The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-08-04
POLITICS ALIVE
IN GOTHAM NOW
-
Republicans Seem to Be
Somewhat Worried Over
the Situation
PARKER CHANGE SITUATION
Republicans at First Thought Any
Good Man Gould Win the Gov
ernorship, But Now Looking
for Strong Man.

New York, Aug. 3,-Republican cir
cles are greatly agitated over the aues
tion just at present who will be the
candidate for governor Of this state on
the republican ticket There is nc
lack OF candidates, possible and i'm
possible, but it is not easy to foresea
upon whom the selection of the con
vention will fall 1t was understood
for some months that President
Roosevelt favored the nomination OF
eX-Secretary of War Root because
the latter is a general favorite in this
state and would draw not only full
republican vote, but, possible, quite
number of democratic votes From
the very beginning Governor Odel
opposed the selection of Mr. Root. II
must not be imagined that Gov. OdeIl
has any personal objections to Mr.
Root or does not consider him strona
candidate; his objection to MI. Root S
candidacy was due to the fact that he
feared the former secretary of war
would become too great a political
power in the state and would soon
endanger the leadership and political
power which Governor Odell is now
enjoying and which he is guarding
with great jealousy The governor
felt quite confident that even a mucl
weaker candidate than Mr. Rool
would be reasonably sure Of election
and that it would, therefore, not jeo
pardize the success OF the republican
ticket next fall. should he sacridc,
Mr. Root to mis- political ambition.
Republican Chances Weakened.
More recent events have changed
the political situation and prospects
to a considerable extent. The nomi
nation of Judge Parker and the fact
that he has taken such a decided stand
in favor of the gold standard, have
weakened the chances of the republi-
can national ticket in this state and
make it imperative to do everything
possible to strengthen the republican
ranks. The republican leaders have
come to the conclusion that the sue
cess Of the national ticket demands
the strongest possible support from
the state ticket ana that, for that rea
son, the nomination of the strongest
possible candidate is necessary. Thai
strongest candidate, it is generally
admitted. is ex-Secretary Root.
OdeE Favors Root.
The eXigencies Of the situation be
came so apparent after the famous
Parker telegram, that Governor Odel
decided to submit to the inevitable
and support the candidacy of Mr.
Root Everything would have beer
plain sailing after that, were it moi
for the fact that the reckoning haC
been made without the host. 1t haC
always been taken for granted that
Mir. Root was a candidate for nomina
tion and il seems that nobody tool
pains to ascertain his views on the
subject. It appears from statements
by several republican leaders who are
in close touch with the former secre
tary of war, that he is not willing &c
be a candidate for the gubernatoria
nomination and there is a great dea
Of mysterious talk of letter which
eX-Secretary Root is said to have writ
ten to Governor Odell, positively de
cilning the honor of becoming the re
publican candidate for governor va
rious rumors concerning that letter
are in circulation, but nothing posi-
tive is known, as Gov Odell declines
to make the contents Of the letter
public. Leading republicans are still
in hopes that the united persuasive
powers Of President Roosevelt and his
licutenants in the campaign will final
ly succeed IN changing the mind ol
Mr. Root.
Author ChanIer.