The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-29
DEMOCRACY ABLY LED
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Party Chieftains Are Men Of
High Attachments.
WORTHY OF HIGHEST OFFICE
scrstary Taft's Defense of Govern.
fmsnt by lnjunetion-The Blacklist
Defended and Boycott Denounced.
Use of Money In E,ections-Juerc
Parker's Charges Proved-Corte!you
Still Silent
By WILLIS j, ARBOT

By WILLIS j. ABBOT
one OF the best features of the Dc,l.o.
cratic situation today is that among
the leaders Of tina. party thcrc ara
many men well qualified to I'll! the
Office Of president or to become caut.i-
dates for that office A party with
only one man to lead it is not a party =.
1t Is merely a mob with Il leader.
Today the Democratic party has a.
Its possible candidates for the prcsi
dency not merely Nj. Bryan. whose
popularity among the voters exceeds
that of any other aSpirant. but It has
Senator Culberson Of Texas. fyolo
Smith of Georgia, Judge Gray of pe!a-
ware, juison Harmon Of Ohio. Sena-
tor Daniel of Virginia, Governor Folk
OF Missouri. Governor Johnson of Min.
nesota. Lieutenant Governor Chanlpr
of New York and perhaps some others
whose names do not at the moment
occur 1t is true that of these pottu-
tial candidates Governor Folk has de
SIaieu tHat ne Wotld not ne Il tll!GI-
date if Mr.. Bryan sought the noinina-
tion and Governor johnson has en-
phatically announced that he will not
be n candidate under any cirrtl.n
stances whatsoever Senator Daniel il
personal conversation with me- has
said that he did not REGARD tie mon
# Il
Culberson. who like Daniel i one Of
the loyal. hard fighting Democrats. has
expressed Il like opinion. TODAY. in
my judgment. the only candidacy like.
ly to be pressed seriously against that
of Bryan is the Chanler candidacy
Lieutenant Governor Chanier's Can
ddacy.
Let us make no mistake about Chan
Ter. He is a fine fellow. Born to great
wealth. he has nevertheless worked
hard in the service of the people He
is the American prototype Of the Eng
llsb member IF parliament man
wy60. having means which he inner
tied and was not obliged to earn. uscs
the leisure which these means give to
him I'm aiding to legislate for the adj
vantage of less fortunate people. If
Mr.. Chaner livedfin England. he would
be a member OF parliament As Il
matter of fact. he did not come very
far from living in England. He is a
graduate of Oxford and was a notable
member Of the debating society in that
great university. which apes the man
ners of parliament and discusses the
issues which parliament is at the mo
ment considering. Mr.. Chanlcr WIS
so much interested in the affairs of
Great Britain that while an American
citizen. he made speeches in Ireland In
behalf of the Land League. somethia::
very much TO his credit. Since his re-
turn to this country he has been a
force for good in local politics in New
York city and in Duchess county.
where his estate is located. In state
politics he appeared first as a can'li-
date upon Mr.. Hearst's Independence
League ticket. He was elected, though
the head of his ticket. Mr.. Hearst. was
defeated by more than $1,000 votes.
Mr.. Chanler'c Friends.
Really every one who knows Mr.
Ci,anIer atmires him. His political
career has been as straightforward AMI
as clean rs that OF any man in public
life. but today he is in danger OF suf-
fering from the methods of some of his
fool friends. OF course he is not alone
in this. Every man in public life must
have a multitude of SO called friends
and Is apt to suffer from their indis-
cretions. There never was Il maxim
more applicable to political life today
or wiser when properly studied than
that of the arch politician OF France.
Talieyrand. Above all. no zeal" Some
jealous friends are likely now to make
difficulty for Mr. Chanler.
Not long ago | received some cir
cularS sent out by q concern calling il
self the CosInographic. The office Of
this organization is at l Broadway,
New York. which is known TO New
Workers as the Washington building
and one of the most expensive Office
buildings in the whole city.
The letters OF the Cosmographic are
sent to newspapers gratis. Somebody
pays the man who writes them. some
body pays the postage necessary to
forward them. some one must put up
the money for stationery and clerical
help. but any newspaper desiring them
can hare them free.
The letter that received was clever
u written. 1t talked somewhat about
Hughes and much about Roosevelt,
but IN the end it showed its true ruT-
pose. I learned with interest that
democratic politicians in the Empire
State are greatly pleased with the IA
vorable comment made throughout the
country on the candidacy of Lieuten-
ant Governor ChanleT for the pTesi-
tenery l further learned from this
ssz (letter that sentiment in behalf