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TAFT IS FOR PRIMARIES
Me Has Nothing to Fear From Popular
Vote.
Tho Roosevelt campaign Is making
I atrong bid for popularity by claiming
bat their aide alone wanta a popular
upresalon on the Presidential candl
Jacy. Tbta contention Is not well
banded however, for there la no
known Instance where President Tatt
las oppoaed the Presidential prefer
tnco Idea, and he has always been will
tax to trust his own fortunes with tho
leople.
He refused to ndrlso tho Republican
Katlonal Committee what attltudo to
take upon this question and he even
let It be known that be was willing To
ueet his opponents In any presidential
primary where tho voters would bo
lure of a fair vote and a fair count
Opposition to the primary fn the Taft
lampalgn Is only based upon tho nb
icnce of a law authorizing the primary
n many states and the lack of any
egal provision for the payment of
txpenses.
As the campaign develops, It up
lears that the more presidential pri
maries ore held, tho better it will bo
lor Mr. Taft. This condition Is now
teing generally recognised through
tut New Bflgland. Tho Massachusetts
iltuatlon is one rather favorable to the
tdmlnlstralion. Reports from that
Itate are to the effect that Roosevelt
tilled himself by his Columbus speech.
!t was thought ho would give Taft a
itrong fight in Massachusetts, but
low it Is douUed If he will get even a
lelegatc.
The Taft campaign managers are
tot cencorned because the Massacbua
Itts legislature has passed a prosldon-.
lal preference law. It is the belief
if those in politics that if the people
rere given a chance they would en
torse Taft, not only In Massachusetts
lut throughout New England.
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PRESIDENT TAFT AT HIS DESK IN THE WHITE HOUSE
DIXON FACES BOTH WAYS
' CANDIDATES AND COIN
loosevelt Campaign will be Hampered
by no Lack of Funds.
There Is one advantage which Is
enerally conceded to Colonel Roose
telt, and that is that his campaign will
M hampered by no lack of funds, says
i Washington correspondent. .
Not only have his managers at their
tlsposal the very liberal contributions
lollected to promote his boom by the
(ommlttee headed by George W. Per
tins and Frank Munsey, but the mem
iers of the Roosevelt executive com
nltteo are all "malefactors" beg par
Ion men of great wealth. Alexander
(. Revell Is a millionaire furniture
lealer; Truman H. Newberry is a mil
lonalre manufacturer; Glfford Pinchot
ind his brother, Amos Pinchot, each
nherlted a million dollars; State Sen
itor Fllnn, of PltUburg. Is a wealthy
nan; Walter Drown, of Ohio, has
bade a comfortable fortune as the
Ittorney for Dan Hanna, and Mr. Han
la himself can contribute any amount
if cash and not feel it; Cecil Lyon, of
Texas, is the owner of large ranching
Iropertles, several banks and abund
)nt capital, and the "old guard" com
Itteeman from New York, William I
ford, Is understood to be fairly well
Iff.
All of which seems to warrant the
Insertion of one of the Rosevelt sup
pTtert, who said: "This is no piker's
time. We're get the chips and the
oycrs." rt
Hopes to Save His Political Neck by
Jumping Fence.
Senator Dixon, of Montana, who Is
Roosevelt's campaign manager In tho
third term fight. Is a shining example
of Mr. Faclng-Doth-Ways In politics.
Last October Presldont Taft parsed
through the state of Montana making
stops at Butte, Livingston, Hillings
and some minor points. At en ah of
these stops. Senator Dixon gave a flno
Imitation of a man whose loyalty to
President Taft was unswerving, and
bo assured n Washington correspond
ent who accompanied the President's
party that Montana would send a solid
Taft delegation to the national con
vention and that the stato would be
found In the Republican column in
November.
This was, of course, before tho third
term announcement of Mr. Roosevelt.
It la of Interest, however, to note that
from many sources in Montana, even
then, was beard tho perdlctlon that
Mr. Dixon would fall of re-election.
These facts lend color to the state
ment recently made that a number of
the strongest Roosevelt supporters
throughout the country who are so
firmly declaring for a third terra are
those who have no political future to
sacrifice and who have everything to
gain and but little to lose.
DID CAREY MAKE BLUNDER?
Wyoming Psoplo Believe He Is on
Wrong Side.
Governor Carey, of Wyoming, after
hesitating for several days, finally de
clared himself for the Roosevelt third
term. Many of his supporters in Wy
oming regard this as a grave political
mistake.
This view is held because It is rec
ognized that the re-election of Colonel
Roosevelt would restore Gilford Pin
chot to power, probably to a place in
the Roosevelt cabinet, and there Is no
man in Wyoming so little liked as the
former forester.
A full stop was brought to the devel
opment of Wyoming under the Pinchot
administration of affairs and only un
der the rule of Secretary Fisher have
normal conditions been practically restored.
TAFT TO PROBE INDUSTRY
He Will Inquire Into Labor Conditions
In America.
President Taft'ji recommendatloM
, for a commission Tin Industrial rela
tions to Investigate existing labor
problems and the relHtlons betweun
omployers and their men nrn embodied
In a bill Introduced In the house lately
by representative liughoe from Now
Jorsey. The nine membors of tho com
mission are to bo appointed by tho
president and to servo without salar
ies, being merely allowed traveling
expensos.
in a messago (o congress on Febru
ary 2 Presldont Taft recommended
prompt legislation creating such a
commission as a means of bringing
about peaco In tho Industrial world.
The Hushes bill provides that the
commission shall report to congress
at Intervals, making a final renort
within three years. It directs that the
commission shall Investlguto practi
cally every phase of tho Industrial sit
uation, the relation betwoen employ
ers and employes, general labor condi
tions, the growth of associations of
employers and wage earners and the
best methods of avoiding labor strikes
and disputes.
LOOKS BAD IN MISSOURI
Roosevelt Is Losing Ground There and
Frlsnde Desert.
The proposition of Governor I lad ley
of Missouri that the delegation from
that state be divided equally between
President Taft and ex-Prcsldent Roose
velt is regarded by Mr. Toft's manag
ers as an obvious confession of defeat
The course of Senator Borah, who
has announced that in view of tho Col
umbus speech he cannot take part In
the campaign to promote Mr. Roose
velt's ambitions, also constitutes a bit
ter disappointment to the third term
advocates,
It will be recalled that after the Col
umbus speech was delivered Mr. Borah
pronounced so much of It as referred
to the recall of judicial decisions, etc.,
as "all bosb," and It is assumed that
his legal sense has compelled hlra to
take the stand that be cannot contri
bute to the reoomlnatlon of Mr. Roose-
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