The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-14
POLITICAL
 POINTERS

l1At the next mousse OI TtpEcSChbo- tives will De democratic was the prom
 ise made to ". J. Bryan when he ar rived here, Congressman. Lloyd. Of Missouri. the chairman of the congress ing his first preliminary canvass, has come to this conclusion and passed the word along. It was also pointed out cal party has captured the house 1t has elected its president. This has been true in every national campaign, SoSsee Sse' was sas bSes Sat in that n stance 1t is still insisted by many persons that Tiiden was elected presi- dent
 New Haven Special to N. Y. World:
 Democrats are expressing themselves as eiated over the nomination of Lil- There has not been a Democratic Gov ernor since. 1892. when Luzon B. Morris was elected.
 ton. to be held in Hartford next week. Is stampeded tor him. Gov; Thomas sscsgt ss swo ,s terms a the w stated to The World tonight that he is out of politics, but from all over the state are coming urgent requests for him to run once more.
 Hinton, W. Va, Dispatch.
 Arnold c. Scherr. candidate for gover- nor nor on the Lincoln Rspgbliean ticket; asei through the city today en route to his home in Charleston. MT. Scherr stated that he was still in the race for gov ernor. and would not withdraw unless from the race. Mr. Seherr stated that the national committee had decided that in case no compromise was ef- fected the Taft electors would be piac- ed on both tickets.
 Wheeling, w. Va, Dispatch.
 Despite the. action of the RspaSliss,n is,sS,osn. NatiNnsI Gonmittss tee e~e tsas tss pSseson is fs net hDs and that Swisher will be forced to re- tire in order to restore harmony. Scherr men here claim a partial victory cr tors and consrsssionai S @ @ candidates will go on both tickets. This is all the Scherr forces asked. as they made no hehsa egaaFe fer Jchn FsgqlSEitM VI Mason of Fairmont has been reported as intimating that he would accept the nomination in the event of Judge Goff's continued refusal. Tn ne ssgs n that ne eea manner, and hence did not consider New York Times.
 John H. Atwood. Chairman of the Speakers Bureau of the Democratic National Committee, came to town yes tsrday after an extended tour of the garding MT. Bryan's chances.
 The. pemecratic Party" said MT. Atwood, "has never presented such united front as noE Tn Illinois; Iows. ta and Kentucky we feel certain that Mr. Bryan will win: Tn Illinois Can nonism has bred disgust, while the sIe unit 5sr Ms BySn there. 1t looks as though the Demo- cratic party would elect United States Senator. It Is also probable that we VIII carry the Electoral vote of
 "Kansas is for Bryan owing to his attitude on the bank deposits guar aptee matter. Missouri will be for the 900. Nebraska is already conceded 10 the Democratic ticket by the Republic ans. Conditions are strong In Min essota 9ssoao for the psmoersts' With Goy ,y; carry the State easily. Tn Indiana conditions are more favorable for Bryan than at any time since 1882 column, as the ss, so.saiied m s psmoersts sra ana all other elements are working in har- mony for party success.
 Maryland Is the only Eastern State and in which there seems to be any uncertainty. If the election were to be held tomorrow MT. Bryan would DC elected.
 Cincinnati Enquirer.
 Not in many decades mas there been a year when there was such a separa- ton Sn. of State and nationsl politics as is suspicious omen for the good of the people of the States. The duickering Of the interest of the electors upon State and local questions is the safety of the State, and constitutes the strength of the Union.
 Tn our own Ohio from lake to river, there has been inaugursted a State no presidential election. would bring tremendous vote to the polls. and taken in conjunction it bids fair to place on record the largest vote ever
 The Republicans of Ohio cannot ex- pect the great maJorities of the last few years in any event. If there were election was held with simply existing business condition--they coull not eE- pect to retain the favor of the cleo torate as in former years.
 Times, 1t Is true, are growing better but 1t Is a slow improvement, and the depression Is called By the masses "a the party in power is held responsible for the slump. In addition to this, there is confusion of tongues on Re- publican doctrines and a division of thought dS to present ana IuIuTS mes of the party's course. The Republican majority on the national ticket in Ohio will be greatly reduced, conser- vatively speaking; some radical observ- CTS opine 1t will cease to exist. What ever the electoral result may be. there is abundant reason to believe that the Democratic State ticket Is stronger to- day before the people of the State than is the Republican State ticket.
 Admit that party lines are badly brok- en, the fact remains that in the cities of the State far more Republicans are openly averse to their own ticket than can be bound Democrats who are changing their positions.
 Charleston. W. Va, Special to Wash
 ington Herald.
 Trouble with a capital is on tap for both the Republican State ticket and the Taft ticket throughout West Virginia.
 Revolt and dissenslon are rampant in Charleston as a result of the nation al committees decision in favor of the Swisher faction. to the exclusion of the so- called Lincoln Republicans. the Scherr crowd. The discomfort is evil denced on every hand, business men and professional men uniting with prac- tical politicians in condemnation of the machine ticket"
 Opposition to Candidate Swisher on personal grounds dwarfs into insigni- flcance in comparison with the opposi-