The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-15
LESTER ON GORMAN
DEMOCRATS TO UNITE ON HIM FOR
PRESIDENT.
SAVANNAH MAN is CONFIDENT.
REPUBLICANS WILL PROBABLY
NAME HANNA.


Mr.. Germans Nomination Will Be
the More Unanimous of the Two,
HOwever-COI. Lester Predicts the
Immediate Return of the Mary
land Man to Democratic Leader
ship and the Prompt Recognition
of His Ability by the Party-Other
Conversational Gossip.
Washington, March H.-No Demo
crat in Congress is more keenly en-
Toying the split in the Republican camp
over Cuban reciprocity than Repre-
sentative Lester. His arduous work in
connection with the River and Harbor
Committee kept him constantly in COM
mittee. Now that the bill is drafted
he is able to spend more time in the
House, where he is watching closely
every movement of the Republicans.
II felt that it must come sooner or
later" Col. Lester said in reference to
the Republican situation. Republican
bossism has been running rampant for
a good long while, but factions are
arising in the party and now is the
time for the Democrats to get together
under the leadership of a man like
German. German is the only man we
have that anywhere approaches to a
leader, unless it be Bryan, and / do
not consider Mr.. Bryan an available
candidate in 1904. Mr.. German, in my
opinion, is certain to be the Demo-
cratic nominee and his return to the
Senate next spring will mark the be-
ginning of our campaign. Everybody
in the party seems to be merely wait
ing until German gets back to his old
place before making definite plans for
the fight.
From what l can hear the Repub-
licans are rallying around Hanna to
bring the party into accord once more
L consider Mr.. Hanna's chances for
the nomination quite ahead of any
other Republican. The business men
look on him as a safe business man,
and that element in the Republican
party will, l believe, insist upoa his
nomination. However, Hannas nomi-
nation will not be so unanimous an
affair as that of German
1t Will not take long for Air. Cor
In the Senate, to demonstrate 10 those
that need it, that he is the man to beat
Hanna and the only Democrat that
can do it. / understand that as soon
as he takes his seat in March Mr.. Cor
man Will be accorded the undisnuted
leadership of the minority and of
course, will go on the Steering Commit
tee. He has not been out of the SEN
ate long enough to lose touch with the
party. In fact, his defeat and subse-
quent victory has not been a bad thing
after all. For until German left the
Senate the Democrats did not know
how thoroughly lost they would be
without him. And they are preparing
TO give him rousing welcome upon his
return.
MaddOx's joke on CuIberson.
Representative Maddox has recently
succumbed to the wiles of a local pho
toSrapher. He was showing his new
photograph to some friends in~the cloak
room this morning. 81 seldom go IN
against a camera" the Judge remarked
in an apologize tone but a sad pun
ishment visited on Culberson some
years ago for refusing to have his pic
ture taken when asked for it by a GER
tain New York paper has taught me a
lesson that it is best to keep a likeness
chairman of the House Judiciary Com
mittee. He had been brought quite
prominently before the public by some
measure he had introduced and the
papers were all after his picture To
one and all the judge said he had never
one taken and never intended to.
Finally one of the newspaper men went
up to the Rogue's Gallery here and
picked out the toughest-looking speci-
men he could find. The next morning
that picture came out in a mentropoli-
tan daily labeled, chairman Culberson
of the Judiciary Committee The
scheme worked. Culberson was soon
distributing his picture throughout the
House. And as If this were not enough,
he was seriously considering distribute
ing them free with every package OF
seed. 1 have profted by my Texas
friends experience, and whenever the
newspaper men come to me for my pic
ture 1 pick out the latest and best
looking one l have and present 1t to
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