The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-09-17
NATIONAL CAPITAL HAS DULL
EST SUMNER FOR YEARS.
EDWARDS SKIES CULBERSON
Texas Senator Has Many Supporters
But Is No Candidate for Demo
cratic Presidential
Nomination.
Ardmoreite Special.


has been the quietest summer from
the standpoint of politics in the
national capital that | have witness.
ed for the past ten years. 1t may
be the precursor Of big storm.
when IL does break, and the signs
OF the times are that the storm
will soon arrive on schedule time.
The big fellows, in both parties
seem TO be waking up and sniffing
the battle from afar. In the repub.
lican party. Taft, Fairbanks. Knox.
Hughes. Foraker. and whole lot
of the smaller bugs are on the wing.
and buzzing to beat the band. They
are making a whole passed. of noise
and one would think. to hear II. that
they were busting the republican
party wide open like a boot.jack on
| account of the manner in which they
are tearing at each others throa,s.
but knowing that potential and puts.
SAINT organization called the repub.
lican party as well as do. | am
afraid it will but develop into cat
| fight in which the usual result will
be simply more cats. In that case
It were well 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
and feathers and fanfarrenade in.
side 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
devolves on the democratic party?
My opinion, briefly stated, is that
We should take no chances and make
no mistakes in taking for our candi.
date 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 the 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 Culber.
son and Williams and Bryan; but,
are they available men for the race
and can they win? Unless we win
We can never get any of our prn.
ciples into practice. That is a self.
evident and obvious fact, but It is
one that many democrats overlook
in picking out candidate. They
simply pick their choice because they
like him better than any of the 9th.
ers, regardless of his running quail.
ties and the result. too often, is
disaster.
Now, | am not picking out candi.
dates for democrats to vote for but
have been up against this game
a long time and | have some sug.
gestions to make. So far as | am
concerned, personally. would rather
see Hon. Charles \. Culberson 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 a candi.
date, and perhaps does not believe
the time ripe for a southern man
to aspire to the position. also
would like to see Mr.. Bryan presi-
dent. lie is one OF the greatest men
| in the nation and ! defer to no man
| In my admiration for him. but he
has not yet come TO the conclusion
to be a candidate, and perhaps he
is considering his availability next
| year. II so, he is doing a patriotic
| thing and eliminating himself for the
good of the party, which is equiya.
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 ma.
| tioGal capital Is the boom for young
Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, the Lieu.
tenant-Govenor OF New York. His
boom has already assumed such pro.
portions and attracted such attention
as 10 indicate the most formidable
movement for any man in the coun-
try for the democratic presidential
nomination, with the possible ex.
ception OF Mr.. Bryan. Within the
last few days 1t has been demonstrat.
ed that the democratic leaders OF
New York are thoroughly in earnest