The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-12-08
Campaign Opened By Regular
 ! Session of Congress
'00SEVELT IS VERY UNEASY
Executive Realizes Boost That Will Be Given By Panama Canal and In
 Flushing Matters-Demo- crats Arc Confident.

rs}4Ae formal meeting of the regular ses- sih of congress today means the active or,afning of the national political cam paHgn As little as possible will be done by congress. Everything done will have a polit lcal bearing.
 President Roosevelt's message is dip lomatlolally expressed so as not to an- tagoniz.e any element within his own party. He is determined upon having a renomi nation. He fears Hanna's infiu- enee. trhe two men are more antagonis- tic thsl ever. Hanna has advised his political friends that he does not believe the republicans can win with Roosevelt tp,sr candidate. At the same time he a8 (Hanna) is pledged not to become an an- s8 8nouneed candidate, yet Hanna could not sdechne were the convention to tender him the nomination, and this the Ohio man deserves. The republican senators, with Ilalf dozen exceptions agree with Hanm that Roosevelt cannot carry the republican party to victory next year and are U5oking about for an available can didatn to make an active contest for the fiomin1lton. Conservative republicans all most Io a man feel the same way, and nndonE tedly Roosevelt is to have a fight 
 w Opposition Too Late.
 Yests,rday the best opinion, especially amoneN the newspaper men, is that the op- positioIn is too late to succeed in turning RoosefFelt down with any other man than 1Han08, and Hanna Is pledged, since the 0hidi dieampaign, not to make the fight himseAf. And there you have it, with Ilanna wanting it and believing he could get its but pledged not to enter the con test.#
 Anlohg the democrats in congress there is the strongest sort of feelSg that the ncx@Presdent will be deinocrat. If RooseF cit be nominated they fsook upon democf tic success as assured As to the nominee sentiment is all one way here Gorniai.~ Undoubtedly the Marylander is the strongest man in the party. Even the New Workers say that he would be stronger under existing conditions in the Empire state than any citizen of that state Murphy, the Tammany leader, and Mcclellan, the newly elected mayor of New York, had conference with Senator German here yesterday and it is said they ape favorable to his nomination. Judge Parker is looked upon Hills man and tile differences between Tammany and Hlll lave never been settled. Should Tsrnnhny declare for German it will make his nomination certain and it is be- lieved both Mcclellan and Murphy are strongly inclined that way.
 German Sights Victory.
 Senator German himself. without dis cussing his own chances for the nomina- tion of even referring to himself or his own ambitions, believes that the dem ocrats will win next fall. He thinks con- ditions have never been more favorable to democratic success. His sentiments are shared by all the leading democrats, all of wl1 m are hopeful of Roosevelts nom inatioha
 The lead of one of the largest banking houset in New York, who has been here sing fsaturday, made the statement that in b)tn 1896 and 1900 his house had con- triHted $10o000 to the campaign fund to eleA Mckinley. He considered it wise invAtment. He would contribute nothing to Ae-elect Roosevelt but instead, if Roos,velt is nominated and the democrats nanH conservative candidate he would be Wiling to make his $100O0O contribu- tonN to the democratic campaign fund nexf year. Such expressions are heard on H sides in the business world
 Robsevelt himself realizes the situation Thersfore he strenuously urges the quick ratihration of the treaty and final pas sage of the Panama canal bill. This wottli mean $40,00O,000 paid out to the old cana company, S1uUUO.UOO 10 Pdndma ana s10d0,000 additional immediately available to Jegin work. Consider what a tremend- ous&lepublican campaign fund. Look at
 honey. the contracts to be awarded
 fficers and employees to be appointed
 one who knows politics knows
 a tremendous commissary, so to
 this will furnish the republican
 Nn the next campaign No one
 better than MT. Roosevelt him
 are his eagerness to rush the
 Nr. On the other hand the
 Its art inclined to care
 anto the treaty and the situ-
 sairs on tthe isthmus before
 hama legislation to final con-
 few months Sdelay can do no
 they can see ndtreason why the
 #ns should use the Panama
 r political and financial effect in
 ainpaign So the figAt is on over
 a and it Is purely political. If other
 atic senators can be kept from
 IF into support the administrations
 a act as Senator Bacon has done.
 eaty can certainly he postponed
 enough for thorough examination,
 is feared the Florida and few
 southern senators cannot be kept
 a That remains to be demonstrated.
 yaver. the above correctly sizes up
 nolitical situation as it exists in
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