The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1911-03-08
IS FIRST
IN HEADQUARTERS
FOR PRESIDENCY

WASHINGTON, D. c., March o.
Considerable interest is taken here in
an announcement from Cincinnati
that Governor Harmon has opened
presidential headquarters in that
city. and from this time on. through
his political managers. will keep an
eye out for 1912. He is the first Of
the presidential possibilities Of either
party to tablish headquarters. Gov
ernor Woodrow Wilson Of New Jer-
seJ as yet has made no move toward
organizing his forces and it Is even
uncertain that he will be in the race
for the nomination. This will depend
very larrely upon matters which are
to develop during the remainder Of
the present year. The same Is true
of Governor Marshall of Indiana.
who has been mentioned" on the
democratic side.
Champ Clark. the next speaker.
will find his presidential chances
bound up in the record made by the
democratic house next winter, a
record that he will be able to control
and shape only in part. Mr.. Bryan.
If he intends to be a candidate, that
at present seems unlikely, is doing
nothing for himself. Only a few DAYS
ago. in Atlanta. he INDUCED in an
other presidential boom for Governor
Hoke Smith.
Taft Is Not Active
On the republican side Senator La
Toilette is the only presidential pos
sibility who has been looking around
with view to beginning an active
campaign for delegates. There recent
ly was organized in Minnesota a COM
pany of men who supposedly are pre-
pairing to begin activities for LaFol-.
lette, but thus far this is only sur
mise. LaFollette and his close friends
do not admit that the Minnesota or
ganization has any especial signif-
canoe.
President Taft, the only other man
at present mentioned on the republic
can side, probably will not do any
active work to get delegates; at least
not until next winter. And he may
not do it then. The denomination,
should it come to him. which now
seems likely, will come practically
without effort.
with the Harmon presidential move
ment that he is IS years Of age, but
this is we'll within the presidential
range. Buchanan was that old when
he became president in March. 1857,
while Taylor was 81; Jackson was 81,
as was John Adams. Washington was
81 when he entered upon his second
term. William Henry Harrison was
eS when he became president.
Harmon and Taft Lead
In recent years the value OF an
early campaign for the presidential
nomination has been demonstrated
quite thoroughly. This probably ex-
plains the present activity of the
Harmon men. AS long ago as Cleve-
lands time the effort to get his re-
nomination was begun the moment
he left the White House at the end
of his first term. The foundation OF
McKinley's nomination was laid by
Mark Hanna at least two years prior
to the St. Louis nomination conven-
ton and Taft's friends were active
for a period equally long.
| At the present time Governor
Harmon is we'll in the lead on the
democratic side, and President Taft
on the republican side, and the poll
ticians in this city are beginning to
feel comparatively certain that these
are the men who will oppose one an
other next year for the greatest prize
the republic has to offer any of its
citizens.
President Taft's stock has taken
sharp upward trend since he became
active in support of the Canadian re-
ciprocity agreement. His friends now
are asserting that by the coming win
ter he will have recovered all his
lost ground and enter the presidential
campaign Of 1912 with his old-time
strength.