Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-08-03
EDITORIAL CHAT.
Interesting Notes From Our Special
Political Correspondent.

Democrats are counting their
chickens while the eggs are still
unmatched. They credit the solid
south with Isl votes and then they
claim Md, w. Va, Del, New York.
New Jersey and Conn.,, giving rs
more votes, making total of 227,
thus still laking 10 votes to secure
an election. They draw consolation
by claiming that Colo, ILL.,, Mich,
Greg, Utah and Wise, are ICON
testable states. This may all be
comforting to the opposition, but
1T is not IN the least disheartening
for Republicans. Maryland, Con-
necticut and New Jersey are quite
likely to go Republican, while there
is no doubt about Oregon, Michi-
gan, Illinois, or Wisconsin. 3
1t is known that Mr.. Cortelyou
is working very quietly and industri-
ously before he makes his plans
known to the public. He has had
conferences with a number of
eminent business men, represent
ing large interests and is cautious
ly laying the foundations for
campaign superstructure which may
yet surprise the Hill Belmont Par
ker fraternity. In few days head
quarters will be opened in New
York and Chicago, and the office in
Washington will be closed.
The Republican candidate for
Governor Of New York, it is now
known, will be Ellhu Root, probab-
~ the strongest, most popular, and
the safest man for the position in
the state. He is wealthy, we'll
known, Of acknowledged ability,
and will have the backing of all
Republicans, as well as the indepen-
dent voters, and those do not feel
like turning over the state to the
Democracy. Mr.. Root is the key to
the situation, it will undoubtedly
save the electoral vote of the
Empire state to Theodore Roosevelt.
If he does this Mr.. Root will be in
line for the Presidency in 1908.
With a shortage abroad of pos
sibly 15O,OOO,OOO bushels of
wheat from last years foreign crop,
it is predicted that Europe will re-
quire all of the American surplus
for the next twelve months. This
will keep the price steady, in the
home market, and afford the west
ern farmer ready supply of money.
Recently in the house of Lords,
England, Earl Gray, director of the
British South African Company,
bitterly complained because imports
of American manufactured goods
into South Africa are increasing
steadily, but there is no help for it.
A superior article at a low price
always commands the market. We
have the goods and the South Afri-
cans want them.
It should not be forgotten in the
coming campaign that there is no
longer an ignorant rural voter.
The country has been consolidated
since the last election. What with
the universal trolley, the whizzing
automobile, the rural delivery, the
telephone, the omnipresent daily
paper, the vast volume of travel
all over the country, the summer
schools lectures, chautauquas, and
a thousand other agencies, every
body is in the political university and
there are no back districts to be
heard from. The farmer is alive to
the issues of the day, and he will
decide the contests in an honest and
conservative manner.
"Saw wood and say nothing" is a
very good maxim at all times, but
especially IN these times. Nobody
need let politics worry them except
the professional politicians. There
is plenty of work to do gathering
the great crops which bountiful
nature has provided; preparing for
the coming winter and helping
those who need help. Political
parties do not make the weather;
cause spots on the sun; grow the
crops or control the markets.
The people of Indiana are so sure
of the election of Senator Fair
banks to the Vice Presidency that
they are trying to decide who they
will send to the Senate to take his
seat when it becomes vacant. Con-
gresham Hemenway IS in the race.