Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1912-07-12
WITHDRAWAL IDEA
AFLAT FAILURE
Even Percentage OF Plan Is Denied
When Made Public--kenyon Or
ieinator, 'Tis Said


Washington. July l0.-The move
ment to persuade President Taft and
! Colonel Roosevelt to subordinate
! their ambition TO party interest by
Withdrawing their candidates. In the
| hope of effecting party harmony will
fail. The fact is, 1t has already failed
The story hardly had come into be
ing that an effbrt was being made by
various Progressives to call off the
candidates. of the President and for
mer President through nationwide
petitions before it was disowned. The
interests that fathered 1t denied the
paternity and retreated
On every hand the scheme was
sneered at Nobody here who knows
anything about the political situation
believes that such move could sue
coed. Nobody suspects that Colonel
Roosevelt would agree to get out of
the race now that he has launched his
third party, and nobody takes any
stock in the possibility that President
Taft with a nomination hard won to
his credit, will retire from the race.
These Have No Influence
It is true that many members Of
Congress and many Republican office
holders, alarmed for the success of
their individual campaigns In Novem-
Der, would do any thing in their pow
er to patch up party differences even
at this late day. They would well
come joyfully the advent of a third
candidate around whom the whole
party might rally. These offlcehold-
ers, however, will be unable to con.
troll the situation. They will not in
fluence either Taft or Roosevelt in
the remotest degree. They will have
to follow one or the other OF the two
candidates and take their chances
OF election by that token.
White House SCOTS At 1t
The White House SCOTS at the idea
If the withdrawal of President Taft.
II is said there that the time has
long passed when any Republican
compromise is possible. No overtures
to this end will be entertained for
minute. None has been made and
one need be made, II is said at the
executive Offices
Senator Kenyon, OF Iowa, progress.
sive and Taft supporter. is believed
to be the real originator of the com
promise move. He managed the cam
paign of his colleague Senator Cum
Minis, at Chicago, and his one COM
polling argument there was that Sen
ator Cummins, If nominated, could
rally the support of the whole party
Since the Baltimore convention
nominated Governor Wilson. Senator
Kenyon has been particularly active In
his efforts to reunite his party. He
first announced that he could not bolt
the ticket nominated at Chicago,
though his sympathies were with the
Roosevelt cause.
Traced To Kenyon Camp
This resulted in the special ivita-
ton to the Iowan to attend the Taft
political reception. He finally con-
scented to go. and simultaneously with
MS acceptance came inc StOiy ludN
an effort was being made to secure
the withdrawal OF both the President
and Colonel Roosevelt. The whole
movement has today been traced to
the Kenyon camp.
This general alarm among the Re-
publican leaders goes to show the
hopelessness of their campaign from
their own viewpoint. With their par
ty divided beyond any possible recon
Citation. and with united enemy in
front of them, led by the most pro-
gressive Democrat in his party, the
leaders of the G. o. P. see only defeat
ahead
The two Republican candidates
may pretend confidence as to the out
look, but the Republican candidates
for the Senate. for the House and for
the State and local offices are not con
fident. They are, on the contrary.
afraid that they. too. will be carried
down in the Democratic landslide
that they forsee in connection with
the national fight.