The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-25
The pemocratic candidate.

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 The Democratic Candidate. New York Times.
 The Democratic party. as it approaches the campaign year. is in the fortunate and unusual % position of having in iss ble for the nomination. Republicans have often made the Democracy unhappy by the derisory reminder that 1t had but one candidate. New the names oi 1 tion and 1t to be trusted with the great responsibilities of the Presidency are in people.
 There is Alton B. Parker. during the last five years Chief Justice. of the Court of Appeals of the state of New York. He. is. we imagine, more talked about and. perhaps. more generally accepted throughout the country as the probable
 than any Gsse M h.. }uags ha sae sss command and great good sense, while this talk of his candidacy was going on all about him, to say nothing whatever upon the subject himself. He is Judge upon the bench. and in his public rtter- ances he sticks to his business Eut self-command and good sense are founda- tion qualities in the makeup of this dis tfnguished jurist.
 state during Mr. cleveiand's second administration. is much talked about, especially in New England. Mir Olncy' : ability as lawyer and as statesua n is known to the country. He is a man such candidate the party would com mand the confidence of the people. A great many Democrats believe that ex-Governor and ex-senator David B. Hill would be a strong candidate Mir Hill has had the experience of a long public career and he is skilled in political tactics. He, too, Is very able man, and Is popular with the Democracy of the country except n those States where the Bryan influence is predominant Mir. Bryan is always deeply irritated by the suggestion of Mir. Hill's name for the head Of the ticket.
 Mir. Melville F. Ingalls has been looked upon as promising possibility. His his defeat as a candidate for Mayor of Cincinnati. but he Is a man of parts. sound of mind and principle. His name must be left upon the list notwithstanding his defeat In Cincinnati, a city where cor- ruption is rife and treachery to party candidates the rule rather than the ex- ception.
 There is cndidate in the South who may yet be brought conspicuons;y 10 the Horace H. Lurton. United State States Circuit ss Judge in the Sixth Circuit, including the States of Kentucky, Aiichigan. Ohio and Tennessee. Judge Lurton. like Judge NET, IS OCCupteu enllTeiX %ltn Ine duties of the bench. He Is not a politi. clan, but he possesses abilities and qualities that would win for him as candidate the confidence and respect of voters who have not of late been able to support Democratic candidates.
 There is a candidate in the West who has come rapidly to the fore during the last few months-David R. Francis. formerly Governor of Missouri. Secretary of the Interior in President Cleveland's aaeat1d "a md i,, he h eye of late as the exceedingly active and successful President of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis Mir Francis Is man of sterling character. much respected and liked by everybody who has had the good fortune to know him. His labors in connection with the Exposition show the force there Is in the man.
 Judson Harmon of Ohio is another of MT. Cleveland's cabinet officers whose name is spoken of when the subject of next years nomination is up. Mr. Har- mon was Attorney General during the second Cleveland administration. If the struggle for supremacy between Mr In- gals and the Hon. Tom Johnson should make compromise choice necessary. the Ohio delegation might offer the name of Mir. Harmon.
 Finally, there is Mir. Cleveland hims elf. It Is a remarkable fact that the name of MT. Cleveland is heard now more fre- quently, perhaps than any other of tn ose we have mentioned. It Is often said that MT. Cleveland split his party. The reply now everywhere heard is that he split the Republican party first, and would split 1t again If nominated. The opinion is expressed that he would be the strong est candidate the Democracy could name. Of course. those who speak of MT. C,eve- lands candidacy are we'll aware that MT. Bryan and those Democrats who still adhere to MT. Bryan would use all their factlonal resources to prevent his nom- nation. They are aware, also, that the failure to remoninate General Grant in 1880 has usually been considered as dom of attempting to name as a candidate for third term any man who has twice been President. But Mir. Clevelands s recent address upon the subject of negro education and the color question in politics has made a deep impression in the South. It has also made a deep impression in the North. The very fre- ble excitement it never fails to produce among his enemies. are to be noted as interesting political phenomena of the times.
 This does not exhaust the list. Other names are heard. But these eight names or most of them are much hear in current discussion. These Democrats may be called the tall timber of the Presidential forest They are men talked of 1t Is with information and acquaintance, It has usually been the case that when the outlook for the Democratic party was gloomy and it's chances of victory slight there have been few aspirants for the honors of the nomination. In the year 1908 possible candidates are numerous. and many of