The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-26
sBryaia's Presidential Boom Isl
Only Stable Feature Sso,ff
Situation
.PR RI: Of oYsTE 7: BAY
President Roo sevelt Again Has
Politicians sorte'llyS Puzzled, III.
u sS33 His Letter. s. l4353 "a

BY Sheldon Cline,.,.,I'

lFF.i
WASHING. TON & August rs, The past
X week has beensono oi ewilderlng, kAleldo-
scOplc changes on the stage OF 4 national
z poll tells. Opinions expressed and predio-
\ tons made a week ngo AFRO not Wortl1a
Elnrthing to-day. Seven days hence this
week 3 OPINIONS ms y. have no CHER value,
though Il would seem that i some sem
chaos that has provH lied e st
About the only sta bic feature Of tho
situation has been M Il 13ryah'H prcsiden-3
v tthl boom. The passing 81 the week llds
served only to strengt then u, until now
n his nomination seems MS assured as any
thing II, politics possibly can DO assured
two years Il Il nd vance OF ITS of,sumrna-
8pondonco, the opinion " as &ventured that
MIR. Bryan S row with National Commit
n tcoman Sullivan. OF Illinois. would u not
i make tho difference Of ono vote, either
way, In tho next Democratic National
4 Convention This week s convention II OF
tho Illinois Democracy tied definitely
that 1t viii not. rho Illinois democracy
stands BY Sullivan and I pledges Itself to
Bryan. Bryan may not 5exactly 81 like r;
4 Sullivan probably d es IN OF who'll relish
it5butStho march OF fevo nts was too strong
for either OF them, s5 IL
s5S Mr.. Bryan Is on tho high sea-, homo
ward bound, and the dcinocracy is. fall
Ing over Il tself In IT'S efforts 10 acclnir,
him. Uvcrywtle res e$ name Of Bryan q
!, Nowhere. Mt least not in any plac that
really counts. Is there a note Of discOrd.
\ Certainly Mr. B ryan M hal no cause $ to
complain OF the hand that fortune has
Y this yoar dealt him. IN He has taken his
place beside Theodore Roosevelt on equal
terms as one Of the Two orefnost cittzens
OF the land. The pima clio $is o. dizzy one,
Hnvf tu d hn III ha
\ as wlse-or as lucky as Y has been Mr.
Roosevelt in n holding orl s5ss
YOU NJ Speaker, s will he tho next
President OF tho United States - heo-
tlore Roosevelt. }}i II
This, which might be- termed the pro-
8phecy OF Oyster Bay. will be hurled At
you a great many times and IN q great
many forms from now on. II will 'adorn
buttons bearing tho portrait Of 4 Hon.
1 Joseph g. Cannon, Of \ Illinois pros Cam,
non newspapers will place It at the head
Of their editorial columns: It will appear
In tho form OF trnnspAr encics at the next
Republican National Convention. 9B5
NJ For be It known, tn e. Cannon presi-
Dental boom Is full -fledged & a 81 Justly,
healthy. growing boom. that Is e making
other nspiratts for the Presidency sit
Up and take notice. 95s And, It would seem.
the tender plant was nourished by the
hand OF Roosevelt. NJ ~. ss5g
Nv What OF Taft? Mr.. Roosevelt s War
Secretary was supposed to DO the presi-
dentiul choice for the presidential sue
gceBsion. Has he been relegated out OF
the Roosevelt plans? Has the president
decided Taft Is not the man who car
defeat Bryan In 1906? or has Taft con
rluded ts.nt he would prefer the certainty
+, Of "a sent on tho Supreme Bench to- the
ytrenuosity and tho uncertainty OF q.
presidential canvass N These are some Of
/, tho questions poll ticians are asking them
seives and one another. Mr.. Roosevelt
has had the politicians puzzled Ia great
many times but he never had them up
4 quite 30 tall q tree as Mt present "a
Ssss555 SITS no use trying to understand the
man. said q Western Senator who was
here this week. and who Is popularity
supposed to be committed to the Fairs
banks presidential cause, 4 Some little
while ago Mr.. Roosevelt gave solemn as
surance TINT neither BY act nor deed
would no attempt In any way TO int1u-5
ence the Republican party in the NAM
Ing Of his successor, and now he comes
! forward with what Is htamount to IN
I endorsement OF the candidacy OF one Of
& tho rival nspirants. Don't You find II
hard asked the Western Senator, with
] q sudden dropping OF the barriers. to
get away from the notion that the Presi-.
dent Is playing both ends aga inst the