Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-09-26
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The STORM CENTER.
ChaS. A. Edwards Discusses the
Availability of Democratic Posi-.
bilifieS for Presidential NOmina.
fiOn. Party Has ample Material
to Draw From. Chanler Boom.

" OudW ITOHl. NndOler DOOM.
Especial correspondence to the HERALD
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. 23.-This
has been the quietest summer from the
standpoint OF politics in the national
capital that l have witnessed for the past
ten years. 1t may be the precursor of
big storm. when it does break, and the
signs of the times are that the storm will
arrive on schedule time. The big fel.
lows in both parties seem to be waking
up and shifting the battle from afar. In
the republican party, Taft, Fairbanks,
Knox, Hughes, Foraker, and whole lot
OF the smaller bugs are on the wing, and
bnzzing to beat the band. They are
making whole passed. Of noise, and one
would think, to hear it, that they were
busting the republican party wide open
like boot.jack on account of the man.
ner in which they are tearing at each
others throats, but knowing that poten-
tial and puiseant organization called the
republican party as we'll ss do. am
afraid it will develop into cat fight in
which the usual result will be simply
more cats. In that case it were we'll
that the democratic party should look to
its guns in the next fight and take no
chances. A good many Of the leaders Of
the republican party who have been here
lately have fearlessly expressed the opin.
ion that after all the fuss and feathers
and fanfarrenade inside the republican
party, the net result simply will be
Roosevelt by acclamation for another
term, and that he will not say nay to his
party. What is the duty, then, that de-.
wolves on the democratic party?
My opinion. briefly stated, is that we
should take no chances and make no
mistakes in taking for our candidate the
most available man to be had in the
whole country. We have many men in
the front ranks Of the democratic party
who would make ideal presidents of tie
United States. All good democrats have
them in their minds eye right now.
They are such men as Gray and Daniels,
and Folk and Johnson, and Culberson
and Williams and Bryan; but are they
available men for the race and can they
win? Until we win We never can get
any OF our principles into practice. That
is a self-evident and obvious fact, but it
is one that many democrats overlook in
picking out a candidate. They simply
pick their choice because they like him
better than any of the others, regardless
Of his running qualities and the result,
too often, is disaster.
Now, am not picking out candidates
for democrats to vote for, but l have
been up against this game long time
and have some suggestions to make.
So far as I am concerned, personally, l
would rather see Hon. Charles A. Gull
berson, Of Texas, the president of the
United States than any man in the coun-
try, because know his ideal fitness for
the position, but Mr.. Culberson is in no
sense OF the word candidate, and per-
haps does not believe the time ripe for a
Southern man to aspire to the position.
I also would like to see Mr.. Bryan presi-
dent. He is one of the greatest men in
the nation and defer to no man in my
admiration for him, but he has not vet
come to the conclusion to be candidate,
and perhaps he is considering his availa-
bility next year. If so, he is doing a
patriotic thing and eliminating himself
for the good OF the party, which is equiva.
lent to the good OF the country. The one
boom and the one man that is attracting
more attention just now in democratic
circles here in the national capital, is the
boom for young Lewis Stuyvesant Chan.
Ter, the leutenant-governor OF New York
His boom has already assumed such
proportions and attracted such attention
as to indicate the most formidable move.
ment for any man in the country for the
democratic presidential nomination, with
the possible exception OF Mr.. Bryan.
Within the last few days it has been
demonstrated that the democratic leaders
of New York are thoroughly in earnest
in preparing to carry the New York dele
CATION for Mr.. Chanler and are making
overtures to other democratic leaders in
Eastern and Southern states that indi-
} cate beyond all peradventure of doubt
that they are in the race to stay.
CHAs. A. EDWARDS,
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