Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-02-26
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Feb. The politicsl oomplexion
Sc the States has been changed
materially BY tho death Of Senator
Hanna. While 70 the outside world
Hanna and Roosevelt were friends.
really. the bitterest antagonism ex-
listed between them. Had Mr.. Hanna
lived there ..is no doubt. that Mr..
Roosevelt would havesa hard time In
out az the Chicago conven-@
tion. AZ things stand now 1t is a
thousand to one ahot that Mr.. Roose-
veelt will be nominated and in his
the democratic party will
find very easy candidate to beat. A
pretty good evidence of the way Mr..
Roosevelt switches is demonstrated by
q dispatch printed on Feb. 1st in the
Chicago Record Herald, republican
paper, signed by Mr.. Walter Well
man, a very prejudiced partisan
writer for the Roosevelt clique. In
this dispatch Mr.. Wellman admits
with almost charming frankness that
the differences between the Roosevelt
admin istratlon and the Wall Street
maQnates have been patched up, that
several of these magnates have recent
" been entertained by Mr.. Roose-
velt at the White House; that they
were generally satisfied with the
course of affairs so far as the admins
tration Is concern ed and that ''even
the Rockefellers are showing q dis
position to fall into line.''
Then after saying that Mr. Roose-
welt was a pretty good politician.
Mr.. Wellman. backed up bis claim witch
this interesting statement: '''1t re-
quires genius of high order to carry
on a little crusade against Wall Street
and through 1t gain immense popular
ity with the masses Of the people as
the foe of the trusts and then to turn
around and gain the approval and
possibly the help of a considerable
share of Wall Street itself
When MIR. Hearst was mentioned
fifteen months ago for the candidacy
of the democratic party it was re-
garded as almost ridiculous PROPOSE
tion. Now the political sharps recog-
nize him as most formidable pro-
position. For instance, leading
southern paper the other day. tho
Memphis Commercial Appeal, in an
interview with Hon. G. NJ. William
SOD, quoted that gentleman as saying !:
II believe that Mr.. Hearst is the
man of the hour. His nomination
would unite democrats throughout
the country. As banker and as one
who held desires to the industrial
developments of tie South. I am an
earnest supporter Of Mr.. Hearst. I
believe that he is the safest, soundest
and most available leader of the
democratic party. Under his admins
tration the rights Of all the people,
irrespective of class and condition,
would be protected. Mr.. Hearst has
framed issues that will win in the
nexel3; ton. His candidacy will be
a platform in ITSELF
Two matters have occupied publica-
ton during the past week to the ex-
clusion of polltics-the war in the
east and the Baltimore fire. Both of
these events are disastrous to hui
mainly and much more far-reaching
in their terrible effects than is gener-
ally supposed. The enormous financial
loss by fire will have it's effect upon
the money problem which may result
in fastening the hard times that are
surely approaching, for the with
drawel Of money from the usual chan
nels Of trade to rebuild the city Of
Baltimore chiefly comes from the
banks and trusts companies Of New
York, where the principals deposits of
the insurance companies are used in
stocks market speculation. The war
between Russia and Japan will in
crease the demand for some our pro-
ducts for time, but az the belli-
grents become exhausted it will de
crease their ability to purchase and
take them years to recuperate from
the loss and waste that the war en-
tails. There is q great difference be-
tween war In Asia and Europe, aud
the popular delusion that any war
will bring increased demand for our
wheat and corn, will not be found
true of this Eastern war. No large
tract of country devoted to aRricQl-