The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-04-18
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The Fight in Ohio Creates =
g, Big Stir and Outcome i.
Being Watched With
Much Interest
BY JAS. CUBERT CAMPBELL.

BY JAS CUBERT CAMPBELL. "
Washington, D. c., April 16--If,
one should ask the political forecas-
ter, cG &c he. is sometime styled, the
pbli1tott. " sather man--and Washing
Ton mas full quota OF such wise ones
Whae ne thought Of conditions he
would gravely. shake his head and
say: The political atmosphere ia,
without doubt. heavily charged and
all Presidential aspirants would
well to see that their lightning rods
are carefully placed, because the ele-
inents certainly promise much
lightning. There is q fierce storm
raging In the Ohio Valley which may
blow someone into the White House.
PRESIDENTIAL +booms, except that Of
Mr.. Taft's, had better not be left out
over night, because there Is a killing
frost coming from the direction Of
the White House, The Brownsville
storm which did SO much damage to
the Roosevelt Sum Shine has tempo
rartly subsidized. ....
Wlth this, the wise old man, who
has weathered many a hard political
storm, would hasten away and leave
you to sober reflection. But for the
man, keeping up with national poll
c1tement. With the National Con-
yention, which should nominate a
Republican candidate, fifteen months
ON, the country Is witnessing a strug-
gle 1t has seldom, IL ever, seen so far
IN advance of the time when the
hghttng usually begins, +,
With every trick and cunning de-
vice known to the science the politi-
Cal game is being played--not for the
fun of 1t, but to win. And up to this
point there is that interesting uncer-
ta1nty which makes it exceedingly
exciting and entertaining. It Ia hard
to predict. in fact it is quite impos-
|s1ble to say now who the Presidential
nominee will be-. Notwithstanding
the statement, Mr.. Roosevelt Issued
on the night OF his election, to the
effect that he. would positively not
seek another, nomination, there are
apparently powerful agencies Sat, work
to 0YsTaoGne s. hat stat tamsaS; n Saadj
MAKE qhis< nomfnat again possible.
And II the straws count for anything
In the matter of telling which way,
the wind. blows, 1t would seem that
| that election-night statement may yet
be npllif1ed and Mr.. Roosevelt be
made to be the standard bearer of his
party In the next fight for the highest
office In the gift Of the people. 1t Is
said that the number that believes he
will run again Is almost as large as
| that number John saw. But just how
he Is to get away from that state
ment- he gave the people, that he
would not run again, is what puzzles
SO many. Some say that the struggle
| between the other candidates will
cause a deadlock, and after long
RCrh hn ~ ~, n
some one will shout Roosevelt
stampede and his nomination. And
the will Of the people being greater
than that Of one men, he will have to
serve again.
Again there are those who believe
that Mr. Roosevelt Of today Is not the
Roosevelt Of yesterday. Roosevelt Of
| today, they say, is Roosevelt shorn Of
much popularity and power, and
and deadly sting. "His star" said
man hfgh up in the counsel OF the
party, 'is without doubt on. the
decline, and that $5,0O0,OO0 trust
| conspiracy will catch Mr.. Roosevelt
yet if he doesn't watch out"
But the President as has so often
been proven, is not easily caught and
his catchers are sometimes the ones
who get caught.
He Is never politically asleep, and
there are not many Of the present
day generation who seem to have
the courage to attack him when his
eyes are open.
Said q politician speaking Of Mr..
Rooseyelt's giant strength
"The Lilliputians conquered and
subdued their great, and strong Gull
liver, and there is not a man among
us, entirely free from "brainstorm,
VINO does not know there are today
legtons and legions Of Lilliputians at
large I'm this land of the free and
home of the brave. They are a little
timid, and afraid, 'tis true, but If
this great modern political Gulliyer
ever bats his eye or drops that big
stick" even for single second, these
Lilliputians will be upon him And
then that mighty pen that has signed
SO many men into oblivion, drops
forever; those mighty hands that
have lifted 80 many men up and
thrown 80 many down, and those
same hands that pinned the badge OF
dishonor and dtsgrace upon a battal-
ion of black soldiers. Not proven
guilty will be bound down, powerlesS
and that mighty tongue that said SO
many good things and called so many
men liars will be forever silent.
That's il the Lilliputians ever get
him"
Bpt the political event most talk
ed OF by colored people, since the
Brownsville affair, Is the appointment
Of Ralph w. Tyler, Of Columbus,
Ohio, to be Auditor for the Navy De-
partment, a position of much import
ance and paying $4,000 year. This
place was once held by John r.
Lynch, a colored man now paymaster
in the regular army, and OF course,
is no new opening for colored man,
as some thought It was.
But the colored people, nevertfe-
less,~ are loud In their praise and
thanks to the President, and at the