The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-28
BY WILLIS j. ABBOT.

M When the Democratic national CON-
~mittee accepted the proposition offered
Mby Denver to take the convention to
.sthat city 1t acted wisely and well. 1t
lis perfectly true that there was some
reconsideration of the hotel facilities of
Amore eastern cities. 1t Is quite proba-
Sble that both Chicago and Kansas City
%will raise the question as to whether
NDenver can properly entertain great
< convention. But the men who are
Smembers of the national committee
have no fears. They believe that the
< great capital city of Colorado will
: take care of the national convention
asuccessfully. IL Denver does not take
Ipains to entertain the national conven-
etion. troubles will come of 1t. If 1t does,
1t will have new reputation for being
zone of the most prominent, one of the
,pmost successful, convention cities
1 which the nation knows.
w 1t is fair to say about Denver that Its
proposition was passed upon chiefly
N because its financial suggestion was
the best offered Denver offered $780,
MOOO. Chicago $4,000. Kansas City S25,-
OOO Louisville practically nothing As
a result Denver won the convention. A
y national convention is not an easy
n thing to handle. A national committee
"is even harder. When the convention
is over there will he some months dur
ing which the national committee must
have its own funds. Unless those
funds come from the convention there
will he serious stringency, and II Is
for this reason that Denver, Offering
as II did good surplus, had the best
of the dispute. When Denver sends to
the national committee its contribu-
e. ton 1t will be warmly approved and
will receive from that committee Il
very strong statement as to the aid 1t
has given toward the work of the ma
tional campaign.
Mr.. Cortelyou's, Position.
" The story published widely that Mr..
n Cortelyou Is antagonistic to the presi-
a dent and to the presidential policy Is
absolutely and literally untrue. talk
ed with one of his closest friends. who
:. assured me that there was no truth In
sthe statement. Afterward went to
Gee Mr.. Cortelyou himself. He is one
OF the most reserved men I'm American
elpolitics. He is as close mouthed as
=. anybody that I have ever known.
From him got nothing except silence,
sbut l did get the impression, which
n may or may not be right, that the story
told about his hostility to the presi-
dental plan was quite unfair and
wholly without foundation. What Mr..
Cortelyou may do later | do not know.
He may fight Mr.. Taft. l am very
sure he would fight Mr.. Cannon or Mr..
Foraker. / don't think he would fight
MIR. Roosevelt should the president
himself be candidate.
Whether Mr.. Cortelyou will be a
4 candidate or not no one can tell. From
~ the Democratic standpoint l am not
y able to say that he would be IA very
X strong candidate. Let us not forget
:. that 1t is Cortelyou who took from the
u Mutual Life and the Equitable Life
y associations almost 100000 of the
X money of their policy holders and gave
/" II to the Republican national commit
y tee. II Secretary Cortelyou shall be
nominated for the presidency. he will
have TO explain this. He will have to
explain what he has done with the
moneys that he as secretary of the
treasury has expended and why he de-
posted them in favored banks. In
brief, Mr.. Cortelyou will have more
matters to explain than any candidate
.s.who might be offered for the presi
dency.
The Sailing Of tho Fleet.
II It is possible to make the cruise
of the feet to the Pacific a political
incident, It seems likely that 1t will be
! done. II II Is practicable to make out
Z OF the cruise possibility of war, that
too, seems possible. For example
In both the Washington and New
York papers read that all the Japa
Z nese servants on the ships have been
discharged. 1t appears that one serv
ant was detected In making drawings
OF various parts of the ship on which
he was employed. The newspaper sto
ry Is that not merely he, but all Japa
nese so employed have been giver
their discharge. This may or may moi
be true Personally do not think 1t 4,
true, but ! do think that the publica
K ton of matters of this sort Is likely Il
do incalculable harm to the relations
.sbetween the United States and Japan,
Looking back some years, l can re
.. eall very well that almost every cap
~tain, commodore or admiral I'm thu
:. United States navy had japanese
svalet or servant. personally was a
one time a guest on the old shII
ECharleston, now lost, at time wheI
Commodore Picking was her com
mander. Practically all "the ships
rboys' were Japanese. Probably thu
same situation prevails today. Tn,
Japs make the best wardroom serv
ants and the best Wallets known. TIT
navy win be very, very slow to permi
them to be dropped out Possibly the,
may be. trying to nnd out more abou
our navy than foreign nation should
know. II thcy are, It is the business o
K the navy TO discover 1t and to shu
them out. hut there seems to be AZ
inclination on the part Of the newspa