Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-17
La Toilette Becomes
 Less and Less Factor
Factor

blow that the La Toilette followers were on the point of giving up and joining forces with the Roosevelt forces. Senator La. Toilette was ab- sent from Washington at the time, on a speech making tour throughout the middle west, and while his aids here were on the brink of despair, word came from him that he was still in the race and would continue as he had started out. While this determination on his part had the effect of putting renewed life into his campaign still it is now admitted even by his warm est friends that he has small chance for the nomination. They now con- tend that he is only working for a cause and a principal. and that the result so far as he is personally concerned is not material
 So the progressive movement headed by La Toilette will be kept up, and as there are half a dozen repub- lican senators who are for him for president despite the hopelessness of the undertaking, it is likely that it will continue to make a great deal of noise.
 Some delegates, undoubtedly, will be chosen to the national convention who will go pledged 10 vote for Sen ator La Toilette, but it is believed that they will cut small figure in the convention
 The fact of the matter is, as viewed by Washington politicians, that even if Taft iG pnt nominated nd +Ia-a is break up in the administration ranks, that they will control enough delegates 10 prevent Ia Toilette from getting the nomination. If it is de creed that Taft shall not have the nomination, his friends would rather see almost any other republican nam ed than Ia Toilette. They would p3afer Cummirs or BeyeIsdge, pT Roosevelt, for the reason that La Fol lette is the man who has openly fought the president and his admin istnation almost arom the moment that Taft entered the White House If Taft is not rsnOminated it will be an easy matter for his friends to see to it that La Toilette does not win. In this situation, as 1t is viewed here there is only one chance of beating Taft for the nomination, and that is by making an aggressive canvass for Col. Roosevelt. Some of the latters admirers who indulge in hero worshop believe that the mere mention of his name will stampede the convention to him, but this fear is not entertain cd in administration circles. The ad ministration workers are now in the field arranging for the election of dele gates who will go to tts convention with pledges to vote for Taft no mat ter what happens and it will be diff cult if not impossible to swing them to Roosevelt.
 In the meantime La Toilette and his friends will keep up the fighting which will beat Taft. They perfer of course, that La Toilette should beat him, but Iealize now that is practical ly out of the question and they are consequently going on trusting to chance. Unless Roosevelt declares himself a candidate. there is nothing left for them to do. inasmuch as they cannot well retire from the field now without turning their organization ov- CT to Roosevelt or some one else and they cannot withdraw all that they have said and support Taft.
 So there will be more fiTeforks and much talk from now on to convention time What La Toilette will do after that is a question. Some believe that he must necessarily bolt and that he cannot possibly support Taft after all that he has said against him. Some suggest a third party; others that he will give his strength to progress sivs democrat if one is nominated Still others declare that while he may
 sulk, he will nevertheless remain regular and vote for Taft, in the hope of getting the nomination in 1916.
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