Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-07-28

day has always been regarded in
Washington as of exceptional value.
Mr. McLurin is no longer in politics,
and therefore, as he expressed today,
is free to state his views frankly. He
is one of those who believe that The
odore Roosevelt will be the nominee
of the Republican party in 1908, in
spite of the White House declarations
to the contrary, backed up recently
| by Oyster Bay announcements.
an my opinion there is no doubt
whatever that the next presidential
campaign VII find Roosevelt and Bry-
an opposed to each other as the can
ddates of the Republican and Demo
cratic parties respectively. Some way
will be found to get around the objec-
| ton Mr.. Roosevelt makes to running
again. If he is nominated it will not
be possible for him to refuse to become
candidate again. | find that it is
the opinion of nearly every one, es-
pecially so in the last two months, that
Roosevelt will be the Republican NOM
inee in 1908. The revival of Bryan
| talk makes the selection of Mr.. Roose-
welt as his opponent almost a foregone
conclusion. OF course Secretary Taft
is popular man, but / have no idea
that the Republicans will nominate
him for president.
| president Roosevelt is responsible
for the resuscitation of Bryan. Polt-
cally, Bryan was hors de combat, but
he was brought to the front again by
Mr.. Roosevelt's advocacy of the radi-
cal views which Mr.. Bryan originally
stood for. Indeed, Mr.. Roosevelt is
the best friend Mr.. Bryan ever had.
| do not believe any man in the Re-
publican party, save Roosevelt, stands
any chance of beating Bryan. Pres
ident Roosevelt is the most popular
man in the country today. without re-
gard to section or to party"
What would be the outcome of a
contest between Bryan and Roose-
velt?" Senator McLurin was asked.
That's problem. / think the labor
vote will hold the balance of power
in the next election"
'How will the labor vote line up?"
"The Lord only knows; I don't"
1T will be very close fight. Re-
cent statements given out by President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor indicate the present temper
of the labor vote. / consider Mr. Com
pers very able and clear minded man
with extraordinary keenness for sizing
up the intentions of the political lead
ers. 1t is easy to see that President
Gompers' inclination is all toward Mr..
Hearst The New York editor, through
his newspapers and the recent reor-
ganization of labor bodies, has made
himself a leader of sentiment among
the labor men. Whatever may be said
of Bryan or Roosevelt in connection
with the presidency, you must keep an
eye on Hearst. Any one failing to do
so will make a terrible mistake. To
sum up, whichever side gets the vote
of labor will elect the next president"
Gould Roosevelt break the solid
south?"
Il would not say that he does not
stand some chance of doing it, but no
practical steps have been taken to
crystalize the friendly sentiment to-
wards him. He has a wonderful hold
on the affections of the people; in
fact, his hold on the masses, without
regard to section or party, is greater
than that enjoyed by any other man in
my lifetime and observation.
| Bryan and Roosevelt are both
right, so far as their political views go,
but there is this difference between
them-Bryan is a man of words and
Roosevelt is a man of action"
| Mr.. McLaurin was asked what eff
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