The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-09-14
SEE FINE CHANCE
FOR VICTORY IN 1908
FactiOnal Fights ia Repab.
liCan Ranks Present
Great Opportunity.
5 peciai Correspondence to Leader

Special Correspondence to Leader.
Washington, ID. c.. SPIT 14-The
Washington Correspondent of the
New York press. though O week be-
hind this correspondence. in giving in
formation as to pending cabinet re-
tirements, gives some interesting in
formation as to the real reason for
the prospective changes II Us assert
ed that not one Of the Cabinet has en-
dcrsed the Presidents selection Of
Secretary Taft as his successor and
that Secretary Root and Secretary
COrteyou had been led to believe that
they would be the favored ones and
feel that their relations" with the eX-
ecutive have undergone a vital change
AS the President should be good Re
publican authority for the feeling i'm
administration circles. this acknowl-
edgment of friction in the Presidents
official family is a political fact of
great Importance and cannot but have
a momentOus effect on the presidpn-
tial campaign. II may result lin an
open breach in the. Republican party
or in any event viii lead to lukewarm
support of VINO ever is nominated by
the dissatisfied factions. This fac
tional iigpt for supremacy In The Re
publican party is vastly to the aGvan-
tage of the Democrats AMI should in
duce them to unite for SUCCESS AS
the minority party, the Democrats,
must show a united front and agree
ment on essential issues is the way
very prominent member Of the party
from New Jorsey stated il 10 me at
Atlantic City a few days ago. or we
cannot elect anyone. "lf we can elect
a president there will be a good chan c
to retain control and in time again i'm
press Democratic poiices upon the
country and there VIII be ample op-
portunity for the leaders to develon
and attempt to satisfy their ambition
Only one man can be chosen for the
candidate for president. Whoever he
may be continued this Democrat. "he
must have the support of other lead.
ers, to carry the close and doubtful
states. New Jersey does not vet an
pear to have settled upon a favorife
candidate. Mr. Bryan has many
friends, but ! notice in the Philadel-
phia Record OF August 20 that he has
advised friends in the CITY that he
will not be a candidate because there
is a serious opposition to his nomina.
ton. The report reputed to have
been circulated bv Judge Campbell
OF Ohio. that Judge Parker would
seek a denomination for president has
been denied by Judge Parker, and
was never believed here by well in.
formed politicians Judge Parker had
| his tilrc 'tpiN and neiti fortune or
circumstances favoring him and a
| large number of Mr. Bryar'E friends
either voting for President Rooseyelr
or staying at home he was signaIly
defeated. Il would be folly 10 repeat
such a iasco for history shows that Il
is not wisc I'm politics TO try and
change public opinion with regard to
candidates when there Is serious op-
position like Judge Parker and Mr..
Bryan have but rather to seek some
one whom both factions cannot refuse
To support Who the candidate will
Dc is vet in the womb of the future
and wisdom points 10 someone being
selected who instead of antagonizing
anyone on account of previous polti-
cal action, has so little record that no
one can object to him He must Of
course nm the Democratic require
ments Of honesty and ability The
Democrats have so much OF the best
of the issues in the coming presiden-
tiai campaign. and now reinforced as
they are bv Republican division.
disagreements ON ;he taifff the con
troi OF trusts, raiiroadrate regulation.
home rule or state rights. and ia fact
al OF the issues that are like
ly 10 be prominent. &c would be an un-
nardonable sin for the personal for
tunes of any man to be made tO stand
ia the way of success