The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1912-04-11
READY TO THROW
UP THE SPONGE
ROOseVeIt's Ohio Leaders Are
Discouraged,
WORKINGMEN ARE FOR TAFT
They Don't Think That T. r. Has
Given the President a Square Deal.
Labor Wants Prosperity.


Labor Wants Prosperity.
Columbus, o., April 9.-(Special)
-"Glocm, thick and heavy, has set
tied over national Roosevelt head
quarters here, writes Ben F. Allen
well-known Washington correspond
ent, in a recent dispatch to his Ohio
paper. And continuing he adds:
From admissions = may be stated
that iE all probability the Roosevelt
headquarters will be closed May l,
II not before"
Aliens statement is only oLe OF
many straws which indicate the way
the political winds are blowing in the
present contest for the Republican
presidential nomination.
Word now comes from Youngstown,
where the Roosevelt boom was first
formally launched, that the Roosevelt
movement there is practically leader.
less and in a state bordering on col
lapse. These Republicans who first
LaFollette and Roosevelt movements
have since awakened to a realization
that the underlying sentiment VI the
people in the Mahoning valley was
not only friendly to President Taft,
but unalterably opposed to yellow
journalism and other forms of radi.
calism which were primarily respon'
sible for the candidates. of Roosevelt
and LaFOllette.
Still another important develop
ment which indicates the general
trend of sentiment among the Repub'
lican voters of the state was the ac'
ton ot the Republican state central
committee at its meeting here last
Saturday. when resolutions commend.
ing the administration of President
Taft and endorsing him for renomi.
nation and reelection was adopted
by vote of 16 to 3. The fact that
Walter Brown, chairman; |. M. Fos'
ter, secretary, and A. l.. Garford,
three members of the state commit.
tee, had been working day and night
for weeks in an effort to convert
other members Of the committee to
the Roosevelt program, and that de.
spite all of their efforts they were
able to induce only two additional
members of the committee to vote
with them against the Taft resolu.
tions, gives added significance to the
action taken.
A situation which is causing Roose-
velts lieutenants in Ohio no little
alarm, and which has even called
forth apologetic editorials in some of
the Roosevelt organs, is the rule or
ruin" policy which Roosevelt has
seemed inclined to advocate since he
has been repudiated at the popular
Republican primaries in different Sec
tions Of the country. The people gen.
orally like a game fighter, and that
Is one of the reasons for Roosevelt's
popularity in the past, but they also
like even more a game loser and
many of Roosevelt's admirers have
been deserting his standard since he
has shown that he thinks more of his
own personal success that he does
of the success of the party which has
so long and so often honOred him.
Even the Cleveland Leader, generally
RnnCnUnlf
gan in Ohio, has felt it necessary
within the last few days to publish
editorials defending Roosevelt from
the charge that he would bolt the Re.
publican ticket next fall unless he
himself should be the nominee.
An interesting analysis Of the situa-
tion in Cleveland, which has been re-
garded as the hotbed of insurgency,
has been received at state headquar-
ters from David Jennings, who for
many years was one of the leading
labor leaders of that city and who is
still active in labor circles:
81 find" said he, that many Of the
workingmen are now as strongly
against Roosevelt as they were for
him a few years ago. There are two
reasons for this change in sentiment
among the workingmen First, they
don't think Roosevelt has given Taft
a square deal, which Roosevelt was
so fond of preaching, and they have
also lost faith in ROOsevelt'S SINGER
ity. They figure that Roosevelt told
the truth four years ago, when he
spoke so highly Of Taft's honesty,
sincerity and ability, and that now he
is preaching just the opposite about
Taft simply because he wants to get
back into Office himself. Secondly,
they figure that the present political
agitation by Roosevelt and LaFollette
is simply a scramble for office on the
part of certain disgruntled political
elements, and that the agitation il
continued, will only result in busi-
ness depression. On the other hand,
they have reached the conclusion
that the reelection of President Taft,
with his safe, steady hand at the
helm, will insure revival of pros
perity with work and good wages for
all. The workingmen are getting
tired of seRsationalism. They want
progress, but they want it along sane
lines.