Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-11
A New Democratic Candidate.

column leader gravely presents the
name of Arthur Brisbane, the editor of
the New York Journal as the logical
candidate for the democratic presi-
DENTAL nomination. The peculiar
eligibility of Mr.. Brisbane for this dis
tinguished honor it sums up in the
statement that he is American born,
thirty-Gv. years old, and never con-
victed of crime This would seem to
fully fill the list of democratic require
r,ents. 1t is not necessary that he
questions of public policy. Indeed the
democracy is disposed to fight shy OF
any man who does. No one can tell i'll
advance OF the convention in st. Louis
inst what the Democratic confession of
faith will be this year-although there
is a very general impression that it will
he something radically different from
the old Kansas City platform which has
done duty in two disastrous presi-
Dental campaigns. Still, until the
party makes another flop these political
tenets-twicc overwhelmingly repudi-
atcd by the American pe1ple-must be
accepted as the true standard of Demo-
cratic othoLoXy. What Judge Parker's
views are no man can conjecture. His
silence is something profound, ana
,y,c I,t TIt. cmn1V chpwS
looks wise. AS Il result he is hailed in
many sections of the country. as the
Democratic Moses who is to pilot the
remnants of his party out of the
political Wilderness and into ttfN>prom-
iscd land.
1t is harsh indeed for the Brooklyn
ency in party councils, to disturb the
serenity of his dreams with the spectre
of Mr.. brisbane. Still it is evident that
the New York editor has some claims
which cannot be urged for Judge
Parker. For instance the Eagle informs
us that had five years of study in Ger
many and France, thus enabling him
to bring to the presidential office the
advantage of cosmopolitan influence"
This fact the eagle contends is amply
shown by Mr.. Brsbane's editorial work.
1t says: His choice of subjects,
those which relate to the being and
Losons OF us all. has been novel. re-
Il,
tic philosophy which not only under
veins. but ovcrflows, double columns.
in job type, surrounded by extra
O. binary Illustrations, attests the in
rrucnce Of Germany upon his mind.
The justice of newspaper men every
where recognizes Mr.. brisbane as the
Journal and the Journal as Mr. Bris-
blne This is as true of the multiplied
| forms and reissues of that paper in
| Boston, in Chicago, in San Francisco,
| in Los Angeles and elsewhere as it is
| in the Borough of Manhattan. Mr..
brisbane is as simultaneous as the
| light, as pervasive as the air, as
! ubiG,itous rs n New Jersey mosquito.
vet as impersonal as fate itself. His
| name nowhere appears in his produc-
| tions. Many Of them actually appear
| under or over the name Of quite an
other person. There are those who be-
| lieve that he has made that other man,
as the Lord made the world, by the
| word OF his power, in the space of six
| days. and all very good, or as good as
| could be expected. But Mr.. Brisbane
| has never claimed this. He is as
| modest as he is Anonymous or as he is.
50 to say. multinomnous. This is al
ready well understood, but it is bound
| to become even better understood"
| So much for Mr.. Brisbane. 1t may
i be that he may never catch the demo-
cratic attention; but the Eagle will at
| least have the satisfaction of knowing
! that it was in no wise to blame for the
| failure. 1t has launched his boom with
| due ceremony, and with a strict OBJ
| servanc. OF all the fOrmalities that
properly attend such a function.