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Show TIFT RELYING OS WASHINGTON, D C , Jan 12 When President Taft authorized the announcement that he uould remain In the mce for tho Republican nomination nom-ination for the presidoncj he diJ not inspire that confldenco and enthusiasm enthus-iasm among the leaders of the pauv in congress which would ordlnar.ly follow such a statement from the President of the United States. On the contrary many of the leaders who hao been prominently Identified with tho administration wero visibly depressed de-pressed upon learning of the President's Presi-dent's determination. These leaders who are forced by circumstances to maintain an appearance of loyalty toward tho Taft administration ha'o been hoping against hope that the President would decide to withdraw from the race for the presidential nomination. wnon congress met on Wednesday after the holiday recess tho Republican Republi-can presidential situation was the sole topic of conversation in the cloak rooms Republican members of the house nnd Republican senators whose terms expire in 1910 mako no secret of tho fears that their political fu-turo fu-turo will he seriously endangoiod wIMi Taft remaining in tho race The remarkable re-markable enthusiasm which has greeted Senator La Follette on his speaking tour has sorvod to emphasize empha-size the antagonism tow" d the Taft administration as nothing else could have done. It Is more apparent today than ever before that the President and his followers are depending upon the Republicans in the South among whom ho has distributed the Federal Fed-eral patronage to force his nomination nomi-nation at the Republican convention in Chicago Stiictly Interpreted the President's attitude today means that he Is determined to havo the nomination, nomin-ation, even though it comes to him from Federal office-holders, undor obligations to him, In a .section of the countn which does not contribute contrib-ute a single vote In the Republican electoial collese This mav be a satisfactory sat-isfactory arrangement for the admln-istiatlon, admln-istiatlon, but It Is distinctly displeasing displeas-ing to the Republican leaders In congress con-gress who recognize the widespread anti-Tnft sentiment in the nprth It Is in tho nbith tbiu the Ropubllcan party must look for the votes which is to continue it In power, and if tho nominee of tho party is forced on the Republican states of tho north by the Democratic states of the south the party leaders aro feaiful that not onl will President Taft go down to defeat but that tho Domocrats will retain control of the house and at the same time. pain a majority in the senate. While President Taft is Counting on tho solid South to Insure him n second sec-ond nomination 4t' is by no means certain that he wMll realize his hope,?. Somo of tho' President's-mosv intl-mato intl-mato friends' now tadmlt that Toxntj will furnish a serious bioak ln tho Federal patronage brigade Cecil Ly on. Republican national coinmlttoo'-nian coinmlttoo'-nian from that state, claims to control con-trol the forty dolegfttes from Texas. IL Is known that Lyon has no inten-tl6n inten-tl6n of dcllvor'.ngv his delegates to 4 Taft. Texas sondatho largest dole- gatlon from the South and the prediction pre-diction Is made that once It becomes apparent that TexaB will vote against Taft other Southern delegations will follow suit The effort on the part of certain administration newspapers to create the impression that Senator La Follette Fol-lette will withdraw ns a candidate for the presidential nomination is regarded regard-ed as ridiculous by tho senator's campaign managers. Senator La Follette, Fol-lette, it can bo declared most emphatically, emphat-ically, will not withdraw as a candidate candi-date and his name will bo presented to tho Chicago convention Even should tho senator desire to withdraw with-draw his friends would Insist on carrying car-rying on tho campaign in his behalf oo |
