The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-16
Camnaign of 1908.
Editor The Washington Herald:
In the language of "Hiawatha:
Evils cone not sirEiy;
II ora s1u,ae avoflpr foFou1


Evils cone not sinEly;
II one cones another follows
The woods are full Of candidates for the
Presidency. When the eats away the
mice may play, and they are all coming
out Of their holes now that the colossal
figures have passed away When Lincoln
ran for a second term; when Grant ran
in both conventions for a first and second
term, and later, when Mckinley was a
candidate; yes. and Roosevelt was re-
nominated-in all these cases one name
lowered over all and no one else was con
sidered
At other times it was different With
Grant retired, the candidates hocked out
by platoons. and there was a general as
sortment Of them, receptive. aggressive,
hopeful. and eager as eagles around the
carcass, and so Hayes slipped in.
Arthur mad such feeble following that
the mice again emerged and out OF the
scramble came Harrison, good man, but
never before very seriously considered ex-
cept for governor. and defeated for that.
and Senator too feeble 20 long hold
his seat
But there was no accident about Nc
Kinleys first and second nominations.
So truly national and overshadowing was
his fame because Of his tariff Views. and
the mastery management Of the greatest
political leader this country ever pro-
duced, Mark Hanna the man Of money
and business methods who never gam
bled or took chances. but mapped out his
course and by approved commercial
methods marched straight on 70 his OBJ
jet. He could, and did, raise more money
for those two campaigns than both par
ties had 10 use in the first one hundred
years OF our history. and money makes
the mare go.
nabOb and a prince, he snoWered bar
barrie pearls and gold from his throne Of
royal state. and nothing could hinder or
defeat Mark Hanna's plans. He was a
born king Of politics, whose like we shall
never see again now that political assess
ments are prescribed as crimes and for
hidden and punished by law ell over the
land, Mark would smile if he could now
read that last labored sentence CT bad
English and bald truth Why. he had
money enough left after he was gone to
run the campaign of 1904. and help along
little even IN 1905. He asked no QueS-
tons whence il came whether in little
dTibbieS Of 500 from each of 5000 ma
tional banks, and 5000 bankers. who
were all scared 20 death for fear BRYAN
and free silver would prevail, and SO
drive all the banks and bankers into in
solvency. He got a million or more Of
that lot
The fuss and feather over Harriman's
and Depew's little contributions. and the
larger sums paid by insurance companies.
makes me laugh when I remember how
the money poured into our Golfers from a
thousand sources. Yet not named in any
paper, The syndicate and corporate rob
bers gave much. the lesser ones. down
TO government clerks, far more. and no
man can ever tell how much. The stump
and the press were paid prices never paid
before, and there was a carnival of com
mercial politics.
Nor We're the Democrats idle They
got money in bags from the silver mine
owners and parties deeply i'm debt who
wanted % cents 20 do the work Of a dol
lar 10 scale their debts down oue-half.
and double their incomes. Oh. the Demo
Gratis had big lot Of money in all these
three campaigns.
After such experiences I am thankful
/ hope 10 live to see "a great national cam
palgn run without money ike that Of
Lincoln in 1850. when all Of us speakers
paid our own expenses and never saw a
red cent Of corrupt money. Won't il be
unique? The spellbindeT will be as ex-
tinct us the Cardiff Giant or the dodo.
except in malOdOroUs memory. The i'm
gle OF dollars and the rustling Of ballots
viii no longer make heIlish music as of
old.
Yes and won't there be lots Of candi-
dates? Since Roosevelt IS out Of the way
the pygmies viii appear, and haven't
we lot Of them in America-peODle who
think, with Dewey, il don't take much
ability to make President. remembering
the boys remark TO Lincoln about the
material required
All sorts and sizes. any old thing al
all pops up, looms up. screeches out-about
200 candidates in each and every Northern
State, with not 10 exceed three fairly
good-sized, respectable statesmen in the
punch. PRIVATE DALZELIA-