The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-16

with Taft. or the Roosevelt man can
win with Roosevelt. but consider the
possibilities, No matter what the
claims of the rival managers are. the
fact is that when you eliminate all
the. iiuh-dub and froth, Taft and
Roosevelt have about an equal mum.
Der of delegates. and Taft mas Sc.
cured Roosevelt men to take the
places. Of the Taft men Roosevelt has
won over. 1t required $40 votes TO
nominate. La gillette has thirty-stx
votes and Cummins has ten.
supposedly. these La Toilette men
and these Cummins men will stand
firm. Therefore. il a little band of
delegates. say thirty or forty or htty.
caring more for the party than for
Inc individuals in II, should band to-
sether and vote for some thipd man.
the way could be paved for a com
promise. II would not take much 10
create the situation. whatever the
outcome may be. Tho States OF
Montana, Idaho. Washington and wv.
oTning. for example could do II or
me delegations from Michigan and
il kentucky, or any other little body of
men from various States.
rms is not n prediction that there
VII be compromise. 1t merely
SHOWS how compromise might he
.Neo'eu' ana recites the obvious truth
Lat q great number of ReouhlIca
desire such compromise. IL thar
was a. big commanding Republican In
the background. some man like blaine
ior example. or any other great figure
t would be easier TO COMPROMISED tbon
1T Will be. provided the plan IA tried
put the available man for tina third
leg OF the triangle is not easy TO fnd
Nol many men OF presidential calibre
are In sight. nor out of sight. 1t 4,
aencate. difficult. complex situation.
+io' aside from Mr.. Roosevelt, no
commanding figure Is on the ground
instead of bein gled by generals thu
opposing forces are led by SQUADS OF
serseants and corporals. When any,
thing is to be decided upon there Is
no man on either side. save Roose.
welt, TO say do IT," or do not do a."
with sufficient force to CONNIE,
obedience. Instead. every proposition
is IN He'd over by a dozen or so little
leaders. and loses efficiency in the
milling.
Meantime, the clamor is continuous,
tho spectacle is interesting. the Aub
uuo Is persistent The sergeants and
the corporals confer and converse
The partisans parade and pervede.
Tho near treason society methodicallv
performs more near reasonable nets
In the way of throwing out Roosevelt
delegates up at the Coliseum Thu
down-with- the bosses association ~
plodes into fervid denuniciation raou-
larry every half-hour In the FIorentina
room OF the Congress Hotel "Rul.
Barnes and bill" Finn play bsttIo.
dore and shuttiecock with tho coIored
brethren. The lobby orators give con
slant exhibitions of the most useless
performances on earth. Five hundre1
newspaper reporters bore into ona
another for information. The noliti.
clans OF former days do their natbotic
struts through the crowds. and tha
newer ones wonder. casually. who +hnv
are. The old-timers have all slnergod
from tho high grass. There "a moro
talk and less to talk about than ono
would suspect to read the renor,.
And over It oil hangs q pall Of hot
political air. hottor than usual ~ snoh
gatherings. but OF no moro eonse"
ouence. There is situation
trombly wavering. almost nnhm,o,s
situation. And there is a onss,tnn
an insistent persistent hnrasn,nr |
question: What will DO the omtcnn.s
There isn't person on earth whn
really knows. VIM