The sun., 1916-10-23
TAFT'S NEPHEW IN =.
RACE FOR CONGRESS
Young Lawyer Is Making a
Brilliant Canvass in
Sixteenth District.
HAS LARGE FOLLOWING
Absentee Representation by
His Tammany Opponent
Proves a Strong Card.

A ncrhew OF william n. Taft. for
rnerly President, IL running for Con-
gross in this city. A. the Republican
and Progressive candidate in the Six
tcenth district. where he has lived for
twerty years, he il making II mighty
interesting for h's opponent. the sitting
member. Peter j. pooling, n Tammany
district leader.
When walbridge s. Taft entered the
Sixteenth Congressional district feht It
was at the urgent solicitation OF the
Republican leaders. who told him that
in that way he could make his most
valuable contribution to the election Of
Charles +. Hughes. They counted on
his popularity with the young men Of
the district to bring to the support OF
the Republican national ticket many
votes II otherwise would not get.
The result thus far has indicated
their Judgment. Mr.. Taft's nephew Is
conducting a campaign which would be
attracting wider attention outside the
boundaries of his district II II were not
for the general concentration OF interest
on the race between Hughes and Wilson.
Bncke by vounG Voters.
The younger voters Of the district
have adopted him as their candidate
irrespectiv. OF their political affiliations.
Scores on young Democrats are work.
ing side By side with Republicans and
Progressives to send hin to Congress.
where he will be needed to vote for the
national policies of Mr.. Hughes.
MIR. Dooling nj first lay back, feeling
rarnrn In "A pn.tpplly a.rnnU Ian,nprafip
plurality. In the last week the Tam
many candidate has awaked to his dan
ger. but he canno egain the ground
already lost The belief in the district
is that ..ir. Taft will carry 1t by not less
than 1000 plurality. Dooling's plurality
two years ago was : 200.
The fight against the Tammany dis
trict leader is being based In large part
on his record as an absentee member.
Mr.. Taft is telling the voters OF the dis
trict that when they pay their Repre-
sentative In Congress $500 a year &c
serve them in Washington they are en-
titled to n return for their money. Their
Representative should be in Washington
not In New York. he folds
Mr., Dooling for three years has beer
a member Of the Merchant Marine Com.
mittee, a committed Of great Importance
to this port in the present j%uncture. The
official record shows that the Tammany
man rarely attended a meeting OF thu
committee. 1t IL related OF him tina
when he finally did show up at a meet
ing other members. to whom he wa
a stranger. asked his name.
Mr.. Taft has promised that II elected
he will treat his office as a business
proposition, giving his time and all tn
ability he possesses to the service Of hi
constituents, as In duty bound. HI
talks have awakened an unusual degre,
OF interest among the voters long &C
custoned to neglect.
Walbridge s. Taft IL a son of Henri!
W. Taft 90 this city and Is himself
lifelong citizen of the State. His twent.
years residence In the Sixteenth Con
gressional district has made him famil
lar with its people and its needs. II
Is personally immensely popular wit
the voters Of all parties. having the ana
bility ot manne characteristic Of hi
distinguished uncle.
Uncle 10 speak for Him.
The uncle, by the way. will be tn
principal speaker at a final rally In hi
nephew's campaign. which will be hel
in the Amsterdam Opera House on Nc
vember .. The Sixteenth district err
braces, broadly speaking, all the Mar
haitian territory from Thirty-sixth stree
TO Fifty-ninth street, running froi
river TO river. 1t Is n district wit
business interests Of great importance
\. protective tarif. arbitration of ir
dustrial disputes. efficiency and econom
in national government. and prepared
ness Gin fact and not on paper'' ar
some Of tn" planks in the platform o
which Walbridge 8. Taft Is asking Il
the support of the voters, and receivin
responses that point to his election
He is n graduate Of Yale and OF II
Harvard law school and now Is in N
practice of law in this city. He ha
served in the National Guard and as
member Of the Republican county con
mittec.