Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1912-03-29
II. II. AND HIS HAT.


Unless rescued before much more
time passes, that headgear which the
Sage OF Sycamore cast into the pres
idential ring a few short weeks ago,
will become so badly dilapidated that
its owner won't be able to recognize
it. The fact is dawning on the Amer
lean people that President Taft is to
be the choice of the Republican
party as their standard bearer again
this campaign. The onslaughts of a
certain gentleman, with pompadour
locks and a vigorous personality.
failed to Jar the country, and wean
the voters from desire to reward
ability and honor faithfulness to pub
lie trust; and now it appears that even
the celebrated gentleman who tanned
the bucking broncho of the Western
sage brush plains and slaughtered the
rambunctious denizens of African
Jungles, the while attendant cameras
clicked, and political buncombe was
manufactured by the yard, is going
up against veritabe Waterloo and
that he will be buried so deeply under
an avalanche Of votes at the Chicago
convention that somebody will have
TO inform him that he's been in the
race.
The Republican voters of the EN-
pire State spoke on Tuesday at the
primaries and, at this writing. IL an
pears that the President has secured
80 out of 80 delegates to the Chicago
convention, leaving only seven for
roosevelt and 1t is even reported
that some of them may vote for Taft I
IN the convention. State after state
mas spoken, and while many of them
have not as yet held their primaries
and few their conventions, delegates
selected have invariably been in /
structed for the President. 6
In few isolated cases, scattering '
delegates have been instructed for [
Roosevelt, but the growth of his I
strength has been so slow as to be
inconsequential, in fact II .
would not be surprising if I.aFouette
developed more strength in the con-
Vention and proved the most formld- .
able competitor with President Taft
for the nomination.
From all over the country where =
the Roosevelt forces have been rout- :,
ed ana overwhelmed with Taft senti- :
nent' 1t is given out that contests will
'esult' and that a determined ATTEMPT N
VIII be made to seat the delegates of
'ump Roosevelt conventions at Chi O.
ago. In Indiana, at the state Repub-
iean convention held on Tuesday. the
roosevelt men bolted in a body ex- -,
PRESSING their determination to elect :,
our contesting delegates at large =,
'revoiusly four delegates had been \,
e&ularly elected and instructed for :,
resident Taft These are the tactics
ursued in every state so far and II
'ill probably continue. -
Roosevelt's candidacy for a third -,
'rm has been serious disappoint- %,
rent TO his friends. Too much conf -.
ence was built upon his past popu- %.
rly ana stand on public questions -
Is recent utterances have. in very
'eat degree, injured his cause and a..
Iere is a growing belief that he is be- ~
'ming too radical in some Of his an
Iggestions, notably his famous re ~.
~ OF judicial decisions" idea, which -.
as going too strong for even the !.
tra-radical progressives The most -,
the people, In their sober moments. -.
least. are not yet ready to elimi- =.
te the constitution. do away with -,
courts and trust their litigation TO 20,
vote OF the people generalIv. -