Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1907-10-31
POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Mayor Samuel r. Buxton Of New
port News has announced his candi-
dacy for the seat of Congressman VIII
liam A. Jones, representative from the
First district of Virginia
Some politicians declare that if
Mayor Tom L. Johnson Of Cleveland
wins a reelection on next week
against Congressman Theodore r.
Burton, the republican nominee for
mayor, he will become a White House
possibility, and practically the only
man who has any chance of defeating
Bryan for the democratic nomination.
Report has it that Senator Elkins of
West Virginia will be content with
the term in the senate which he was
given without party opposition last
winter, and that he will not ask for
fourth term. That is to say, he in
tends to retire from active politics
when his present term expires.
Republicans in Minnesota expect to
elect the minor state officers next
year as usual, even if they do-not feel
50 sure about TEe governor, so there
is some interest developed already in
the two nominations for railroad and
warehouse commissioner, which seem
likely to be contested.
Thomas Way Of Britt, Iowa, who
managed the first campaign for Gov
ernor Cummins, and who has resided
in South Dakota for some time, has
returned to Iowa to assume the man.
agement of the Cummins' campaign
against Senator Allison. Way is not
ed as one of the most astute political
managers ever produced in the Haw
eye State.
Senator Moses E. Clapp Of Mime
sofa, who has been mentioned as a
possible candidate of the republicans
for the vice presidency next year, is a
native of Indiana. He served three
terms as attorney general of Minneso-
ia, and in 1896 was the unsuccessful
candidate for governor. In 1901 he
succeeded Cushman X. Davis in the
United States senate, and two years
ago he was unanimously reelected.
Representative Henry Of Texas has
given out that he will not again be a
candidate for chairman of the demo
cratic caucus. In communications TO
his friends he has drawn attention to
the qualifications for the place pos.
sessed by Representative Henry B.
Clayton of Alabama. II is not prob
able that the democratic members
will accept the choice of Mr.. Henry
for his successor, and II looks as
though there would be canvass and
the usual democratic fight for the
honor.
The republicans viii hold their con
vention first next year, II being the
unwritten law of American politics
for the party in power to appear on
the scene first with its candidate and
platform. Since 1860 there has been
but one exception to this rule. The
republicans in 1896, being then out of
power. called their national conven.
ton for June 1G, while the democrats
did not hold theirs until July Z. In
1888 the democrats held their conven-
ton first, but this was because they |
were the party in power
Ten national political conventions |
have been held in Chicago. This rec
ord is second only to that Of Balti- |
more, which in the earlier years, and |
up to and through the Civil War
lines, was the favorite convention |
,ity of the country. Baltimore's rec
Ird of sixteen national conventions |
has not yet been eQualled, although |
Chicago is a strQng second and in
line will undoubtedly be in the lead.
)f the national conventions held in
six were republican and
our democratic.