The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-11-17

Tying nyurVdetoplane, When ne gets one.
hurry. II probably will be the middle
Of November before he keeps long office
hours and receives any callers except
those who have very important bust
ness with him. He has abandoned the
regular bi.weekly cabinet meetings and
OF late there have been no cabinet
meetings at all. The meetings, how.
ever, viii be resumed whenever the
President sees occasion for them. For
many months he has been holding BIZ.
weekly talks with the newspaper cor.
respondents. At these talks they have
opportunity to ask him about divers
matters of news affecting his admins
tration. But after the Adjournment Of
congress the Thursday afternoon meet.
ing with the newspaper men was aban.
doned for the time being. At present
the President Is seeing the newspaper
men only on Tuesday mornings. t
Little News TO Impart +.
The President has little news to i'm.
part. He has never talked much about
the developments in Mexico, and for
quite long time had an understanding
that no questions at all should be asked
him regarding Mexico. He thought the
situation there so delicate il would be
letter for him to refrain from public
comment. More recently he has an.
swered questions about the conferences
Of the Villa and Carranza factions and
regarding plans for evacuation Of Vera
Cruz by General Funston's command.
Similarly he has abstained from much
an oh h. a
las confined himself to answers about,
the work Of congress in which he is in.
terested and in matters of general
policy.
OF course, for while Washington
viii thrOb with conversation about the
result of the State and congressional
elections. With the elections over, the
important political thing in the mind
Of the politicians will be the presi.
Dental campaign Of 1916. II is not SO
very far away now. The campaign for
the election Of delegates to the next
national conventions will begin next
summer and autumn. Before very long
Republican candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination will be grooming
No one has a very definite idea yet
who these aspirants will be, Former
President Taft, Of course, is out Of the
running and does not think for a min
ute of seeking another nomination.
Republicans Have Good Timber
And yet the Republicans have some
good timber. There has been mention
of Minority Leader Mann of the house.
Mr.. Mann seems to have taken his
presidential boom more or less seri-
ously. Senator BOTah of Idaho UNI
dOubtedly will be much mentioned, but
the objection to him will be his loca.
ton, far to the westward, and also far
outside the voting center of the United
States. There are two other senators
who will regard themselves as eligible.
These are Senators Cummins Of Iowa
and La Toilette of Wisconsin. Then
the possibility of Roosevelt being the
Joint nominee of the Republican, and
Progressive parties will not down.
Wilson for Second Term f.. 49,. .... .
All these conditions and these men
will be much discussed politically in
the next few months, as congress comes
together again and Washington lays its
winter plans. The proposals to nom
mate President Wilson again were be-
ing voiced weeks ago, and there will
be more of them as the autumn and
winter wear away. Great interest will
be manifested in the President y atti.
tude. But despite the fact that mill
lions of words pro and con win be
written about It, level-headed folks at
Washington have no doubts that the
Democrats will have to rcnominato
him.
Democrats Must Accept Record
The Democrats must wage the next
presidential campaign on the record Of
what Mr.. Wilson and his party have
done. They cannot well wage such a
campaign with the chief political per,
sonality in that campaign retiring 10
private life, Now and then one hears
a semblanee of authority that the Pres.
ident is firmly determined to have but
one term. He wants TO accomplish
! many things in his four years term
and then leave it to history to judge
him. On the other hand it IL TO be
remembered that the Democrats have
been making their State and congress.
sional battles in this campaign in the
President name, and il seems inevi.
table that they must make the same
appeal to the voters two years from
now ~ .g F.
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