The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-21
SATURDAY, OCTOBER si, 1905
A WEAK CANDIDATE.

The New York Commerclat IS ah ih dependent Republican newspaper, put 1t can't stomach Twins. the Republican candidate for Mayor. The latter boasts of his independence of party, declares himself completely dissociated from party" and in other ways makes ht- tie effort to hide his contempt for the party that nominated him. Thereupon The Commercial tells him:
 Now. there are thousands of decent, consistent, everyday Republicans in this town wh9 love e,,,hSa6 theiE paaty fpam ann supporting it's candidates. They have no liking for Odell, nor do they regard the local organisat,,qSna as idsally pe1 structed instrument through which that party works and does business" and as such it is & entitled sSa.. t? the re- rd ors or its onerings; Wins Is missing eSe o % ta y.u3 tG GstS T That it. may aa rd a
 ford him some satisfact ction-but it Is miserabiy bad politics" He is inde- gently independent, unappreciative, un-
 He needn't be surprised if tens of thousands of lifelong Republicans keen. delight in cutting" him on cleo tion day. He would be phenomenally good Republican" whose Self-reSpect date who obviously enough despises him. .:-
 That is a warning which Wins will do well to heed, if he has any real de- sire for Republican success. but The Commercial is not alone. The Chica- go Chronicle Is now as thoroughly Re- publican as any newspaper in the land, and 1t doesn't try to conceal it's dis gust It speaks of the selection of Wins as "an Opera Bouffe Nomna- tion.' speaks of holding up a man long enough to make him swallow their nomination for Mayor" and says Twins appears to have joined their party because nominated by it. rather than to have been nominated because he belonged to~cit" It tells us that "to exalt to leadership a man whose party quality is of such doubtful char acter Is a good example of the con- dition of imbecility into which po- litical party Is prone to fall when it is crowded down into hopeless minor ity." "-
 All of this is interesting and en. couraging to New York Democrats who set out to elect Mcclellan and vii certainly do it. But 1t looks very much as if the leaders and managers of the Republican organization do not wish McClellan's defeat. If so they would have nominated a strong party man. of undoubted political loyalty who would have drawn to him the voters of his party and might have won many independent and dissatisfied Democratic voters There is no aues- tion as to the character and ability of Wins, but his Republicanism Is not of kind to hold his party in line.
 Not that 1t will make much differ ence in the result. so far as can now be foreseen. A loyal Republican lead. ing his party in a strict party fight for control of the city, would reduce McCIellan's plurality to some extent but that would be all. We refuse tc believe that any great number of Dem ocrats will be drawn off by the Hearst farce, for although his money. his newspapers and his campaign methods will attract a number of voters, there is little danger that the affairs of the city can fall into such hands. The election of Mcclellan by a good plu. rality appears now to be as certain as any political event can be.