The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-15
THE BUZZ OF THE PRESIDENTIAL BEE

Root, Cortelyou. Foraker, Taft, all these are being figured on, not to say anything of Roosevelt himself for third term. It goes without saying that there will not be a lack of candidates for the Republican nomination.
 And how about the Democrats. There is no one really seeking the nomina- tion except William Randolph Hearst
 And he is seeking it mighty hard. There are those who believe that Bryan
 will try to get it again. But this IS said by those most conversant with his
 views to be improbable.
 The fact of the bushes sis that the Democratic party has all since the Civ il War had It's best material at the
 South, for the greater portion of the
 party itself has been at the South.
 But they have not been available There
 was Lamar. Walthall. Ben Hill and dozen others who could have made admirable Presidents. But they were from the South. We are told today, however. that it is all over. and that sectionalism Is buried forever. Then why not nominate Southern man for the Presidency?
 Today as heretofore the ablest Demo- fcrats are at the South. Take Bailey Culberson, Williams. Bacon. Cormack and Daniel, they are all men of Pres idential size. They are all men who are Democrats in the best sense. Ev- cry one of them would make as good run as Bryan did in 1896 and 1900, and better than Parker in 1904. No man would make more popular candi- date than John w. Daniel. He is the
 most pleasing orator in the Senate, and regarded by some as the foremost liv- ing orator. He represents the high est there Is in the Democracy and in the Republic. He could poll the full Democratic strength everywhere. The same may be said of the others men, tioned above. It is time to make the trial. Cleveland is the only Northern Democrat we have ever elected since the Civil War. and we could not have
 done much worse with Southern Demo- cratic nominees. It seems that the time has come to make the experiment. The best material is to be found in the South.
 Some two years ago 1t was my for
 tune to travel with General Grosvenor and a party of other statesmen to
 Jamestown. On a Saturday night we
 were all on a Potomac river steamer, and General Grosvener, Senator Mar
 tin. Senator Clarke of wyoming, and a party of others fell to discussing the question of choosing a Southern man
 for President. General Grosvenor re-
 marked that he believed that a South ern man would poll more votes in Ohio
 than any other man the Democrats could nominate.
 Out in my state," said he, ''our peo- pie are so straight in their belief that sectionalism Is dead that they learn backward, and many would vote for a Southern Democrat just because he was a Southern Democrat. And the
 old soldier vote! We'll, just look at the
 rousing receptions the people of Ohio
 have given Fitz Lee and Joe Wheeler | That is the way the old soldiers fee | toward the men who fought them in tho sixties. Yes sir. I believe that with a candidate like Fitz Lee, Joe Wheeler l or John Daniel, Chio would poll more Democratic votes than with any othel
 sort of man the Democrats could nom | inate."
 | And this was not a speech to please
 any one. It was said in the course O
 a conversation among group of men