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or q capable man who is obnoxious to
the candidate forcing himself or per-
hitting others to force him upon the
presidential candidate to whom he is |
persona non grata. Nevertheless, ac-
cording to the most recent dispatches,
that is precisely what coterie of SEN
ators, headed by Senators Spooner and
Aldrich, are endeavoring to do at the
present juncture. 1t has been under
stood for some time that President
Roosevelt has selected Hon. George
Bruce Cortelyou, once secretary to the
president, at present secretary of the
department of commerce and labor, to
be chairman Of the national committee
and ex offlcio manager in chief of
Colonel Roosevelts campaign. From
the presidents viewpoint the choice
is unexceptionable. Cortelyou is a
fine gentleman. He is the bosom crony
Of Colonel Roosevelt and has been with
him ever since he came into the presi-
Dental Office. He found him acting as
President McKinley's secretary and re-
tanned him in that position until he had
an opportunity to raise him to the cabi-
net. President Roosevelt knows that
he can rely on Cortelyou, and therefore
he wants him, and, in my Judgment,
II he wants him he should have him.
It is most ungracious, not to say
unseemly, performance for Messrs.
Spooner, Aldrich ct al. to object to the
qualification of the presidential desire
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somebody that he does not want. They
claim-so the story runs-that Secretary
Cortelyou is inexperienced in politics
and unacquainted with those who usu-
ally contribute freely to the Republic
an campaign fund. He has had as
much experience as the late Senator
Marcus A. Hanna had when, at the re-
quest Of Mr.. Mckinley, he was made
chairman Of the national committee,
and it would be good thing for the
country If no slush fund were used by
either party in the impending contest.
Colonel Roosevelt Is more interested in
the result Of the presidential race than
any other Republican in the land, and
he would not select Secretary Cortel-
you for such an important and respon-
sible position unless he had implicit
confidence not only in his fidelity to
him, but in his fitness to discharge the
delicate and multifarious duties which
would devolve upon him.
1t is thing incredible that Messrs.
Spooner ct al. can induce President
Roosevelt to give up Secretary Cortel-
you as chairman II he has really set
his heart on having him, for the pres
ident is man tenacious Of his opin-
ions and his rights. He holds the whip
hand and can be depended on to use it
vigorously. So, on the whole, the
chances are that Mr.. Secretary Cortel-
you Will be chairman of the Republic
an national campaign committee If he
is willing to serve and II the president
desires that he shall do SO. The entire
incident shows that the much vaunt-
ed Republican harmony is only skin
deep.
The Next House.
Hon. William Strother Cowherd,
chairman Of the Democratic congress
sional campaign committee, has been
looking over the field carefully and has
come to the conclusion that the Demo
Gratis will control the next house Of
representatives. Let us fervently pray
that he Is correct in his prognostica-
tions. The truth is that recent events
are well calculated to give great en-
frs1 TO-
The feud in Wisconsin between the La
Toilette and the anti-La Toilette Re-
publicans is SO bitter that the Demo
Gratis ought to elect majority Of the
Wisconsin representatives to the next
congress-. We have only one from that
state now. The prolonged deadlock in
the Illinois convention perhaps bred
enough bitterness there to enable us to
bag half dozen congressional seats
from the Sucker State In Kansas two
Republican candidates for congress
were nominated in each Of two dis
tricts, both of which we will probably
carry. We need to carry only fifteen
districts this year, in addition to those
which we carried in 1902, in order to
secure a majority, and it should be re-
membered that more than that num-
Der Of Republicans hold seats in con-
gress by majorites less than thou
sand. The average congressional dis
trict polls about 10000 votes, and a
change Of one vote out Of forty is fire.
quently feat easy Of accomplishment
even when there is no landslide The
party which elects president usually
elects house of representatives, and
Il Mr.. Chairman Cowherd proves cor
rect In his prediction Of Democratic
house the chances are also decidedly
In favor of our electng q Democratic
president.
The latest news from Iowa is very
favorable to Democrats as to repre-
sentatves in congress. The "stand pat
ters," drunk with power, seem to have
overdone their performance to such an
extent that many Republican papers
are saying unpleasant things about
them. and 1t is freely predicted not only
that Judge Wade, the lone Democratic
representative from Iowa, will be re-
elected, as he ought to be, but that the
Democrats have a fighting chance of
winning in three or four other dis
tricts. It would be queer thing if it
turned out, after all the trumpeting that
has been done by the "stand patters' to
the effect that "the Iowa idea" is dead,
that Governor Cummins really repre-
sents the Republican opinion of Iowa.
No Jury.
We are progressing like crawfish
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