Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-11
ROOSEVELT HAS
LOST SUPPORT

alicnated these powerful and reliable
men. In addition Senator Brown, the
other original Roosevelt advocate. will
doubtless follow in the footsteps of
Lodge and Rorah a trine later
Senator La Toilette raised the cry
Of treason He AYERS that Col. RoOse-
welt deliberately betrayed him. He in
nists that he had written assurance
that the Colonel would eventually
come out and support his candidacy.
lie is augcrcd beyond remedy and
viii never render any aid and com
fort to COL Roosevelt no matter what
the cNigcncy may be In fact, Senator
La Toilette Is dCvOting all his time
To arranging the most savage and bit
ter attack on col Roosevelt. He pro-
poses to put in plain English exactly
the circumstances under which he
came out as the Progressive aspirant
and expected the firm and lasting aid
Of Col. Roosevelt.
Senators Cmmins and Kenyon
cannot accept the judicial recall fea-
twc OF the Coloncrs platform and
they will accept Taft as second
choice, rather than the man from Oys-
ter Bay.
Five Progressives Lost.
II thus follows that five Progress
niyrs have been aienated from any
future support of Col. Roosevelt The
eight remaining have swallowed the
bitter dose and announce they Will
work for his nomination. But In the
thrrshiug ont Of affairs Col Roosevelt
gains but eight out Of thirteen Re-
publican PrOgressives. His net loss Is
thus indicated to that extent The
result follows his own utteranCCs at
Columbus.
While the PrOgressivcs were thus
divided the Regular Republicans raj.
lied almost sulidly to the assistance
of President Taft with the single cN.
coption Of Senator Lodge, who viii
remain mlrOOncd during the cam.
palgu. all of the thirty-cight Regular
Senators came out promptly and de
Chred themselves in favor of Mr.
THtt's denomination.
Similar action was generally taken
ny Hl'Alb'iN VI wv tl''f''s II was 81
notable tact that Representative
Hayes Of California came out and dc,
serted the Roosevelt colors. lie de.
ClnrCd himself for Taft.
Taft Silent.
Some disappointment was expressed
because President Taft did not imme
diately formulate reply to Colone
nIAga1A1t'D r,lp,,l
announcement of his candidacy. Oh
the contrary. the President read tn,
letter to the Governors and hastenet
Of to witness a mOving-picture de
piCtiOn of Buffalo Jones rOping vii,
animals in darkest Africa. The coin
CidenCc created much mcrrimont here
II was the Presidents first intention
10 answer Colonel Roosevelt at To
lcdo, where he spoke March 8, but tina
determination was later changed. II,
moved the date forward to Chicago
but finally decided it was better I,
defer doing SO until a still more re
mote period. HIS sole reason wa
that he did not care to dignity Colone
R1Oseyelts announcement by an,
'.bNlN u'llull Ut hlul'HltHl, lie pre-
lcrred to create the impression tina
he did not cars u rap about the entire
matter His friends have since ad
mitted that he p. blbly pursued tn,
proper course.
Twelve Governors fer Taft
The Presidents p.liticll manager
have polIed the state Governors AM
presented a list showing that Will,
Colonel Roosevelt claims the sup
port Of nine executives, the Presiden
has twelve committed to his renomi
nation. The list follows:
For Taft-Adolph o. Eberhart, Min
ncsota; Il. +, Carroll Iowa: NJ. Z
Hay, Washington; Phillips Lee Colds
borough, Maryland; John X. Tener
pennsylvania; Ben w Hooper, Ten
nessee; william Spry, Utah: Simeon
$. Penncwill. Delaware; A. J. Pothier
Rhode Island; Charles S. Deneen, II