Show TILLMAN IS 18 SUSPICIOUS South Carolina Believes the President Is Using Taft as a Stalk Stalking Stalking ing ng Horse Borse Washington Court House Ohio Aug Au Senator pf Qt Q South who was w In li this city yesterday 14 y was W not backward in expressing his views on 01 the th t m Je t of Qt Il presidential pr ul lr fn In answer to ft A question Senator said saidI at p I J do not bellevo beH that hat the tact filet that President Roosevelt is on the face tace of or ora it a backing the effort to nominate Sec See Secretary Secretary Taft for the presidency will serve in any degree to strengthen the chances for the nomination In my opinion Taft will wUl hurt his pros prospects prospects prospects if It he be attempts to stand as a stool stoolpigeon stoolpigeon stoolpigeon pigeon and personal representative of the president If he stands as the rep representative representative of at Taft rather than of Roosevelt he will wUl be much stronger before the people Really however I think that the president is after the nomination him himself himself self elt and that his present maneuvering is for the purpose of getting the situ situation situation atlon BO so tied up that a deadlock will wUl re result result sult suit In the Republican national con convention convention convention and that the president hopes hoP s sand and expects it will be bo stampeded to him nominate him by acclamation and hand the nomination to him on a silver sUver platter with assurance from the convention that he is the only man who can lead the Republican party and the country out of the wilderness The president did not tell me this for lor I never call on him you know but this is what I think Whom do I think the tha Republicans will vill nominate for the presidency Well Wall Governor Hughes surely Burely will get the New York delegation to the na national national national convention He Ha seems to have made maie himself popular with the people of his state and his chances of at securing securing securIng ing the nomination seems to me to be better than those of ot any other man mannow mannow mannow now mentioned With such a state as New York Tork back of him he will be a power In the convention from the very start |