New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-21

at a hybrid ticket and take what is COM
ing, which, in either event. il IS felt will
be amply sufficient to suit the most fas-
tidious.
what Else Can We Do"
What else can we do?' they asked.
and after listening TO the shouts Of Cum
Minis and Borah and Hughes and Hadley
and L. Y Sherman and such others ga
had limped into the limelght, the answer
that was returned invariably was. Not
2 burned thing"
Far be it from any person 10 assert
there is any warm desire on the part OF
the Taft men 10 nominate their idol Taft
and subject him 10 the strain Of another
campaign. The true mark Of an ardent
Taft manager Is that he despises Taft,
but there is the grand old party, and the
grand old politicians Of the grand old
party, and the grand old personal inter-
ests Of the grand old politicians Of the
grand old party and the organization
and all that.
Further, Il would be hideous 10 re-
pudiate Republican administration IN
this way, especially as, 10 their graft
fed astonishment, the Taft leaders are
in control The Taft leaders are not
heinous Nobody can say that Of them
They may be cold footed, but they are
not heinous Hence, Mr.. Taft ruled firm
10 strong throughout the day.
r.. 4 I.
conferences within the twenty-four
hours. excluding those held at the vsri-
Gus bars. The conclusion at the end Of
each conference was that each confer
totals We're concerned. the Roosevelt con-
ferencss were in greatest number. which
is not remarkable inasmuch as the
Roosevelt leaders had most 70 talk about
and. without doubt. better talking facili-
ties Still. the others conferred frequent
~ enough for all purposes, and so many
lines of procedure were mapped out that
no one was able 10 proceed Indeed, the
entire assemblage spent it's time in Civ
ing limitations Of the gyroscope. which
spins on it's own axis Increasingly. emit
ting loud, buzzing or purring noises,
which. in hotel Hobbies and political
headquarters, in these exciting times,
pass for wisdom and information.
All Was Not Hectic.
Still all was not hectic and fevered.
Some OF the delegates to this convention
passed uncomfortable, shivery hours con-
templating the prospect Of boiling with
the colonel when he issued his clarion
call Some Of them had bolted before,
and they knew what it meant Before
these patriots arose the memories Of
Fred Dubois and Henry Teller and Petit
grew and Charley Towne and others who
bolted IN 1896 and have rarely emerged
from the high grass since that time
A bolt is like small pair in q big
game. II may serve a useful purpose in
blufFng for time. but II is Of little
value when called. They love the
colonel, but. gee whiz, a man cannot be
expected 10 sacrifice all his political
prospects for the colonel even when com
picated with a cause. A good many de-
cided not 10 bolt. to turn deaf ear to
the clarion call, TO sit firmly in their
seats when the cry came 10 beat II 10 the
other hall
Not so Hiram Johnson and Francis j.
Heney, Of California-not so with them.
They bolted every twenty minutes by the
clock-bolted rebolted and were un-
boted and a pleasant time was had at
the California headquarters.
There was one consensus Of opinion
only ono. Not another consensus was
working This one was that Colonel
Roosevelt did himself no good and con
siderable harm by Looping into the city
last Saturday and would he in better
case had he spent those days in chop
ping down trees at Oyster Bay.
The Coloners Mistake.
Moreover. it is now apparent that the
coloners strategy board was off watch
early In the proceedings. His mistake
was to allow The question of selecting
Mr.. Root as temporary chairman to go
90 a vote at all. That was the time TO
bolt for before the convention Roose-
velts position as to regularity was as
good az Taft's position, inasmuch as no
convention had been organized. Once
Root was elected and tho convention or
gained and in control Of the Taft men
Taft was regular. and anything that
Roosevelt could do was bound 10 be
irregular.
However, what is little irregularlty
among friends? These are epochal times.
Indeed the times are epoching regularly