The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-09-07
DEMOCRATS WILL
NOT VOTE FOR
|MOOSERS
VERMONT ELECTION CLEARLY
SHOWS THAT ROOSEVELT WILL
DRAW ONLY FROM G. o. p.
jim SMITH ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR SENATE
Man Denounced BY Cleveland For
"Perfidy And Party Dishonor' Wants
To Misrepresent New Jersey-Wit
son Will Fight His Nomination.
(By Walter Cain.)

New York, Sept. THE Vermont
election result has doubly assured
Democrats who were already practi-
cally assured of victory in November.
1t showed that Roosevelt was strong
enough to divide the Republican vote
without attracting voters from the
Democrats. Vermont was regarded as
rock-ribbed in it's stand-patism-more
so perhaps than any other state in the
Union. Yet, Roosevelt takes more
than one-third of the Republican vot-
ers to his following, and leaves the
regulars in very decided minority in
the state. Should he do as we'll in
other states, it is difficult to see what
more than a half-dozen of the forty
eight Mr.. Wilson will lose. The re-
suit proved the utter inability of Taft
, to hold his party to the party emblem,
and at the same time proved the equal
, ~ utter inability of Roosevelt to more
, than crush Taft into bone dust and
= insignificance. There are many states
. in which Taft will run a very poor
= third These include practically the
= entire middle West, the Pacific slope
= Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Viz
. ginia and North Carolina. In nearI!
course, be negligible quantities. In
those mentioned above, Taft is equally
certain to be. In this state, Massa-
chusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Y Utah and perhaps a couple of others,
Mr.. Taft will probably put the Ele-
phant before the Moose. There are
no apprehensions at Democratic Head
quarters, from which this letter Is
lty written, as to New York state. Those
in in charge of matters political here are
Ice confident of 10000 plurality for tn
to democratic nominee. They feel yer!
ice sanguine as to Pennsylvania and sur
ard of New Jersey.
ice Jimmy Smith Wants Another Try.
on, One somewhat interesting event G
art the past week was the formal al
bag nouncement of the candidacy of Jane
ual Smith, Jr., for the New Jersey sem
was torship. His announcement is pr
ing faced with declarationS loyalty
one the Wilson and Marshall ticke
bag There may be those who believe thi
left, such declaration was made in goS
hest faith. Many others know that it WI
-cre not. There could be nothing in col
ICED mon between the former Senator al
Cor Governor Wilson. Certainly, the Ii
.ich- ter can put no confidence in the 81
He cerity or honesty of the former.
be- brought about Smiths defeat by t
sap legislature in 1911, and will never CT
Cor sent to his election in 1918. Smith
e Of man of many millions, who sery
nom one term in the senate, and duri
to that term joined with German
but Maryland and Brice of Ohio to betI
cunt his party to Big Business. All thi
the had profited vastly from Privilege, 8
made all three in their sensational lab
stood to the limit for Privilege. PI
ident Cleveland denounced them
pro- "perfidy and party dishonor." Sm
adds went into retirement, and most
Y. willingly. He has wanted ever si
. to return to public life, to re-occup
s be- seatRin the senate. In 1910, he )
ooms his chance. The availability of VIZ
out row Wilson as a candidate of
at a Democrats of New Jersey quickly
pressed him. He got behind the I
lid a didacy and pushed it. In the "Sch
"that master" he saw man who would '
aero. and one whom his personality We
lights be able to dominate. He was righ
Istead the former and wrong in the la'
During the campaign he declared
from would not be a candidate for sena
uickly Mr.. Wilson took him at his word.
tarted when the Democrats had electe
sident legislature, the excuse Of bro
it the health which he had assigned
ing SO pitched into the discards. and he '
s are to the "Schoolmaster." and demaI
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