The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-11-17

~ no he l. Ole illU&t GEES. mere J.,
enthusiasm ElQuyStiuacl FOR Nh
Roosevelt. none Whatsoever apparent
uow for Nr. Foraker MIR. TAFT. Mr.
lAnoH or Mr Root. Thee is 10 enthu-
siasm for Nh Cortelyou. but there is
some thinning about him. There is 30
great popular enthusiasm for Speaker
Cannon, but the politicians are becom-
ing quietly impressed with his avail
ability.
The Democratic Situation.
As against this complete dissension
in the Republican party the Demo
cratic party has become practically
unit. Most people are inclined to he
! Iieve that Mr. Bryan will he The nomi
nee of that party. No one knows Nj
Bryan himself has not yet said that he
would seek the nomination or if il
were rendered him that he would ug-
ccpt it. There are Other cauliiates
for the nomination, and so far as
know there is not one for whom titp
great mass Of the Democratic party
would not stand. Perhaps | shorlia
qualify this statement by saying that
there are other men mentioned for the
| nomination., for hardly any one OF
them stands as a definite candidate
| against MIR Bryan. We nave Governor
John Johnson of Minnesota, Charles
\. Towne OF New York. formerly Of
Minnesota: Hoke Smith. governor OF
Georgia; Senator Charles A. CulberSon
of ftpVNc Tom pt
Cleveland; Governor Folk Of Missouri
and Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler Of New
York. All these are men Of ability
and Of high standing. Not one of them
owes his prominence in public affairs
| to any influence other than his own
| earnest endeavOr TO serve his fellow
citizens. There is 10 presidential pow
err back of them. If it should be the
determination of Mr.. Bryan not to he
candidate there is not one man in
| this list who would not receive the
| earnest and hearty support of all of
| the friends of the Nebraska leader
| And there is Il difference between the
Democratic outlook and the Republic
an outlook. If Mr.. Foraker should be
W Hat itlc EStCictdiy iNi :
| friends likely to do? If Senator La
| Toilette should be nominated, what
would the Spooner faction, called stai
warts, in Wisconsin do to him? How
| fond is Senator Beverage of Vice
| President Fairbanks? How close and
warm are the personal relations be
tween Governor Hughes OF New York
| 10, L
| appears that in the Democratic party
there is virtual unity OF purpose and
in the Republican party widespread
| dissension.
Who VIII Manage the Next Campaign?
Several members of the Democratic
national committee have been in Wash
! ingtcn recently, and among them there
has been much discussion as to the
management of the next campaign. Ii
seems to be conceded that Chairman
Taggart will voluntarily retire. though
his personal popularity is such that
few members of the committee would
desire to see him so out of active wOrh
| in the party councils. OF course the
candidate. whoever he may be. will
select the chairman of the natiola!
committee. There is some speculation
in Washington as to who will be thus
selected. | offer few names that are
| being discussed with the distinct state
ment that SO far as l know there ba#
been no influence brought to bear il
favor of any one of them. Here are
some of the names:
Norman E. Mack. the owner of the
most influential Democratic paper ia
western New York. national commit
teenlan for eight years. chairman o.
the executive committee of the ma ion
! al committee, always enthusiastically.
| for Bryan when Mr.. Bryan was can
didate loyal to Judge Parker when he
became the nominee.
Tom l.. Johnson. mayor of Cleve
land. shrewd and Woodworking poll
tician. loyal to progressive Democracy
a man who if chairman would work
eighteen hours out of the twenty four
thorough business man who canno;
be humbugged by the interests man
who if not himself nominated for the
presidency would be perhaps the best
campaign manager for the nominee
Senator William J. Stone. He is TIE
antithesis of Tom Johnson. He uses
the velvet glove where Johnson EN-
ploys the hard hand. He has been
! loyal to the Democratic cause since
1906 His political sagacity and hi
record of loyalty have made him oiv
of the men most talked of for the III
tional Craftsmanship
ID. j. Campau. Mr.. Campau is of
Michigan, a state where it takes some
devotion to be Democrat In 1896 l,
was chairman of the executive com
mittee; in 1900 he was one of the most
earnest members of the national com
mittee; in 1904 he carried his state del
| egation for Judge Parker after the
| btterest fight ever made in commit
| tee room. He thought he was fighting
| for the right, but at heart is a radical
Democrat a progressive Democrat
! William L. Douglas This is posi-