The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-12-30
WORD WOULD CAUSE
MANY To DESERT TAFT.
Movement in West Virginia for
ninS.ructed Delegates 10
National Convention.
Washington Gossip Eliminates IA
Toilette aS Serious Opponent
of President.
trV czAsLrs nEooKs SMITH,


WASHINGTON. %. C.. n,,c "a
lf"oaorr Roosevelt is the interest.
M unknowI quantity in the Reput-
mean party s equation flr alone
l"hdS uncertainty to % situation which.
Nlthoui him. would be- "A Tend pIu.,
clnch for William Howard Taft For
ROBERT VI. La Fouctt" Is not NOW. ar
WiI not ID" strong enough To win ths
presidential nomination or to prcyent
II soing To Taft There may be-. and
There o.. doubt n Roosevelt could ba
able 10 override the party orsnniy,.
uon and third term prejudice and
take the nomination for his own
hai Is "a drDatable Proposition and
a. not lacking advocates pro and con
liut his ability to prevent Taft's nom.
nation. should he elect To take such
"A startling and sensational stand
against the second term ambitions az
the man who most likely never would
nave been president but Tor him max.
lhS MIN so. is not open 60 argument.
Roosevelt could as easily mora
easily, 4n fact prevent Talt's second
nomination Than he brought about h.s
first
The grave danger Ia The Taft cam.
palen ln the uncertainty Of Roosevelt
i'' I'D IN" eject 10 Is having on party
!'au"Ts IN many states who. whils
Ihed up on the TAFT side Just nov.
"oH'u 'uru 10 bc red hot Roosevelt
mon ai the word. An Example Of
this may be- seen in Nru Nirginfa
il became clearer 10 the vision upoo
Tie occasion or tho recent party nov.
WOW hero. which resulted in IN. H,t.
hcId EubernliOrlal candidacy. That
conference IrRft.frf ,fff So. e..
plainly that while the party leaders
IN West Virginia are for Taft tbav
are ior him up0d thc assumption that
Rcof"vclt docs not want the nomiua.
ton and viii not permit his name to
be- presented in tho convention. In
the absence Cf definite knowledcc a.
to what Roosevelt may or NAV not do
they propose to play safe That d..
10 VIII put forward their efforts 10
have men OF their own Views solpct.d
as delegates and keep down instruc-
iiOus. These men will he for Tar.
bur if Roosevelt IS q candidatee. and
he looks like the one best bet. they
viii be- for Roosevelt. Anyhow. the
delegation is not 10 be- sewn I'D to
Tar hy irou-clad Instructions J. will
b" friendly 20 TAFT. for him. in fact,
with Roosevelt out OF the way.
Plans az Variance.
Now. that IS tho plan Of some OF
the leaders who participated in the
late conference. and 10 g. approved b.
q very considerable sentiment in
West virginia. But 10 Is not the plan
of q number Of others who fiourishcd
lie tomah9vk az that famous war
dance These are fellows who are
under obligations 20 Taft and Hitch
cock. and have promised them 10 sea
20 30 that West NrEiuia'a sixteen
delegate are oJtaud ont Taft men
hat Tar aud Hitchcock have down
for the political fortunes of 4 How
s-l Fleming. of Fairmout. and Sher-
man Denham. Of tlarfsburg. I'm their
clash with William g. Hubbard ~
too we'll remembered history 20 neei
repeating They and their friends
are under everlasting OBLIGATIONS 10
the adminisfra' ion. and 30 they know
gratitude Wiou they SEQ 10. thcy
ough. 20 stand loyalty tv the candf-
dacy ~ Taft for rouominatiOn. ~
Senator Scott may he puf down
Taft mar from choice Scott nevo-
did cotton much fo Roosevelt But b.
D. NOT matter o' personal love fo-
Taft or any body oso that .t modelling
ffo ricws Of the West VIRGINIA -
publican leaders On the present situ-
7'inn. Tr"v are playing rho game
f1r ficm-clvss. NOT letting others do
f for 'hcm. as has leen the case Ire
several rrrcr Irr national rImnairrr
Tl'F aanf to win an OF them havs
that idr7 pretty firmly nvod m thcir
minds. arI Ono a st1efion en- complex
aaI uncertain. fhrs hold that orc W
The If.F Nnf. rrf fr ain G.. o.. fs. t.s.