Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-03-19
BY C. S. ALBERT.

! 'Sp''lnl IS " l'l ' Correspondence
WASIINGTON. u. G., Feb. ID
" it'll the selection Of William -. Me
Iiincy Az manager Of the TAFT head
quarters here the political confidence
uf tn" Republicans began to return.
| The first dash out uf the box WIS an
alleged solution of Colonel Rooscvclts
attitude and Intentions. 1t was hand
cd out as the firm belief of Mr.. Tart
and all his leading followers that the
cX- President was engaged In rounding
lup all the opposition to the rcnomina-
ton of the present incumbent and at
the proper time would come out in Il
strong announcement turning all his
strength uvS' To Mr.. Taft. II was said
that Colonel Roosevelt considered this
the best plan of preventing effective
Opposition and thought II his duty to
IsCVrcGatc ali the progressive elements
Iundcr his control and then deliver them
IN body to the Tart organization.
This suggestion was handed out hy
Mr.. Mckinley as his first official ut
ltcrnncc after becoming manager Of the
Trait headquarters. 1t greatly pleased
Jan the TAFT following and mad" the
lprogrcssivcs feel weak in the knees. In
the absence Of any denial from Colonel
Roosevelt the statement went II long
way toward establishing supreme con-
ndcncc in the success of Mr.. TAFT In
the Chicago convention.
As "A matter of cold fact, this Is the
most logical and sensible explanation
yet offered of Colonel RooScVclts 81
,lcncc and the activity Of his friends.
lTwo In every three Of the nonc"mmit-
tai class accept the explanation and
Ihclicvc II will he fully verified when
the time comes for II showdown by
the oyster Bay sphinx.
Without any reference to the atti-
tude of Colonel Roosevelt, It II uppar-
,cnt that Mr., TAFT II daily growing in
strength. tHis chances in the West
have materially improved, and every
day or SO some district selects in
'sttucted SiskEates for him. The en-
tire situation has somewhat improved
and changed The outlook for Mr.
, ,Taft's denomination Is better than ai
/ any previous time since the menace OF
progressive opposition threatened Ia
: bring Colonel Roosevelt forward for u
third term,
The Taft headquarters have been cs'
tahIished in the Raleigh Hotel 1t is
a little out of the beaten path, but the
reason for taking IA side street is that
the big hotels uptown demanded sucl
enormous rentals for rooms that thc
price could not be paid. The apart
ments are on the first floor anC
throughout the day and far into tn,
night u number of polite and smiling
attendants are on hand to welcome thu
friend of Mr.. Taft who drops IN to SCI
: how the battle Is going.
: The friends of Speaker Clark have
n also opened headquarters, but In i
y smaller hotel. They are doing thing
:. IN II modest manner. After Mr.. clarI
/. was given the solid delegation from
Missouri at the Joplin convention
February 90, he became such AN i'm
portant factor in the presidential rae
that It was decided to formally ope
headquarters and make II fight for 9th
or delegates. II II now admitted tina
MIR Clark will make quite rcspecta
BILE showing in the Baltimore conven
tion. His nomination Is not yet pre-
dictcd but in view of the twO-third
rule prevailing in such assemblage
there II no telling what might happe
II II dark horse or one of the mino
candidates was givcn'an opportunity.