The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-10-22
By Ernest G. Walker.

(Mail Special to The Advertiser)
WASHINGTON, October Cam.
palgn stagnation is troubling the
knockers and boosters of the presiden-
tial struggle. Voting time is only
three weeks away. A large daily out.
put of bulletins about confidence cha.-
| acterizes the headquarters activities an
| New York and Chicago. That applies
to all three parties. President TAFT
has really become leader in this phase
of the work of eecting chief magls.
trate. He never tires of expressing
his confidence in his own reelection.
But the President is not alone in this.
The Wilsonites have brand of conf
dence that is reassuring. The Roose.
| veltians are likewise shouting from the
housetops that Roosevelt will win.
Those who visit the Republican
! headquarters in New York City. and
have opportunities for knowing the in
side of things, say that all the work
/ there is directed toward breaking the
| fall Taft's managers from the very
start realized he could not win, except
! by miracle, when the party had been
cloyen in twain. But appearances must
be kept up and the energies of the DC.
| tober period are being devoted chiefly
to that purpose.
President Taft has been appealed TO
/ to cooperate and has responded. The
| President always was a man of opti-
mistic view but it makes fine ex-
ample in 2. campaign when the chiefest
chief sees through such ROSY specacles
II helms tremendously to prevent uhe
organization from going to pieces and
sustains the general morale of the work.
INC forces.
The thing has been planned out care,
! fully. The President is really bearirr
/ the burden of tbis campaign of optim.
kism. Althougb taking thlngs easily
nj his summer cnnital Mt Beverlv ana
ON his automobile iatnts through New
ENGLAND ba has davoted more otten.
! +ion IN tbis hoosting wor,, than miyht
he annorent nj frst thougbt ue has
deliyered a nolit;cal address now and
tben Init every few DAYS for the last
/ +,vo ,voa,,s +bo presidapt has haen civ
inc irterv,ews
- -
pot'anee Va nepOi'e''
! The time was when to quote Presl-
dent of the United States IN news
paper interview was the most heinous
otfense against the journalistic code OF
ethics. In fact, the time was not very
far back when visit to the President
on newspaper errand was exceedingly
rare. Things began to change little
in that regard while Mckinley was
President. Even then only two oil
three of the most favored ones, repre-
senting papers owned by men thorough
ly in sympathy with the President
could obtain access to the first official
Roosevelt changed this decidedly. He
made nearly all newspapermen welcome
provided they We're men of standing IL
the profession. He had his favorites
Some times he summoned the CORE
spondents into council, but this was dis
continued during the later years of hi
service in the White House. However
Colonel Roosevelt, as President, was al
ways insistent that he should not bt
quoted directly. If he were quoted, h,
assumed the privilegt of discreditinl
the interview:
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n'nfI,oa ~ commnnica+ion with The rmb
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d lna n,,,,ross;na bis own confi5 ence II
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ms Namsponor in+orv;ews with Tho presi
,on+ "ra an en- much of a noyag+v that
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t LiV ;ntornst ;s dvIIed The PRESIDENT },
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maana of bnoy;ng nm nomIar inter
h;.t tba M fnncf;on.