The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-04-05
TAFT CAMPAIGN
ON The VERGE
OF COLLAPSE
Reactlonary Leaders Now Ad-
init He Gould Not Be
Elected II Nominated.
new YORK sun TELLS TRUTH

In Carefully Prepared Article This
Representative of the interests That
Are Supporting Taft Frankly De-
clares That His denomination Means
Defeat In tho November Election.
The Secret Scheme Uncovered.
That President Taft cannot be elect
ed If nominated is conceded by the
New York Sun In carefully prepared
article published Sunday, March 81,
and sent by the Sun for simultaneous
publication in all the newspapers
throughout the country which sub
scribe to the Sun news service.
The undenlable Importance of this
statement by the Sun Is due to the
Suns attitude of opposition to all pro
gresslves and to Theodore Roosevelt
In particular, as well as to the recogni-
ton given It ms n representative and
spokesman of the great business in
terests which center In New York and
of the political organization In New
York which recently manipulated the
fraudulent and farclcal primaries held
In the state.
1t adds to the significance of the
Suns statement that Its article, al
though ostenslbly the result of careful
investigation, was withheld until aft
er the organization bosses had put
through the fraudulent primary cleo
tlon of delegates. In which they care
fully RETAINED from instructlng a sim
gle one of the men they claim to have
elected for Taft.
The investigation upon which the
article Is based had been completed
and the article actually prepared be-
fore the primaries were held, showing
apparently that at the time the New
York bosses were engaged in sitting
public sentiment In order to prevent
the election of Roosevelt delegates
there was what the Sun declares to be
general agreement among the reac-
tionary political leaders that Mr..
Tafts candidacy had become a virtual
impossibllty.
1t Is now apparent that the sole pur-
pose of the machine bosses and the
special privilege interests, to whom
Mr.. Taft Is looking for denomination,
have abandoned all idea of supporting
him and that their only purpose Is to
prevent the nomination OF Roosevelt,
so that compromise candidate favor
able to the special privilege interests
and In harmony with machine pur-
poses may be selected ut Chicago.
Although still friendly to Taft, the
IA m ho I'D
when the possibility of electing a can
didate has become Subject for seri-
GUS consideration on tho part Of Re-
publieans who believe their party to be
of vastly more Importance than any
man in It, no matter how exalted his
station, and who place party loyalty
above personal fealty. These Repub-
lioans declare that they will take any
reasonable step which would seem to
insure their party's victory at tho polls
in November next.
1.-THE Republicans who expressed
these views" the Sun says, fare be-
levers In season and out of season In
the policies OF their party. Among
this class of Republicans are mer-
chants. importers. business men gem
orally and professional men and the
rank and file of small Republican
shopkeepers and workingmen."
The Sun then says:
Several months ago influential Re-
publieans, some of them very close to
President Taft declared beneath their
breath that the president If renom-
mated could not be reelected. While
expressing this opinion they hadn't the
remotest shadow of a doubt that the
president, through the power of fed.
eral patronage. could force his own re-
nomination"
Among the reasons given by the Sun
why President Taft cannot be reflect
ed the Payne-Aldrich law is cited as of
greatest Importance. Respecting this
the Sun says;
'rhe Republican national platform OF
1905 called for an immediate extraor.
binary session of congress in the event
of Taft's election TO revise the tarifI
In obedience to his party's platform
President Taft called the extraordinary
session of congress, which produced
the Aldrlch-Payne law, and the presi
dents troubles and his party's compli
cations have grown and become more
entaugled from the day he signed that
law. That law gave the progressiyes
substantial footing for their opposition
to the TAFT administration and afford.
ed them grounds to so before the PEG
pie on the question. In addition there
have been a myriad other troublesome
complications, all intended to weaken
the president and to bring about bitter
discord In the ranks of his party.
ut has been this discord. these com
plcatlons, that have led Republicans
entirely friendly to the president to de
clare that, while he could force his own
denomination. il was exceedingly
doubtful IL he could be reelected"
The sun adds:
with the assembling Of congress in
Washington in December last the dec
larstions that the president could not
be re-eleeted IL renominatsd took on
more emrhatis tone"
Sne sun declares that leading Repub-
means. by which the Sun obviously
means leading reactionaries, frankly
admit that they do not know and have
no means of knowing the full extent
OF the Roosevelt strength In the diff
ferent states. The same leaders. the
Sun says, express doubt If Mr.. Roose-
welt himself could persuade his fol-
lowers to support Taft.