The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-02-20
SCHEME IS
FOR HARMONY
IN PARTY
I1HE Is. NOV REAL oBJRT
Of THE MANAGERS Of TAFT

REGULARS AND PRoeREsslvEsl
STANDING az THE PARTY.
WASHINGTON. Feb. Is.-Develop-
ments Of the past few days have m
dicated that the real purpose in
putting Representative William
Brown Mckinley Of Illinois at the
head Of the pre-conve0tion Of Presf-
dent Taft was not so much to work
Tor denomination OF the incumIbentl
Of the White House as to bring about
harmony Within the ranks Of the re-
PUBLICAN party.
OF ceGrse, the renOm;nahaon oil
President Tart IS essential TO theI
scheme Of things republican. but It'll
IS learned that Representative Nc
Klnaey is beginning his work on thel
theory that the denomination oil
President Taft Is certain, IN which
view he is backed by the leaders
OF the standpat faction of the party
and his efforts as head of the TAFT
forces will not be directed SO much
toward obtaining the Endorsement of
the Chicago convention for TAFT as TO
pave the way for his election next
November.
In this connection it is known that
there are plenty of republicans who
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other Taft leaders. that the presi
dent has the nomination already in
his vest pocket. There are many
followers of Lincoln who are of the
opinion that when the smoke of the
battle at Chicago will have swept
away it will be found that another
than Taft Will have been nominated
either Roosevelt or some dark horse
m the progressive camp, such as
Senator CumminS.
Since the announcement of the
withdrawal of the campaign of
Senator LaFollette temporarily al
least) there have been signs thai
the friends of Roosevelt and La
Toilette are planning to get togeth-
er in support of the colonel. This
would seem to make the situation
more uncertain for the president
than his 9eaders admit
Notwithstanding this. however
Chairman Mckinley does not takt
seriously the view that PresidenI
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nomination. He is ansistenk 6ha
the fight is over as far as the nom
ina4ion is concerned, and is coins
ahead with plans for the bringing o
the various factions of the party to
gether i'm the effort TO win th'
election for the president.
If the plans of Representative Nc
! Kinley are carried out, the openn
| of headquarters here for Taft is &C
ing to have direct influence on tn
Il election next November. One c
Il the first things he plans to do is t
5 smooth things over to ptacaRe tn
A republicans. who do not like Pres
II dent Taft, and to bring the facdion
H of the party together as far as b
II can.
Y 1t is known the new chairman doe
not sympathi7e with the attitude (
III President Taft toward the il
/ surgents, and if he Is going to hay
his way he willadopt measures
appease the wrath of the progre
q slves toward the president. Ia
n has shown that he has little US
for the insurgents in congress al
brought the patronage club into pie
against them before the famol
y Norton letter was issued ia the G
+ fort to bring them into the fold, al
| there are signs the feeling betwet
the president and the insurgents
getting worse instead of better.
Chairman Mckinley already b
g done some things in the line of ma
ing peace with tn progressNes,
IL he keenay realizes the republican
have the fight of their lives ahead
III them. He is alive to the fact, tn
= if the republicans are to win at Z
n polls next November, there must
HI no knitting of the insurgents by q
regulars and on the other haF
there must be no opposition to t
v regulars from the Insurgents. So
= IS beginning early to play the re
of peacemaker, realizing that in II
III course only can he hope TO be 81
cessfl. 1t is regarded IN many Gus
ters that it IS quite possible Cha
man Mckinley will find as he go
along that some of the states p
pared by the leaders of Taft de
gates wial be badly smashed.
One of the first efforts of
new chairman will be directed iowa
the election Of a republican hOu
and toward keeping the senate
publican. Meanwhile, the go
words for the reelection of Taft "
be passed along. This, to the av
age observer, looks like big job
this time, but If the chairman c
have his own way in the running