The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-18

speech TO North Carolina Republicans a
Greensboro. especially In Southern 81 ties
Some people profess to see IN this 3coinc.;
dence 10 foreshadowing OF what may 4 be
expected IN 1908. and there is an ever.
gro WING conviction TINT the rival (. Gun.
dlaat es for President two years hence
VIII be Bryan and Taft. FL 5as
Il y be true as SUSPECTED BY some
Democrats, that tho Eastern boom for
Bryan lacked tho element Of sincerity,
there can be no longer q doubt that
" asstakenS 10 hold on the country. From
every quarter come reports Of Bryan ems
5thnsiasr,. the thing keeps b up, his
nomination will 30 by acclamation,, h 81
only the acclamat!on of the corlventioiii:
but OF the entire Democratic party .S.
Hearst's Declaration Helpful,
#58 The announcemcnt OF William IL.
Hearst that he will not be q candidate
Tor the presidential nomination and that
the selec lion OF Mr.. Bryan will DO salts
factory to him, hus been q factor$sof
almost !fnsstilllahle magnitude In boom
many eopleS have never gotten, over scor-
fling at Mr. Hearst us q potent factor In
national politics, but there is mo getting
away from the fact that no has the
entire confidence Of tho extreme ,ralisal'
element Of theH Delnocratio party, ana
that that element Is a very cons lderable
one. Tie middle-of- thc-road Democrats.
II may borrow Popuistic adjective
have never lost their dove for Bryan
These Democrats, who occupy the ground
between the extreme conserya tlsm Of the
old Cleveland wing and the extreme radl-a
cal SIN OF the new Hearst wings are nu-i
,merlcally stronger than both the other
wings combined "a. 1t Is their votes that
have kept the. Democratic party alive
but Il looked for time as II they will
might whollytt3bc lost tsightHof In Il the
1t would seem,f they arc como into their
own. IL 1 In this they are to have the
support OF Il both the radicals and II the
NJ will behoove the Res
5publicans to I 10 Ok closely to their stand
ard bearer and to h the u plat form upon
which he stands. 81 8, II AZ
8 There is antoldB adagc that 1t is q long
lano which hassno turning, and the lane
OF Democratic defeats has been g leng thy
one. Obserylng h laepubl cans are keenly
alive to the danger which ,conflronts their
party, and a.tlot,. Of ,,cock- sureness which
has ma rked, the Ropub l lean ma ma cement
III yea rs past Ia absent just now. hey
are preparing itoJfight5 and fight hard to
hold the ground they occupy. and despite
Mr. Taft's optimistic speech at Green's
boro, there isn't any hope Of capturing
new Democratic territory.
Roosevelt for Third T ERIN.
This sudden exhibition OF virl!ty by
the. Democratic party. Is largely !respon-
slble, no doubt, for the renewed talk OF
insisting upon the denomination OF
Mere R1es'y xar. fGs sa5a h, ssET
priced Republican whoIs d9es not hest
tate to declare In private that Mr..
Roosevelt Is the only man who can save
the Republican party from defeat IN 1903.
If Roosevelt cannot be had, Republicans
who are Of this way OF thinking, turn
naturally to TAFT. III ,f.jg H 5.s
8f hesitate TO, allow even suspicion OF
partisanship, either for parties or for men,
to creep into these letters. but the fact
Is now heard, at least In washington. OF
either Mr.. Fairbanks or Mr., Shaw In
connection with the RepuDlicdn presi-
Dental nomination., Mi. V Fa rban ks and
Mr.. Shaw are both statesmen Of the
old, solid, conservative school, and 1t ts
hard TO account for5 their loss OF popu-
larity or any other theory than that Re-
publ!cans have decided that some man
iof striking personality II Is required to
compete with Bryan, n; ".
y The country has gotten used to Roose-E
Welt and Roosevelttsm. 10 the argument
advanced. and with any OF the old
school statesmen as Ba presidential can
didatc the contrast would bettso i severe
would have n tendency to Hturn&to Bryan
as nearer approaching their Ideal
Z This Is rather hard on men whose at
titudes throughout long public lives have
boon regarded as correct, and who have
unmeasured public confidence.
But these nre changing times, and styles
In craftsmanship, perhaps, must change
along with other things. When Roose-
Welt tarrived" q now era was ushercd IN,
and the pace Is going to be q hot one for
the old.tlnlers to follow But follow It
they must. apparentlyior DO left behind.
It's moro or less strange that Mr.. TAFT
which has laid hold upon the people.
There IL very little IN common between
the Roosevelt style and the TAFT style.
aside from a devotion TO high Ideals and
o habit OF hitting straight out from the
shoulder, no mat ter where the blow NJ y
fall In this latter thing Taft has out
Rooseyelted Roosevelt There &iH nothing
In tho career OF the President at Yeast
In Ills lattcr day career. to compare with
Mr.. Taft'a speech III Ohio last year, IN
which he snyagely attacked the Nepubll-
NuAb w wv
largely responsible, so II Is charged, for
q Democratic victory In the state. Mr.
Roosevelt, In his younger days, was
OF u free lance IN pol tlcs.8b
Of Iate years nc has been q hard ana
fast Republican, SO far az regard for
party organization Is concerned.
Il Mr.. Taft IL the man OF the hour,
as so many Republicans think no ~,
lhoy must not expect he will be g replica
oG Mr. Roosevelt. Mr., Taft has strong
OF his own, and tho tart ln|lld
aces not work IN the Same groove rs does
The Roosevelt mind. ltH,ay be that lns
Taft school OF Republican pollt WIZ
succeed the Roosevelt school, III
Sessions Work the Issue,
In the pending congressional election
the work of the recent session Of Con.
gress IL going to DO made the issue o.
both parties. Republicans VIII point wn!l
pride to. tho rate bill, the pure food bill,
ana other remedial cSlslat'on. THESE
measures, thoy VIII contend. were con-
ceiycd by a Republican President and en-
acted ut HIS bohest by o Republican Con,