Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-16
Taft Will Be Nominated at
Chicago Says Washington
Correspondent
STEAM ROLLER TO RULE
Nominetion and Election Of
Champ Clark Predicted by
Man on the Ground

WASHINGTON, D. c. May 13. (Spe-
cial Correspondence of the Aberdeen
Herald) Everybody thinks around
the Capitol of the United States tha'
Mr.. Roosevelt is going to be nominat'
cd President, simply because he mas
won a few States that had primary
elections, and that, therefore. he is
the choice of the people Of this coun-
trv in the Republican party. There
never was a greater mistake in the
world.
I still stick to my prediction that
Taft is going to be nominated, never
theless and Notwithstanding. The peo'
n,e of this country do not seem to un-
derstand that in the Republican Ma
tional Convention, it only requires 4
majority vote to nominate ana that
the Republican National committee
masses on all contested election cases.
The Republican National commit
tee is largely in favor of Taft, there
fore, the National Republican commit
tee will decide all contests in favor
of Taft that will nominate him hands
down.
If anybody thinks that the Roosevelt
people are going to stampede tnat
convention after Mr.. Taft has tied II
down by the work of the National
committee and the steam roller, tney
are very badly mistaken and they do
not know politics as it is played to-
day. After that convention is over
and Taft is nominated, Colonel Roose-
welt is going to come out with one OF
his characteristic and enthusiastic
howls to the effect that the people
have been swindled and defrauded,
and that he is the choice Of the peo-
ple and he is going to run against
Mr.. Taft.
If. however, the prediction l have
made about the nomination of Taft
should be wrong, and the unexpected
happens, for the reason that the dele
gates after they assemble in Chica'
20. will have concluded that neither
Roosevelt nor Taft could be elected
after the campaign Of villificatlon
they have indulged in, another man
may be nominated. Who this man 49,
there is no means of knowing at this
time and only shrewd guesses can be
made. 1t may be Senator Burton OF
Ohio or Senator Cummins of Ohio, or
It may be some other Republican. Pos
sibly Justice Hughes of the Supreme
Court. / doubt if Justice Hughes
would accept the nomination when ne
has a lifetime job in a position that
suits him admirably.
So far as the other men are con-
cerned, they might be acceptable to
some sections of the Republican par
tv but they would not be acceptable
tn all. and they would not get the sup
mort of both the Taft Republicans and
the Roosevelt Republicans. That
means that the Republican party is
not only hopelessly divided but If they
should turn uOWH d1I, IASJ "o"A~
be guilty of repudiating their own Re-
publican administration and thereby
saving to the people Of the country
wa have made a failure, and we are
not entitled to your further confidence
In this circumstances, the only an
swer the people could make VIC 'ld be
to say to them at the polls ne\t NO.
vember. we don't believe that yo. are
competent to run the government OF
this country, therefore we Will put
Democrat in your place.
So it seems to me that any way tney
can fix their little old slate in Chicago
on June 1S, the Democrats have a
cinch in electing a President next NO
vember.
The Democratic situation, from a
presidential standpoint, Is rapidly be-
ing clarified. The rapid advance py
the Honorable Champ Clark in &C
ouiring delegates from all over the
country, practically eliminates sever
al prominent candidates from the
Democratic equation and puts them
in the also ran class.
The success of Mr. Clark has prac