The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-19
SOUTHERN MANFORPRESIDENT
MANY CONGRESSMAN FROM THE
SOUTH FAVOR THE PLAN.

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WARRINGTON, March ls.-Judge Alton
B.. Parker's clarion call to the South to
ring forth a candidate for first honors In
the Democratic national convention In
1908 has stirred up the leaders Of the
minority party. The New York jurist has
started a line OF thought that may be pro-
ductlve Of interesting developments within
the next few years. Conservatives view
with alarm" the onward march Of William
Randolph Hearst, whose goal ia the Presi-
DENTAL nomination. and there are sign 4
that those who are antagonistic to Hearst 3
radicalism will soon get together for the
purpose Of devising ways and means of
taking a crimp in his boom or freezing
the author OF it out Of the party,
Certain Democratic leaders want a con-
saryative to lead in the campaign two
years hence, and, strange as it may seem,
William Jennings Bryan is classed by
them as q conservative. There is not d
touch Of humor in this suggestion so far
aa'those who make il are concerned. They
are serious.
Judge Parker's speech came at a time
when prominent Democrats in Washing
tom were giving some pretty deep thought
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for the coming Congress elections looks
good to them, and they believe hat a start
should be made now to get things ship
shape for the November contests, and in
the event Of success then to pick out u
man who represents a happy mean be-
tween the radicalism of Hearst and the
INSTRUMENTATION Of Parker. Bryan, now
become a conservative, appears to be the
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of the slate makers in Washington.
II the advice Of John Sharp Williams
Of Mississippi, the minority leader in the
House of Representatives, is followed the
next Democratic national convention will
not place the standard in the hands of a
man from the South. The time for such
a step, In his opinion, has not arrived.
But there are Southern Democrats who
do not agree with Leader Williams. Evil
IDENTIFY they are In the majority, and they
indicated their determination TO t AXE charge
Of Democratic affairs when they elected
Representative Griggs Of Georgia to the
craftsmanship Of their Congress cam
paign committee. 1t is true that Griggs
was backed by William r. Hearst as a can
didate for that place and that there was no
ayowed opposition to him when the show
down came, but it is equally true that early
In the winter the argument was adva need
that IL would be wise for the Democrats
to put a Northern man In charge of their
Congress campaign. The suggestion was
made that the South needed no especial
attention, and that il the Democrats made
any material gains it must be In the North,
where a Northern man could best conduct
the battle.
No attention was paid to this argument.
Griggs was pushed TO the front again.
Those Southerners who believed that the
South should cut more Of a figure in party
affairs let 1t be understood that they were
weary Of furnishing the bulk Of the Demo
cratic votes in Congress and the Electoral
College, while their partisans Of the North
carried OF all the honors. 1t Is this same
spirit that Is behind the desire Of many
Southern Congressman to present a South
ern candidate for the Presidential nomina-
ton in the next national convention.
Representatives Burleson and Gillespie Of
Texas, Representatives Underwood and
Richardson Of Alabama and Representative
Lloyd OF Missouri, all Of them prominent
Democrats in the House, look with favor
upon the proposal that a Southern man be
nominated for the Presidency.
"A Western man, 1t seems, Is bound to
meet the anita gonism Of the East, said Mr..
BuFleson. III we nominate al Eastern
man he would probably suffer because of
the fact that the East refused to support
Mr.. Bryan when he was his party's candi-
date. The selection OF a man of sound
principles from the South would wipe out
the feelings engendered between the East
and the West, and enable us to put up a
united front to the common enemy. |
have not thought Of candidates, but there
are any number of Democrats in the South
who would make excellent Presidential
candidates.
Representative Lloyd OF Missouri de-
clarad that there should be no geograp hical
divisions in the Democratic party. He said:
"There has been too much OF the North,
the South, the East and the West In our poll
tics. We should carefully look over the
neld and select the man with whom we can
win the next fight; whether he comes from
tha North or the South. My observation is
tn44 The South is to blame for the failure of
o0F conventions TO select a man from that
part Of the country"
Mr. Richardson, Mr.. Gillespie and Mr..
Underwood believe that the best man
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Of the country from which he halls. AS
O Southern candidate Senator Bailey Of
Texas has been prominently discussed.
Senator Culberson, also of Texas, is another
whose name has been mentioned. Getting
from the South, Folk OF Missouri,
Jerome and Mcclellan of New York, Ed
ward @. Wall OF Wisconsin and Hearst and
Bryan ell have their followings,
Bryan must not be overlooked. Hearst
may yet make himself a factor in the party,
but Bryan has been a factor ever since
the CLOSE Of that memorable all night ses-
sion Of the Democratic convention in st.
Louis following the receipt of Judge
Parker's famous gold telegram, hen he
made the speech in which he announced
behalf Of his following that opposition
to Parker and the Eastern conservatives
would be abandoned, and a chance given
the conservatives to demonst rate that they
were right in their insistence that the party
should be returned to them. Bryan's OPP
position to Parker was vindicated in the
Overwhelming defeat Of the New Yorker,
and few men In politics entertain any doubt
that Bryan expects to be the nominee Of
the convention OF 1908.
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