The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-25

Tho man who desires to dls h''
th, lnastv pages of political h's'"'H
uilI find much 10 interest hNn III '"'
n-oso,t wave that is sweeping over
the countrv for the nomihafl'" w
-rboo,iorc Roosevelt. Not SINCE 'h'
Of 1850 has there been .h'
intense interest in a candidate as ''''
.houu fo,. tho colonel. only a lr"
,.n ,oo,cmDer the frenzy of the n"r'h
+o- tho nomination. of Lincoln. hu'
i, was NOT a nomination coming en-
,ira,v from the people. Tor A~''iiooii
bin,so,f WAS The directing spirit IN
his own behalf.
The efforts Of The SOS TO h"''ih"'.
Grant in 1850 had all the "armafks on
such astut" politicians as CohN'lhS "i
New York. cameron of IehhsN'Nhn'
and men of lil;c experience IN ha''''i-
al rolitics. Major McNfnloEs nom
ination i'm 1896 was in response 10 :"
rrei; public demand for the mA'
Who p%ersoMitied prosperity after 'he
calamity Of the Democratic tarll en-
noric,,ce. Eut Mckinley's campaign
r,s conducted ny one Of the master
,oI;ti,-ol organizers Of the country.
Mark Hanna understood the phpi''
mind. Int ii took his superb ryan
iz,tiou 10 arouse that mind ana con-
centrate it upon the one man.
Two months ago Theodore l'oose-
volt was not mentioned as a candidate
bv one person in a thousand. Since
that time a mighty demands from inc
neople is sweeping him lrreslslihIN
,ovard the nomination. TWO months
,go tha nomination nf President
Taft was conceded Ivy those hepubll-
ans who least dosir" it. Senator La
Toilette was the only aggressive OPP
nonant of tho president. and with
The mower of the president as a dis
panser of patronage. hacked ny me
narty machinery which he was able
10 control, there was no question nut
that the Wisconsin senator was max
ing a valiant but hopeless flght. ice
n1,l,licans realized that the cholce OF
the marty at the polls would nave 10
no between President Taft on a pro-
1ectiye platform and n Democrat on
n free trade platform. Republicans
do not wait for calamity to fall upon
them if il can he avoided, and SO they
sought to avoid the condition that
faced them. They turned to Roose-
Welt.
The mar who gets the nomination
must secure it by capturing the Tor
mer strongholds Of Taft. Roosevelt
could not without descending to the
plane of a scramhling politician,
make a fight for the nomination. He
did the dignificd and manly thing
remained silent. He can not say he
will ever accept the nomination If
rendered him. because if he did so it
would ut once be taken advantage OF
bv the president and % charged that
he had in this way asked for the
nomination.
States supposed to he r~ockribbed
in their loyalty to Taft are rallyine
to Roosevelt. West Virginia. n state
petted and iollied by the prcsiden,
turns him down and her governor, az
admlrer and personal friend of tho
president. is leading the Roosevelt
forces. Yesterday Governor HadleS
of Missouri, a man counted safe fol
Taft, threw the presidents advisers
into a panic by declaring for Roosc'
Welt. These two governors are only
individuals. hut they express the sen
tfment Of the great majority OF Re
publicans in their states.
These states are Illustrations O,
what is taking place all over the
country. A spontaneous uprising o1
Republicans in favor of the mar
who they believe IAN car the con-
vention and who they know can de-
feat the strongest Democrat that par
ty IAN name. There has never beer
anything like ii in the political his
tory of the country. Ii indicates
moreover, a confidence in his honesty
and integrity, Il respect for his fdel-
ity and earnestness. and an admira-
ton for his fearless personality that
have never been the portion of any
other man. The campaign has beer
the most remarkable the nation has
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