The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-10

appeals and Possible Democratic Can.
dldate for the Presidency.
tional ticket, and this has some bearing on
the movement that is now under way to
put Judge Alton B. Parker of that state
forward as suitable presidential candi-
date. The trusts propose to make a sys-
tematic effort in the east, where they are
strong politically as well as otherwise, to
defeat the republican presidential ticket.
assuming that Roosevelt will head it, and
the fact that Roosevelt is essentially
western man, in sympathy and outlook.
therefore becomes important. With a
western man on the ticket with him, the
west would for the first time be in control
of the republican party, and in position
to demand larger recognition in the way
Of legislation and appointments. Prac-
t1cally every state of that section would
candidate for electors. New York would
not be necessary to "a choice in such an
event, and the trusts would have their
trouble for their pains.
The Parker Boom.
The effort to thrust Judge Parker for
ward prominently before the country is
becoming more marked day by day. A
recent dispatch from Atlanta indicates
that it is a part of the program of ex-
ploitation to make Parker well and ia
vorably known to the solid south. He
lids dCCpISu otll lI1flIcIlOll, says Ills us
patch, to deliver the annual address be-
fore the Georgia bar association in June.
Other invitations have been extended, and
will, If accepted, carry him into Alabama,
the Carolinas and Mississippi by the mid
die of autumn. The Georgia meeting in
June will be Judge Parker's first intro
duction to southern politicians.
Back of the effort to create a sentiment
for him as an available man for the de-
mocratic nomination stand the Influences
in financial New York which oppose
Roosevelt. This fact should be borne in
mind in considering the question of his
candidacy.
Nothing West Of New York.
Such a movement is quite typical Of the
prevailing New Y ork character. whether
political or financial Its western horizon
is bounded, by the Hudson and lit is I'M
able to understan nd that the great west
has grown to a position of commanding
influence in national affairs. This PEI
culiartty of the New York character was
APPLY pointed out in an interview which
is said to have taken place not long ago
between the president, j. Pierpont Morgan
and Attorney General Knox, following the
authorize tive announcement Of the presi-
dents intention to secure antitrust legis-
lation at this session of congress Mr.
Morgan, it is said by those who after
| wards came into possession Of the import
ant facts relating to the interview, pre-
scented the New York and the financial ar
guments against trust regulation with his
accustomed vigor, wholly ignoring the ex-
istence of the great west, and seemingly
talking exclusively from the view point
Of what was desirable and good for Wall
street.
.'Mr. President" said the attorney gen
eral, interrupting Mr. Morgan after the
talk had progressed to some length, 1--WE
have heard a good deal about our trouble
| some insular possessions; but it strikes
| me that the most troublesome insular pos
| session Of all is New York
| Mr.. Morgan smiled, and undertook to
| try to show that his horizon extended west
| Of the palisades, but the effort is said to
| have been quite unsatisfactory.
| New York, therefore, in standing in OBJ
position to President Roosevelt is acting
| UP to it's best light. The trouble is that
| 1t is too narrow and too prone to think.
| and think honestly, for that matter tina
| what is good for New York is good for the
| rest Of the country, and vice versa On
this theory the New York Sun is proceed
ing in its effort to break down the presi-
dents influence, and to impair the con-
! fidence which the people have in him; on
this theory the New York democratic
| politicians, encouraged by Wall street, are
| bringing Judge Parker forward as their
choice for the democratic presidential
| nomination. w. w. Jermane.