New-York tribune., 1912-02-02


vemser 8 1904 after he had occupied the
White House for three years anu Ola on .'0
nieht of his election as Preside MT ne Salu, 10 90
"On the Ath of March next shaII ndf ~
served three and half years, anu s. snde
three and a half years constitute my hrst
term The wise custom which hmitS tne
President to two. terms REGARDS tne SUI,
stance and not the form, and unueo for q" nr
circumstances Will ! be canulud'e iO' ~
accept another nomination .oia.
on December II. 907, he further Salu.
II have not changed ana snsail, No'
change that decision thus, announced
Tbese SnaTantees were taken as real.
Would a President of the United states
inSHe Mr. 1SS Roosevelt cannot break his word TO
all the people, but il he does all the peoplc
will take care of him on Election Day
When Colonel Gruber said that there
was only one man who could be opposed
n Taft voice shouted Hughes"
After moments pause Colonel
Gruber replied: "Mr. Hughes is en-
shroudcd i'm long black robe, which rs
very becoming to him. The only man
who can honestly he opposed to Mr. Ialt
is La Toilette"
Tanner Says He Has No Name
After hc had finished his typewriter
remarks Colonel Gruber called upon Mr.
Tanner TO state what other name thdh
that of Taft was dormant in his mind
II have no other name" said Mr.. Tan
ner. "All | want is time to think the
matter over"
Mr.. Gruber said that he talked to men
all over the city and tEat Repuohcahs
everywhere favored the renominaHPn d
Taft and that on the East Side there was
an almost unanimous sentiment amohS
Democrats, as well as Republicans 1or
Taft
Senator Josiah T. Newcomb spoke Wig
orously in favor of the resolution Al'er
eulogizing the President in the hlghesI
terms he said:
The twelve months before the convenns
of the great national conventions nave IiS
0uently been marked b. CONFUSION anu -! L!I
terra This year, however, We nave Hau
rather more Of IT than usual ,.,,,oo
Take the last two months, for instaiGie,
Excitement apparently mas oeeb Hhothor or
not certain distinguished ciuZen wOS1r S1nr
consent 80 be candidate 81 -
looking OH would have been e.GilmloyieStd yH5,lld' man
raid YES the whole thing would oe settIieu:
But seasoned Americans know Dettcr' rny They
understand the American Temp
know that if he said yes, American S,, "a,
riosity would be satisfied. Ihen soiileDouSo ~ .
would be sure to say: We'll what .,,C VI ~ . I.
AS an avowed candidate win Ine tare 1ues'iWyr' Mt
Roosevelt could easily De dCcOIllilioul-' ,,
with far less than the space he no" ocoU-
pies.
Judge NJ. Linn Bruce in a ringing
sreech declared that it was time the
Rem,blicans were getting together, that
II was foolish to sey that they were not
As ready to decide their choice for 'he
Presidential nomination then as they
would he in two weeks
Mr.. Halpin said that all that had oeen
said about the greatness of Tart was
true, but he was the most maligned man
since Lincoln and it would be well to
60 slow and see how the SITUATION
shaped up.
Comparison with Lincoln Noble
John Henry Hammond said to com
mare Taft with Lincoln was using
noble precedent, and he called attention
10 the fact that Lincoln was renoml-
mated and reelected.
the fact that on January lS l9ll the
|. county committee had passed resolu-
i tion asking the Assembly districts to be-
= gin active work on the understanding
that 'our nominee for President will he
William Howard Taft" This went to
show. he declared, that the resolution
under consideration was not hasty.
1t was decided TO take the vote by AS
sembly districts, the leader TO announce
the vote
Every member of the committee had
the right TO dissent if not recorded as
he desired by the leader. Mr.. Tanner
cast the entire vote of his district for
his amendment, but when he refused 20
vote for the resolution the district split
up, and six voted for the resolution.
Eighteen did not respond TO their names.
Ex-Assemblyman Lindon Bates, jr.,
was one Of those who could not bring
himself to think that action should be
taken last night, and he voted against
the resolution. being the only member
from the 18th District to do SO.