The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-15
G0RMAN'S FRIENDS
WATCHING PARKER,
Not Believed Lstter's southern Trip
Has Injured Formers Chances.

Not Believed Latter's southern Trip
Has Injured Formers Chances.
Washington, July Ex-senator Cor
mans friends in Washington look with
much interest upon the visit of Judge
Parker TO the South. From all that
they can learn they do not believe
that the prestige of the Maryland
statesman was injured any by the trip
of the New Yorker. and they believe
that when the time comes for the
nomination of a Democratic presiden-
tiaI candidate next year Senator Cor
man will have very strong support
from the Southern states.
Nothing like a brass band campaign
is being conducted for Senator Cor
man The Senator himself would not
permit anything of the kind He has
not put himself in the position OF
seeking the presidential nomination,
and his European trip this summer mas
doubtless had the effect of cutting of
a great deal of talk that would have
been INDUCED in had he remained IN
this country.
There will be plenty of time for The
discussion of the merits Of all pros
pective candidates before the national
convention meets next summer. Dur
ing most of this time Mr.. German Will
be in the limelight He is the only
man prominently mentioned in con-
nection with the Democratic nominal
ton who will take prominent part
in national affairs between the present
time and the date of the nomination.
Upon his return to the Senate at the
beginning of the extra session in No
Vember, Mr.. German will at once as
sumo a prominent place in the party
councils. During his absence from the
Senate other Democrats have developed
in prominence. but no man has quite
taken his place as the party leader.
He will be welcomed back by his party
associates and will be looked to for adj
vice by both senators and representa-
tives.
This condition of affairs, while 1t will
undoubtedly be of advantage in many
ways to the advocates of Senator Cor
mans nomination, will also add to the
difficulties in his path. He will be
recognized by the Republican leaders
as formidable candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination, and they can.
be counted upon to place every
possible obstacle in his path and to
endeavor to entrap him into Utterances
that would injure his candidancy. The
Maryland senator, however, can be
counted upon as a match for any of his
senatorial opponents and If the repub-
licans rely for campaign material upon
the hope that he will make mistakes
on the floor of the Senate they will
probably be woefully disappointed. If
and Republican campaign material is
based on democratic mistakes made
during the. extra session of Congress
or the regular session, it win probably
be supplied by someone other than Sen
ator German. AT the same time his
supporters realize that he will be the
target for Republican attacks, and for
Misrepresentation and abuse in pro-
portion as he becomes more prominent
as a candidate for the Democratic nom
ination, and that his very prominence
may thus be a disadvantage to GER
tain extent as compared with men who
Will not be so prominently before the
people. The advocates of the nominal
ton of the Maryland senator do not
fear the ordeal through which he mus;
pass before the meeting of the national
convention. They know that he has
the confidence of the party leaders, and
of the conservative business element in
the party and out of it, to an extent
enjoyed by but few men. and they be-
lieve that Republican criticism of any
of his acts or of the acts of his party
in Congress will not diminish in any
degree the. confidence of the party
leaders or of the people in his wisdom
a nd integrity