The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1912-05-23
WITH NATIONAL
POLITICIANS
Washington Politicians Still
Think Taft and Clark VIII
Be Leaders.

Be Leaders.
Washington. D. G. Every
body thinks around the Capitol
of the United States that Mr..
Roosevelt is going to be nomi-
mated President, simply because
he has won a few States that
had primary elections, and that,
therefore, he is the choice of the
people of this country in the Re
publican party. There never
was a greater mistake in the
world.
I still stick to my prediction
that Taft is going to be nomi-
mated, nevertheless and not
withstanding. The people of
this country do not seem to
understand that in the Republi-
can National Convention. it only
requires a majority vote to nomi-
nate and that the Republican
National committee passes on
all contested election cases.
The Republican National com
mittee is largely in favor of
Taft. therefore, the National
Republican committee will de-
eide all contests in favor of Taft
that will nominate him hands
down.
If anybody thinks that the
Roosevelt people are going to
stampede that Convention after
Mr.. Taft has tied it down by the
work of the National committee
and the steam roller, they are
very badly mistaken and they
do not know politics as it is
played to-day. After that Con-
vention is over and Taft is nomi-
mated. Col. Roosevelt is going to
come out with one of his char
acteristic and enthusiastic howls
to the effect that the people
have been swindled and de-
frauded, and that he is the
choice of the people and he is
going to run against Mr.. Taft.
If, however, the prediction I
haye made about the nomina-
ton of Taft should be wrong,
and the unexpected happens,
for the reason that the delegates
after they assemble in Chicago,
will hav. concluded that neither
Roosevelt nor Taft could be
elected after the campaign of
villifcation they have INDUCED
in, another man may be nomi-
mated. Who this man is, there
is no means of knowing at this
time and only shire I'd guesses
can be made. It may be Sena-
tor Burton of Ohio or Senator
Cummins of Iowa, or it may be
some other Republican Pos
sibly, Justice Hughes of the
Supreme Court. I doubt if
Justice Hughes would accept
the nomination when he has a
lifetime job in position that
suits him admirably.
So far as the other men are
concerned, they might be ac-
ceptable to some sections of the
Republican party but thev
would not be acceptable to all,
and they would not get the sup
port of both the Taft Republi-
cans ard the Roosevelt Republi-
cans. That means that the Re
publican party is not only hope
lessly divided but if they should
turn down Taft, they would be
guilty of repudiating their own
Republican administration and
thereby saying to the people of
the country we have made a
failure, and we are not entitled
to your furthur confidence.
In this circumstance, the only
answer the people could make
would be to say at the polls
next November. we don't be-
lieve that you are comletent to
run the government of this
country, therefore, we will put
a Democrat in your place.
So it seems to. me that any
way they can fix their little old
slate in Chicago on June IS, the
Democrats have a cinch in elect.
ing a President next November.
The Democratic situation,
from a Presidential standpoint,
is rapidly being clarified. The
rapid advance by the Honorable
Champ Clark in acquiring dele
gates from all over the country,
practically eliminates several