The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-08-11
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SDEMocRATIcS CLAIMS OF AS
ssUREpMs N EMPIRE
STATE M TFOuNDED ON
ACT
10y A. E.SHeiss; STAFF correspondent OF
Ittsburg SDispatch
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-The
II airmen OF the two National com
sss mil tees are like two men engaged in
arnes OF Eei ght-ball pool. Mr. Cor
telyous has pocketed seven balls and
eeds on ys$one more to finish the
n game q ggart has put one ball
to the pocket8and must make seven
sss5s more successful shots to win. The
WI pn1 m hall #Taggart has taken from the
table gis Maryland. believe that
OH State safely Democratic this fall.
ows aggart must shoot straight
M enough to pocket New York. New Jer-
sey, Connecticut, Delaware, West Vir-
u sginia and Indiana or Wisconsin. If
III certeIy YOU gets any of them the game
is over
cyeW ork is the most al1uring bali
4on9 liable. Mr.. Taggart must have
tSif d q issto win. Corte1you may lose
and still win with a very handsome
Il margin.E OF course the influences
that would cause New York to go
Democratic would have great effect in
Delaware. But Cortelyou could lose
all hes States mentioned and still
Ia.
Democratic sMisstatements.
New FORK is to be counted as an
extremely doubtful State it is meet
TOT show the facts that render it so.
The Democrats could say the Repub-
sIcans are SO badly divided that theirs
as IN doubted1y the father to the
81 though is. not the fact. The fact
upon which the assertion is based is
that President Roosevelt and Cover
'.Enors0 del1%d not like each other.
81 hat. to the rank and file
What they think of each others per-
ssonaHty Both Roosevelt and Odell
& beIieyein Republican doctrines. That |
rs suH cients for those who hope Re
publican principles will continue to
Shape the policies of this government
IN New York Roosevelt and Odell
need each other this year. Both are
comparatively new leaders. They
have set aside Thomas Collier Platt
This is the first election in which
#Ode1LswiIl appear as the sole leader
cot the State organization. Neither
he nor Roosevelt can afford to per-
init any of his friends to shirl1 their
duty as Republicans in dealing with
the ticket Odell will put into the
field. #
Position of Money Interests.
Roosevelt would like Root to run
for Governor stranahan, the upstate
man whom Roosevelt made collector
be "a satisfactory man Odel1 likes
xstranahan also. Odell also likes
Mayor Knight, of Buffalo, and Lieu
Higgins. Neither
as obnoxious to Roosevelt. The only
man against whom both have set their
faces is Timothy Woodruff. three
Times lieutenant governor
These being facts, wherein is there
hope of Democratic success in the
State? In the opposition of the mon
eyed interests? Perhaps. But no
one is ready at this time to say that
the moneyed interests will be opposed
to Roosevelt There is no doubt that
many of the big fnanciers do not
like President Roosevelt personally,
but what of that if they vote the Re
publican ticket?
sE Free Coinage Element Counts.
sS The only faction of the Republi-
can party that is out and out in op-
position TO Roosevelt is the traction
faction in New York City. The trac-
ton men want the favor of Tammany
Hal: Assuming that Tammany will
be whipped into a semblance of reg
.uiarity the traction crowd is keeping !
up an appearance of being Democrat
lc.&s Ifgit learns that Tammany cares, l
nothing about Parker as now seems
probable, it may be divided just as :
the rest OF the financial interest is
,splitsinto little groups. {
s528 ThereSis faction of New York
Democracy that will Offset this trac- {
ton outfit. 1t is the free coinage
element Everybody at St Louis re- \
members the gentlemen who wore the
big green satin badges. They were Y