The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-07-16
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From Louisville Courier Journal.

From Louisville Courier Journal.
Champ Clark is nothing if not an op
timist. We know he is a most bril-
liant and inspiring speaker. 1t is
true hat he has not yet been elected
Governor of Missouri, like most Ken
tuckians who emigrate tnither, but
there is time enough, and, meanwhile.
he is doing very well in congress and
on the Chautauqua platform, where
he divides with Mr.. Bryan himself the
applause Of the multitudes.
Mr.. Clark was at Lexington, the 9TH
erday and while delighting the PEG
pie of the Bluegrass Capital with his
eloquence and wit, he talked a little
politics with a reporter for the Cour-
ier-Journal. 81 firmly believe said
Mr.. Clark, that the Democracy has a
far better chance of electing a Presi-
dent and a House of Representatives
next year than it has had since 1892.
If Bryan and Roosevelt are the nomi-
nees, and 1 believe they will be, Bry-
an will easily win. l cannot e now
the h0puDllCduS COL SoSopC hOAAAAob
ing Roosevelt, and he viii be only too
willing to accept the nomination if 1t
is rendered to him. On the other
hand, there are thousands of good men
in the Democratic party who would
and could make good Presidents, but
the issues seem to be clearly drawn
as between Bryan and Roosevelt.
They are logical e though logic
does not always go in politics."
We agree with Nj. Clark that, if
the two tickets next gear were Roose-
welt and Bryan, Bryan would win
hands down. The third term Issue
would wreck b Republican party
just as Free Silver wrecked the Demo
cratic party. But, in our opinion, it
can never be-. Neither the President,
nor his party, has any thought of com
hitting suicide. If we win We shall
have to put up some Democrat who
can unite all the Democrats and gain
some percentage of the Independent
vote and the dissatisfied Republican
vote. That much ought to be perfect
ly plain to men not blinded by faction
ism or idol worship.
The Republican party is likely tc
put up its strongest man, whoever he
NAV be. 1t is a strong, militant, tri
umphant body and not used to perpe
trating mistakes. We might as wei
make up our minds that we shall have
to go against the hot end of it.
However, the Courier-Journal is moi
much concerned about the Republican
nominee. If we are to have another
Republican President we guess we can
stand it as well as the rest; and, any
way, Wen have to. Always for the
under dog, we are actually getting VI
a kind of sympathy for Foraker. But
that's h limit Fairbanks is nc
SLOUGH, and as a neighbor would suit
us. though-as a prophet, if as moth
ing else-we must nc lose sight %
Hughes, who is forging to the front
and will have to be reckoned with.
1t is through Republican d~issensions
that we Democrats have a chance next
yea and hence the question recurs,
and will continue to be recurrent,
What shall we do to carry he coun-
trye Can we carry it at all? If so,
with what nominee? If so, on what
platform? In case we are going to be
licked, does it matter? If we are go
ing to win, does not the doctrine OF
predestination tell us that it does not
make any difference whom we nomi-
nate, or what old thing we take for a
platform?
Truth to say, one would think this
latter, to read some of the Democrat
ic newspapers which claim to have a
patent medicine good to Stay Republi-
cans at a hundred yards and Demo
Gratis at only fifty.
Here again let us say that if we are
to have another Democratic defeat,
the Courier-Journal can stand it as
well as the rest. But why should any
of us make up our minds II months
ahead that we must have a Democrat
ic defeat? The country is distinctly
not Republican. United the sentiment
that is not Republican-giving to
Hearst and his Independent League
their quantum taken about equally