The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-05-28
By Jos: Oil.

| idential problem occupies a larse pro-
portion of the time of the gossipers.
| While there has been lot of pleasant
| mention I'm this connection of different
men of prominence as party workers, the
general feeling is that the righ- man for
the place has not yet been found. The
idea of nominating Towne, of Minnesota.
| and thus indorsing the ticket put out
at Sioux Falls in its entirety, has prac-
| tically no supporters at all. If Towne
| were among the possibilities before that
Sioux Falls action, his chances were
eliminated when the populists named
| him.
While they are at sea as to the iden-
| tity of the man, all democrats are pref
ty well agreed upon the proposition that
he must be a man whose democracy
cannot be assailed and at the same time
| n man of presidential size The differ
ent members of the New York delega-
ton in congress who have been men,
toned by their friends and through the
newspapers are not regarded by the great
majority of their associates as being at
all of presidential caliber, and for this
reason none of the booms that have
been launched up to now have assumed
any great proportions.
I'VE must find a man whom we would
be willing to see in the white house. He
must be a straight democrat and a man
i'm whom tho party and the country can
place confidence" is the way Bailey. OF
Texas. summarizes tho situation.
That seems TO be the one test which
democrats generally would have the Diff
fcrent aspirants for the vice presidency
measure up to- He must be q man su
nclently strong to be president, and as
compared with this all other consider
atoms of residence and availability count
for nothing.
Residence Makes Little Difference.
As a matter of fact, while the resi-
dence OF the presidential candidate may
perhaps cut some figure. especially when
one of the candidates is from the east
and the other from the west 1T Is doubtful
whether the home of the candidate for
vice president could possibly make a
difference of one hundred votes under
any circumstances. The policy has been
! followed in both the democratic and the
republican parties of taking the man for
first place from one part Of the country
and the man for second place from an
other. but that has been done simply to
smooth over any sectional differences in
side the parties and not with the idea
that the vice presidential nominee would
draw votes to the ticket The hght Is
made on the head of the ticket and under
any circumstances the second man cuts
little figure.
on this account, therefore, II Is not ut
all necessary for the democrats In max
ing their vice presidential nomination to
consider the question of location. w NAT
they want IS strong, safe man.
While the republican leaders as rule
are not expressing themselves very free
" I'm the vice presidential question, they
are animated in their consideration or u
by the same sort of sentiment as that
EXPRESSED by Bailey. As Senator SPOON
er. of Wisconsin. put it when there SEEM
ed n likelihood of the New York machine
making a real effort TO unload Woodruff
on the party: Il am in favor of an east
ern man If we can find the right man,
but he must be the right man. we 10
not propose to let any state say who IT
shall be. but the convention, speaking for
the entire party will select. lie must be
a man who could step into the presidents
shoes and I'LL them" II saying that SEN
ator Spooncr meant that there would DE
no Woodruff and no Roosevelt
II Is this sentiment which is back OF
the talk for Secretary OF the Navy Long,
and II is among the strong probabilities
that this same sentiment Will nominate
Long, although at one time the leaders
thought he would not do because OF the
Sampson-Schley affair and his connection
with ii. Everybody in Washington
agrees that the Massachusetts man
would make an excellent republican pres
idont, though he might not be as good a
nominee in some respects as others VINO
huve been mentioned.
Champ ClGr!z's Idea.
Champ Clark has some unique Ideas
upon the question of the vice presidency.
For twenty years l have contended that
the vice president should be nominated
before the president, said tho Mlissourian
land the more l study the question the
more am l convinced that such an ar
raprcment would be an Improvements
uDon the system under which the vice
presidential nomination In both parties
roes ms n sort Of a consolation prize TO
one Of the defeated candidates or TO the
representative of tho faction which 5
defeated in the contest for first place.
The present system has given us as
rule an inferior lot of vice presidents and
of vice presidential candidates. with the
exception of the early days when the
man receiving the second highest num-
Der of electoral votes became vice pres
ident we have had few men In the vice
presidential chair who measured mp to
the presidential standard. OF course 1t
Is not always possible 20 say what a man
will do when lie has the responsibilities
of high office placed upon him and 1t
is not therefore exactly fair 10 preSune
that we know what sort CT presidents the
various vice presidents would have mace.
The best Illustration we have OF lhlS Is
furnished by Arthur, who developed lar
beyond what he or anybody else tilou5+lt
was possible. Still the tendency undoupt-
edly has been to select second rate men.
Now ! believe that ii IL were the pfdctlGe
TO nominate the vice presidential cilioi-
dates first the second place on the lc"ee
would be given dignity in the eyes .,
the country that 1T does not now nave
4 Georgian's Victory.
A former Georgian has just won DIS
tine. victory in the congressional pri-
maries OF the fifth district Of Texas ana
will come as the successor Of Hon. Joseph
w Bailey. He is Hon. Choice Is. tan
dell. who went 10 Texas from northern
GeorEia-Acworth. l believe. Randelt is
graduate OF the school at Dahlonesa. lie
went 10 Texas when a young man ana
has developed into one Of the best law
yers in the state. The only office ne mas
held heretofore is that of prosecuting at
torney-I do not rec0llect just what the
technical name in Texas is-though he
was a candidate for the nomination 10
! congress the first time Joe Bailey ran.
| Rande!rs victory IS due not only TO ms
! ability, but TO his magnificent fighting
qualities. He had a lot OF candidates
! against him and instead OF sitting back
| and allowing each fellow TO capture his
own county and in that way tie up the
| convention, he went boldly into every
county in the district and by his agrees
| sive campaign beat each OF his opponents
IN his own county. 1t was very I'm