Saint Mary's beacon., 1907-03-21

oraak hefore he win band, and Il
qaits APT . fell those who do nos
Think - D. does 70 20 % fhe dsvil.
Did - possess he suavlty. sxsrssae
politensss and eoncilIafory dispo-
ssition Of Henry Clay. and IL hs unit
Cd those charactiristics With hls own
Intellectual force. Senator BaIssy
would 70 day be the, most powerful
knAn In the United States ssnass, and
perhaps she most powerful man In
Unised States. the President exeeps-
O. III nature has married him In rss-
spect In the making. she has richly
sndowed him IN oahsr ways. and -
he il still young he may in time over
come some Of bis serious defects. I
have known Bailey intimately for
many years and nave grown 10 I'd.
mire and respect him. have been
led 10 belive that at some time no
would be the standard bearer Of his
party, and | still think that he will
be In spite OF the certain people 90
besmirch bis reputation. Wyrs his
habitat anywhere north OF Mason
and Dixon's line / have every rea-
SON TO believe that would not have
long 10 walt.
President making In rapidly going
on here and elsewhere, although
surface indications are slight. Az
far as the Republicans are concern
ed. there is strong undsrtow In
favor OF Fairbanks. He may fail of
the nomination. but his organization
10 the most perfect nov In sight and
he Is moving toward the goal In o
manner quite crafty. and In O way
quite characteristic of the man. Of
course there are others, such as
Taft, Foraker, Shaw. Cummings and
Hughes who have their rods In place
ready and willing to be struck, but
Fairbanks has the organization aud
would seem by that token 10 have.
so much as it is worth, the lead
Of all the others. II he cannot win
it would seem certain that he can go
. long way toward naming who shall
be nominated. AS for the Demo
erats-ay, there's the rubi Bryan,
is Of course, far In the lead. In fact
ne has no avowed competitors; no In
simply-sprinting along with none
others to make the pace. Humiliat-
ing as it Is 70 acknowledge 10. the
Democratic party of TO day 10 q
divided house on principles. II the
day ever arrives when the historic
party shall have returned wholly 20
she faith of the fathers. we shall
doubtless find the man that can lead
1t 10 deserved victory. am firmly
convinced, however. that 10 In not
by trying 10 out-Herod Herod In
radicalism that the future success
Of the party lies. Nor do believe
that ii lies in inert conservatism.
Between the two lies the safer and
saner path. Too long the Democrs-
BIC bark has been sailing In unknown
seas without rudder or compass. los
would 20 captain slightly daffy In
the upper story.
AS old Democrat al Senator Nor
gan. Of Alabama. has recently said
that 10 was time TO tack In other d.
rectioas and | quite agree with him.
The old craft is still staunch and
true, but needs q captain. Who no
shall be ID for the party 10 say.
Sentor Morgan says Ex-senator
Gray, Of Delaware. Surely he In
man in whom the nation has conf
dencs. He 10 tried statesman and
no theorist. He does not dream
dreams and is not afflicted with
visions. He is practical, courage
Gus. believes In the enforcement OF
Law and is lawyer enough 10 be able
70 interpret ID. He never was aud
never viii beany man o man. Heisa
great judge. He believes In the RS
served rights Of the States. He
does notagFee with President Roose-
Welt aud Secretary OF State Root thas
this nation has outgrown the Con-
yention. and that the States must
henceforth sink into not hingness.
He does not believe that the Su-
preme Court has the lawful right 20
c0hstrue the Constitution Of the
United States. 10 suit the whims Of
. President who grasps for more
power than the Constitution grants
him. He believes that no monopoly
exists that cannot be controlled by
law when 10 threatens the safety Of
the people. His panacea for govern
ment ills is not ia governments
ownership of utilities. Il seems 20
ma that the country, and the DEM
oeratic party at this iuncsure needs
just such o man as the helm. and Ihope
the BKAOoS agrees with me.
L. d. SAr3.