The Savannah morning news., 1904-01-30
TEDDY UNPOPULAR
IN NEW YORK
MAYOR MYERS LEARNED THIS.
BAYS COL. LESTER WILL FIGHT ON
HIS RECORD.

That the South Is TO Regain Her
Former Position of Power.
Hcnrst's Friends Making Hard
Fight To Bring About His Nominal
tiOn-SenatOr German Appears TO
Re Losing strength.
'sThe Democrats of New York and
Washington are just as much in the
dark as to who the party should nomi-
nate for the presidency as we are right
here in Savannah. said Mayor Myers
upon his return yesterday You hear
Judge Parker's name mentioned oftener
in business circles than that of any of
the other probable candidates.
German has lost much strength on
account of the recent senatorial muddle
in Maryland. as the New York Demo-
Gratis realize that he has played the
traitor to his political lieutenant eX-
Gov. John w. Smith, and they fear
that this would cause him to lose his
own state. You often hear the name
of Olney. and the new Mayor
of New York, George B. Mcclellan,
is not without friends. Hearst is by
the laboring classes, but the business
and financial world is not inclined TO
look upon his candidacy with any Sc
robustness.
Il am inclined to believe that Hearst
will go to the convention with big
following, and if a man out
side of the state of New York is nomi-
mated for the first place on the ticket
the newspaper magnate will receive the
second place. His friends are very
enthusiastic, and are not leaving
q single stone unturned to bring about
his nomination for the first place.
Bankers Want Sound Money Man.
THE New York bankers and bust
ness men will demand that a sound
money man be nominated, and that the
free silver plank be eliminated from the
platform. 1t is generally realized that
Candidate Bryan is going to cause the
party all kinds of trouble in the APP
preaching contest and the prominent
Democrats OF New York and Wash
ington believe that the time has come
to set down on him and not allow
him any concessions whatever.
They realize that if the party is to
hope for a National victory within the
tage of the platform which is tainted
with Organism and Populism must be
stricken from it and the party must
again return to the true principles of
Democracy, as taught and practiced
by the fathers of the party.
with an old time Democratic plat
form and a fight for honest money,
honest administration of the govern
mental departments and a change in
the rotteness of President Roosevelt's
foreign policy the Democrats Of the
East believe that victory is assured in
the coming contest.
President Roosevelt is as unpopu-
lar in New York as he is in the South
and now that it seems his nomination
is an assured fact, if the Democrats
ever expect to win, this is certainly the
opportune time to select the right can
didates. and adopt the right platform
and make the right fight.
IF we do this there is no doubt in
my mind that next November the
Democratic nominee will be elected by
an overwhelming majority of the popu-
lar vote and a safe majority in the
ELECTORAL college. 1t is a conceded
fact, by even the best informed Re-
publicans in Washington. that Mr..
Roosevelt cannot carry tho state of
New York. and the chances for him
TO carry New Jersey, Indiana and Con-
necticut, are, indeed, very slim.
Condition OF New York Money Mar
Let.
Short time money is very easy in
New York" said Mayor Myers but
the bankers are inclined to turn cold
shoulder to all new enterprises, and to
persuade them to float new securities
is entirely out of the question. The
New York bankers are of the opinion
that on account of the high prices of
cotton the South is now enjoying a
great era of prosperity. While money
on short time is very cheap, if it is
borrowed on long time tiie rates are
made very high. The uncertainty of
the Eastern crisis has the tendency to
make them extremely CAREFUL"
Mayor Myers said that he heard a
dozen bankers predict that the re-en-
thronement of king Cotton" meant
that the Southern States are to return to
the former position of power which they
commanded before the Civil War. The
opinion in the East, he declared, is that
the jump in the price of cotton means
that the staple is hereafter to COM
mand high price, which will give to
the Southern planter an enormous
profit
Lester Will Fight on Record.
Mayor Myers said that he stopped
a
conference with Congressman Lester
and found him in good health and
spirits. He said he talked with num-
Der of the prominent men in Congress
and without an exception they de-
clared it would be the worst calamity
that could befall the city of Savannah
to retire Col. Lester from Congress.
The Mayor said that Col Testers
position as the ranking minority MEM
Der of the River and Harbor Commit
tee is worth far more to the people of
this district than they can begin to
realize. He declared that if a new
man were sent to Congress he could
not possibly reach this position on the
River and Harbor Committee until he
had served at least eight or ten years.
The fact that If the next Congress
should be Democratic and Col Lester
should become chairman of the COM
mittee means much for SaVannahs fu-
ture welfare, the Mayor declared.
The Mayor said that Col. Lester was
not at all uneasy about the recent an
nouncement of Mr.. Brannen for the
congressional nomination. Col. Lester
he says, will remain in Washington
until Congress adiourns and will then
come home and make the fight on his
record, and the Colonel expressed him
self as being willing to accept the YER
dict of the people of the First District
Lester Wants Survey Appropriation.
Mayor Myers says that while the
general opinion in Washington Is that
there will be no general river and haR-
Dor appropriation bill at this session,
Col. Lester informed him that he felt