Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1912-04-06

-'e SUPPORTING ar FRANKLY De-
clares That Ills Rz:o,nin alton :Geans
Defeat In tho November Election.
The SecrcI ScHcn7o Uncovered.
THAT President Taft cannot be eject
ed il nominated is conceded By Tie
New York Sun in a carefully prepared
article published Sunday. March, ~,
and sent by the Sun for simultaneous
publication in gil the newspapers
throughout the country Which sab
scribe to the Sun news service.
The unG1niab!e Importance of this
statement by the sun is due to the
Suns Attiin1c OF opposition to all pro
gTcSSivc3 and to Theodore Roosevelt
In particular, as well - to the reco,ni-
tiCn given it as 4 representative and
spokesman Of the great business in
terests which center in New York ard
of the politica! organization in New
York which recently manipulated the
fraudulent and furcicGi primaries held
in the state.
1t adds to the Significance of The
Suns statement that It's article. al
Though ostcn@!bly the result of careful
Investigation, was withheld until aft
er the organization bosses had put
through the fraudulent primary cleo
tion Of delegates, in which they care
fully RETAINED from inStructing q sim
gle one of the men they claim to have
elected for Taft
Ihc investigation upon which the
article is based had been cOnnIcted
and the article actually prepared be-
| Tore the primaries were held, showing
apparently that ut the time the New
DIRK bosses were engaged in sitting
/ public sentiment in order to prevent
! the election of Roosevelt dplcratcs
There was what the Sun declares to be
| q general agreement among the rcac-
| tionary political leaders that Mr..
TaftS candidacy had become q virtual
! impossibl!ty.
1t is now apparent that the sole pur-
| pose Of the machine bosses and the
| special privilege interests. to whom
Mr.. TAFT IS looking for denomination,
| have abandoned all idea Of supporting
| him and that their only purpose is to
| prevent the nomination Of Roosevelt,
so that compromise candidate favor
able to the special privilege interests
! ana in harmony with machine pur-
! poses may be selected at Chicago
Although still friendly to Taft, the
! Sun declares that the time has arriv ed
Wien the possibility Of elcctinc can
| NldHtc las become Il "subject for seri-
Gus consideration on tho Fart Of Ro-
pubiicans who believe thor party to be
Of vastly moro Importance than any
man in X, no matter how exalted his
station, and who place party loyalty
| above personal feaIty. These Ropub-
! iicans declare that they will take any
| reasonable stop which would seom tc
| insure their party'a victory at the polls
! in November next.
THE Republicans who EXPRESSED
! these views" the Sun says, are be-
| levers in season and out Of season in
! the policies of their party. Among
this class Of Republicans are mcr-
chants, importers, business men gen
orally and professional men and the
rank and file Of small Republican
shopkcclcrs and workingmen."
The Sun then says:
several months ago influential Re-
| publicans. some of them worry close ia
| President Tsft, declared beneath their
! breath tia: t!,o president if renon,i-
| mated ccuii not be re- elected. White
expressing this opinion they hadn't the
renotc"t S,iHGow Of a doubt that ;iot
| president. through the power Of fed
eral patronage, could force his own r,c
| nomination."
| Among the reasons given by the Sun
; why President Taft cannot be re.eIcct
| cd tho Payne Aldrich law is cited as OF
! Ereutcst Importance. Respecting this
! the Sun says:
'Thc Republican national platform OF
! 1908 called for an Immediate extraor
! dinnrv session Of congress in the event
! Of Taft's election to revise the tariff
! In obedience to his party's platform
/ President Taft called the cxtraor1irar,
! session OF congress, which produced
! the Adrich-PayEe law, and the Drcsi
| dents troubles and his pNrty's comDi
| cations have grown and become moro
! cntHnglcd from the day he signed that
| law That law gave tho nrogrCssiycs