East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-24
TAFT WILL BE
THIRD IN RACE
Fight Will Be Between Gov. Wilson
and Col. Roosevelt, Says Judge
W. R. King.
DEMOCRATS SURE TO WIN
National Committeeman Declares He
Feels Confident New Jersey Exec
utive VIII BE Elccted-Einds Sell
timent Strongly for Democratic
Nominee.

Confident of Governor Wilson'S
election this fall and still rejoicing
over the Wilson-Bryan Victory at Bal
timore, Will r. King, member of the
Oregon democratic delegation and
national committeeman from this
state, was here for a short time last
night while en- route home from the
east.
II consider that the chief race this
fall will be between Governor Wilson
and Colonel Roosevelt with Taft as
third" said Judge King in speaking
of the campaign as it looks to him.
Il feel that Governor Wilson will be
elected, however, because he has a
united party behind him and because
he will get the support of the real
progressives in the republican party.
The La Toilette men will nearly all
support WILSON,
Judge King is hopeful Of seeing
Oregon in the Wilson column this fall
and. expects to see his hope realized
incidentally he will have general su-
pervision of the campaign in Oregon
and elsewhere on the coast, having
been named as one of a committee of
IA to- conduct the campaign through
out the country. Having been delay
ed in returning home, the judge has
not yet taken hold of the fight in
the west. but expects to do so soon
/ and devote all the time he can to the
same.
One of the first steps to be taken
will be the raising of money for the
national campaign fund. I'VE will
need money for the campaign and as
We have cut off any chance of secur-
ing support from the trusts and other
great interests we will have to rely
upon the people as a whole to pro-
vide the money. In other parts oil
the country arrangements are being
made through the newspapers. 1 am
hopeful of raising some money soon
to send to the national committee.
Oregon will then get its share of ex-
pense money back after the southern
states have raised their fund" -
Country Endorses Wilson.
According to Judge King he has
! found sentiment everywhere favor
able to Wilson's election and he also
! found the governor to be strong with
! the people before the convention was
held. Just before the convention
1 Judge King went to New York for
a short visit and took pains to ques-
! ton people in various walks of life
as to whom they favored. He found
/ Wilson the popular man and that
| Gaynor was not in favor even in New
/ York. In the view OF Judge King the
New York delegation wanted Har-
mon nominated and would have sup
ported him had the Ohio governor
! possessed a fighting chance.
They Wanted Wilson.
The chief source of Wilson'S
strength in the convention, according
| To Judge King, came from the fact
! that scores of delegates who were not
! instructed for him really wanted To
/ see the governor nominated They
were delegates who had been tied up
| by instructions to other candidates
and only waited a chance to go to
| Wilson Accordingly when Clark and
| the other candidates lost ground
/ those men naturally went to the New
Jerseyan. Judge King did much per-
sonal work among members of the
Indiana delegation which was solid
for Marshall until the 43rd ballot. He
found that % members of that dele
cation personally favored Wilson and
were eager for days to be relieved by
Marshall so they could support Will
son.
While here Judge Kink took occa-
sion to warmly praise Judge J. w.
Maloney for his attitude during the
convention. He was a loyal Wilson
man throughout the fight and aided
in organizing the delegation along
Wilson lines. At stirring times dur
ing the fight the oregon delegation
was active in the demonstrations for
Wilson. At one time Judge King for
got his former supreme court dignity
so far as to carry the Oregon banner
on a line plunge from which he
emerged victorious but with his short
badly torn and his manly breast barred
to the breezes.
Judge King came home via the
Canadian Pacific and arrived in PEN
dleton from Walla Walla last even
ing He left this raorning for Port
land