Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-30
Of Governor John Johnson for the


to express such an opinion. | have al
ways held in this correspondence that
1t would be better for the Democratic
party if there should be several names
presented to the Denver convention.
Governor JohnSJn's name may well be
offered SO also the name of Mr.. Chan
Ter of New York might properly be
presented. Senator Culberson's name
ought surely to 20 before the conven-
ton, because there is no man in the
United States senate today who more
thoroughly represents true democracy
than he. If l am charged with speak
ing for the Bryan Democracy | will
plead guilty to being quite ready and
| quite eager to see the name Of Senator
| CulbersOn presented to the convention.
A Democratic convention should con
slider the names Of all prominent Demo
Gratis. 1t is for the convention to de-
termine which one most closely repre-
sents the policies of the party. True,
the state conventions should instruct
their own delegates so that each dele
CATION may represent the voters of the
| son why Governor Johnson should not
have his delegation If the Democratic
voters of Minnesota desire him. In
deed, it would seem proper that as he
is offered as what they call in machine
politics "a favorite sol" his state
might well be conceded to him. The
Republican organization has taken
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Hughes, Vice President Fairbanks.
Senator Knox and Senator La Toilette.
There seems to be every reason why
Governor Johnson. If he desires to be a
candidate. should be given the support
of his state delegation without serious
| opposition. Probably he would have
none except for the violent enthusiasm
shown for him by the Washington Post
and Cincinnati Enquirer. owned by
John II. Mclean, who also owns many
of the public service corporations in
both of those cities; by the New York
Sun, believed to be owned by ]. Pier
pont Morgan, and by the New York
World
Governor Hughes and New York.
Few people in Washington take very
seriously the candidacy of Governor
Hughes for the presidency--if indeed
he is a candidate. He is too new to
national affairs-too noncommttal. rs
a Republican senator who really adj
mreS him said to me, to attract the
support of a majority Of the Republic
an convention. But Hughes, without
chance of nomination. received Il few
! days ago the Endorsement of the Re
publican state committee of New York.
The New York man has been Il good
insurance investigator and. with one
exception. Il popular governor. The
exception was his veto of the two cent
fare bill in New York state. That ac-
| ton indicated Il Willingness to put the
burden of proof. in an issue arising be-
tween the people and the railroads.
upon the people rather than upon the
roads. But the chief criticism upon
Governor Hughes among national poll
ticians in Washington is that it will
take four years to make him known to
the people of the United States. He
has seldom been west of the Niagara
dispensed fine sounding phrases and
accepted platitudes. But with an elect
| crate which seems now to be interest
ed in Roosevelt or Bryan, Hearst or
In Toilette. the old line of underground
politicians of whom New York has
produced SO many must be regarded
as shopworn and only fit to be laid on
/ the shelf.
A View of Roosevelt.
And when it comes to considering
Roosevelt as real politician, one of
the most practical type, some things
which were said to me the other day
| by southern senator, who, though Il
Democrat. yields to nobody in his adj
miration for the political skill Of the
president, may seem pertinent.
"You may remember said he, that
when it was announced that Governor
Hughes would make a statement of
his position on national affairs on a
Saturday night, Roosevelt WAS clever
enough to get the senate to remain in
session, though its practice is to ad-
journ Thursday night over until the
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message so fierce in its tone that it
would draw away from the Hughes
speech the attention of the entire coun-
try. That Is so recent an incident that
everybody remembers it, but how
many people do remember now that
when the revelation was made that
the malefactor of great wealth. +.
II. Hartman, had raised more than
$25O,O0O for the Roosevelt campaign
fund at Roosevelts incentive, a spOkes-
man of the president suddenly discov
cred that there was conspiracy
among rich men to raise 100000 to
defeat the presidents reelection? The
mere suggestion of the conspiracy was
SO much more dramatic than the proof
OF the corporation Doodle put up for
his election that everybody talked
about the former and forgot about in
surance moneys used in his behalf
When California was up in arms
against Japanese immigration and the
rights Of Japanese students in Ameri
can schools, Mr. Roosevelt, as COM
mander in chief Of the navy, found the
time propitious to send the greatest
foot fba TrDited Statas boc ayar MT I'm.