The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-17
ONE BALLOT
ENOUGH FOR
THE COLONEL
BY CA2L MOTE.

1
the temporary organization of the con-
vention.
| The time has come when this pro-
phecy, as dangerous as prophecies are.
can be made with reasonable assur-
ance of its fulfillment
| Ten Southern delegates observed
Sunday by subscribing their names to
the pledge" and Tim Woodruff, chair
man of the Kings County delegation
of New York, announced that Texas
and Washington positively were too
much for a man with any sense of de-
cency to indorse and that he would
vote for Roosevelt.
Tim did not say how many other
New York delegates would go and do
| likewise, but the inside formation was
that twenty-one were of that mind.
Did Too Good Work.
Before the Republican national con-
vention is adjourned, Boss Crane and
Boss Penrose and various and numer-
Gus other bosses are likely to be flat
tened into waters by the national COM
mittee's steam roller. The committee
did it's work too we'll. The whole coun-
try is Disguised The unbiased opinion
of the bystander in Chicago today is
that T. r. has the argument and the
artillery.
| The Taft national bureau is working
now on the same general plan as Col.
William c. Liller, irrepressible pub
licist, known to the general public in
the vicinity of Indianapolis. Inflated
estimates of Tafts strength are being
peddled to the newspapers with no
other design than to keep up the front
until the crash comes.
The crisis of the Taft campaign is
the natural consequence of fictitious
representation to the public. The PEG
pie did not want Taft and the bosses
did not want him but the bosses
, Thought they could make the public
take Taft and rebuke the people fol
, presuming to hold any preference in
, the weighty responsibility of choosing
, presidents. Also they could rebuke
the people.
Played Pretty Game.
1t was very pretty game that Boss
Penrose and Boss Crane and his es
teemed eXcellency, the Hon. Harry S
New, sought to play in which the PEG
pie were played for suckers in both
rubbers.
Theodore Roosevelt will win the
nomination for two reasons:
TIIE DEnDI uAyrJNC rnN
FIDENCE IN HIM FROM SEVEN
YEARS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION
DEMAND HIS NOMINATION.
2. THE OPINION is WIDE
} SPREAD THAT HE is THE ONLY
; REPUBLICAN AVAILABLE FOR A
CANDIDATE WHO CAN BE ELECT
ED
There is little doubt expressed in
Chicago that Theodore Roosevelt car
not win over any candidate the Demo
Gratis may nominate, even Bryan. The
Taft men say he can not be elected bu
1 privately it is known that they be
lieve otherwise. Thousands of sojourn
r ing politicians believe he will SWEEP
the country as he did in 1904.
Young Mans Friend.
l And this suggests the observation
that the nomination and election o
, Theodore Roosevelt will make room
> for lot of young blood in the Re
publican party. Roosevelt has Away.
been partial to young men, and it i.
I to the young men he must look fol
friendly counsel. His campaign has de
jveloped a bountiful crop of effectiv,
WI foly
over the reins in many states, will in
? sist on retaining their position.
The list of dead ones" published
some time ago in the Palladium, ma,
call forth some additions after the Re
publican national convention, but Their,
, are no deductions to be made. For pre-
sent purposes, the names of Hemen
5 way, Fairbanks, Healing, New and jim
y Watson will stand at the head of tn,
i mortuary column. Watson has missed
> two opportunities to retrieve his pc
litical fortunes. He says he does no
| care for politics any more and it il
dollars to doughnuts that he will b,
r taken at his word. He has offered tn,
J. opportunity to scoop" Beveridge il
t an announcement for Roosevelt an,
J. Watson demurred. He has been urge,
{ to desert Joe Healing and Harry New
= in the present crisis and he still hold
:. on.
o Watson Out of Date.
o Pinned down to fundamentals, Wat
r son admits he is an old-fashioned Re
;. publican with old fashioned idea
i about the tariff and the constitutions
=: disabilities of the Democrats. Which
= is an admission that he is a stand
D patter and couldn't be anything els
o if he wanted.
:. Watson has clearly proved that poll
tics is a state of mind :. tina
standpatters don't become progress
ives over night and the progressive
don't become standpatters by compro
misses
? Fred A Sims, Will H. Hays ant
l James P. Goodrich are left from tn,
: old gang and it is altogether a matte
! of choice with them as to whethe
: they will choose the band wagon O
: the fate of their erstwhile compatriots
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