The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-11-01
STICK BY TAFT,
SENTIMENT NOW
In California Republicans Have
Only a Choice of Wilson
or Roosevelt.
BY Ernest G. walker.

mail Special to The Advertiser.)
WASHINGTON, October 19.-The
queer shifts alike in policies and senti-
ment during this presidential campaign
are constantly being emphasized. A
couple of weeks ago, Republicans were
much alarmed lest the antagonism OF
the regulars to Roosevelt would move
great numbers of them to vote straight
Tor Wilson. Thus is was argued it
would be made all the more certain
that Roosevelt could not be elected and
also that he would be overwhelmed.
Some mighty serious work was done by
Taft managers to check that tendency.
1t will he remembered that the Presi-
dent himself made speech or two in
beverley and vicinity urging Repub
!icans not to throw their votes away in
that fashion and do injury to their own
party.
The machinery was geared up for
that effort and apparently with success.
While there is still some danger that
Taft Republicans will vote for Wilson
for the reason specified, it seems to be
confined more largely to the West, es.
pecially to such States as California,
where the Taft people have been de-
frauded by the Progressives of the
right to use the Republican designation
for their electors. Because of this high
handed outrage, the Taft Republicans
OF California are expected to vote very
generally for Wilson, as they are UNI
willing to vote for Roosevelt and they
have only choice between those two.
The sounding of alarms as to tariff
revision, together with the booming of
Taft S prospects for election, have serv-
ed to check the pro Wilson tendencies
of regular Republicans in the East. But
il seems to have gone much farther. 1t
| has given many Bull Moose followers
some concern, lest their votes for Roose-
welt should increase the likelihood of
Wilson s election and thus bring about
! disturbance to business. Colonel Roose
welt is no more of a low tariff man than
| is President Taft, although neither can
| he called high protectionists. A goodly
number of Roosevelt s supporters would
( prefer Roosevelt TO Wilson and accord
ingly they are pausing before they cast
their ballots for Roosevelt and thus in
crease the prospects of Wilson s cleo
/ tion.
This frame of mind is noticeable in
the large manufacturing centers of the
East, where industry is believed to de-
pend so much upon fairly stiff rate of
protective duties. Thus it comes about
that tariff arguments which Republi-
cans are promulgating, primarily
against the Democrats, are doing duty
| against Colonel Roosevelt.
An event of the later days of the
campaign is the appearance of members
of the cabinet upon the stump. 1t was
| heralded some weeks ago that this was
to be, hut speaking members of the
President IS official family moved out
slowly AMI il seemed for a time as
though they might not move at all.
However Secretary of State Knox, pro-
ceeding across the continent after he
had landed on the Pacific Coast follow
ing bis trip to Japan, has been blazing
an oratorical trail all the way He has
been putting in hard licks for the Presi'
dent aud driving home the question,
when il was that the historic Republi'
eau party ceased TO be great organ
ization for the pTomulgation Of good
government, MS the Progressives claim
mas happened
Secretary of Commerce aud Labor
Nnpp has likewise been doing yeoman
seT'iro upon the stump. lie Il one OF
the star attractions and has been NOV
ing north. chst and west, speaking for
good government IN the immediate IA
tune. Secretary stlmsen aud Attorney
General Wifkeukam HE two New York
lnrmhsu Of ihe enhiuei, are doing lit
iie orntorienl duty HOW ana then which
" anld in br making Noitp for The frcsi
don't