Semi-weekly herald., 1912-02-12
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR ALL POLITICIANS

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. o.
Politics a-plenty is promised for the
coming week. In fact, the next few
days will be the busiest ones that
the politicians have experienced in a
long time. The Lincoln day celebra-
tions will be cause for unusual ac-
tivity on the part of the Republican
leaders particularly those of oratori-
cal ability.
President Taft will go to Newark to
take part in the Lincoln celebration
in that city Monday and in the even
ing is scheduled to speak in New York
city. The same night Attorney-Gen-
eral Wickersham will address Re-
publican banquet in Milwaukee Sen
ator Townsend of Michigan will speak
in Detroit, Representative Mccall OF
Massachusetts and several other Re
publicans of note will be heard in
Minneapolis and Representative Kinds
of Maine will be the chief orator at
gathering of the clans in Portland,
Me. Senator Beveridge of Indiana is
to be the chief speaker at harmony
banquet given by the Colorado Re
publicans at Denver.
Secretary of the Treasury Mac
Veagh will add to the gaiety of the
Republican situation by making a
speech to the Republicans of Michi-
gan with "What Is Progressive?" 2" as
his topic. The speech will be delivered
Tuesday night at the annual dinner of
the Zach Chandler club at Lansing.
Another Michigan banquet at which
Republican oratory will be on tap will
be that of the Calhoun Lincoln club
at Albion. Governor Osborn will be
the chief figure with Congressman J.
M. c. Smith of MICHIGAN, c. II. Sloan
of Nebraska and Frank j. Mondell of
Wyoming as the other speakers. The
personnel of the speakers list indi-
Gates that many good words will be
spoken for Theodore Roosevelt before
the evening is over.
A Lincoln day banquet to be given
in st. Louis by the Association of
Young Republicans of Missouri will
have as speakers Governor Deneen OF
Illinois and Governor Hadley of Mis-
souri,.
Governor Tener of Pennsylvania,
ex- Governor Utter of Rhode Island,
Charles M. Schwab and Congressman
Rowland of Ohio are scheduled as
speakers at banquet to be given by
the Lincoln Republican club of Beth
lehem, Pa.
Republicans of the Hoosier state
will turn their eyes toward Newcastle,
where thousand or more of the
| party leaders are expected to gather
for the annual meeting and banquet
of the Indiana Lincoln league.
In Colorado, also, the anniversary Of
the birth of Lincoln promises to be a
banner day for the Republican party.
Republican leaders of all factions have
been invited to meet in Denver on
that day for grand harmony" con-
ference. The state committee will
meet to discuss plans for the state
convention conference will be held
by the Republican editors, and the
gathering will close with Lincoln
day banquet at which former Senator
Beveridge of Indiana is to be the star
speaker.
Aside from the Lincoln day jubli-
lations the chief event of the week on
the Republican calendar will be the
or tA Nf CAor,r,,
licans which is to meet in Atlanta
Wednesday to name delegates to the
national convention at Chicago. Re-
cent reports from the south give evil
dence of considerable activity on the
part of Roosevelt adherents in Georgia
and it is reported that they will make
an effort to have a Roosevelt man
elected chairman of the state COM
mittee. The Taft people, however,
do not appear worried over the stu
alton and the general opinion is that
about the best that the Roosevelt fol-
lowers can hope for is an uninstruct-
ed delegation to Chicago. A solid
Taft delegation is the prediction of the
presidents friends.
On the Democratic side the most
interesting news of the week probably
will be furnished by Governor Wood
row Wilson who will make a hurried
trip to Chicago to deliver one or two
addresses on Lincoln day and to con-
fer with some of the prominent DEM
ocratr in the west. Also of interest
will be the Democratic presidential
primary in st. Louis to select PIG dele
gates to the Democratic state conven-
tion at Joplin convention will deter
mine whether former Governor Joseph
w. Folk or Speaker Champ Clark shall
have the Missouri endorsement for
president.
JOSEPH w. FOLK FIGHTING FOR