Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-06-23

credited bosses put to rout the forces |
OF Roosevelt. Taft has been renominac- |
ed and goes on to sure and overwneln- |
ing defeat. The people will have no |
more of him.
Politicians in his party forced his
on his party. They real
lied the absence of popular strength
on the part of Taft, they realized the
bitterness of tne opposition within the
larty to him. they realized the supin-
eness of his administration and its
utter failure to measure up TO the
needs of the nation. But the machin-
cry of the party was in his hands and
the hands of his friends and support
ers, the steam roller packed the con-
rention with delegates favorable to
him. and he comes, with the same old
smile on his face, with the approval
of his party convention and as the
duly accredited leader of his party
again.
nat nc IAOOoC'tAI III NCS teitI any
to the support of Taft as their party
candidate is incredible. A certain
minor element among them may De
able to swallow their true feelings and
for the sake of party regularity and
their own personal political fortunes
give him a quasi-support. But the ma
jor part of the Republicans lined up
behind the former president can never
fall into line, keep step with the Taft
people, and so effectually discredit
themselves in the eyes OF the nation
as to vote for man whom they have
| ublicly denounced as the consoTt Of
predatory interests, the betrayer OF
the people, and the beneficiary Of
theft. How many there are in this
class no man can say. That they run
into the hundreds of thousands, per
haps reach into the millions, is quite
likely The dissatisfaction with Taft S
administration in almost every one Of
its phases is so keen that even Roose-
welt has probably not fully measured
it.
Forcing the nomination of Taft by
the use of the negro delegates from
the South was one thing Electing
him is another. The delegates who
nominated him come from states where
he will not stand the slightest chance
of receiving a single electoral vote
They have done their work, they re-
turn TO their fedora, jobs, or go bact
home with assurances of berths in the
future, or with pockets lined with
greenhacks, but so far as being of any
assistance to Taft in November, they
night as well not exist He stands
the nominee of the lowest elements OF
Lis party, the @ominee of its ignora
and vicious elements combined with
the Representatives of those who ia
yor the utilization OF the government
Tor tie promotion of personal ends
That the disgust of the better ele-
ments of his party over the situation
in which they have been placed must
he intense every man of decent politi-
cal sentiments can well appreciate
The stay-at-homes next November Oh
that side of the political fence prom
Use to establish an entirely new re-
cord.
Whether there is a new party or not
makes but little difference in the pros
pective result. a Democratic admin
istration will come into control of the
country on March 4 next. That its
election will be as overwhelming as
was the last congressional election II
favor of the great historic party of the
nation there is every reason to believe
The outlook is that Taft will receive
less electoral votes than has beer
cast for any presidential candidate Of
either of the great parties in the las
quarter century. No corruption funds
that may be raised in his interest can
stem the current of public Indignation
Of nUblic disgust. of public disappro-
baton, Of one is tempted to say. pub
lie contempt That money will be-
resorted to goes without saying. His
= party has never failed to stoop to cor
. rupt methods and its brazen leaders
will not fail to resort to the old ia.
miliar methods in 1912. Bet the tenn
per of the American people is toe
= much awakened to permit of the pur
chase of another election There viii
be no successful Blocks of Five
schemes this year.
If there is new party, and it is
clearly within the range of political
probabilities il will stand an excellen'
chance of carrying several states in
t'e West In the East it will serve to
throw old line Republican states into
TIE Democratic column. 1t cannot al