The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-20
CURRENT COMMENT


Keep Taft In the Lead
inc result In Pennsylvania makes It look, for
lous threat in the third term Candidacy Of Thao-
, uole Roosevelt. There IL no use disguisins
n nas .ne tnlro-term proposition is threat
notn'nS less What the candidacy Of Roosevelt
~ doing Is to produce confusion ana diyision
IA as inc republican party upon an issue that
Republican party in convention assembled
turned down Grant third term Candidates
a sa VIII never commit the fatuous folly OF get
candidate. The candidacy OF Roosevelt ID only
making for demonstration and disintegration. II
non nsh tune Tor Republicans Of all classes and
condtions to do some sober thinking The
threat in tho Roosevelt candidacy is not in any
pl bility that Colonel Roosevelt will be nomi-
mated and elected as third term president but
consists In the fact that his candidacy In Great.
ing bitterness and dissenston within the party
10 w which he owes gratitude and allegiance.
Ihere Is abundant reason a. the situation now
stands upon which to base the confidence that
1 Iait WIZ De nominated upin tho first ballot at
favorins the candidacy OF the president arr
about in ratio Of two to every one favorinr the
.andidacy Of Roosenelt.-I both Illinois and
pennsslvania the president has. very apparently
been made tina innocent victim Of local dfssen.
sions and anirnosity Approximately half the
delegatos to the Republican National Conven-
Ton nave now been chosen. and more than half
the whole number-nearly two-thirds OF them
favor 1.-The denomination Of President Taft
ABOUT twenty-eight states are yet to select dele
gates to Chicago though in some of these states
scattering district delegates haye already been
chosen The important States of Massachu-
satts, Ohio. New Jersey. Maryland Kansas Min
nesota and California yet to elect full dele
gates.
The result in Pennsylvania Ia simply soing
to put stressfulness in the contest on the part
OF those who believe that President Taft de-
serves to be renominated and reelected upon
the splendid record which he has made. Up to
last week 1t was such easy going for the Taft
candidacy that overconfdence had been induced.
There is always lurking danger in too much
confidence The friends OF the president now
realize that they must strip to the bun and
make fight for control OF the national con-
vention. and they will make the nght along
every inch Of the way. Paradoxical as It may
sound 1t Is likely that the losing OF Illinois and
Pennsylvania Is wholesome dose OF medicine
fine result in those States tastes bad but II II
! good for liver torpidlty. 50 to speak.
From now on nothing must be taken for
granted In every State where delegates
yet to be chosen thede will be determined con-
TIT This does not mean that the methods OF
the Roosevelt boomers will be adopted-that an
attempt will be made to carry things by noisy
vociferation and abuse. 1t does mean however.
that even in the so-caled insurgent States the
frlands Of the president will see to 1t that he
gets what should fairly come to him. 1t Ia to be
observed that the president has Jared pretty well
Ia those insurgent States where elections have
twelve delegates thus far elected are for him,
the other four being for Cummins. From
Indiana he has twenty out Of the twenty-eight
Even in Oklahoma he picked up four delegates
and from Colorado he has the fun State dele-
CATION. In Wisconsin tho presidents friends
neither did they in North Dakota.
Roosevelt has thrown over all considerations
of the dignity which tradition attaches to the
position OF ex-president and has made
stamping canvass In promotion OF his own
third-term candidacy It is hardly to be ex-
pected that President Taft Will follow the ex-
ample which Roosevelt Is setting. But tho
friends OF the president may be called upon
10 some language that is plain. It is re-
convention Of the party should be made to hinge
upon contest between the president and an
eA-president who is striving to beak the prece. &C..
this contest Is not OF the presidents makin6.
The situation must be not as 1t has been formu-
which the third-term candidacy Of Colonel
Roosevelt has brought about.
The contest for control OF the Republican
National Convention IL now about at the half
way point. President Taft Is far In the lead OF
the Combined votes Of all the other candidates
as Chicago. and he il going ia be the next prssi-
dent Of these United States. II the easygoing
IS at an end-all risht II hts friends from
sight all right. They will do it.-Baitimore
American.
teach youth but also make many original and
startling discoveries Prof. James Rollins Ston-
aKcr. OF Stanford University. has Just proved
that eaters Of meat are more enduring than
saters ct vegetables. grs!a and graxs. lie pat
four rats in rotary cages with speedometers
f.m nd found our that IS ., xh The
vegetable eating sister ran oily AT. The meat
eating female rat ran SAT- miles, while her
rat of the vegetable diet ran only ptiful 200
miles
While we have not made such striking ex-
perlments. we have noticed these facts our
selves in our observation Of the animal kingdom
Take the OF the poo- elephant He does
mol taste meat in his whole life. being reduced
to such miserable fare shrubs, the tops Of
bushes and little trees. and other such food
incking In nutrition. Az a result the eephat
seldom attains weight Of more than 10000
pounds and the hardest specimens do not often
i've longer than 200 years
The rhinoceros which also has thin diet
much like the elephants. IL notably OF poor
! physique. He Is perhaps not more than 20
times heavy as the meat-eating leopard His
brother, the hippopotamus. which grnbs around
the edge OF rivers. Ia noted for his slim ana
delicate figure.
We might cite many other instances. but We
do not think that Professor Stonakers theory
needs any more---New York World.
Down With Anarchy.
1t IL high time the people OF vnis country were
who take delight in trampling under foot the
American hag. The citisens Of San Diego
county. California; exhibited tho proper aptrit
In dealing with nearly q hundred members OF
the Industrial WORKERS Of the Weird who had
infested that community. The offenders were
forced to kiss tho starr and Stripes they
were divided into squAdb OF Ave ana. aeSom.
panied by armed o6ictais o. the law. m1rchiAe
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