Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-11
Especial Washington Correspondence Of
The Argus.)

Especial Washington Correspondence or
The Argus)
There seems to be somewhat con-
certed effort to urge for the Demo-
cratic presidential nomination Lieuten-
ant Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chan
Ter of New York. There is good rea-
son for the movement. Mr. Chanler
is a clean cut, able and honorable man.
He was nominated for the office he
now holds by William r. Hearst on
the Independence League ticket, and
when the Democratic party of New
York surrendered to Hearst Mr.. Chan
Ter was one of the Independent nOmi-
nees placed on the regular Democratic
ticket. Nobody would accuse him Of
ingratitude to his political sponsor. but
the people of New York liked him SO
well that he was elected lieutenant
governor by plurality of 5,574, while
Mr.. Hearst, his distinguished leader,
was defeated by plurality of 57,S97.
Indeed, on the straight vote Mr.. Chan
Ter ran ahead of Mr.. Hearst by 27,477.
Many things might explain the Chan
Ter success and the Hearst defeat. Mr..
Chanler was practically an unknown
man. In fact, up to the time of his
nomination ON the Hearst ticket he
had achieved so little prominence that
his name did not even appear in the
1907 edition of who's Who In Amer
lea" a book of reference which offers
a kindly harborage to almost anybody
whose head has got little bit above
the general crowd
The story told in Washington is, like
the story told prior to the convention
that nominated Judge Parker. that
only u New York man can carry New
York; that the south is earnestly de
sirous Of having 81 northern and q New
York man nominated; that there have
been conferences among political man-
ayers to secure for Mr. Chanler the
New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois
delegations. all of which is fairly good
newspaper stuff for publication in the
dull political season, but none of which
is true. AS matter of fact, no such
conferences have been held. The men
whose names were used in connection
with this report would be promptest to
repudiatc 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 sweeping one
but his victory over the Republican
forces was Il 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 So
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 the
principles of Democracy. Perhaps q
higher state office. to which he might
aspire, might make him more of na
|
The Pluck of La Toilette.
People might well wonder whether
Senator La Toilette is n Democrat OF
q Republican. Wisely enough. he affil
iates 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
and relatives, who are unable to for
get the attitude of the Democratic par
ty prior to that war. have long KEEP
that state normally Republican. The
one time in modern political history
when the electoral vote was cast for 6
Democratic candidate was in 1892