies of the
people of the United States will be
with fairness and justice to all con-
centrated upon the opportunities that
will be open to this country.
HOLLAND.