The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-03-20

Washington, D. c., March 16.-As
the time for the national conventions
draws nigh, the political situation
throughout the United States assumes
more serious proportions. 1t looks as
though the democrats will, as predlct-
ed, turn to their idol, VIM. jennings
BRYAN, handing him the nomination
on a silver plate, refusing to accept
Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota, while the
republicans are still casting around
trying to find a man that can not only
get the nomination before the repuDll-
can convention that is to meet IN
Chicago in June, but can carry up 10
the polls in November large electoral
vote. It is a foregone conclusion
among the representative congressman
and senators here, together with we'll
informed men in various departments,
that under the present conditions the
doubtful states will be more doubt
full and the close states closer, win
the solid South just as solid
There is practically no significance
in the change of Missouri and Ken
tuclly. except with the small hope that
Kentucky will repeat her recent ac-
tions in keeping a republican as gov
ernor, and Missouri may rebuke SEN
ator Warren. At any rate the country
must soon be called upon to render a
verdict as to it's approval or disapprov'
al in the present chief executives ac'
ton with regard to the BROWNSVILLE
affair.
The moves on the political checker
board have been watched by the mos'
celebrated political experts. One gen
tleman, who is known to have been II
politics for the last forty years, gave
his opinion of Mr. Roosevelt and the
administration with respect to the re
cent swapping and changing of posi-
tions as being in the same condition
N the prisoner was in who was a very
desperate character and was arrested
by an officer. who boasted that n
would arrest the desperado, but wa
y, afraid of his prisoner after arrestinj
him: so he drew his revolver and
dirk. at the same time addressing hi
prisoner thus, Run | shoot you; stan
)r I cut you." This view is confirmed b
~ many recent happenings in var1ou
W parts of the country by the admins
tration forces in their efforts
IN strengthen the Taft candidacy and a!
v sure his nomination.
le The New York Press of March Il
r. contained as the leading editorial:
ur "There can be little doubt that tn
e- Presidents action regarding the di
#. charged soldiers of the Twenty-ttt
"a Infantry at Brownsville to mollify tn
or colored vote on the eve of the natiol
ut al election will fail to reconcile 1t
N Mr.. Taft. Nothing has been mad
of clearer in this canvass for the Repuhl
~. can nomination than that the Brown
~. Vile affair has permanently ALLEVIATE
~ the negroes of the country from tt
40 40 administration. In mass meetin
,.S' %. from the pulpit and through publisht
~ announcements notice has been serve
III on Mr. Taft that the colored vote WI
TAI be cast against him if he is nominate
'h, It is scarcely to be questioned TN
lat alarm over this important disafe
DR.. tion has moved the President at tn
in late day to offer to restore to the
rst military rank those soldiers who su
yas ply evidence that they were not gull
The of the crime for which they were pu
i've ished by executive order. But the
lay sentiment of the whole colored race
ers so deep that this political expedle