New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-17
THE SECRET IS REVEALED

IH 0EUnEI ID nEyEALEU
Identity of Editor Watterson's Can
didate is now known.
Mustache or no Mustache, Gov.
johnson is the Man.
Famous Kentuckian Argues the
Strength of the Minnesota
Executive.
A Washington dispatch to the Pio-
neer Press of yesterday reads as fol-
lows:
The secret is out. The dark horse
candidate that will be presented to the
next Democratic national convention
by "Marse" Henry Watterson, the
Kentucky editor and oracle of the
Democratic party, is Gov. John A.
Johnson of Minnesota. Watterson's
candidate, who was described as a
s'man with mustache," has been
travelling incog for 10 these many
months. photographs of Gov. John
son are in circulation among the Dem
ocratic cohorts, SO the report comes
here, showing the fine features of the
governor de6led by a mustache.
Hence Watterson's description of his
candidate as one "who lives north Of
Mason and Dixon's line and west of
the Alleghenies, and has a mustache."
All this was brought out by Col.
Edwards, secretary of the Democratic
congressional committee, who has just
returned to Washington from a visit
to Louisville. To Col. Edwards, Edi-
| tor W atterson disclosed the secret re-
garding the personality of his candi-
date, which has mystifed Democrats
from Maine to the Pacific and from
the Gulf to Canada.
That was not all of the message
brought from Col. Watterson by Col.
Edwards. In plain terms the Kentucky
solon and leader OF the ssgreat UNI
washed gang Of boys in the trenches
tells Secretary Edwards, for the bene-
fit of Democrats everywhere, that Mr..
Bryan must say the word whether Gov.
johnson shall be named as leader OF
the next democratic national ticket.
Watterson insists that Mr.. Bryan
dominates the Democratic situation as
completely, if not more so, than does
President Roosevelt dominate the Re-
publican situation.
Bryan must be nominated if hewants
to run. That is the opinion of Editor
! Watterson, who at the same time be-
lieves that Mr.. Bryan will see the folly
of again heading the ticket and will
advise the Democratic leaders in every
section Of the country that Marse Hen
RVS Minnesota dark horse, even with
out hair on his lip, is the man to
head the ticket in 1908.
i The news brought here by Secretary
Edwards gave the Democrats of the
capital decided thrill. Wattersor
thinks Gov. Johnson would poll more
votes than any candidate the party
could name; that he would carry Min
nesota, Wisconsin, the Dakotas and 8
lot Of other states which Mr.. Bryan
would not have u ghost of chance te
carry.
Coming from Editor Watterson, this
information regarding the availability
of Gov. Johnson is having the effec
to stir up the Democratic politicians
more than anything that has occurred
: in many moons. They are making
much of the point that Wattersou has
turned his attention to finding a can
didate for the party instead of devot
, ing his time to platform making, which
in years past has been his chief occu
patton. They insist that if he shall b,
as successful in candidate-making al
he has been in platform-making tn,
Democratic victory of 1908 is as goot
as won at this minute.
Last evenings papers contained
specials from Lincoln, Nebraska, t.
: this effect: Nebraska democrats VIII,
gathered to attend the state centra
committee meeting tonight discusse.
informally the Johnson boom. Itwa
admitted that Mr.. Bryan would max
no active fight for the nomin alton
His Nebraska friends have been ex
) pectant, hoping the honor was within
: his grasp. Should Johnson becom
t formidable, Bryan admirers admi
: that the Fairview statesman would no
! oppose him.
In a jury trial in New York recent,
the attorney for the defendant started
! | in "a raod tn tho i,,rv from GOVT q ;r