The evening times., 1900-04-05
IL Third rarty CamdIdate.

| A. Third Party Candidate.
! Not enough time has elapsed to enable
| US to say just how the country at large
Is taking Admiral Dewey's announcement
that he aspires to the Presidency. We
have expressions from the leading papers
/ OF all sections. and we know what the
! politicians OF both national parties think
| or the matter; but the Importance Of
Dewey's advent in the field Of politics
cannot be reliably estimated until the
views OF the agricultural communities
| Northwest. West. and Southwest can be
! learned. This is fer the reason. given by
/ one cf our contemporaries today, that in
/ the country distric S where hero-worship
! is CT Sow growth an1 is equally slow to
/ disappear George Dewey is still the pop
ular character that he was in the great
cities Immediately after his return from
/ Manila. The sentiment i'm his favor among
the farmers Of the EatiCn. IL il is as strong
/ as some authorities believe, may be Of
vast Importance in the Presidential cam
paign.
! II is too late in the day for such feel
/ ing TO be reflected effectively in the ma
/ tional conventions. II Admiral Dewey bad
I declared himself d year. or even six months
| ago. t. is highly probable that he would
! have had an organized and respectable fol-
lowing at Philadelphia, in spite Of the ma
chine and. in the light OF recent events.
il is more than possible that the party
leaders might have seen the wisdom of
substituting him TO- Mr.. Mckinley as "a
candidate. II is not open TO doubt that he
would be a much b, -der man for the De-
mocIacy to defeat at the polls than the
gentleman whom Messrs. Rockefeller,
Huntington. PierpoDt Morgan, OXnard,
Havemeyer. Spreckles, Duke, and the Van
derJilts viii nominate in June. But the
time is past fer such reflections. The
slate is made up Mr.. Mckinley has been
consistently faithful and subservienJ
friend Of the trusts. and they must stand
by him for goo5 o. ~. They will do so
beyond any reasonable question.
The chance that ADMIRAL Dewey might
be taken up by the Democratic Convention
at Kansas City does not exist. The idea Of
such thing is too foolish for cousidsrs-
ton. There may be a few alleged Demo
crats in the Eastern cities who would lie
delighted 10 use the old sailor as lever
TO overset Mr. Bryan but their number $
so small as 10 make the Palmer Buckner
party Of 1896 look gigantic By comparison.
Practically the entire Democracy Is urit-
ted upon Bryan. and nc other mans uawe
VIII be heard in connection with the P-csi-
Dental nomination next July.
This brings us TO the ultimate import
auce which may attach to the sentimental
feeling for Admiral Dewey IN the Nor l.
western and Prairie States. an of which
usually give Republican majortics. At The
present time these rural people are burst
ing with Indignation against the Ad-
min.stJauou and Congress. for the
crimes against national honor and tEe
Constitution they are bent upon perpe. rat
ing Many Of the class referred TO are
hide -aouud Republicans. who would vote
for The devil rather than for q Democrat
5ut VINO VIII not support the individual
who so publicly and easily ate his plain
duty" Should Admiral Dewey appear as
an independent candidate it IS practically
certain that ne would poll q considerable
vote among the Disconnected Republicans
of the West and that probability is
what is "ory ying The Republican leaders
however loaJh they may De 20 acknowledge
The fact Indeed ij Is hardly 900 mu 10
say that given ace nomination OF Mr.
NcEiuley az Philadelphia and of Mt
Bryan so Kansas City thc independent
ceudidJey OF Admiral Dewey. would render
the Republican campaign hopeless
While. as viii be understood from the
prospect FOR the nomination Of Admiral
Dewey by either Of the great parties. and.
hence. DO not consider his chances for
residence in the White House 90 be brill
ianL that does not Imply that we do not
think he would make n good President u
is said that he is without civil training.
yet the whole country viii remember that
during mis- wearisome stay in the Harbor
Of Manila he continually displayed abili-
ties as diplomat and an administrator
which won The admiration and respect Of
the American people. And we think he
would make a safe Chief Magistrate IT
is not my idea" says the Admiral. that
the President should dictate 90 Congress.
but. on the contrary, I believe he should
execute the laws vhichuCouEress enacts.
faithfully and without fear or prejudice"
Again he SAYS To my mind. the Office
Of President. as contemplated by the Con
stituton. is wholly executive" A man
with such hOmely American notions would
be refreshing change from the present
and Immediately preceding Presidential
reigns. However. the consensus Of ma
tional opinion seems to be that there is
no possibility that Ct viii be effected in
the person Of the Victor OF Manila