The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-18

nations In the next election. Let II
go at that.
So far as the democrats are con.
cerned, they are not doing much talk,
Ing as yet, concerning democratic
presidential candidates. 1t would
seem from the newspaper talk all
over the country that Mr.. Bryan has
the ield all to himself, but | note
that he recently said that he had not
made up his mind to be candidate.
| That Is taken here to mean that il
Roosevelt intends to force his own
nomination on the republican con.
yention, which he can do Ii he wants
TO. and many people believe that is
what he means by all his recent
grandstand plays, that Mr.. Bryan
would think IL useless to run, mas
much as Roosevelt has stolen all his
thunder and he Bryan recently has
been booming Roosevelt In his paper
the Commoner.
1t wouid be rather embarrassing
for Mr.. Bryan to run against man
who has been advocating (even
though it had string to IT. every
theory and idea that Bryan has advo.
Gated In the last ten years with the
exception of the silver question, and
that Is dead issue. There is only
one thing IN which Roosevelt has not
gone as far as Bryan, and that is the
government ownership OF railroads.
Mr.. Bryan probably would not have
that as an issue in his platform, be.
cause every Southern state would
stand against MIN In the convention
to the man, and that means some
thing.
There are other men In the demo-
cratic party who are mentioned as
presidential possibilities. In the So
called conservative class there are
Ex-Attorney General Judson Har-
mon, OF Ohio, and Judge Gray, of
Delaware, Judge Gray would be per.
soma non grata to the advocates of
Mr.. Bryan because he went of with
the democratic opposition to Bryan
in 1896, and 1900. Judge Harmon
did the same thing In 1896, hut re.
turned to the fold In 1900. Both OF
them probably would be met by the
same stay at home vote that so crush
ingly defeated Judge Parker in 1904.
Tsere really has risen here some hon.
est sentiment for southern man for
the nomination. Many northern
democrats endorse the sentiment for
the reason, as they say that the
south has for so many years furnished
the bulk OF the democratic electoral
vote, that it were high time she
should step into the arena and de-
mand some sort of recognition for
her loyalty to the principles of DEM
ocracy. In this connection the only
name mentioned is that OF Senator
Charles A. Culberson, OF Texas, than
whom there Is no ADLER, truer demo-
crat in the nation, no cleaner, no
more conservative in the sense that
lie does with the cookie burr of con-
ceit under his tail as does the pres
ent man in the White House.
Another able and fearless man who
is mentioned, man who is the peer
Of Mr.. Bryan on the rostrum, is the
Hon. Charles A. Towne, of New
York.
l know all these people personally
and welf and as the campaign adj
vances 1t will be my privilege and
my pleasure to give the readers of
these letters pen sketch of each
enc of them.
Many leading democrats who, be-
fore they left here after the adjourn.
ment OF congress, talked to me anent
the political situation and outlook,
gave 1t as their opinions and | coin.
eide with them, that the two great
issues for the democrats TO advocate
in the next campaign would be tariff
revision and reduction and incident
ally the control and destruction of
the trusts OF the country who are do
ing business In restraint OF trade,
and states rights as opposed to the
idea OF Secretary Root and Presi.
dent Roosevelt. AS the case stano s
today the present administration
stands foi the present tariff wall and
the maintenance OF the trusts meath
its shadow, and as rank and broad a
species OF extreme federalism as was
ever advocated by Alexander Hamil-
ton. Are we to have state sovereign.
ity or strong Capitalization OF gov
eminent? Think it over.
The so-called war between the
president and the big railroad man.
ayers is tempest In teapot. 1t is
all sound and fury siRDifyiug nothing.
A lot of these railroad buccaneers,
who got all they wanted out OF this
administration last year when the
railroad rate bill was passed. Just as
l said they would when the president
laid down and allowed Aldrich to
have his amendments put into the
bill and then when he went back on
Bailey and TillmaD and Chandler.
have been over here putting up