The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15

Washington, April 14.-(special)- There are some mighty lively signs that the presidential boo is beginning to buzz around the heads or certain and sundry Republican statesmen these days. The latest of those to manifest a willingness to let the little buzzer buzz is Uncle Joe Cannon. that willy old Tarheel who many years ago turn ed Yankee and who today stands at the top of the class.
 Uncle Joe has written a letter on the tariff, and when Uncle Joe Cannon writes letter for publication. ana afterwards amplifies it, you can bet your bottom dollar that there is some thing doing in his neck of the woods. His friends have twitted him about his letter and his statement as being a Did for. the next Republican nomination for President but all they have gotten TOT their pains was to see his cigar take on an extra angle in it's tilt. and his face take on a little broader non com initial smile.
 As a matter of fact. Uncle Cannon Is listening with delight to the buzzing of the little old bee that his buzzed in so many bonnets, but he does not think that this is the time to "fess up to 1t. He is giving 1t opportunity to alight upon his head, and is trying to ar range things so that it can not fail to do so, but he thinks 1t is too soon to conduct these operations in the open.
 Uncle Joe is getting in shape to rally Southern support to his cause. we all remember how "sot" he was last Congress against the Jamestown Ex- position. He just would not let that bill come up, unless it was pared down to next to nothing. That was before he heard the buzzing of the little bee. Now "tis different. A continuation of that policy toward Jamestown would have killed his hopes for Southern del- egates, and so Uncle Joe has reiented and will let Jamestown have its ex- position. This is but one of hundred little straws that show the direction of the presidential wind with Uncle Joe. He's in the fight if he thinks he can win. Otherwise he is out of it. He is a sly old fox, too sly to be beat en-
 The most envied of all the statesmen who have their lightning rods up for the presidential nomination is Vive President Fairbanks. His job is not one that keeps him hustling some six teen hours a day; on the contrary he has time to burn. and yet he is not burning 1t at all. He is as much of a politician as he is an icicle, and he is getting in some quiet still hunting. organizing work, and when the tme rolls around for the show down, there will be some politicians and others who will open their eyes. It is said that the statesman from the banks of the Wabash is playing a deep game just now. and that all other aspirants are having their eyes on him.
 And then there is Secretary Shaw. He is the most nearly an avowed as- pirant of the mall. He has been mak- ing a strong bid for support two years hence. and is accepting invitations to speak at a gait that astounds some of the other aspirants. He has already made some trades whereby he hopes to have the support of Southern dele gates. There are many different opin- ions about Shaw. Commissioner Yerkes regards him as the foremost tariff ora tor of the country. l once heard a dis tinguished United States Senator say that he considered Shaw a joke. And the opinions of the public find free range between those two.