The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-09-28
| SPECIAL WEEKLY LETTER
FRO M THE NATIONS METROPOLIS
American Newspaper Publishers Association Forms
Gigantic Trust-Return of Ryan Brings
Interest in Traction Scandal to
the Front.
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New York delegation the pivotal
lpoint. The safe and sane metropOli-
tan press still continues to print long
reports about the alleged break away
from Bryan in the south. But if not
Bryan, then who? It is suggested,
that, should Tom johnson of Cleve-
land win out in his campaign against
Congressman Burton for Mayor of
| Cleveland, Johnson would make
better candidate than Bryan If for
no other reason than because he has
been a winning candidate in the past
while Bryan has always lost. But
johnson Is not the man who is want
ed in the East. Here sentiment Is
decidedly in favor of man who
would be popular without being a
Ipopulist. Such a man It is thought
would be ex-governor David r
Francis, Of Missouri. Francis stands
well in his home state where his
prestige was largely increased by
lIhis wonderful, successful manage
ment of the Worlds Fair at st.
Louis. He has done more TO make
Missouri famous than any other Iiv-
ing man even including Governor
FOLK. The latter has been mentioned
Jas Presidential candidate but his
character is becoming so generally
understood in the influential circles
lof the Missouri Democracy that he
would never be able to control the
solid delegation from the SHOW me"
Icitizens. Francis Is well known I'm
the East and while not a corporation
eater, he has on the other hand new
er been connected with any trust and
can be considered an impartial man
Iof quiet force. just the kind of
pilot one would want for ship of
state in troublous times.
The return of Thomas Fortune
lRyan from Europe last week has
again brought the interest I'm tbp
traction scandal to the front. On
landing, Ryan remarked to a reporter
that he had nothing to say and never
would have anything to say. With
that statement the investigators for
the public Utilities Commission seem
ready to take issue. Il Is intimated
that Mr.. Ryan may have to say
something very soon though not be-
fore the commission, but perhaps in
some other department of Justice.
| The intimatiOn is made that with
each succeeding day the Belmont
forces regret more keenly the alliance
they made with their surface lines
IThere is no doubt that Ryan sold ont
on Belmont and that the latter at the
Itime the merger was arranged had no
choice in the matter. II is rumored
that now the legal advisers for Mr..
/ Belmont are trying their best to find
some way of upsetting the merger
, without damaging the standing of the
! Belmont enterprises. In this effort
! they Will perhaps find IL convenient
to let the public investigators have
the benefit of such knowledge as they
possess regarding the Ryan trausac-
Itions. 1t is generally believed that
, in spite of the craftiness of RYAN
Belmont who showed his ability as
financier by doubling the fortune left
him by his father will win out.
The public admission that IL. II.
Rogers was incapable of managing his
large interests has brought into the
! |limelight a new generation of Stand
lard Oil financiers Prominent among
them is Urban Brouehton, who is
, Mr., Rogers son-in-law. The sons Of
! the mighty and daring men who built
up the 1000 per cent. Standard Oil
company do not seem to be able to
meet the demand which the success
Iorship TO their fathers positions en-
tails. John ID. Rockefeller Jr. is
forced to practically retire at the age
at which his father was just begin
ming to make his fortune. Young Rog-
ers is, an inconspicuous person and
the other young men of the Standard
IOil party notably, the sons of James
IStillman are never even mentioned
IThey are nice but ordinary young
men, lacking their fathers genius and
rather inclined to over estimate their
importance.
The announcement that Wall Street
is to be deprived of the advantages
which is heretofore enjoyed of secur-
ling advance information about Presi-
dental speeches and eecutive docu-
ments Is received with disfayor by
the spectators but should be a source
of qualification to the public at large
For years Wall Street has been in the
habit of securing advance informa-
tion about every important act Of
the government which it was fire.
quently possible to turn to account in
1.-THE stock market. The thing became