The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-20

Convention Hall. Chicago. June %
- Prepared deliberately 70 murder
the Republican party were the
words used by senator Dixon. the
third term candidates manager. to
describe the manner in which The
Taft majority in the national com
mittee began casting out Roosevelt
contestants for seats in The Chi
caeo convention. II muruer It be.
il is only the kind that Is always
committed by factions in partisan
conventions. and which was commit
Ted by Mr. Hitchcock, the third
term candidates order in the con
yenfion -four years ago. Throwing
out third term delegates AT this
time was to be expected.
Elt throwing ont third term dele.
gates Is nevertheless helping TO Kin
the Republican party M. Taft may
be weak. but he will prevent Mr.
Roosevelt from being strong
The Taft administration is like the
Buchanan administration before the
war Taft has tried to keep away
from tariff reduction. as buchanan
tried tc avoid the slavery issue.
Buchanan was Pennsylvania.
He had in mind always the great
coal and iron interests OF that state.
He remembered always that the
south bought It's coal and iron from
Pennsylvania He feared to inter
fere with the institution of slavery
lest the south. IN resentment inter
fere in congress with the coal and
iron privileges. or cut Off its pur-
chases suddenly and transfer them
to some''other coal and iron market.
So Buchanan kept out OF the
slavery controversy, even to the
point OF raising no Obstacles to Sc
ceesion or to arming against the
north. He went out Of Office dis
credited on all sides and he gave
the principal share of his time in
retirement at Wheatiands in writ
ing defense The most he could
say was that his administration had
fallen ur \ evil times; that great
and fierce currents We're running in
politics and that he was largely the
victim Of circumstances.
"Breaking Up of the Old Things"
so with the Taft administration.
At has come at the breakup of the
old things. A new struggle y
coming to it's elimination. Call
that struggle what you wiil-indus-
rrialism. .tyndicatism. u fight be-
tween equal rights and privilege
ii is stirring the people to the
depths. and the Taft administration,
10y attempting to remain neutral.
raised ZIP enemies on every hand
MY reading OF the returns from
the Taft-third term state fights for
national convention delegates is that
they showed largely ,eeiing
against TAFT. The Democrats had
seen confident for long time of
winning in the fall of 1912 not only
a new Democratic congress, but the
presidency as well They all along
regarded Mr.. Taft as weak
In the same way great many Re
pubIicans regarded the TAFT admin
istration. They did not want 10 re-
nominate Mr. Taft. But they real
ized the great difficulty OF beating
him in the convention An admins
tration has vast patronage. Patron
ace commands delegates Delegates
confer nominations IL is very df-
fipult matter 10 prevent an admin
istration being nominated
Therefore these Republicans were
ready TO reach around for any club
with which to beat down the TAFT
administration in the National Re
publican convention.
AS TO who should be set up in his
place-why, there were lots OF good