The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-04
MAY NOMINATE
SOUTHERN |. |: |: !. n NAN Va N
Presidential Timber May Be
Looked for Land Of
3} Flowers.
SENATOR DANIEL MENTIONED
IT Is Notable Fact That During
Soutll's Rule Fraud Was
Very Scarce.
(From Our Regular CorrespondeEt)


fFrotn Our Regular CorrespondeEt)
WASHINGTON, y. G., October 3.-The
ft-recurring suggestion that the SO ocl, 70
Gratis nominate q Southern man TO the
presidency Is being heard rather longer
before election than usual. 1t IS no.
ticenblo fact that this suggestion IS a.
ways made by Northern men and papers,
and that Southern people have not Us y
rule. taken kindly to the proposal that
d Southern man be placed on the ticket.
It Is somewhat different this year. The
press of tho South has taken up the sug-
gcstion, and 1t is believed that there mas
nowhere been a note Of opposition. AL
papers Of the South opposed 1t when made
last yenr, aud nearly every one Of them
advocated the nomination OF Judge Park
ar. The Judge was nominated, and re-
ceived Il more crushing defeat than III
most any candidate OF tho Democratic
PARTY ever got. lis probable that the
Overwhelming defeat Of Judge Parker has
had something to do with tho very appn-
rem change in the attitude OF the press
and people Of tho South.
Southern Presidential Timber.
81 Presidential timber is not exceedingly
plentiful In the South, save In the minds
oftstump orators ana extravngant writer's.
Tho South has not had q position IN
government in recent years which gave
an opportunity for her public men 70
demonstrate their ability or fitness. But
there arc men In the Southern country
who would fill the position of CHIEF en-
,ecutive OF the nation with credit to their
section and the whole country. senator
Bailey, whom tho late Senator Hoar al
mIred most extravnganty, said recently
/ o {nl IL.
dent OF the United States than any man
IN the world. The nano Of the Virginia
senator has often been mentioned IN con-
yncction with the presidency He would
have been tho presidential nominee
at st. Louis last year had he consented.
His consent had been EobtnineS and the
nomination was his, when certain polltt-
clans, with decidedly selfish aims, ms has
been demonstrated since the election, IN
5iluced his friends, with his ready con-
sent, to break the slate agreed upon BY
tho mon in control Of the convention, and
allow5the nomination Of ex-senator Davis.
Senator Davis, whose money was spent
for the purpose Of carrying the West Vir-
ginia Legislature, in order to elect O.
Democratic senator, failed by an enor-
nous majority to carry tho state, but
the Republican majority for the COVER
norship was materially reduced, and the
Republicans did not win the majority IN
the Legislature they expected. IT has
been said more than once that had Sena-
|ftor Daniel been the nominee, with q fair
fight in West Nlrglnla-that is, a fight
for tho entire ticket, without knitting and
trading to secure&n Legislature to elect
Il certain Democrat to the senate-the
Democratic national ticket would have
rolled up a much larger vote in the Noun
tain State.
Selection Of Candidate.
Bailey, Culberson, Bacon, German, war
field, blackburn, Williams, and others
have been spoken of as presidential tim
her. Governor Folk, of Missouri, has
| been mentioned as frequently as any OF
| these. with the exception Of Senator Cor
man. Some Of the partisans Of Governor
| Folk insist that he Is the strongest man
that could be nominated. It will be an
easy matter for tho Democrats to select
Southern man for their candidate who
will measure UP.
Democrats want to make tho fight for
a southern man on the ticket. It Is be-
licved that the North would we.como such
Il nomination. The time would seem to
BIO propitious for the return of the South
! to ruling place in the government. Tho
sccptrc departed from Judah forty-flve
years ago. For sixty years the South,
though numerically the weaker section,
had been In control OF the affairs OF ...e
country. The North has not ruled as
long as the South ruled From soon after
| the formation Of the government In 1850,
until the election Of Abrqhnm Lincoln
to tho presidency in 1900 the South was
In control of government For forty-fiye
years the North and West have con-
trolled.
| Shortly after the election OF Mr.. LIN
! coin the first time. and the final overthrow
! OF the South before she took up arms
Senator William II. Seward. afterwards te
win distinction as n member Of Presiden,
Lincoln's Cabinet, made speech In the
Senate, in which no reJoIced that the
South had ceased to be tho ruling sector
and that the direction OF governmental
affairs had passed to other than south'
ern men. He predicted that tho greater
number OF Northern States and thell
| greater population would make thoir rule
/ unbmken at least for many years.
JAMES gIIENRY'S IMMIGRATION.
Senator James Henry Hammond, @
South Carolina. listened to Seward am
made reply to him. His speech was lonf
remembered as being an eloquent Vlndl'
cation OF tho memory Of tho men OF tn
South who had assisted and controlled a
tho foundation OF tho government, hnt
those who had laborcd SO long to main
tain the governmental Ideals which n MAJ =,
brought about tho war OF independence
mud NATIONAL freedom. In the course 0
his reply 10 Senator Seward, Senate
Hammond said: VIII.
"sir. what tho senator says Is true
1,he power has passed from our hhnd
into your. nut do not forget; It canno
baS forgot; 1t is written upon the brightas