The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-24

c!oee % Presiden, Taft. When the
senate! was a candidate before the
Massa chusetts legislature a year 9
:or reelection. the proE!essives were
making the aeht 90 interesting 'ha.
the force and power ot the admins
tra.!on had 10 te called II his aid 70
save him from defeat. When the
delegation from North Dakota was
before the senate con- rniitee OF The
Canadian reciprocity hearings, Sens-
tor Lodge, who 1aK q member q :ha:
committee. :n-ir-a:ed 10 one Of the
delegates tha. while a. heart he was
"alrnoE, persuaded, he was under
such obligations - ne administration
that he vas forced 10 sand ny rs
Canadian reciprocity poiicy. yet in
,he face ~ ,his obligation. which. il
rrus. be conceded was q 90 one.
Senator Lodge has :Urred his back on
IRE pr.siden; 4. ;he most critical Pc
nod Of re poi!,!csl ca.ee. and has
oas: ms fortunes w.,h the Roosevelt
movement. Is 10: Roose~e., breaking
NE TAFT s~.-enE,h n the east
VIA. e.eot vii Senator Lodges
support Of Roosevelt nave ~ the
con en;ica VOTE ~ massachusetts" Il
tle Hsh. made agsl1s. him for re
election ne :ak-a as ,he basis 90 es-
r.rlati.s what nigh. Re erred ihe
progressive sentiment cf me state
strength which. ~ re Wa. aere.
we, 20 Senator la Folle,,@-.. IS evi-
Den, ~ Pcosevel. as the t:pica! en-
toG!wen: q me progressive ideals o:
A!asse chEset.s. wou!o have practically:
ha.t n. st.-e from MA source. Tha,
"as ths strength given him in the
Tines estimate published e few Gays
aeo go Senator Lodge has some
strength III Msszachuse,;s also. =
NAV De . minority strength. NJ evan
. = is, wHan j. IS un!'ed 10 Ihat d:
rs persona, opposition i. gives scar
" he Who'll strength 0. me state 20
Roosevelt. :. whose Gauge ,ae TWO
clements VIII he united. The remark
abe thing ahoL: Roosevelt !s thai all
factions q me party car support
him without yielding Up any p,i--
c!p.es. anG that * wha, the followers
s.G opponents ~ Senator Lodge VII,
CO IN Massachusetts. ]. looks IS
though a pretty hie hole hsd been
broken in me Tai. breaE-works in me
east.
!; may be suggested ina: Senator
Lodge Rad ONE u,:e.io. motive i.
switching his allegiance. He probably
mac. ana while = ray AVE been 1
selfish n II is none The less e*.c-
iit-, Massachusetts has been in Il
sta;e ot politica! chaos tor some time.
IL 1919 j. elected : Democratic go"-
eroo- and reelec-ed hin in 1871. Mas
s~achuse-.s ie no more . Democratic
STAT han Texas is Republican. Coz
sTnor foss was elected because 81 dis
satisfaction with ,he present admin
istratioa. True. the president tried 70
th-o" rne people Of tha- stare 2 sop
Of cheaper food in me form o. Can-
adian reciprocity. but the working
people there realized that while il
would ruin the western farmer, Il
would he an !nsi.nifcant advantage
70 th"n. and tho reelection Of Cover
nor Foss was an expression Of their
understanding Of the reciprocity
shan. If President Taft Is reeelcted.
Senator Lodges reelection vii! ONE
nearly at The close Of -hc presidents
terrn-fv" years hence. Massachu-
sets senators have usually been re-
tanned until death. and TO suffer de-
Feat in that state IS = thousand times
greater humiliation Than 1, is in al
most any other state. Therefore. Sem
aior Lodge wants 30 succeed himself.
~" realizes that four years more Of
the present administration may leave
things in such shape politically that
he would be forced TO retire to pri-
Na'e life instead Of dying in the har-
ness as so many Of his great prede-
cnssnrs have done and as he asp:res
20 do. Shrewd politician that ne is.
he has ~dcciphered the handwriting or
the wall. He has sought tlte Massa-
chusetts band wagon. He has ,akar
the same course thai others in The
east viii take for the same Or othe,
reasons. and the Taft strength viii
gradually fall 70 pieces.
What the west and especially Nortt
Dakota. needs TO do is to increase The
Roosevelt strength by adding 70 i
rather than counteractine tbs. goot
work for him that is being done ii
me east By supporting a candidate
whose admitted strength in the con.
vention will only be the balance G..
poWer-a convention trading strength