The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1903-01-14

grown out of such combinations. TIT
question of Imperialism also should b
discussed for, while the courts have sus
tanned the Republican contention that thi!
government has right to govern colonies
outside the constitution, l do not believe
the American people have rendered q
verdict favorable to such policy me
nominee, / think, should come from the
east, and either of the two men nave
! mentioned would make a highly accept
able candidate.
Hill For Hanna.
AS heretofore stated in these letters
when the short session of congress be
gan to all appearances President Roose-
welt had clear sailing for the Repub-
Iican presidential nomination. But
things have changed somewhat, and not
to his advantage. Nevertheless, he is
many laps ahead of all competitors.
But the way in which the name Of Sen
ator Marcus A. Hanna hobs up cOntin-
ually in that connection must be I'M
| pleasant reading in White House cir
cles. The latest contributor to the
Hanna literature is Hon. James j. Hill,
the puissant railroad magEate. The
Washington Times is responsible for
the following gossip:
When James ]. Hill was in the city re-
Gently he hunted up Senator Hanna and
asked him to become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for the presidency
The railway magnate said that the Ohio
senator could rest assured that he would
have the hearty support of the strong
business interests of the country and that
it would be powerful enough to make him
win. The senator gave the reply to Mr..
Hill which he has given dozens of others
that is, that he did not want the job and
would not have it if he could get it.
That is most certainly important, if
true, for Mr.. Hill is a man of vast in
fluence himself, and he trains with
coterie of men who are powerful in
deed, and if he had the foregoing con-
yersation he was most probably not
speaking for himself alone, but also for
all those who have interests in common
with him. If he did speak for them,
there is more Importance to be attached
to what he said than to any other pO-
litical action this year except what the
president did in the matter of the coal
strike.
If Senator Hanna said that he did
not want the job and wouldn't have it
If he could get it. he spoke perhaps
candidly. but unadvisedly. He had not
carefully examined his own mind and
heart, for it may be asserted without
the fear OF successful contradiction that
there is not citizen of the republic
who would not accept that particular
job if he could get it. True that Do
cletian abdcated the imperial crown Of
Rome and that Charles V. Of Spain alb
dicated several crowns, but they were
satiatcd with power. They had sound
ed every shOal and depth of honor and
were weary of the world, and it will
be noted that neither Diocletian nor
Charles declined crowns in the first in
stance. Nobody ever declined to be
president, and nobody ever will. Some
day, perhaps in the ages yet to be, some
president will immortalize himself by
yesil!.i:.a, but he will be d rara avis.
1t will be observed that Mr.. Hill made
no suggestion as to vice presidential
| candidate to run with Senator Hanna.
While l am neither the spiritual nor
legal adviser of the Republicans i'll gen
| eral or of Mr.. Hill in particular, per
| chance can aid them and him to till
/ out the ticket. How would Governor
| Van SAINT of Minnesota strike them? 1t
| is generally suspected that Senator
| Hanna is not unfriendly or unkind to
| the trusts. Indeed, he is looked upon In
| certain quarters as their champion.
| Van SAINT, on the other hand, is opposed
| to trusts in general and to Mr. Hills
merger in particular. Yes, the ticket of
! Hanna and Van SAINT would add to the
| gaycty of nations, at least.
"A Condition, Not a Theory"
Unless all signs fail, our Republican
| friends will be up against it good and
! hard when the house of representatives
! of the Fiftv-eighth congress comes to
be organized. They are always loud i'll
protesting their love for the colored
man and brothcr-at long range. They
shed copious crocodile tears at the pc
| litical wrongs inflicted upon him. They
| solemnly asseverate before man and
| God that he is worthy of high office
! Now, they are about to be put to the
test as to the sincerity Of their declara'
lions. Rev. William McGill, colored, OF
| Chattanooga, Tenn, and birmingham
| Ala, proposing to take them at then
! word, has announced himself candi-
date for the chaplaincy of the house
| and is now in Washington pressing his
claim. That the Rev. William McGllI
will cause rafting of dry bones In the
Republican camp there can be no sort
of doubt. He seems TO base his hopes
of success OH what he is pleased to de
nominate as president Roosevelts rec
ognition of the rights of the negro IN
the south and thinks he can secure the
support of the administration in his
ambitious undertaking. In this MIR
McGill may or may not be correct, but
the chances are ten to one that II the
president did nothing else betwixt now
and the first Monday in December, \