The National tribune., 1907-07-18
REPUBLICAN ASPIRANTS.
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done most of his playing at Murray
Bay. 1t keeps his weight at n minimum
figure, which is one thing about IL that
the Secretary likes
Vice President Fairbanks would be
as lang as Lincoln on horseback. Be isl
never seen as an equestrian in Wash
inston, Notwithstanding the fashion
here of riding horses as set by Theo-
dore Roosevelt. But as Il pedestrian
the Vice President is a wonder. II Is
hinted darkly and quietly that he can
outwalk Mr.. Roosevelt. for his stride Is
something tremendous. He covers
ground like q colossus.
Coy. iIuGhcs's Attitude.
Up at Albany something h4, just hap.
pened that makes the po.iticians taltr
notice. II dishcartcns Taft and Can
non, both of whom have been lookir%
for popular running mate in that !Ietl
of the woods. Now it transpires tiiht
the running mate does not belong to-
the Barbis family. Gov. Charles 4:
Hughes allows ii to b"comc know, g.,
Just as positive language as pOaSiri.
that he does not care to get into t..
running mate class. and would not Gh
der any circumstances be rtckonvd =
that kind of an aspirant. Secretary
Taft need send no more cInissariGs I.
Albany to sound the Governor abou, an
alliance on that basis. Speaker Cannon
need make no more jovial journeys t.
The state House in the same city on 60,
like trrand. So there is serious diSup
pointincnt
The super efStttiOus candidates for the
Presidency, however, have some con
ISOLATION over the fact that Gov. Hughes
made his announcement on July 9. Po-
litically speaking. July . is bad day
N BIT Il l..
Judge Alton Brooks Parker received
the nomination for President on the
Democratic ticket. The multitudes at
St Louis July ., 1909. thought it was
an auspicious day. and shouted them
selves hoarSe he vote was announc-
ed. But trouble trooped after Judrr
Parker almost FROM the moment that
the shouts of the convention died away
At the tim: he held one of the most
desirable offices in the Empire State
The Chief Judge of the Court of APP
pcals was fully as important an ofiicc
as the office Of Governor. The tenure
was II years: the pay large. A Cover
nor III New York serves for but two
Years and his salary is sm2fiar Judge
Parker resigned his ofiicc three or four
weeks later. as Gov. Hughes must YIELD
his ambition to serve for another tern,
as Governor of New York if lie gets
tho nomination for the Presidency. His
cam paign went 10 the bad continually
and he was very Overwhelmingly beaten
at the November balloting Now he is
II successful New York lawyer. with a
large income undoubtedly. but no long
or an influence In politics He sits in
an inner Office. guarded from all except
those who come bearing fat retainers
July 3 may be day of better Re-
publican auSury, and Gov. Hughes's an
nnunccment that he would accept q
. mi ~ ffrn fnr he
come to better end Nevertheless
three years from now he will probably
be either President of the United State<
or lawyer in some big New York office
as Judge Parker now is While he did
not make his announcement directly, il
was made lmperSonally on '.incontro-
Nertble authority" which means that
Gov. Hughes said what was said. ana
requested that it be printed as a notice
to the Presidential aspirants who are
trying to make him the tail to one O:
their kites
NO one of the candidates except Sem
ltor Knox has announced formally that
he Is in the field for the nomination.
and therefore it is fair to regard Gov
Hughes as Il candidate just as much as
Secretary Taft is or as Vice President
Fairbanks and Speaker Cannon are
He has been discussed Of late
quite as much as any one of
sEe trlo mentioned, and his name
has been quite as favorably received
IL IS taken for granted now that efforts
viii begin soon to round up New York
delegates for him, with chances favor
ing his support by large portion of the
IS delegates from New York State. AL
bany will very likely be a lively camp
Of Presidential politics during the COM
ing Winter. and to "a degree will share
honors with Washington in that regard
Candidates az Athletes.
If all the Presidential candidates get
to doing athletic stunts during the Sum-
ncr. several weeks of which yet re-
main. they might enIivcn the contest
immeasurably. The voters would be
vastly more entertained than they are
by the usual manuvcrS for convention
support. Suppose Uncle joe Cannon
should go to New York and "cut
wing" in front of the Stock Exchange
is q street piano played Il ragtime mel
ody He could do it in the most ap-
proved style, for he is the spryest old
man between the two oceans. Senator
Knox cannot do any hay-pitching feats
on his Valley Forge farm. as President
Roosevelt has monopoliZed that. but he
might cut few acres of green sward
in true Cincinnatus style when plowinG
time comes or perform some other ap-
proved bucolic stunt that would en-
trance the hoi polloi
One Of the Oldest.