The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-03-31


congress would q be to delay and
minimize the Roosevelt program as much
as possible. s...*
Big Interests Want Peace.
The short sessions Of the Roosevelt
term need accomplish nothing; they
can be as fruitless Of general legislation
purng the alternate ns years t5e rends
Of the great commercial 6 IN al interests at.
railroad, legislation can, from their
point Of vantage in the senate, prevent
the enactment of much really hostile
Years, soon passes. But after such a
strain the interests named want rest
and peace. ..S-. .,.:.-
These interests will naturally expect
something Of the republican party,
seven years with patience. Fairbanks
natural heir to the. old Hanna organiza-
ton. He comes from western state,
which is better than tho his Offices were
in Wall street, and his name associated
with the great trusts. While he per-
haps does not possess McKinley's tact,
he is essentially Of the Mckinley type;
He is cautious, dignifed, discreet, and a
loyal Methodist. -. !
The Possibilities. j
The other possibilities are. Speaker
Cannon, Senator Foraker, Secretary
Cortelyou, Elihu Root, William Il.
Taft and Secretary Shaw. Of course,
somebody may arise in the next three.
years, by some stroke Of political gen
JUS, so to attract the attention OF the
country as to make his nomination IN
Ill III ,o L IL.
ity. His nomination would, however,
witness the greatest secession from the
republican raj IS which they have ever
witnessed. The greater probability is
that the republican nominee Will pc
taken from among those named IN this
short list. What: of their respective
chances? -, .;s;}ifs@u ; y sJt
Foraker is likely to 20 into the con,
vention with the support Of 9hie; an ana
Of CINCINNATI, a newspaper rgn. 10y Zee.
Foraker will be Ohio s choice for, the
presidency: But thes dominant Hanna
organization in Ohio, now led by Sen
ator Dick, would net care to see For
aker nominated, Of rail- men, althog they
would be. entirely willing, to give, him
as a. compliment, the vote OF Ohio IN !
his candidacy Would be chiefly service
able in making impossible that: Of Sec
cretar1 Taft, for no matter how strong
|lv President Roosevelt's administration
Emig desire the nomination of his sec
|retary Of war, it could hardly force
him in, over the desires Of his own
state. Mr.. Cleveland's experience, in
getting two-thirds vote in 1897, over
was entirely exceptional.
Taft's Chances Slight. -,
Taft is apparently not a large enough
political figure to get the nomination
without the earnest and enthusiastic
support Of bis own state, and as neither ef
having him nominated, his pathway is
not a clear one. His friends will ad.
wise him to take the position Of chief
Justice of the supreme court, which will
probably be made vacant in the next
four years by the retirement of Mel
VILE Fuller. who is now in his seventy
third year. Foraker will then be the
nominal choice Of the Ohio delegation.
But Foraker is an cratic, tho brilliant
man, and would not have the confidence
ator Fairbanks enjoys it.. The conven'
ton is not likely to nominate him.
Cortelyou Is, Uncertain.
Secretary Cortelyou is. one Of the IN
| certain factors. If he were schem
ing politician, instead of civil serv
ice reformer and a product Of higher as
pirations in politics, he could build "
a tremendous organization thru thu
general, and 60 into the republican con
vention with such large block Of del
|.egates that only small fraction Of thu
support Of the north would be necessary
to bring his number UP to majority. Hi
critics already charge him with thi
plan. They point to the selection @
postmaster general, who was with hin
| in the campaign last year, and to z. Y
DE Graw, as Fourth assistant postmas
| ter general, who has no political backinI
in fhe senate or elsewhere, but is rec
ognized simply as a Cortelyou man,
and ask what these selections, mean
some good Minnesota man, to pleas
H Hifsbooek N position had been given
, some Fairbanks appointee from u
ferent. MI. Cortelyou' IS critics sa
that Mr.. De Graw will manage Cortel
YOU boom. IF, perchance, the postmas
ter general should be President Roose
velt5s choice for the succession whe
| the C1Il6 CO1uCSJ Lib oOoO1 "OuAu ooA1
further rise.
The weakness Of Mr.. Cortelyou' Is car
didacy lies in his lack Of home support
He votes in New York, but has had n
standing in New York spolitics, and ha
never held an electoral office. Man
people decline to believe him Of pres
Dental size.
Shaw Is Aggressive.
Secretary Shaw is today, perhaps. tn
! texcept Mr.. Fairbanks. He is goo
stump speaker, a magnificent stor
teller, and most genial and ikab]
Imam. Altho coming from corn-rai
ing state, he is an extreme protection
LIST: as an earnest advocate Of ship sui
lsidies from state whose merchant m,
Urine consists Of prairie schooners, b
hold is strong. One of his friend
commenting on his phenomenal succet
las speaker during the last campaig1
Isaid that the national committe
never sent out man who could befo
1.-The issues SO successfully. He wi
have strong support for the presidenc,
land certainly cannot be disregarded {
q factor IN the present situation low
z*IhaS never had presidential candidat
Indiana and Ohio have long been IA
ored. That the really dominating I
terests Of the party would prefer M
lShaw to Mr. Fairbanks is extremel
Idoubtfnl. The people do not choo.
presidential candidates as. rule, altl