The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-21
NEW YORK TO URGE
A FAV0R|TE SON.
Louis stuyvcsant Ctanlcr is
Being Groomed for Prcsiden-
tial Race.
is POPULAR ALL OVER STATE
Elected When Head Of Ticket
Failed, Chanler is Regarded
as Strong.
~ wALrEn EDWARD HARRIS.


WASHINGTON, ID. c., August co.
While Democrats. who discuss the
political outlook. in so far as the Dem
ocratic nomination to the presidency L.
that the selection Of Mr. Bryan to BE-
the standard bearer is a foregone con-
ciusion, 1t is. fact, nevertheless. that
the names of several other men prom
jnent In the councils OF the party are
also discussed with more or less en-
fhusiasm.
always mentioned when the converse
tion, turns to other men than Mr.
Bryan; Senator cnlberson. of Texas,
make most creditabe run and who
could win, should the Republicans not
make the very best nomination possi-
Judge George Gray, OF Delaware, is
another prominent possibility. provided
IN. me convention should fail to nominate
f gryah t On the a hrs ballot T. is
NOT made on the. first ballot. some
other candidate than the Nebraskan
VIII be chosen.
Judge Gray would prove a most for
nidable candidate. especially in the
North and Middle West. where the
democrats must make great gains II
they would win.
Governor Johnson, of Minnesota, who
liz serving his second term as Demo-
cratic Governor In a rock-ribbed Ile-
pronqnt s'a poss Il Hne Of the gar
which Colonel Henry Watterson has
boon talking so much of late. There
are large number of dark horses in
the stables. and should the favorite
fail to. capture the prize In the first
race. the winner would be matter of
Srayest doubt.
New YorI<s Fnyoritc Son.
THE hour and the man will meet in
Louis stuyvesant chanler at the next
Democratic convention" is the SAN
guine tip that comes to Washington
from New York.
They have been talking about the
Lieutenant Governor up there in a way
that has brought about an animated
discussion of mis- availability as the
Democratic candidate for President in
1903. Every where the suggestion has
been made 1t has been greeted with
approval so hearty that II has been
taken up and heralded back and forth
as an Inspiration that means victory
in 1908.
The young Lieutenant Governor has
SO far surpassed general expectations
and so delighted his partisan friends
by the record he has made since his
election, when his personal popularity
last year carried the Democratic state
ticket into his Office, that no other
man is In the minds OF the New York
Democrats for the presidential nomi-
nation by the party. They have found
him in office faithful. brilliant and u
rare maker OF friends. He has highly
pleased the members of the party or
ganization in the State, while the rank
and file look on with pride and graft
fication.
state Committee, William J. Gonners.
OF Buffalo, who has recently been In
Washington, the owner of two daily
newspapers and man OF large bust
ness affairs, Is insistent that Mr.: Chan.
Ter would make "a great candidate;
Tammany leaders. including Charles +
Murphy, who has put aside his reti.
cence to say as much. and who last
year urged the nominal ton OF Mr..
Chanler for Lieutenant Governor. arc
Joining in the demand for his nomlna-
ton for President in way that prom.
ICES to make a profound Impression
upon Democrats everywhere.
1t looks Enthusiastically like "A falling
into line of all factions of New YORK
Democrats in all sections of the STATE.
conspicuous among them being the
Democrats of the upstate counties
and the young Democrats all over the
State, from whom comes an ardent oe-
mand for Chanler.
With these forces at work and the
elder men of the party approving, IT
is almost foregone conclusion that
New York will present for the DEM
ocratlc nomination for President next
year Louis Stuyvesant Chanler.
Career of the Man.
A lawyer of experience and excep-
tional ability. of two of the oldest
the Astors and Chanlers--bnt Of a
worth of character independent of re-
lance upon such connections. Mr..
Chanler, at thirty-nine years old, IL
four years older than was William j.
BRYAN, when the Nebraskan WAS nom
mated at Chicago: he has all the ardor