The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-03-15
Political Chat.

In the "World To-day" Mr. Charles
M. Harvey traces a striking resemblance
between Roosevelt's position and that of
Arthur. We quote:
There arc some striking resemblances
between the political situation in the
opening months of 1904 and that of the
same time in 1884, which was also
Presidential year. A President, Re
publican and an Ohio man in each case,
had been assassinated few years before
Garfield in 1881 and Mckinley in 1868
and had been succeeded by New York
man in the Vice-Presidency (Arthur in
the early instance and Roosevelt in the.
later one.) In each case there had been
wrangling among the Republican leaders
IN the new Presidents State Gin which
Conkling and Plat figured on the one
side in Arthurs period, and Platt has
been antagonized by Odell in the Roose-
welt easel. Arthur soon let it be known
that he sought the Presidential candidacy
in 1884, as Roosevelt has done regarding
that of 1904. The Republican machine in
the Presidents State was favorable to
mis- candidacy then, as it is now.
Here are further sirailarities between
the case Of Roosevelt and that of Arthur:
Each was called upon early in his service
to deal with crookedness in the Postal
Department (the Star-route frauds In the
earlier case and the Irregularities with
which the names of Tyner, Machen and
Others have been coupled now Just be-
fore each of those President entered Of
ficee long period OF industrial stagnation
(the panic OF 1878 in the one instance
and that of 1S93-9S in the other) had been
succeeded by a restoration tf confidence
and advances in stocks, commodities and
wages (due in the earlier period to the
establishment of specie payments under
the act of 1879, which went into opera
ton in 1879, and in the recent period to
the Republican victory Of 1896, on a gold
standard platform followed by the enact
ment of the Dingley law of 1897 that, in
addition to providing greater protection for
home industry, abolished the Treasury de-
ficits. The advance in stocks met check
early in Arthur's service, and also early
in Roosevelt's, which was succeeded in
each case by a short recovery followed
by a greater fall, the consequence being
that the general line of shares was much
lower in the opening days of 1884 and
1904 than they were IL or Is months be-
in the shrinkage."
According to the I.ouisburg Times there
are three heads to the Republican party
in Franklin county,. l. Moore, p. A.
Reavic and r. r. Harris. Inasmuch as,
since the bulk of the negroes were dis
franchised, there is lifted body or tail to
the animal, the three warning heads con-
stitutes about the only live thing about
the varmint. If they should swallow each
other it would be good thing for civic
Caldwell county has two popular can
dIdates for Congress in the Eighth dis
trict-e Congressman Bower and eY-So-
licitor Newland. 1T is reported that By
general agreement, Caldwell county will
evenly divide it's vote between these two
faVonte sons, leaving to the balance of
the district the determination of which
shall be named. for Caldwell Democrats
believe one of them VIII be nominated
1t is going to be the prettiest political
IA cethis year, is the contest in the
Eighth district. There will be half .
dozen candidates-strong and popular
men, all oil them.
Senator Carmack, of Tennessee. is quot.
ed as saying: Leader Murphy's boom
for Cleveland is making friends for
Hearst. If this condition of affairs con-
tinue. it will result in the defeat and de-
moraliZation of the Democratic party
Cleveland can not and will not be nomi
mated Southerners look to New York
for Il candidate, and il seems to them to
he question of choosing between Cleve-
land Hearst I think Hearst's candidacy
would be fatal and this is the opinion
of every Democratic Senator and nearly