New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
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T. r. HELPS TAFT.-There Is every IN
dIcation that the one thing needed 10 give
all the required strength to the movement
to renominate President Taft was the an
rouncement of Colonel Roosevelt tha' ne
would accent the nomination II rendered 10
him From all quarters. and even from
unexpected quarters, the most enthusiast'c
Endorsements Of the President are reacrins
both the White House and his heauquar-
ters I'm this city. Mr. Tafts natural ao-
horrence Of making himself tho issue was
proving the occasion Of some anxiety w
his reutenants, hut Mr.. RooSevelts state
,,,ent has made ND for all deficiencies In that
regard. and through that sympathy for the
nan whom they think badly treated, whlch
&c so cbara cteristic OF the American peo-
nIe hundreds Of voters have been fired
with a determination to stand by Mr.. tart
in face Of the attacks upon him Many Oh
the messages received ct the White House
assert that the time has come Wheh 'ne
President should receive - square hca''
end declare the determination OF inc seno-
eIs 10 see that he gets II. ON" ~ the most
welcome declarations in support OF the
President is that Of eX-Goyernor Balchel-
der Of New Hampshire. who as us preSi-
dent was largely responsible for the oP-
position OF the National Grang" 10 MI
Taft because of his advocacy or 'anaula"
rociprocitv. Governor Batcheder has long
been a close friend and ardent admirer ol
Colonel Roosevelt. but lie cannot bring
himself 10 stand for the views expressed
by the ex-Presldont at columbus, ana ne
4 Of President
IGNORES OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES inc
members of Congress and those who would
re members of the next House, the atti-
tude Of Colonel Roosevelt toward the Re-
publican organization and his apparent
Willingness to disrupt hts party are prov
ing strong incentives to support President
Taft. These men point out that there II
far more at stake than the mere election
OF President, The fate Of the next
House hangs i'm the BALANCE. and The sort
Of guerilla warfare proposed by Nv. Roose-
welt would almost inevitably result In a
Democratic House. even were he To capture
the nomination and the election. These
men point out that they cannot go before
their constituencies on q purely personal
basis They must have 4 platform to
stand on. and they must advocate some
sort of programme There Is nothing what
ever to indicate 30 them that there Is any
considerable number Of insurgents In any
Of their districts. Where the insurgent
propaganda has been most vigorously con
Quoted II has had only the effect Of making
Democratic and Socialist votes and they
arc intensely interested in bringing out the
full Republican vote and in augmentinG II
H. so far as possible And, finally, they
point out that national convention which
chose Mr.. Roosevelt as its standard bearer
could not refrain from adopting his Colum-
bus speech as it's platform, and there are
few who believe that the initiative. the
referendum and the recall. whether the
latter bc OF judges or judicial decisions
will appeal strongly to Republican voters
or will prove potent 10 induce Bryan DEM
ocrats to vote for Republican candidates
for the House.
EIGHT MORE FOR TAFT.-Tclcgrams
announcing the election and instruction for
President Taft Of eight more delegates were
received at the White House this evening.
The delegates, who were all chosen either
unanimously or without a contest, arc from
the lst and ID districts of Alabama the
18th District OF Georgia and the ist Dis
trict OF Virginia. Adyiccs from Maury
County. in the 7th District OF Tennessee,