The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-14

diana delegation would be for Taft
III the Republican party cannot win
with Mr.. Taft" he said, at certainly
cannot win with any one else. Mr.. Lee
and ] differ radically in our opinions
believe that the electoral vote Of In
diana will be cast for Mr.. Taft and that
the attempt of the gentlemen who have
inspired Mr.. Lees statement will fail
Of its purpose"
Chairman Hill Also Calls.
Ex-Gov. John F. Hill. of Maine. act
ing chairman Of the Republican Ma
tional Committee. also called at the
White House to see President Taft and
Secretary HiIIes. Mr.. Hill denied that
he discussed with Mr.. Taft the question
of having delegates to the national
convention instructed for the President.
The action OF the Republican National
Committee at its meeting yesterday,
Mr.. Hill said, was in complete sympa-
thy with the administration"
ProEressives Issue Statement.
The Progressive Republican Bureau. OF
which Senator La Toilette is the head, in
a statement issued yesterday, charges the
Republican National Committee with
adopting a "Iniddle-of-the-road" policy,
and lodging the question Of Presidential
preference primary offered by the pro-
gressive Republicans, and which the bu-
reau states ''is demanded by the people
of the country"
The statement declares that by adopting
the resolution leaving It discretionary
with the State committees in States
which have Presidential primary laws
whether the delegates to the national
convention shall be selected by the pri-
nv he nj
system, the State central committees are
made more powerful than the people or
than any expression Of their will.
Committeeman BROKER VIII Retire
Hartford, Conn, Dec. 1S.-MaJ. Alton
Farrell, Of Ansonia, to-day authorized
the statement that Charles F. BROKER.
Connecticut member of the Republican
National Committee. would retire, though
the resignation might not be until after
the election Of 1912.
On top OF reports from Washington
that Mr.. Booker. who was recently in
dicted and fined by the government
trust-busters in the wire trust case. had
been hobnobbIng with that portion Of the
National Committee that prefers unin-
structed delegates. came the statement
tonight from J. Henry Roreback. Repub-
lican boss Of this State, that Connecti-
No one is thus far mentioned as a pos
sible successor to Mr.. BROKER, and some
inquiry tonight ELECTED the opinion that
Mr.. Brooker would not be swayed by his
recent experience with the Wickersham
branch Of the government and would be
found working for Taft's nomination and
election.
Is BeverIdRe a CandidateR
South Bend. Ind, Dec. 13.-That former
Senator A. J. Beverage will fight as a
dark horse in the Presidential running
is the construction placed by welI-in-'
formed persons on the statement given
out by State Chairman Edwin NJ Lee in
Washington last night, declaring. Taft
cannot carry Indiana"
Beveridge is for neither Taft nor La
Toilette. He is not cooperating with the
La Toilette people, and he has enthusi-
astic friends who believe the situation
will get into such shape that the bril-
liant Indiana ex-senator will be the
party's logical choice. 1t is now stated
that the progressives of Indiana, under
Lees leadership, will make an attempt
to have the Indiana delegation go to the
Chicago convention without instructions
In fact, Lee in Washington to-day
said he was returning to Indiana to run
for State chairman on a platform oppos-
ing the instruction. of delegates to the
national convention for Taft.
Harry S. New, Joseph B. Heating. and
other friends Of Taft say the President
friends win demand instructions. This
will probably insure a hard contest.
Calls Roosevelt n Dictator.
New York, Dec. 13-William Barnes.
jr., chairman OF the Republican State
committee, gave out a sensational inter-
view on political matters to-day.
He declared that Theodore Roosevelt
was aiming to become dictator of the
United States within three years, and
that President Taft was unwise in max
ing his long speaking trip, because no
man could talk so much and not say
fool things.
In three years, he added, not only will
the peril OF a Roosevelt dictatorship face
the country, but anarchy and q pure
democracy will threaten.