The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-06-10
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Nj, q e .a.rs,a Of tndepencen,ltEs seies
"a tssor, ne VIII be in duencedA sofeis
n. desire 70 harmonize the party
.nd Ii court success Some 9of the
n sIr,,cted delegations w.si feel. friess
II, disregard Instructions the s1s
,,ariorl in the Jrd gElent of q malo--leE
NJ the delegation, warrants lt-Etit Is
veil known that some of Inc Hearst
delegations will feel at liberty at any
r+ne TO go to another candidate, anti
the same is true of some OF the
Parker delegations. In Indiana, Tor
instance, there is distinct under
standing that the instructions Tor
Parker are not to be construed as
controlling the delegation against
the better Judgment of a majority II
a change OF attitude is deemed De
sirable after ST. Louis is reached N
fact, it appears that few, IL any, @
the instructed delegates for. any can
d;6ate are bound securely, against AL
contingencies
Chances OF An Outsider
great deal Of Mcclellan talk IL
being inlulged in, and if it We're nl's
der the Constitution consequent upon
his having been born abroad ne might
become formidable as candidate
The difficulty in his case is ina
there is no way of determining III at'-
vance of an election Whether his De
ing born abroad bars him from the
Presidency. The best lawyers differ
in their construction OF the constit'1-
tional Inhibition, and a decision elth-
er way by the Supreme Court couic
be sustained by strong arguments.
Congress has by legislation construct
rho term natural horn citizen by
snecial enactment providing that 2
man born Of American parents abroad
shall have the rights OF citizenship.
This law operates as sort OF mat
uralization through Inheritance aho
il predicted upon assum ption tna'
a rlau so born would not naturally
without a special provision OF law
he citizen, and is therefore not d
natural born citizen With inns
construction by Congress, and taxing
into consideration the old Enshsh
laws, which were largely the guides
of the trainers of the Constltutlo1t
the Supreme Court would have ample
warrant for declaring q man not &C
t,,a1lv born on American soil to be
Einel;sible to the Presidency. and, m
|asnuch as the Supreme Court is Re
n,1b1ican. and in view of recent five
to-fo,,r decisions, it would be risky
thing for the Democrats to nominate
for the Presidency man whose eli
sibility would be subject to judicial
determination after elect'on-
!outside Possibilities
| The CONSIDERS who are enough III
line. to be possibilities are quite nu-
merous. and not confined 20 the two
or three who have been casually
mentioned. Casual mention has bee',
made of Judge Judson Harmon, VINO
was Acknowledgement under C4eVe-
land. as an available candidate
.Iudca Harmon will be an active can
| dida1e for the nomination, ana mat
| he should be nominated IS not an
| possibility The claim that the
IO1,io delegation will be for this can
didate CT for that outside of Ohio is
not warranted I have most fetlaoi9
| inform alton that Judge harmon :
name will Represented seriously ny
ohio. and that his candidacy IS pe-
ing urged from several CHARTERS. re
is u1anfof high character and anl-
Inv. Three or four other men VINO
like Judge Harmon. are noe seeking
to be placed in the attitude OF can
didate are likely to be given serious
consideration when the national con
repfic7, assemblies, and no man can
,In0vy tell what may be the result.
/ Something not thought of now may
Ibe as likely as the much-talked-o'
candidates The situation as II ap-
rears nov is promising OF deiiber-
alton and common sense character
iz1nr the course OF the Democratic
national conventional. =. A. III
Baltimore Sun.