The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1903-04-16
.A NELANGE Of LIVE TOPICS
Penned for Journal Readers
by a Local Scribe.
THE ELECTIONS.

show Enthusiastically what the writ
er has been declaring in these col
umns-that the north through
the raising of the sectional issue
by Roosevelt is becoming practi-
caliy solid in it's Republicanism.
In Michigan (Which went Demo-
cratic for Cleveland) the Repub-
licans carry the state by about
10000 plurality, and in Ohio that
party gains heavily in the aggre-
gate maiorities of it's candidates,
While in Chicago Carter Harrison
wins on the Democratic ticket by
a beggarly 1000 plurality as
against 5000 plurality the last
time he was candidate. Harrison
only won at all because he favored
municipal ownership of public
utilities, and Johnson and Jones,
Democrats, succeeded in Ohio only
because of their personalities and
because they represented popular
local issues. Roosevelt is being
received with tremendous enthu-
siasm or his tour through the
west, indicating that the people
endorse him and his policies. The
Union League Club, of New York,
the most powerful social-poliJical
club in the United States has. it is
understood, decided to begin an
active campaign looking towards
disciplining the south for disfran-
chising negroes. They will raise
a large sum of money with which
to employ the best legal talent in
the United States TO contest in the
federal supreme court certain state
constitutions which disfranchise
negroes. They will not probably
succeed in either case since there
is an understood compact between
the Southern and Pacific slope
senators and because the supreme
court is committed to its present
policy in this matter.
1t is not certain that Roosevelt
will be nominated by the Repub-
licans but whoever is made their
standard bearer will, it seems
from the present lights, be sue
cessful unless hard times set in
between now and the election day.
a condition which the New York
World seems to anticipate in spite
of J, P, Morgan's hopeful views.
The World ntimates that Mr..
Morgan's having securities to sell
has some effect upon his expressed
also citing that our banks
are now down to the lowest limit
of their reserves Tin other years
preceding hard times they did not
go below a sum within 25 per cent
of the limit; and that we have
contracted huge debts abroad
which foreigners are eudeavoring
to unload.
We believe the best policy for
the Democrats to pursue is to
await the results of the business
situation. Should hard times set
in, the Republicans can be defeat
ed with almost any man that the
Democrats may nominate. Should
times remain good it would seem
to be the better policy to nominate
Cleveland; fer odious as this per-
son is to the south and as foreign
as he is TO our ideals of the warm
hearted, responsive, grateful gem
,leman, he is infinitely to be pre-
erred to any Republican the poll
cy of all of whom in the past, |
with the exception Of the noble
hearted President Mckinley, has
been to prescribe the south |
Cleveland has the entire confidence |
Of the business interests of the
represented by Wall |
street. With the active OPPOSE
ton of this element no party can |
succeed. Cleveland would get |
more votes in the north than any |
Democrat. The fact that he has |
held the office of president |
twice signifies nothing in these
precedent-breaking timeS. Should
he be nominated under the cir
named and then be
defeated by Roosevelt we believe
the Southern presidential electors
should then select some good
southern man and cast their bal
lots for him and thus bid defiance
to the north.
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