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Washington, d. c., Jan.t23. 1919.
Postmaster-G General Hitchcock to-
day declared in an interview he was
for the denomination of President
Taft. One sentence in the interview
has been the subject of discussion
during the day by politicians. 1t Is
as follows:
Il am for Taft as strong as
man can be, and did not realize
until day or two ago how far
these stories of my alleged diff
ferences with the President were
going"
The comment that has been most
frequently made about this state
ment is that it lis strange that the
Postmaster-General should not have
known or heard, until a few days
ago, of the many and sundry rumers
about his alleged disloyalty to the
President, and also the strangeness
of the fact that he should wait even
"a day or two" after hearing these
rumors for the first time to make d
public statement that he was for the
President for denomination. n
This interview has caused a discus
~ fh.a aof3 rxf he Dos a c&4e
General in attempting to get sub
committee appointed by the National
Committee at it's meeting here last
December to manage the next Nation
al Convention, and that he should
have selected this committee without
consulting with the President; and
attention is also called to the further
fact that it was necessary for the
Presidents friends, when they learn
ed Of such action on the part of Mr..
Hitchcock, to go to the meeting of
the National Committee and make a
fight to get a committee of five ap-
pointed who were known to be friend
ly to the President
Another Strange Act of Mr.. Hitch
cock.
OF course, the recent action OF the
Postmaster-General in giving out an
interview saying that he would rec
ommend to Congress in his annual
message the purchase of all Of the
telegraph lines. without having con-
suited with the President, has been
recalled by every one, and especially
the explanation which the Postmas-
ter-General gave to the effect that he
had intended TO consult the Presi-
dent, but that ne had given out this
statement to the press and had gone
out Of the city and forgotten all
about it, as the reason why he had
not consulted the President
Every day since that occurrence
the papers have been full of more or
less statements to the effect that Mr..
Hitchcock would soon resign; also
| statements to the effect that he was
in conference with those who were
opposed to the Presidents renomina-
| ton. and many other similar stories.
A prominent Republican from
North Carolina, who was here to-day.
said that the fact that the Postmas-
ter-General found 1t necessary to de-
clare that he was in favor of the
Presidents denomination and re-elec-
tion was as strange as the fact that
Mr.. Duncan found himself in the po-
sition recently where 1t was necessary
for him to declare for the nrst time
that he was also In favor Of the
Presidents denomination and re-
election.
Much Talk About RooseveIt's Can
didacy.
During the last week the political
world In this country has been stir
red az ii seldom has been by the re-
vival OF talk for tho nomination OF
Roosevelt for President In many diff
ferent quarters OF the country. Some
say that this Is q spontaneous express
sion of the opinions OF the people:
others say IL is . part OF we'll or
xanized movement. One day the city
Republican committee OF st. Louis
passes resolutions declaring In favor
of the nomination OF the former
President: another day the Governor
of West Virginia. and next the Cover
nor OF Michigan comes out In an in
terview to the same effect; another
day the leading Republicans OF Con-