The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1907-10-26
DISPOSES OF BRYAN
WITH WAVE OF HAND
Democrats ObligingIy Re.
lieYed of Further Worry
Over Ticket

Special Correspondence of the Leader.
Washington d. c.. oct 26.-Ad
this talk about Iieutenant.Go Governor
Chapler OF New York. running for the
Democratic presidential nomination
and the favor &c seems TO be meeting
with. has caused an sort of comment
here. but the chief thing that The poi'
ticians of both parties are discussing
i'm that connection is the f.,ct that The
Chanler boom will smoke out Rooso.
Welt Roosevelt knows that Chanler
is popular and strong In New York
and that it would be dangerous 10 tho
Republican party to have him uomt
mated. unless a New York man was
nominated als' by the Republican
party and a MJ at that Who has
proved his sur IN there That
means only Hughes or Roosevelt him-
self Every body here knows how
Roosevelt hates Hughes because the
latter was too Independent ana re-
fused TO be bossed by Teddy list win.
ter, and that Roosevelt would go %
any lengths to kill the Hughes ambi.
tiou, unless something else of which
] speak in another paragraph iu his
letter kills IT, If the laft1r should
not happen then Roosevelt would be
compelled 20 run himself la order TO
kin off Hughes.
That would be going back on h'a
word not again 90 be @ candidate uu-
der any circumstances. also masEMg
his pet candidate Taft. I'M tine grouu
with q maui ID The Chanler boom
continues TO grow Teddy has bad
half hour ahead of him When bo pich.
lands in the White House and picks
mp the political ravclings ln fact. ho
is going TO be pestcred powerfully
The interview given oat in New
York a few days ego - TeDv Wat
tarsOn, declaring that "hanler ald
Johnson would suit him as Ven a.
any ticket has attracted more a'tnn
tion I'm Washington than any oDti
political event OF the week. The
great Kcuiucl;y editor has writtor
ald National and been prominent ir
the work of naming moro successful
candidates of his party than has any
other Demo rat alive No other liv
ing American is listened to with keen
er interest by an sort and conditions
of politicians Ia The national capita
than is "Marse Henry"
When, early in the summer. he an
nounccd that he was grooming Z
dark horse that would run under tho
wire IN 1908 several lengths ahead
rtF tf4ftnrrtai
hat might be, Washington sat up ant
took notice. The Kcntuckian started
a guessing contest here that reaches
even into the White House For sew
eral weeks Colonel Watterson con
tined TO speak and write crypticall.
of his candidate Finally he describ
ed rather indefinite geographical lim
It's as the range of bis dark horse
"He lives West of the Alleghcnie
and North of the Potomac and Ohio.
said Marse Henry when pers stenil
pressed for a fuller description of hi
dark h0rsG This narrowed the pass
ing bee down somewhat, as it eli
minated the Southern man idea from
further consideration. Mr. Waiter
sons next concession 10 the guesser
was that the last time he had seer
his candidate he had "A dark mus
tachC"
Weeks passed before Colonel Wet
terson relieved the tension hy declal
ing that be had had in mnd all th
time Governor Johnson, of Minuesl
ta u so happened that GoYemo
Johnson's physiognomy is as innoceu
of beard as newborn babes mo-
has the executive Of the North Sta
State worn even a mustache for a.
cade or more When he was a breez
and enterprising country editor q
ST. Peters Mimi. Governor Johnso
permitted nature to take IT'S cours
so far as his upper llp was conceme
bat curiously enough he paricd Wit
his mustache soon after he begun hI
notable pebble carcer-a carer whic
has attra tod the attention of Wasl
ingi0u aud aroused expectations her