Arizona republican., 1912-03-05
The Newspapers View.

The Newspapers View.
 Elswhere in this issue of the Repub- lican is published the editorial views of large number of the leading
 journals of this country on the re-
 SpectiVV merits of the Taft and Roose-
 welt candidates for the presidency.
 The newspapers from which the eX-
 tracts are taken are published in the
 large centers of population. where the
 fight between the rival candidates
 will be decided. And they are almost all republican papers.
 In advance of any information on
 the subject The Republican stated
 it IS it's belief that in the final line
 up vast majority of the leading
 republican journals would be found supporting the president and against
 the candidacy of Mir. Roosevelt But
 The Republican had no idea the eX-
 pression of opinion and preference
 would be so nearly unanimous as it is.
 Practically every one Of the widely read and influential journals has come out squarely for d second term for the president In New York City. for m- stance, there is just one paper of any
 influence supporting MT ,Roosevelt's candidacy. and that is the Mail. an insurgent republican paper. The Sun. the standby of republicanism for de- cades. is more violently opposed to the Roosevelt candidacy than are the democratic papers themselves. The independent papers. from which sup port might reasonably have been cX- pected, are against him untedly.
 The same condition prevails in up state" New York, in Massachusetts, in Connecticut, and generally in Penn
 sylvania. Maryland is no exception, In fact the only papers of influence so far observed that are supporting MT Roosevelt are the Chicago Trib- une. the Philadelphia North American. and the New York Mail. And as to two of these it may be said that the Mail is almost unknown outside the city in which it is published. and the North American, of Philadelphia. re- gently demonstrated it's republication by supporting William H. Berry for governor against John K. Tener. There is probably no cleaner man in Penn sylvania in public life than is Gov ernor John K Tener Also, there is no more loyal republican. And finally. Mir Berry is a democrat and was run ing on the democratic ticket So. it | will bp seen the North American can hardly be called a republican paper
 But the newspaper support accorded 1 MT Taft is by no means confined to | the sections mentioned. What is true !! of New York and Boston and Phila- delphia and Baltimore is true of St | Louis and san Francisco and Cinci- | natl and dozens of smaller cities Un- less the newspapers of this country | are making the worst guess they have ever made William Howard Taft will | have a waIkover at the Chicago con- rention
 And as an afterthought. if we wish | a correct view of this most interest ing subject we cannot afford to be provincial It is doubtful if in any | other community in the United States ! is there as strong a Roosevelt following | as right here in the Salt River Valley. | but the Salt River Valley is not all | there is to the United States. There i are hundreds of other sections vastly i more populous, where it Is entirely | non- n-eXistent-where the republican | electorate is solidly for Mir. Taft And | the noise and the partisan | claims on both sides and applying to | the situation the test of sober judg- | ment. it is difficult to see how there l can be any other outcome to the con test than the overwhelming choice | of MT. Taft as the republican stand | ard bearer in the coming campaign