The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-09-15
|cHAhLER or NETWORK
y ds q POSSIBLE Demo-
cratic Leade,e
NUT YET A NATIONAL FIGURE

oe"eves In the Supremacy of ~.
eop'e-concernine the New so..L
s..ern states-Democracy Def,aa.
r, By WILLIS d ABEcI
Ahere seems to be n so,neuho.
enort to urge for the 1euo-
Niatic presidential nomination 1iouton
ant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
lier or New York. There ;s ,oo, ~,
.on Ior the movement. Mr., Chan,or
ciean cut, able and honorable man
ne was nominated for the Office l..
no" holds by William r Ia.rs4 An
Tue Independence League ticket and
wnen the Democratic party Of Now
1orK surrendered to Hearst Mr. Chan
''er was one of the independent nomi
neS paced on the regular Democratic
f.1chet. Nobody would accuse him ~
fansratitude to his political SPONSOR nut
the people of New York Hkaa hin, .o
wen 'hat ne was elected Lieutenant
so'ernor by plurality Of 5.57t. while
Mr. Hearst his distinguished leader
was defeated by a plurality Of - so-
indeed, on the straight vote Mr.. cho-,-
ier ran ahead Of Mr. Hearst by c7477
Many things might explain the cham
Ter success and the Hearst { ,faat NJ.
iChanler was practically an unbnov,,
man. In fact, up to the time of his
nomination on the Hearst ticket bn
mad achieved SO little prominence that
MS name did not even appear in thc
l9o7 edition of who's Who In Amer
lca,' a book of reference which crrors
kindly harborage to almost orvhcd~
whose head has got little bit above
the general crowd
The story told in Washington i. li,o
the story told prior to the convention
that nominated Judge Parker. that
only d New Eork man can carry Now
York; that the south is earnestly do
sirous Of having northern and Now
York man nominated: that there have
peen conferences among political man
ayers to secure for Mr.. CHAMBER tho
New York, Pennsylvania anC Illinois
delegations, all of which is fairly good
newspaper stuff for publication in the
duli political season, but none of which
Is true. As a matter Of fact. no such
conferences have been held The men
whose names were used in connection
witt this report would lie promptest to
rldiate 1t if any responsible writer
gave it out over his own signature.
Moreover. Mr.. Chanler himself recog-
nizes the fact that in 1908 he can hard
~ be regarded as presidential timber.
AS yet his opinions on national affairs
are scarcely Known. Mr. CHAMBERS vic
tory over Hearst was a sweeping one.
but his victory over the Republican
forces was very slender one
Mr.. Chanler has had all the fine
things of life that wealth could bring
to him. 1t is greatly to his credit that
he has turned aside from the mere 60
ciety life OF a rich young New Yorker
to undertake more serious work. The
lieutenant governorship Of New York
has given him no chance to show either
his ability or his comprehension Of tho |
principles Of Democracy. Perhaps a
higher state Office. to which he might |
aspire, might make him more of a ma
tonal figure than he is today.
The Pluck Of La Toilette.
People might we'll wonder whether |
Senator La Toilette is Democrat or
hn of11. /
ates in Wisconsin with the Republic
ans, as in that state Democrats have
had little chance Of power. The great |
German population is normally Re
publican, and the immense number OF
veterans Of the civil war, their sons
ind relatives, who are unable to for
ret the attitude of the Democratic par
" prior to that war. have long kept
hat state normally Republican. The
me time in modern political history
when the electoral vote was cast for u
Democratic candidate was in 1877.
when It was carried for Grover Clevc-
and.
Senator La Toilette has been preach
ng Democratic doctrine and winning
Democratic votes. but standing osten-
IDLY as a Republican candidate. In
9O4 he beat his opponent for govern
r by over $4,000, while Mckinley, al
rays popular, beat Parker, who was
otably unpopular, by less than 6o'ooo
he reason was that La Toilette was
Democratic and appealed
D the Democratic sentiment In both
arties.
Recently at Pittsburg Senator La
gillette gave an exhibition of his cour-
re and Of his political sagacity. He
RS addressing a meeting OF Pennsyi-
ania schoolteachers. The president
I the teachers association notified
enator La Toilette that his address
Just be wholly nonpartisan. With the
anial but at the same time somewhat
BILE smile that the Wisconsin
.nator commonly carries, he agreed
. he SPOKE he had occasion to refer
, his rate bill, measure which, I'M
fhrayJOh congress |