The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-08-14
Veteran CampaignerHaS
Lost None of His Eff
fective Energy.
Tells The Sunday Times
His Estimate of the
Situation.
Points Out the Signifi-
can't Factors in the
Coming Battle.

Corporal James Tanner. Register OF
Wills for the District of Columbia, will
take the stump for Roosevelt and Fair
banks in the coming Presidential cam
paign.
Should the forecasts Of those who hold
that there is a dull. quiet campaign
ahead OF US hold good for every other
section OF the country than that IN
cIuded In the itinerary OF the we'll
known New Yorker. they viii fail there.
1t is never dull and quiet where Cor
poral Tanner is. and when he IS on the
stump the multitudes who invariably
gather together to hear Rim never
know drowsiness zSr the slightest de-
sire to be inattentive.
| II Is enough beforehand 20 know that
Corporal Tanner is TO speak. After
ward II is a matter of signing and
wishing Il would occur again.
| AS yet the corporal has made no
plans. He Will. in a few days. go North
TO attend State and national meetings
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
This is for his own good fun. After
that he viii place himself at the dis
posaI of the Republican National Com
mittee and go wherever they wish him
/ to 60 When speaking time comes he
win say those things which seem best
to him 70 say, for the corporal is an old
campaigner, wise in the ways OF poll
tics. campaigns and audiences. His own
matchless ability to meet the situation
is of more value to the Republican party
than all the committee instructions ever
| formulated issued or unissued-
Plans He Has None.
Seated at his desk in the city Hall a
few DAYS ago, the corporal opened MS
heart and mind to reporter for me
Sunday Times, receiving him ccrcially-
The reporter would be pleased, he was
told. if he might learn what manner
of plans the corporal had for the com
Inc campaign. where he would speak
and when, and what he would nave 10
say.
1PIans have none" said Corporal
Tanner. fitting his chair back ard re-
aectively putting at a cigar The cor
! moral has a deliberate way Of speaking
and moving that impresses one wiki TIE
idea that he is not easily thrown OF
his balance.
/ III is too early yet I shall take lit
tie loaf. going to Boston TO the reun-
ion of the G.. A r., and talkbiE ever
old times with my comrades. Then. II
the committee desires it. shah take
the STUMP"
Asked what he thought about the
outlook. Corporal Tanner said;
1T have no fears. The country is Re-
publican, and likely to stay 50. 1t VIII
hcertainlv stay so this time OF course,
, InduIee in none OF those wild dreams
we hear about Maryland going Repub-
, ucau. Maryland will go for Parker and
Davis. West Virginia, however. Is Re-
! publican"
Chances in New York.
what is your opinion OF the chances
in New York; he was asked.
.syveu now. what IS there to make the
Democrats hopeful about New York, ex-
cent that divine hope that always rises
in the breast of Democracy. after re-
peated lickings?'
1--WE hear a great noise about the
monumental things Tammany VIII DO
II is said Tammany has so much at
stakA ON the patronage question. Why
Tammany does not care anything about
state and Federal patronage, when she
has S125. 600 900 worth in New York city.
she can calmly contemplate upstate
troubles. serene in the knowledge that
she Will remain undisturbed.
mo, young man. you viii find that
, Parker will not get a Aenomenal Vots
In New York, any more than Davis wiz
get one in West Virginia. Davis has
many relations and hosts OF personal
friends in West Virginia, but they
don't count when 1t comes to vote. In
; fact. I can hardly see how any level
headed Democrat can figure on Victory
this time.
president Roosevelt IS a fine candi-
date. He may be impetuous, but nus
; impetuosity is Of the right sort II
Theodore Roosevelt could live one nun
2 dred years and retain possession OF ms
faculties he could not learn how 10
\ NAV hvpocrite. He is absolutely square
: land as the baseball cranks say, every
thing he says and does comes straight
e of the bat
4 Parker Heightened.
= "Of course, Judge Parker is high
I toned man. a man Of the highest char-
u acter, but he has not done the things
Roosevelt has done. The people kno"
Roosevelt, and are proud OF MIN
Now, on the question or issues
finance. to my mind. is serious one A
g stream can't rise higher than its source;
a candidate can't rise above his party.
: VVher, the Democrats shout about Par
y ker's gold telegram AMI say how SAFE
{ the country will be when he is elected.
the thought arises that former Attorney
{ General Knox put it properly when ne
said that the gold standard Is here not
because Of the Democrats party but IN
spite of il. When the gold standard
. was before the country Parker tWice
: put his vote against it. when he voted
= for William Jennings Bryan.
The history OF the politics for the
: mast nifty years shows that the Demo-
: Gratis have the best snow when there
IS is trouble in the land. Business depres-
; sion. smokeless factory chimneys, want
! among the poor, and general discomfort
= are the mightiest factors in Democratic
: success But we have none OF these
IL now. -. 49,.
!, things and see that We are not in trouble
ls now. and that there Is no trouble lminl-
IN nent. they are going 10 act at the polls,
- and The result Of their action VIII De the
~ election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks.
~ The smallness of funds in the Treasury
. IS not an unusual thing at the beginning
IN II the fiscal year. There S no panic,
land the people viii say: We VIII take
J. the chances OF another Republican Ad-
miniStrat!on.