Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-02
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greatly strengthen it.

greatly strengthen it
Governor Johnson of Minnesota. This
suggestion would shock the average
politician because if Mr. Bryan were
nominated there would be two men
taken from the middle west But if
the middle west is fighting the battle
of the people why should it not fur
nish the leaders? Governor johnson
has carried his state three times. His
success has been due to his courageous
stand for the rights of the people and
| somewhat, one must admit, to the fact
that he comes from that sturdy race
which has peOpled Minnesota. His
| nomination on the ticket would give
strength to it in all sections of the
country because of his vigorous fight
on railroad extortions, which is likely
| to be one of the great issues in the
coming campaign.
IF we should look further to the
southwark than Maryland we find
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia and
| Governor Conner of Alabama. both
strong representatives of the doctrine
| of state rights, on which much of the
| discussion of this campaign will hinge
| Should it seem wise to go farther
north the convention might we'll con
slider Governor Higgins of Rhode Is
land, George Fred Williams of Massa-
chusetts, John J. LentZ or 3. +. Shive.
| ly of Indiana or Carter Harrison OF
Illinois.
The one thing the convention should
| not do is what previous conventions
| have done-namely, to exhaust all its
energies on platform and president ana
forget the Importance of selecting 6
man for vice president who will hell
the ticket in the election and who vii
we'll serve the country should he bt
called to the first place.
Concerning Bill Chandler.
Former Senator William L. Chandler
has just rendered his resignation fror
the Spanish claims commission. Mr.
Chandler says he did it because an ap
pOintment was made by the presiden
of Il sort that was offensive to him
Possibly it was for this purpose tina
the president made the appointment
Some readers may remember that i
was Chandler who was commissioned
by Mr.. Roosevelt to interest Senate
Tillman and other Democratic sena
tors in his version of the rate law
When it seemed wiser to traffic witt
some one else the president threw owe
his Democratic allies, left Chandlc
outside of both the Republican ant
the Democratic breastwOrks, but CAV
him Il refuge in the now somewha
hackneyed Ananias club.
| Chandler is one of the unfortunate
OF politics. He has been good fight
err, Il strenuous partisan. He was til
first secretary of the navy when it
rehabilitation was begun, but upon til
foundation which he laid the reputa
ton of William C. Whitney as the ia
Their of the navy was built. I writ
this as Democrat and as student O
naval affairs, but it is fair to say tina
Senator Chandler has never had til
credit he deserves for starting til
navy upon its course to its present tr
umphant position. Anybody who think
! that his resignation was merely due t
, The appointment ON the commission c
q person who was not altogethC
, friendly to him has not watched til
. situation I'm Washington. 1t is mere
ly another evidence of the breakin
away of the strong men in the Repul
lican party from Il president who IL
; sists on treating them as if they wer
h schoolboys or personal subordinates.
Washington, d. G.
,. WILLIS J. ABBOT.