The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-08-02
WILL THERE Be A
POLITICAL LULL?
Not il Theodore Can Help It Is
the opinion-PubliC Ready
to Rest a Bit.

Washington city folks are asking
whether. after all, it must be an early
and late presidential campaign. They
took it for granted that there would be
''lct up. That conclusion was based
upon what seemed to be the necessity
of couple of months for tagged brains
to rest and recuperate.
Begin IN September, - nearly every.
body was saying. 'Ot course Maine
and Vermont will rush of into an Au-
gust campaign. But they have to, be-
cause they vote on State and con
Cressional candidates in early Septem-
Der However, for goodness sake, give
the rest of us a little surcease.
AS against this attitude, Colonel
Roosevelt has started writing speeches,
and within a few hours viii be out upon
the circuit, hippodroming with might
and main. President Taft has an
nouneed that be will make no hippo
droming tours, but the men in the
know of things at the White House of
fees speak sagely about the start Of
the campaign.
'eOh, do not take it for granted that
the campaign will not begin till into
September, say they. Something
might break out almost any minute. We
do not propose to go stale on the job
over here. No sir-ee.'
Poor Public
Now what can the poor, tired, worn
out people in the political procession
do in the face of such statusi just
follow along, murmurng because it is
Just one wearisome political combat af-
ter another and cussing out the heat
Ill +b, ooudi1ntnu tbp nrpsi-
dency. 1t eases ones feelings trihe
anyway. Incidentally it helps the news
papers over the dull summer period and
gives them plenty of copy in the sea-
son when it is usually as easy as it ever
is for second rate copy to get n show
ing.
And yet, the presidential campaign
probably will not break out in great
fury till well up toward the beginning
of September. People just won't pay
any attention and what is the use Of
campaigning if you can t get the pop
ular eye and the popular ear. great
many voters, to be sure, are not able
to get away for vacation, but their
thoughts, none the less, are upon the
seashore and the mountain side. If
they can get the price away they go to
the place that is within striking dis
lance and who, on vacation, is going
to WORRY over the distracting questions
as to the availability of three or four
different men for the occupancy of the
White House during the next four
years. We plain people are very likely
to insist that President Taft and Gov
ernor Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt
give us little rest for while. We
win listen to them, perhaps, by and by,
when the weather is bit cooler.
We will allow the captains and the
ieutenants to do all the sham battling
they want. They may talk their heads
off, as far as most of us care, but we
will be content to read of the doings
in the newspapers. We won't go out
to meetings and we won't be lined up
and all that sort of thing.
No Dog Day Job.
1t does seem as though there is a
plenty for these gentry to do in get
ting the stage well set during the hot
weather. The Republican brethren
have their hands full for while get
ting that wrangle about the nomina-
ton of electors Strengthened out. The
primary campaigns in the West are
now on and it does seem as though the
Westerners, fond of politics as they
are, can allow the primaries to monop-
olize their attention for a while to the
exclusion of Presidential politics. Who
cares in the sultry east how hard the
Western folks fight over the nomina-
ton Of John Jones or Bill Smith for
Governor or road commissioner or
member of the legislaturei
In some of those Western States
where the primary is in full rage they
l.s I'll .fr1,, h. -.
mary and then calm down and take
things very easily during the weeks
which ensue up to the time of the
November ballOting. But they will not
find it that way this year. Most of
those Western States will be in the
doubtful column, because of the divi-
SION between the Roosevelt and Taft
Republicans and consequently the
Western Republican workers will have
TO keep at ii right along through har-
vesting time and until the nipping
fr0sts come.
Candidates Thinking
Pretty soon there will be lot of
fuss and rumpus about the letters OF
acceptance The Presidential candi,
dates are already collecting their
thoughts and will do their very best
toward capturing attention with inter
probation of the platforms and com
ment about the issues. The dates fol
those acceptances are fixed for early
August and it follows that there ear
not be much serious Presidential cam
Paigning till after those acceptaneei
are ont of the way.
These are the occasions on which the
Presidential candidates are expected L
pitch their campaign notes. And yet
IL is a question whether most voter
pay any great attention to the letter.
and speeches of acceptance. The edi
tors write profound leaders, whicl
help us TO an insight Of what tn
speeches mean, and the workers tall
about the influence of it all
There are no particular evidences o
IT yet, but presumably by and by tn
country will get mighty tired of al
this political hullahaloo. That tim
may come before November roll