The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-29
TIE PRESIDENTIAL PROBLEM or


ed in rcgardT 3 the candidates for the
presidency in 1904. Hardly had the shouts
of the November victory died upon the
ear when the Republican press were
considering a third term honor for Nc
Kinley. and in case he should refuse the
distinguished consideration, the mantle
was to be placed upon the burly shout
ders of Warwick Hanna So forehanied
were some enthusiastic Republican
youths that a delegation impressed with
the greatness of the Cleveland boss actu-
ally called upon Marcus, personally. and
offered him the nomination for 1894. The
Aodest Ohican expressed his gratitude but
9eclined. Feeling no doubt, that the prec
R5dent set by Washington in the mat
ger of a third term must be followed bv
the actual as we'll as by the nominal
president. A little later an Indiana presi.
GENITAL trainer attempted to groom Sena-
Tor Fairbanks fer the race of 1904. but
owing to the peculiar character of tbe
1i1"-he being shameless spokesman
ana The Tact that he is not known to the
rank and file outside OF hoosierdom b,s
"ooi" was as short lived as the existence
OF the proverbial SNOWFALL in that torr;l
region. populated by the damned Co.,
heuVy was supposed to be the legitf-
mate heir to the imperial throne under
the present dynasty, but owing to
penchant of the American people t. de-
mand a constant change of proorar,,,,o
IN the vaudeville line Teddy has b9en
reiegated to the wings to amuse himself
DIS sest he can as scene shifter. The
grand stand stunt of Teddy was popu-
lar while it was new but it could NOT
stand run of three hundred nights in
this country
me OCen talk, If It were not so nm
timely might be taken seriously, for that
newly discovered political star is NOT on,v
OF the first magnitude and passing bril-
hant' but it seems to be moving
IN an orbit that will bring it very close
10 the orbit CT popular issues of 1894 On
me other side Of the political chamber
1here has been the same bootless e-asb,A
as to who shall lead the fight fo- tho
constitution and Americanism Thu
name Of Cleveland has been mentioned
Dut cleveland is an old man, Is radical
and strongly tainted with factionaIism
Hill is Democrat, has kept in touch
with his party, although differing from
some of its announced princin1es H.
ai@ils from the Empire state, the carry
ing of which seems to be essential To an
election He is conservative and at tho
same time possesses the confidence of the
better element of the PopuIistic branch Of
Inc democratic party. The admirers of
MI Bryan would like to follow him aga n
70 victory or defeat. His hold upon the
masses Is still strong after two defeats
His vote getting qualities are un1uest.on-
ed, but he never can recover from the
effects Of the political error of 16 to
so bravcly fought for in 1876 and So fool
ishly reiterated in 1900 To the news
paper talk about third Bryan Gamma 'gn
ne replies that he will not be a candida e.
Understand here he evinces lingering
longing for the excitement of snotbe-
campaign The personality and the
political success of Mayor Tom Johnson
of Cleveland o., will constitute him a.
factor in this intricate problem of 1904.
Three years more of Hannaism will place
Ohio in the very doubtful column. The
economic vaearies Of Johnson will appeal
strongly to the mass Of political, social
and economic reformers through the
country without regard to party lines.
The great labor vote would listen with
attention to a Johnson boom
This is the outlook at present. Three
years, however, will no doubt change the
face Of the whole political map. The
evolution Of the trust will then have
reached point where its effect can be
accurately judged AS it is a Repub-
hYcan child, the father will have to own
f. The foreign tariff war, which is now
threatening the American foreign mar
ket, will be on In full earnest. Should
the supreme court hold for a colonial
system of government outside the con-
stitution, To present administration Will
be charged with the responsibility and
held strictly to account. thousand and
one things may occur in our foreign re-
lations as result of our new attitude
toward European politics in the capacity
of a world power. The speculative craze
? which threatens to absorb the blood and
brain of the American people will have
borne it's fruit by that time.
No matter what are the political pros
poets now, it is more than idle to talk
of this one or of that one as a probable
winner in the race for either party nom
ination in 1904.
New issues and new men may arise.
and the scenes Of the Chicago copven-
lions that nominated Lincoln and Car
field and Bryan may be re-cnacted
me ethans seem to have at last caught
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