Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1907-10-24
WASHINGTONLETTER
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES NOT AD.
HERED TO BY PARTY.
Factions Infruding Wrong Ideas.
Chanler Nay be Put Forward for
President. Hearst Will Support
Him, as He Himself Is Not Ambi-
tiOuS for the Position.
Especial correspondence to the HERALD

Especial correspondence to the HERALD.
WASHINGTON. D. G., October 2l, 1907
l have just returned from New
York, and l have something of in
terest to the democrats of the coun-
try. learned several things while
there that will have a bearing on
the next national campaign. l learn
ed that every faction of the demo-
cratic party over there is behind the
movement to nominate the young
lieutenant governor, Chanler, with
the exception of one. That faction
is the Wall Street faction, composed
of the Ryans, the Belmonts, the Shee-
hans, and the Parkers. That is the
faction that nominated Parker, in
1904, and they are after some such
man this time, who will do what they
want, and will not do anything that
any other democrat wants. They
want some so-called conservative
democrat, some man who went back
on Bryan and the ticket in 1896 and
1900, or at least some man who did
not support the ticket in 1896, but
who probably did support it in 1900
on the anti-imperialist proposition.
They know that Governor Chanler is
not that kind of man or democrat,
that he has been always loyal to the
ticket and to Bryan, when he was the
candidate of the party, and that they
cannot handle him, therefore, they
want none of him. It is distinctly
complimentary to Mr.. Chanler that
they are against him, at least from
the standpoint of his democracy. AS
I say, all other factions of the party,
those that always have Loyalty sup
ported the ticket. are for Chanler
and they made it clear to me that
they intend to give him the state
delegation in the next national con-
vention, the Wall street gang to the
contrary Notwithstanding. also
learned that Hearst would support
Chanler, that he had no ambition to
become the candidate of the indie
pendence league for the presidency,
that his recent alliance with the re-
publicans in New York county was
for the purpose of defeating Tam
many, if possible, against which he
has a grievance and work to carry
as many assembly districts in the
state as possible for the republicans
and the independence league, con-
tinue the alliance with the republi-
cans in the legislature and have him.
self elected to the United States SEN
ate to succeed Thomas c. Platt. That
is his ambition and that accounts for
the milk in this republican alliance
cocoanut. With Hearst supporting
Chanler that removes any serious op-
position to his carrying the state del
egation and having behind him the
united support of the entire state
democracy. I also learned that Gov
ernor Chanler is going down to At
lanta, Ga, to make speech on the
25th of this month, having been in
vited down there by Governor Hoke
Smith, the occasion being big day
at the Georgia state fair. l have
seen an advance copy of that speech, |
which will be printed in full by all
press associations of the country, af-
ter it is delivered, and as democrat
l endorse it and believe all other
democrats will do the same, after
they have read it. OF course, I can
not tell anything about it in advance
and the only comment can make at
this time is that it has the precision |
of Kentucky rifle and the force and
effect of capias profine. 1 believe
it will compel people to sit up and
take notice. !
Teddy will soon have congress on
his hands again and then he can be-
gin to dictate legislation, pose as
Dolitical prophet and point out to |