The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-10-11
SENTIMENT FOR TAFT.

1nat sentiment III FAVOR OF the re-
election of President Taft is grow
ing is found in a telegram to The
Minneapolis Tribune from Washing
ton. The information received from
the nations capitol is encouraging
to the president. The reports which
reach Washington regarding the i'm
proved conditions in republican cir
cles throughout New England, are
supported by the latest advices as
to the. success of the republican
state convention in Massachusetts,.
These facts indicate that the pros
poets for the republican ticket under
President Taft's leadership are
growing better day by day.
Directly in line with this inform
alton is that which comes from
Northern New York indicating that
many thousands of republican farm
ers, who were estranged from Presi-
dent Taft because of his attitude in
favor of Canadian reciprocity, have
become convinced that there is no
longer any danger of the recipro-
city scheme with Canada becoming
effective. They are deciding that
there is much more danger in the
possible success of the free trade
party and the destructive tinkering
with the tariff than can possibly
flow from the success of the repub-
lican party under President Taft.
The facts are making more for
the success of the Taft ticket than
the talk about campaign contribu-
lions and the juggling of the lead
ers of former campaigns in their
efforts to prove that while they took
money from corporations and mil
lionaires they did so solely with the
the people, while the contributors
state the same thing. One point
has been brought out, however, in
connection with Roosevelt's testi-
mony, especially that in which he
dragged in his correspondence with
Ormsby McHarg, formerly of North
Dakota, who was a leader in the
preconvention campaign on behalf
of Colonel Roosevelt, and notably a
worker for southern delegates.
Just why Coolnel Roosevelt re-
verified to this subject is not made
clear, except that it gave him op-
portunity for bringing out his cor
respondence with McHarg, in which
he spoke against the corrupt use of
money in buying southern delegates
The colonel dwelt strongly upon this
point, but he ignored the other
charge, namely, that McHarg's work
was directed mainly to getting up
contests, many of them of f1imsy
character, Gin order to make an i'm
preston upon the country that
President Taft was not having a
walkOver for the nomination, but
was being contested at every point"
No attention was given to this
feature of the preconvention cam
paign, although that was the fea-
ture most dwelt upon as Indicating
the character of the Roosevelt con-
tests upon which he based his claim
that the Taft nomination was
stolen" 1t is we'll to remember,
in this connection, that many of the
men who were strong for the colo
mel before the convention even
among those who made the fight in
the convention, have turned from
the colonel and are now supporting
President Taft. They conclude that
there is no demand for third par
ty, and that the Roosevelt movement
merely adds to the chances for a
Wilson victory and attendant dam
age to the business and industries
of the country Bass Sa