The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-02-07
TAFT STOCK BOOMING.

Roosevelt boosters, recent actual po'
litical developments have served to
clinch the virtual certainty Of the re-
nomination of President Taft, The
steady rise in Taft stock noted during
the last week or so may be attributed
largely to the belated opening OF an
active campaign in behalf of the pres
ident's denomination.
At the outset the presidents sup
porters at the national political head.
quarters were supremely confident a
denomination would come without any
special activity on their part. When
the futile LaFollette propaganda was
started it's failure was foreseen and
little attention was paid to it. When
the nebulous Roosevelt movement was
cautiously sneaked in the presidents
advisers were confident the eX-presi-
dent would not encourage it and that
without his encouragement it could
amount to nothing. When the Cum
Minis lightning rod was stuck up the
| Taft generals were inclined to look
on it merely as an effort to control Il
local political situation and develop
ment more likely to worry LaFollette
than Taft. 1t was not until unmistak-
able evidence that the sage of Saga
more Hill was quietly encouraging the
Roosevelt boom that the Taft man.
ayers seemingly awoke to the fact that
they had serious fight on their hands
Immediately the presidents fighting
spirit was stirred. Since his grim
announcement that nothing but death
could prevent his standing for renomi-
nation in the Chicago convention
active political work in his behalf has
proceeded rapidly. 1t has brought
immediate and gratifying results.
The president set good example to
his followers by jumping into the cam
paign himself His visits to New York
and Ohio were frankly designated to
clear the political atmosphere in there
crucial states. AS to his home state
President Taft's recent tour has served
| to dissipate the fiction that Ohio re-
publicans had turned against him.
Everywhere the president was greeted
| with evidences that both the party
leaders and the rank and file We're
with him, earnestly and enthusiastic
cally. The presidents ringing speeches
calling for a rallying in support of the
party record and demanding cessation
of assaults within the party struck a
popular keynote with loyal repub-
licans in Ohio and elsewhere. His de-
tense of the administration record OF
trust law enforcement stirred particu-
larly strong popular response AS a
result of the Ohio object lesson the
anti-Taft movement in the presidents
home state has been punctured and
found to be filled with nothing more
alarming that hot air. Obviously it
was inflated in the first place by a
small group of insurgents nursing po-
litical grievances and looked impos.
ing only until someone took the trou-
| bic to debate it.
When the administration forces un-
dertook to develop the situation in
New York there were loud claims that
the republican organization was
! against Taft--that Chairman Barnes
would take an uninstructed delegation
to the national convention, probably
to be used against Taft. The answer
to all these representations regarding
the weakness of Taft in New York is
to be found in the action Of the New
York county committee the other day
in following the recommendation OF
the executive committee and voting an
Endorsement of the denomination OF
President Taft. The vote in the full
committee was $50 for Taft and only
II against The full anti-Taft strength
in the committee, including the pro-
Roosevelt element, was cast on pre-
VlOuS motion TO postpone actloH oH Tie
resolution. That motion mustered just
As votes in a total Of about 600. Ii
any one fact could assure Taft solid
delegation from New York this over
whelming Endorsement by the New
York county committee would, The
Kings county committee had pre-
viously passed similar Taft resolu-
| ton without dissenting vote. These
two populous counties send thirty
two delegates to the republican nation
al convention. All the other straws
from New York go to indicate that
| the state delegation will be solid for
Taft, Notwithstanding he opposition of
small circle of Wall street trust
| magnates.
At the meeting of the republican
national committee Chairman Lee, OF
the republican state committee, adver-