The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-12
GoRMAN'S LEAD.
The Effect of His Elevation on Race
 of 1904

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 William E. Curtis's Atlantic City Special | to Chicago Record Herald.
 l The prompt selection of Mir. German | as Democratic leader of the Senate proves | three things, namely that the need of | general manager was unanimously con
 ceded. that the ability of German was | unanimously recognized, that his attitude
 toward the old ttGke: and the Kansas City platform was not cC-sidered worth dls-
 cussing. MT. German has very dif-
 ficult task Several of his younger col
 leagues are not yet broke to harness, | others are wiser in thar own conceit, while during the last two or three years | the lack of leadership and absence of
 party discipline have allowed them to form habits of independence and self
 assertion that will be difficult to correct. | Who. for example. will restrain the | tumultuous Tillman, who will teach Pat
 terson of Colorado and Carmack of Ten | nessee that the people of this country | do not want the army abused. and who | will dam the flow of eloqucnce from the | lips of the venerable Senator from Ala
 bama? I do not think MT. German will | attempt any radical measures of restraint,
 for he is man of great patience and | cool-headed, and Is accustomed to see 1 people make fools of themselves. He
 will. however. exercise greater influence | among the Democratic factors than has
 been felt on that side of the chamber
 since he left 1t, and the respect and con- | fidence In which he Is held will give his
 advice great weight. German is a prac- | tical man of business methods without
 vanity or love of display. and he under | stands American people and politics as
 well as anyone living. He knows what will be approved by the people; there is 1 no better judge of public sentiment than | he is. and he is purely a party man, 1 thorough partisan for the Democracy, | right or wrong. No one in public life can
 compete with Senator Aldrich, the Re- | publican leader, as successfully as he. I n q n hain | candidate for President, and there Is no l doubt whatever that he would like to re- | side in the White House, but he has cold common sense, and will sacrifice his own | interests and ambition for the success of | his party. His candidate Is Parker or
 Olney or Francis, or any other man Nho | can be elected.
 I have met a gentleman form Boston, a | distinguished member of the bar, who ce- l scrfbes ex-Secretary Olney as "a passive | but not active candidate for the Preslden-
 cy:"' He says that if MT. Olney felt a
 little more confident of His ability to | carry the country he might show a great
 CT interest in his own campaign, but he
 Is entirely pessmistic concerning the
 chances of his election. He regards his
 nomination as an impossibility also. for
 the reason that he thinks the Democrats
 will demand a candidate who can carry
 his own State and MT. Olney realizes
 that he would not have the slightest I
 his own section of the country To be
 elected the Democratic candidate for
 President must carry New York. Indiana, Illinois or Ohio, Connecticut. New Jersey,
 Maryland and West Virginia. and MT.
 Onley, being a practical man without
 imag gination, is not hopeful of his ability
 to win those electoral votes. He thinks
 that Judge Parker Is the stronger man I because he Is certain of carrying the
 largest State in the Union and his record
 on the labor question will give him tre-
 mendous prestige in Chicago, Cleveland.
 Cincinnati and other large cities, and
 especially in the manufacturing districts
 of Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland.
 Ohio and elsewhere. Judge Parker s
 decision from the New York Court of Ap-
 peals upholding the right of laborer to
 ment and confirming the legality of the
 union label upon manufactured mer-
 chandise will give him backing from
 the labor organizations which no other | candidate could expect.
 On the other hand MT. Bryan has indi-
 cated a preference for MT. Olney, | although the value of his indorsement Is
 and will be of comparatively little i'm
 portance at the polls but 1t Is believed
 that he will be able to control at least
 one-third of the delegates to the na- ] tional convention, because the organiza- tions of so many of the States are in the hands of his friends
 MT. Bryan's preferences for MT. Olney . are based. in the first place, upon the
 fact that he alone of all the candidates
 now mentioned for 1904 gave the Demo
 cratic ticket a cordial support In 1900
 It will be remembered that early In Sep a tember of that year MT. Olney wrote a } powerful argument in support Of MT | Bryan's election which was published , throughout the country and produced a , profound impression, although it did not , make many votes MT Olney did not , indorse MT. Bryans views on the silver , question. He considered them of httle
 importance compared with his attitude toward the trusts. the high protection r policy of the Republicans and the i'm
 perialistic tendencies of the Mckinley administration. This friendly commenda- , ton from a member of MT. Cleveland's 1 cabinet under the circumstances was
 deeply appreciated by MT. Bryan, who
 stands ready to reciprocate to the extent
 of his influence, and, my friends says, has
 given MT. Olney assurances of his earnest
 support If the latter decides to let his
 name come before the convention.
 From the same source learn that MT ) | Bryan does not regard Judge Parker'E | candidacy with great favor because of the
 intimate relations that have long existed ) between that gentleman and David B } Hill While Judge Parker may have [ slightly given the Democratic ticket his personal support in 1896 and 1900 he is not on record, and all of the men with whom he Is intimate socially and politically were disloyal If Parker is elected President Hill will be the chief figure in his ad- } ministration, according to MT. Bryan's expectations. hence he might as well be President himself. If Olney should be elected Mir Bryan would undoubtedly be invited to a seat in the cabinet, being l the most conspicuous and perhaps the most distinguished Democrat in the West
 Although MT. Olney is a corporation law ; yer and during his entire practice for many years has had few clients but cor porations, Mir. Bryan Is willing to trust him to deal with the industrial and finan- is confident that his sympathies arc en- tirely with the people.
 My wrlend states that there is no or : ganized movement in favor of MT. Olney although one may be started later. The Massachusetts Democracy are divided George Fred Williams. who was Bryan g personal representative in New England during the two last campaigns. is bitterly opposed to Olney, while Josiah Quincy who now controls the State organization is active in his support and Is expected
 to take the lead in my movement that may be started in Olneys behalf. This } Is rather a peculiar situation, because ; Olney looks upon Quincy as a humbug } and has often ridiculed his pretensions as a reformer. Nevertheless, Quincy would not hesitate on that score. He will d. whatever he thinks will promote his oWf
 interests.
 My friend says that Mir. Olney has sev- cral times suggested to his Democratic friends the availability of David R
 Francis of St. Louis, president of tn, - Louisiana Purchase Exposition. and fei-