The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-27
By EDWARD MARSHALL

Noted War Correspondent and Author
 New York, August 26.-(Special .)-With the adjournment of Congress, the nrst real attempt to line up for the great po- litical battle of 1912 begins, and the pros poets of an extremely interesting political occasion. ill November. 1912, and in the months preceding it, seem fine. Among the democrats, life, for time very evi- dently will be one long. sweet oattle-a real wonder of battle-and while there seems 10 be no likelihood of any really close fighting among the republicans, still one or two small details of that situa- ton are quite warlike The shadow GOT the glory, as you please-l have no choice) of the plump man in the White House seems now to rest upon most mem bers of the party. Prophets say that all Taft has to do is swing his club ana hit the ball with one stroke straight into he nomination hole. He is about to make q detailed study of the national links in his impending journey, which will include most of those portions of the course which threaten difficulties. And he will find no lack of caddies. There is no doubt that a large part of his party is eo,itsa with dim. He an- ro.,oced today at the summer capital at Beverly that he would take the people into his confidence on the tariff, reel procity, the recall of judges and other noii,ts at issue, and that he will carry the war into the districts of those who are fighting him. His friends are con- .tident he wiu carry the people with him. still, there are many who believe his nomination. will, veritably. be hole--a hole from which escape and the long drive to the goal of another White House term will be a task requiring skill.
 returned recently from the southwest, and brought this information back With me. The southwest weeps with disap- proval and disappointment over Roose- welt. It cannot understand how any one can criticse it's idol. There are many others who feel likewise, but none are bold enough to hope that he will be candidate. That Taft is, however, strong e rthan he was a few months ago with many is undoubted. Just what effects the tariff complications and the Canadian reel procity affair will have upon his pros poets it Is really too soon to even guess. Even the wise prophets in New York re- fuse to make predictions Farmers are proverbially slow about coming to their senses.
 In New York opinion. it seems to certainty, either Educator Wilson or Judge Harmon will capture the demo- cratic end. Should MT. Wilson finally be named, there should be novelties in his campaign. Gradually the coun- try is arousing to the fact that there is little acamedic calm about this fla nous educator He is doubtless, great educator, but he also Is whirl- wind No cyclone quite so highly edu- cated has ever risen. funnel shaped, on our political horizon in the past.
 Now here's the question What dam age can a cyclone do to golf links?"
 Another: Could Jersey twister pos sibly scare Champ Clarks Missouri mules?' That trip down the far south west is variously thought to have some peculiar bearing upon the situation
 Mrs. Champ Clark is very brilliant woman, versed in political affairs, prominent in club work and quick wit ted. In Washington, last winter, she made divers forecasts of political events to me. which have since then proved to have been sensationally ac- curate. It is possible that she may raise the-women don't wear gauntlets, so we'll make 1t elbow kid---it Is pos sible that she will raise the elbow kid which Mrs. Wilson Is alleged to have thrown down., and be an active. open worker for her. husbands glory. It would be new and interesting note at democratic presidential conyen- tion if both these great women should appear there, fighting for their cham pions.
 Women in Campaign
 Mrs. Woodrow Wilson may, indeed, prove to be a factor of importance in American political life. Her announce ment that she and her daughter were to tour the institutions of the state has been accepted as a statement that she would enter actively on campaign work.
 Well, why not--in England women have been quite as zealous in campaign ing as men possibly could be- for many years. In the mid nineties, during the first British parliamentary campaign I ever witnessed, women relatives of rival women both of birth and breeding, many of them among the very first in England. literally went upon the stump, speaking to miscellaneous outdoor audiences from their carriages and even from the tails of carts. The votes for women issue did not then ex- ist They were fighting for their men folks, not 1ghting for themselves as so many of them now are. If Mrs Will son sets the fashion in America we may, from now on, see spectacles in --~----~----------->~---