The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-28
MURRAY CRANE MAY LEAD THE TAFTFIGHT GlasscOck Interview Causes
 Panic in White House HILLES IS NOT LIKED Crane Hates Roosevelt Very Much and Taft May Capitalize Feelings
 HilIes Tactless, Say Leaders.
 Hitchcock Is Obstinate
HILLES IS NOT LIKED
nx LAMBS J. MONTAGUE

Washington January N.-tSpeclal)-Cu of the panic that fell on the White House following Governor Glasscock's announce ment that Roosevelt is really an active candidate for the presidency, there grew one flower of hope--that hope was vested in Murray Crane.
 The Taft forces simply have got to have a leader. Today it was decided that Crane is to be the leader The plan is to capl- talize Cranes hatred of Roosevelt and his liking for Taft and thus play him both ways.
 Crane is the man who MT. Roosevelt al luded to as "busybody," with the added wish that he be kept away from the White House. Crance heard about it and allowed that he was depely hurt and need ed an apology.
 His friends went to Roosevelt and told him that he had wounded the feelings of the senator from Massachusetts, and that he had better apologize.
 Wouldn't Apologize
 T will not apologize" said Roosevelt, 'and for one reason. That reason is that he is a pussy footed busybody, and do wish that he'd keep away from here'
 Today. just before the Presidents de- pa rture, when everybody was saying that unless some organization is effected pretty soon, the President might as well be look ing for a house in Cincinnati, it was suggested that Crane was just the man to do the work.
 "you know how he hates Roosevelt" said one of the Presidents political cab
 u-ttb lp energy on that account. By all means make it Crane" The President, who has begun to take his head out of the clouds in the last few days, is said to have agreed to the plan and Crane. not that he loves Taft more, but that he hates Roose- welt very, very much moro, will be the man behind the manager of the campaign for delegates.
 Who the tltular manager will be does not make much difference. It is pretty certain not to be Hiles, for Hilles is ''in lad' with all the party leaders. Further more. he has been on the job very little of late, and in a fight with Roosevelt somebody has got to be on the job all the time.
 Titular Manager
 Hitchcock will not take orders from Crane, so he won't bs the man. So. wh.'- ever he is. Crane will do the work unless the plans arc changed
 In the meantime, the President is going to Ohio to try to gain back the delegates that Roosevelt has got away from him out there He is beginning to think that 1t doesn't always payfto hitch wagon to star when his rival has his wagon litched 10 comet.
 He will make speeches at Cleveland. Columbus cnd Akron in the old home state; also in New York, where he vii. spend Sunday with his brother Henry.
 Tine announcement of the Roosevelt candidacy by Glasscock is one of the ex- tra grievances that some of the Taft SUD- porters have against Hilles. Glasscock, besides being the chief executive of West Virginia, and a member of the board of governors that Roosevelt organized is q pretty good republican, and wanted 70 dc something for Taft. He came 10 Washington and saw HiiIes, but got no satisfaction. He stayed around for three CT four days without being able to break in and finally left in a dudgeon
 It is believed that if Ifilles had ex- tended to him those courtesies due to q republican governor O. democratic state. he might have stayed in the Taft camp <xr,fx tt..t I<.rf