The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1908-02-28
The Leading Candidate.

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Under the above heading the indie
n4ndsnt strong New York weekly
MAGAZINE, in it's issue of Feb b. lso0'
discusses editoriallY the republican
nrosidential situation as follows:
We made mention last week OF the
extraordinary unanimity with which
oar correspondents had Expressed
a-ir enthusiastic approval of Presi-
d4ot Roosevelt's policies. The chi
csso Tribune has now received about
six thousand replies to questions as
i, the issues and candidates before
n. people, and has found the same
unspimity. This is not so strange IN
the latter case, for that journal may
be supposed to find its clientele main IN
j, in the north central states, wnlle
our circulation is widely distributed
over the country and not least IN
these eastern states, where there Is o
great difference of view, II we were w
Judge from the leading journals But
there 10 very little difference OF vie"
a.uong the people. They take no
stock In the Roosevelt panic 10
,,his city she Times, Sun and Evening
posh MOI TO speak Of the ssnssslonss
morning iournsls, are strongly In OPP
pUsi.ioD, aud the Tribune is coollv
leysl, but they do not represent 'ns
psopls; they represent their owners.
And IL Ia equally remarkable thai
the larger portion OF tho democrats
srs % emphasize in their spprovai Oh
tbs Presidents policies as ere the re-
pablicaus. Indeed, it is not easy 10
see how the platforms OF the two part
De can differ, except IS one will say
''prcsecsiop" while the other will say
',reyenue," and both agree for soou'
iAa sapue revision OF the tariff. but
etariff Is not now the issue. Inc
issue is the governmental control o.
corporate activities ininterstste trame
sud these ell agree, except the low
Who declare that 1t is the Presiden
Who created the panic. AS to issues
We seem to have come to period o
harmony, though not an EZRA OF goo'
feeling" like that at the time OF fres
ident Monroe.
What, then, does this mean as y
The selection Of presidential caho'
dates? Ii means that the republican
are sure to nominate man VINO WI
claim to represent Mr.. Roosevelt
policies. That is settled. 1t mean
that the democrats will do the sam'
But it also means that those who OF
pose those policies will work unoe
hand and seek the nomination Of
candidate VITO will be III favor OF u
policies and laws, but against the
execution. They will seek sa'e
man, o conservative" man, b m'
With q less "erratic" and "sehsat'o
al" temper and tongue than the pre-
emit incumbent of the Office. They W
then compare the records OF csn'
dates, the temper of their language
these subjects. The democrats "
divide between man like MIR. brya
whom the advance wing will folio
while the conservatives will ask 1or
man like Judge Gray, who Will w
of the conservatives from the reP'
licsn ranks. Equally the repuoiice
viii divide between candidate "
b positively pledged to the pres
policy ofcoutrol, and one whose s.
port of it will be lukewarm ana IL
teetive. Who shall it be?
presideut RooSeveib believes
MIR. Taft would carry on hls WI
aud wishes his nomination. We
no reason why president should
f0rbidGe1 ~ take ID @ct We iuIef's
The selection ol his successor, so II
rs he does aot employ i1atiLi- am