The Washington herald., 1907-04-05
FRIDAY. APRIL 5. 1907.
Political Brain.storms.


The public will do well TO maintain a
particularly firm grasp on its equilibrium
until after the subsistence of the various
brain-storms resulting from the Roose-
velt-Harriman incident. These be par
lous times, and many weird tales are
knocking about seeking those by whom
they may be devoured. Some OF them
are the offsprings of ignorance and IN
trammeled imGginatiOns. some Of honest
error, and some, perhaps, of pure malice.
Whatever their genesis, the dear people
viii be wise 10 accept most of them with
the largest grains Of salt obtainabIe, else
consumers as well as producers viii be
found to be suffering from paranoia Of
an extreme type
The most startling OF all the sensations
which the developments Of the last three
days have brought TO light is the alleged
discovery, by the President and his
friends. that combination exists between
Hartman. Rockefeller. and-Of all men
Hearst, the purpose Of which is to control
both the Republican and the Democratic
national convention against Roosevelt,
Roosevelt candidates, and Roosevelt poll
cies. Dark secrets regarding this fear
some plot are said TO have been obtained
from an agent of the combine VINO. hav-
ing wooed the god Bacchus with some
success, prematureIy disclosed the inten-
tions of his superiors 20 a party of diners,
all of whom CHANGED to be close friends
of the President. We are quite prepared
10 believe this part of the story. At any
rate We cannot imagine such a tale be
ing told seriously, and with a desire to
have it believed, by a perfectly sober in
dividual
The trio referred to already has in hand
s5.O00,0o0 of a fund which is to be used
10 break" Roosevelt, we are gravely
told; and this is bur a grain of sand in a
desert compared TO the riches which are
10 be obtained hereafter and devoted to
the same purpose. The methods to be
employed are easy and simple, being
merely the purchase Of newspapers. Iegis-
latures, and nominating conventions the
country over.
Another inte-esting-if-t tale is that
President Roosevelt not only plans to an
initiate Senators Foraker and Dick in
Ohio. but TO have his son-in-law sent to
the Senate in the place OF the former.
Representative Burton is not TO be forced
out of the running entirely. according TO
the veracious chrOnicler, but is to be
permitted to fight for Dicks seat in 1911
There are many others all as probable
as these But what's the use?
Here and now we venture to predict
that neither Edward H. Hartman nor
John D. Rockefeller will be especially po-
tent in the national conventions next
year; that William r. Hearst will not be
a dominating power, although we viii
miss our guess if he does not prove
force 20 be reckoned with; that there will
be rather less buying Of newspapers. leg
isiative bodies, and conventions in the
coming year Of our Lord than in many
Presidential contests of the past: and.
finally, that If Joseph Benson Foraker is
not able TO succeed himself as United
States Senator or name his successor-and
on that point we have our own opinion
the man TO step into his place viii not
be Nicholas LongWorth.
We are thus confident because, not
WithstandiHg some rather discouraging
developments. We retain vast amount
Of belief in and respect for the good sense
and integrity Of the American people as
a whole.