Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-11-06
G1nNAN,~ 'CL.Et.L.hiI
NEW YORK MAYoR-ELEGT r.
GAECED AS LIKELY pRESE
DENTAL CANDIDATE.
7orman Also Strong. and Many Be.
IieVe Democratic Ticket viii Be
German and Mcclellan.
SOME INTERESTING COMMENTS

ihCHt AOHlfeanS III Washington are
discussing the elections of Tuesday
and speculating on their probable ef-
feet i'll determining the personnel OF
tie next Democratic standard=bearer.
Tne sweeping victory in New ok
has ocG 3sioned much comment n thr
Variability Of George b. Mcclellan. aud
man. believe that he looms up as a
strong possibility.
foreign soil which is parents We're in
Germany has given rise to the state
ment that he is not eligible to the pres
idency under the constitution
1t has long since been settled in the
federal courts that a child born abroad
of American parents, or on a merchant
man flying the American flag, or on
warship, is eligible to the presidency.
Speaker Crisp, of Georgia, was born
under similar circumstances and the
question Of eligibility was discussed pre-,
and con at one time, the majority be-
lieving that there was too great doubt
on the point of eligibility to warrant
presentation II his name as a candi-
date
The clause in the constitution refer
ring to the eligibility for the, pres.
dency reads:
No person, except natural bora
citizen or a citizen of the United States
a. the time of the adoption of thiss2gnr
lstitution, shall be eligible to Ne III sasf
flee of president neither shall any peAf..,
son be eligible to that office wh0fshall1
not gave attaiped the age Of f1thfty-
five years, and heen fourteen years a
resident within fallssf.. flsel.Iieaed States.
Many others iys| lH upon the Mary
'iand election as having an important
bearing >u the presidential contest of
rext year, and all of Senator Germans
friends now say that it puts him prom
inently to the front among the candi-
dates for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency. Senator Morgan,
OF Alabama, predicts that the ticket
will be German and Mcclellan, with
the race issue prominent factor in
the campaign. -;
Senator Germans friends say that
he staked his claims for the Democrat
ic nomination on the result in Mary
land this year, which he considered
as very important as bearing upon the
selection of the Democratic candidate.
II he had lost in his own state, it is
said that he might have withdrawn
from the contest. Since he won, both
Democrats and Republicans alike con-
slider that it puts him fairly in the field
as the leading candidate at this time
81 regard the result of the election
in Maryland as a protest against any
further radical action intended to dis
turb the business interests of the coun-
try"
This was Senator Gorman's brief
his state, in which he played such a
conspicuous part.
Senator German came to Washing
ton for a few hours from his country
home at Laurel, Md. He modestly ac-
cepted the many congratulations CT
his friends, but expressed no surprise
because the Democratic party had
ibeen successful. He said that he was
naturally gratiied at the outcome, for
the fight had been sharp and in some
instances bitter Not only was he in
interested in the success of his party,
but he had a fatherly interest in the
election in Howard county, where his
son and namesake was elected to the
state senate.
Senator John T. Morgan, Of Ala
bama, takes the ground that the re-
suit of the elections forecasts the NOM
ination of German and Mcclellan as