The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-22
MARK TINE OR
FIGHT TO WIN
Democratic Dilemma That Must
Be Solved Before Candi-
date Is Chosen.
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Miles or schley in One Case, Par
ker in the Other No Show
for Hearst.
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,

F. 4. r. 4
From The Journal Bureau, Colorado Building,
Washington.
Washington, Feb. 22.-Some days
ago mention was made in this cores
pOndence of a movement that has been
put under way to bring General Miles
into the open as a candidate for the
democratic presidential nomination.
Since then I have talked with a num-
Der Of leading democrats in congress,
prlSed to see him actively in the field
in q short time. AS to whether he can
secure the nomination, however, there
is good deal of uncertainty. To
some he seems an impossibility, to
others a probability, while others still
doubt whether he will adhere to his
present intention of formally announce
ing himself.
Coupled with the name of Miles is
that of Admiral Schley as demo-
cratic possibility. Schley has recently
acquired, by act of the Maryland legis-
and some profess to see in this move
the beginning of presidential boom.
House Democrat Talks.
speaking to-day of the Miles and
Schley cases and of the general demo-
| cratic situation, said:
| There are two courses open to the
| democratic party in this campaign:
one to make quiet and dignified
campaign, but with no hope Of sue
| cess; the other to make an aggressive
campaign with a determination to sue
coed. If the party leaders decide that
| the former. is the better policy-and
may say that the question has been up
| Cor discussion in the inner circles Of
the party for some time--either Miles
or Schley will head the ticket.
| I'VE do not figure that wa could
win, but a campaign with either Miles
or Schley at the head of our ticket
would bring, the warning factions Of
the party together, and pave the way
! to a successful struggle four years
| later. If it is decided that we ought
this year to make fight to win, the
| nominee will be some such man as
Judge Parker. In such a contingency
Parker would be my choice
Hearst Is Impossible. G.
This same gentleman thought that
! under no circumstances could Hearst
be the nominee. He explained the
present Hearst boom by saying that
Hearst has the country to himself.
Later when some strong man appears,
and the party leaders begin to declare
for him, the Hearst boom will subside.
| But won't Hearst cut something of
a figure in the conventions" I asked.
| Not HeCeSSdIlly, WAS t1le reply.
| The south will never support him, and
without southern votes he can never
hope to be nominated. The chief OBJ
stacle in his path, however, is New
! York state, which will never give him
its delegates. The convention will not
| nominate any man whom New York
| does not want, and when you add the
| opposition Of the south to that of New
| York, you will readily understand why
g. Hearst is not a possibility
but if Hearst should by hook or
crook capture the New York sdelega-
tion?"
TN that event, the conventions led
by the south, which is this year for the
first time in a generation to take a
leading part in shaping democratic
policies, would nominate either Miles
or Schley, whom New York would not
would be out Of the question under
such conditions.
But these conditions will not arise.
New York will itself put the quietus
on the Hearst boom when the proper
time comes"
Simply for Advertising.
There has been some question as to
whether Hearst Is serious in his can
didacy," I suggested.
II know there has. For one, have
not known how to take 1t. Even the
| ueIuoCidlS Ill congress from new OK
can't quite make up their minds about
it. If his candidacy is sincere, he
must know that he cannot win in the
convention with his own state against
him. Why, then, does his newspaper
in New York go out of its way to at.
tack and shamefully abuse leading
, democrats Of that state, among then
Representative Goldfogle, one of the
: brightest men the state has in con.
:, gress, and power in Greater New
l York democratic politics?
1T has been suggested to me BY
more than one prominent New Yorker
: that Hearst is a candidate simply fol
, advertising purposes, to increase thu
s prestige of his newspaper. We al
e know that he aspires to be the grea
Y newspaper publisher of the country
He spends fortunes in advertising
every year. He is spending a larg,
sum in pushing his presidential cam
paign. If that campaign is for tn,
: purpose Of widening his newspaper in
: fuence, all the money it is costing hin
will return, several fold.
: Has No Confidants.
STT &I,1& So.