Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-31
TO GUIDE
Influence to Be Great in Man,
ing Sherman's Successor.
TASK AN IMPORTANT ONE
Good of Party and Country Gener-
ally Must Be Considered.
FOUR ARE IN GREAT FAVOR
Hadley, Deneen, Borah and Eber-
hardt Suggested for Second
Place on Ticket.
TASK AN IMPORTANT ONE
FOUR ARE IN GREAT FAVOR


national committee in selecting a vice
presidential candidate to be voted for by
the republican electors. when they meet
in the electoral college. was acknowl-
edged by leading republicans at the
White House today.
And that this influence, if exerted at
all. will be used for the greatest benefit
to his party and for the good of the coun-
try generally was also declared to be
certain.
No attempt was made by White House
callers to discuss the question of a sue
cessor for republican votes to the late
Vice President Sherman.
Whatever may have Passed between the
President and intimate personal friends
on the subject is not known. bat it was
limited today by friends close to the
President that he is likely to take some
time in considering the merits of the
republican leaders whose names may be
mentioned.
Prominent among these are Gov: Had
ley of Missouri Gov. Eberhardt Of Mime
sofa, Gov. Dineen of Illinois, Senator
Borah of Idaho. Senator Brown Of Ne
braska. xRepresentative Burleish Of
Maine. who won the Senatorship fight in
the republican primaries of that state:
Senator Cummins of Iowa Gov. Hooper
of Tennessee Senators Root and Lodge,
John Wanamaher of Philadelphia and
Charles II. Baxter Of Massachusetts. Mr..
Baxter is the man who was a Roosevelt
delegate at large to the Chicago conven-
ton from Chicago, but refused to fol-
low Roosevelt after that convention.
Four Chiefly Favored.
If the choice of a candidate for Vice
President were to be made prior to the
election, many republicans say, it would
probably be from among Hadley, Deneen,
Borah or Eberhardt. To be made after
the election, however with the election
returns as a light to go by, the situation
may be different 1t is known that the
President has high regard for all of the
men mentioned. with a personal liking
and regard for Hadley and Eberhardt.
The selection of candidate to be
voted for will be made with much
| care by the President and the national
committee as if the results of another
election depended upon it. Whether or not
he is defeated at the polls the President
| holds the. future of his party as of i'm
mense Importance. and he would not
want to a mistake made in the Sc
| lection of a choice for Vice President.
| With a wealth of sturdy and strong re-
publicans to pick from the final selection
will not be difficult
Must Look to Future.
When the results Of the November cleo
ton are looked over and an analysis made
| 1t will be for the republicans to con-
slider far-reaching plans for the future.
In the event of the election Of the Presi-
| dent for another term not SO much con-
sideration will be necessary. He will he
the leader of the party and it's future in
his keeping.
| He will judge conditions as they con
front him. But If he is defeated, the
party will be without a leadership so
| House Mr.. Taft will admittedly continue
| to be probably the most influential man
| in his party. but the question of policy
| to be followed is vital to the future of
| the organization.
| Division of Politics.
| Thoughtful men in politics are begin
ming to see the politics of the country, in
| the days to come. everlastlngly divided on
| radical or conservative lines. The old
! parties may retain their names. but con-
| servatism will be the policy of one and
radicalism that of the other.
| Will the leaders determine to make the
| conservative cause the one upon which
! the party is to pin its future? Will Mr..
/ Taft advocate this cause in the coming
! together of the party leaders over the
vice presidency? Will the republicans in
Senate and House hereafter follow these
| lines?
publicans next Tuesday the policy of the
| organization will be of far greater i'm
pOrtance than the mere voting for can
| didate who cannot be elected in the
| electoral college. With these thoughts III
| the minds of the leaders. the selection of
| a candidate becomes secondary and to be
made with view to furthering the policy
| that is to become the partys watch
| word.
Taft Goes to Baltimore.
President Taft. who returned to Wash
| ington this morning from his trip to New
| York to attend the launching of the bat
| tleship New York. remained in the execu-
tive Oh.ces attending work and seeing
visitors until noon. when he left to visit
! friend Walter V. Brooks, ST., in Green
Spring valley, near Baltimore.
| He had luncheon with Mr.. Brooks and
a number of friends, and is to return
to Washington late this afternoon.
| Baltimore people today said that a
number of prominent Baltimore demo-
Gratis who are supporting the President
/ had been invited to the luncheon.