The Washington herald., 1912-05-16
SECRETARY HILLES HAS
BIG PACT IN. FIGHT

hurrying and skurrying through the
State, insists that the issue Is one be-
tween the plain people and the bosses.
| Taft also travelling through six or seven
| counties from dawn to midnight, asks
whether all the bosses will be out Of
business IL Roosevelt should be Presl-
dent again
In this last week of the campaign
| President Taft is handling Roosevelt
| without gloves He is striking out with
energetic punches, and every time he
makes a hit the crowds applaud. There
is no doubt that the President has been
helped by his unexpected display OF as
sertiveness and aggresslveness. He has
taken occasion, too. TO emphasize the
achievements of his administration. aRd
as they are by no means inconsiderable
he has made a good impression upon his
hearers. Reports from the line of his
journey indicate that he is being heard
by large crowds, one exception being at
Wellsville, where he ran counter TO a
circus. AS between q President and the
circus the rural citizen did not hesitate.
The principal result of the Presidents
visit to the State 10 an awakening to
the vital issue OF the contest. Lethargy
and Indifference are disappearing. The
Taft people everywhere are hustling, ap-
preciating that only a few days remain
before the votes are cast. Activity
marks the Taft headquarters here. A
Statewide newspaper advertising and
billboard campaign has been inaugural
ed, and every city and town In the State
is to see Tafts name in large letters.
Business men, farmers, wcrkingmen.
housekeepers, and all classes of citizens
are being appealed to in Tafts behalf.
while State pride Is not being overlooked
as a factor in the result The Roosevelt
people have already begun TO use the
advertising columns Of the newspapers
extensively It is no wonder that with
all this publicity and with orators on
every stump the State is in political
ferment
Secretary HiIles' Visit.
Secretary Hilles took occasion to visit
the Presidents headquarters here for a
brief conference and a survey Of the
situation and then hurriedly departed.
after giving out an interview in SfbIch
he spoke with great confidence Of the
ultimate victory of the Pre$ident.
Mr.. HiIles has taken - personal hand
in the contest. His Lengthy telegram Civ
the particulars of tS effort of Walter
Brown. the Roossys.It chairman. to Sc
cure executive clemency for Dan Hanna,
in the matterIT the latter's indictment.
and inumaSng that the failure OF those
eHorts ACCOUNTS for the hostility Of
Brown ahd Hanna to the administration.
has been widely published throughout the
StaH, and has created universal COM
mSnt Mr.. Hilles has also taken occa-
Sion to deny the advertisement of James
r Garfield. in which the latter asserted
that Roosevelts strength came from
States which cast Republican electoral
votes, while Taft's delegates were mainly
from Southern States, which are always
Democratic. Mr.. Hilles pointed out that
this was an absolute Misrepresentation, |
and sustained his assertion by the figures. |
Sergeant Mingo Sanders is the plctur- !
esque issue in the campaign Sergeant |
Sanders is a colored man who was dis |
honorably discharged by Roosevelts or |
der for alleged participation in tie |
Brownsville riots. He tells his audiences |
that he was at home with his wife and |
children when the affair occurred and
that he was the victim Of anything but
a square deal.
Mingo's khaki uniform is held UP to |
his colored audiences and they are dra-
matically told that although he wore /
that uniform for twenty-six years with |
honor to himself and to his country /
he cannot wear Il now because of Roose-
velt's unjust treatment It is an effec-
tive campaign document-this old uni
form-and when II is supplemented by
Mingo's simple story 1t makes a great
impression upon the colored people. |
There are some 1000 or 5000 colored
votes in this State, and the Presidents
friends have deemed II worth while to
recall the Brownsville incident It is
not difficult to get publicity for the story
because a colored ex-sergeant of the
army is new figure on the Ohio cam
paign platform and the novelty appeals.
Congressman Rodenberg Of Illinois is
he never fails to stir his audiences
the army. The sx-sergeant has had the
story OF his life printed in the papers
and has become quite hero among the
colored people.
Foraker Not in Fight.
In the meantime, ex-senator Foraker
has literally gone fishing He is a mem
Der Of fishing club up on Lake Erie.
and he has hied himself away to its
pleasant precincts 10 wit until the
storm blows over.
Mr.. Foraker could not. of course, be
for Roosevelt He hates him with mighty
hatred. He broke with him before Roose-
velt left the White House, and two years
ago he attacked him bitterly in a speech
At Marysville, in this State. Only short
time ago, when he delivered an address
before the Constitutional convention here,
Mr. Foraker tore Roosevelt's new the
1ries Of government into tatters. although
he did not mention Roosevelt by name.
His feeling against Taft Is not quite so