The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-04

| III eSlleutlai nominee. Several genetlemen
We're in Washington at the meeting of the
| COMMITTEES. who are more or less likely 10
| secure this nomination. Most prominent
| OF all, of course, was George Fred VIII
! Jams of Massachusetts, a whose
| strength has grown amazingly before the
! people since 1886. Next TO Gov. Altgel ID,
! Mr.. Williams is the most progressive and
| radical thinker in the Democratic party.
He has in the last year spoken in many
| Western cities and though native of
| hopeiessly Republican state, would,
| in my opinion, bring many votes
| to the ticket everywhere. Contrary TO
! the general opinion, he is not in any sense
an active candidate for the nomination.
Indeed, in most intimate and confidential
! conversation he says that he would much
prefer not to receive it. The argument
that could be made against it is that
man should be chosen who resides in some
state which might possibly be carried for
| the Democrats by his nomination. My
own Judgment is that the effect of neigh
! bcrhood nomination or a convention is
| very much oVeres timated Certain of the
| committee seemed to think this was true,
so far as the place OF the convention is
| concerned, for they gave no heed to the
argument of the partisans at Milwaukee
that Wisconsin might be carried simply
by holding the convention there; and po-
litical history will show that the mere
residence of the Vice President has had
the very least influence upon the final re-
suit.
Keprese ntatlve John ]. LEM of Ohio and
William Sulzer of New York base their
vice presidential aspirations upon much
the same ground. The feeling among
Democratic managers that the German
American vote, which was so soldly ar
rayed against us in 1896 can be won this
year on the anti-imperahst issue. has
toTded 10 make the nomination of a Ger
possibility. Mr.. Lentz, coming from "a
doubtful state, which the party has some
hopes Of carrying, and being proba bly, the
most effective speaker on anti-imperiai-
ism. has many strong supporters for this
nomiHatiOn. In the last six months he
has spoken to German audiences, doubt
less aggregatiug, some hundreds of thou
sands. and has awakened the greatest
enthusiasm everywhere he speaks. In
deed, as what We might call a rough and
tumble campaign speaker, he has few
equals. l remember seeing him perform
a feat in Cooper Union, New York, last
Labor day, which is almost unparalleled.
Gov. Atgeld was the star speaker of the
occasion and the committee had adopted
the very unusual course of not putting
him last on the programme, Mr.. Lentz
was TO follow. At the conclusion of Alt
geld's address the audience began TO dis
perse. The voice of the chairman trying
" iSStOiGf OIuttl cOuEI tIOI DS HSdTu ABOVE
the tumult, bnt Lentz, stepping quickly
to the front Of the platform, arrested Ule
departing people almost with his first SEN
tence, and within three minutes had arous-
ed those VINO remained in the hail to such
riotous bursts of enthusiasm that their
shouts and their laughter brought back
even those who had reached the street
Before he was fairly embarked on his
address the hall was more densely filed
than 1t had been at any time during the
meeting.
The Board of Trade of Columbus, O..
has offered the Democratic National Com
mittee free quarters and other induce
ments to locate there during the period
of the campaign. It is non-partisan Of
fer entirely, men of all parties joining in
the subscription The promoters of the
plan urge that the location of the COM
mittee there will help TO carry Ohio for
the party and that the detail work of
managing the campaign can be perform
ed better in the more quiet environment
of a smaller city than in the turmoil and
rush of Chicago. l think there is some
force in the argument, but my Judgment
is that the committee will remain in Chi
cago.
If proper work of organiza ton is done,
the Convention of the National League of
Democratic Clubs a Indianapolis, Sept. s.
will draw even a bigger crowd than the
ma tional convention at Kansas City The
league will give a jefferson day dinner
in Washington on the 18th of April and
at that time the Executive Committee win
fill the vacancies now existing in the Of
fees of president and secretary and the
work Of organization will be actively be-
gun.
II seems to me that there is a marked
Improperly in the action of Mr. Perry
Heath the first assistant postmaster gen.
eral, in accepting the position of manager
of the Republican literary bureau. 1t puts
Mr.. Heath himself in a position, which to
a man of a thinner cuticle would be eX-
ceedingly embarrassing. For example
week or two ago a Boston man, having
certain pamphlets on anti-imperialism
which he desired to send to the soldiers
in the Philippines, wrote Mr. Heath, in
quiring whether they would be transmiss-
ible through the mails. He received in
turn a bullying letter, telling him that if
the pamphlets were vigorous enough to
be effective, he had better hire a lawyer
to defend him against the charge of trea-
son. Now, reduced to its lowest terms,
this means that the first assistant post
master general, being at the same time
engaged in circulating Republican cam
paign documents, used his official position
TO deny admission to the mails, 40 Demo-
cratic campaign documents. If that isn't
situation which warrants inquiry, I
can't imagine one that would.
The temperance of Senator German in
active participation in Democratic politics
will not. / think be hailed with unalloy-
cd satisfaction by Western Democrats. His
ability as an organizer and director of
campaign is conceded, but he is known
not to be in sympathy with the modern
tenets of Democracy. Indeed, he frankly
Of hn 11fr1it foo Ia Ct
week that he had opposed the continued
domination of Bryanism but that he bow
ed to the plainly expressed will of the
majority. l presume that through the
West there will be doubt of the sincerity
of so late and so unwilling a convert. But
have taken pains to inquire among men
eminent in the United States Senate and
in the council of the Democratic party,
whether they felt perfect confidence in
Mr.. Germans good faith, and in every
case have received the most positive as
surances that even suspicion would be an
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