The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-06-19

A UNITED DEMOCRACY
Republican Detection Assures the
Triumph of the Nebraskan at the
Polls. Fight for Congress to BE
vigorously Waged, With the Odds
in Favor of the Democracy.
Ru WILLIS j. ABBOT

IN Favor or the UemoCfacS.
By WILLIS y. ABBOT.
The heavy hand Of the administra-
Sson was laid upon the Republican ma
tional committee in order to force 1t to
do the Roosevelt will in determining
contests for delegates to Chicago,
Really it was little raw" as the po-
litical phrase goes. for Mr.. Hitchcock.
who managed the Taft campaign.
to appear In the committee with
proxy for himself and with proxies for
two salaried Taft employees. The Situ-
alton was somewhat reminiscent Of
convention Of Mr. Hearst's lndepend.
ence league in which all the independ-
ent statesmen present were on the pay.
roll of the Hearst newspapers.
After the Convention, What?
OF course the first trick in the ma
tional political game IS to get nomi-
mated, but Secretary Taft is likely to
fnd out that the first trick is not the
whole game. The heavy hand with
which his nomination has been prac-
IDEALLY forced has left its black and
blue spots on the body Of the Re
publican party. and the sufferers are
not likely soon to forget them. When
the earnest advocates of such lifelong
Republicans as Speaker Cannon, Sena-
tor Knox. Senator La Toilette and Vice
President Fairbanks withdraw from
meeting Of the Republican national
committee with the statement that the
committee was packed and was not
gathered to do justice to oil factions,
but merely to force ope candidate upon
the party, 1t portends evil and disaster
for that candidate. That was the out
come Of the first two sessions OF the
Republican national committee.
Given fight within the organization
OF his own party. with the bitter hos
uility OF organized labor, which has
exceeded in extent anything which two
months ago any one could have sus-
pected: with the negro vote, which In
the tier of states north Of the Ohio
river almost holds the balance of pow.
er. and with the revolt Of the old
soldier element due to bis almost in
credible folly in attacking General
Grant in an grafton delivered at
Grants tomb and in the presence OF
Grants son, Secretary Taft will face
some political troubles after the con-
vention which he and Roosevelt con-
troll shall have nominated him.
Tho Democratic Outlook,
So far as the Denver convention Is
concerned, its outcome has ceased to
be in any doubt whatsoever. MT.
Bryan will be nominated on the first
ballot, will dominate the convention
and therefore will be able to avert
the time honored practice of those who
desire to commit treachery of writing
platform upon which the candidate
cannot stand. The most bitter news
paper opponent OF Mr. Bryan comedies
to him enough votes to bring him with
In seventy-two necessary to nomina-
ton up to June 7. am quoting from
the New York World. But the World
puts Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and
Connecticut in the uninstructed and
the hostile column. Out Of those states.
no one Of which adopted the unit rule,
Mr.. Bryan will not get less than sixty
votes. 1t describes the six votes Of the
District Of Columbia as contested. The
contest Is the veriest farce, and In all
probability the contesting delegation
Will never go to Denver.
Two Possible Vice Presidents.
The talk of the nomination Of John
Mitchell for vice president does not
down. If he were really seeking 1t
or if friends were seeking 1t for him
with any sort Of concerted effort he
would, in my judgment be nominated.
But there Is a concerted effort in lll-
uois to secure his nomination for gov
ernor Of that state. The argument Is
made that with Mitchell! for governor
in the state In which he was brought
up and In which the coal miners are
only less numerous than they are In
F ennsylvania the state would be
swung as readily as If he were Oh the
national ticket, If that course should
be adopted it would be possible to
get the Mitchell strength In one state
anu put a candidate on the national
ticket who might swing another state.
The work that is being done for Rep
resentative Francis Burton Harrison Is
being conducted something along this
line. Mr.. Harrison is able and de-
servedly popular. His family Is one
Of the best known In the south, his
father having been secretary to Jeffer'
son Davis and having been arrested
when the deposed president Of the
s1ost cause was captured. Mr. Harri-
son is well known on. the Pacific coast.
The Fight For Congress.
Chairman Lloyd Of the national Dem
ocratIc congressional committee has
opened headquarters in the Union
Trust company building in Washing
ton and Is prepared to sesd out docu-
ments to an Democrats or others de-
string Information on the issues Of the
coming congressional campaign. Mr..
Lloyd has begun his work with vigor
that argues well for its outcome. In
deed, the situation politically is such
AS to encourage a sturdy Democrat
Ito fight for the next house. There are
almost forty congressional districts In
each one Of which change OF very