The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-06
tBy willis J. Abbott

iu Denver. discussion OF the possible
manager of the Bryan campaign. the
chairman OF the democratic committee
takes It's place. Many names are men.
toned. though as yet the probable
candidate at Lincoln has had moth
INK definite to say. Nominally of
course the national committee selects
its chairman Practically it dofcrs to
the desire of the candidate This year
Mr. Taggart will not be- a candidat,
Tor denomination and the result is
that many aspirants for the place
nave appeared.
one whose name has been men.
toned. but who has not himself made
any effort to secure the appointing,
. is Urcy Noodson of Kentucky who
has for the last five years been SEQ.
rotary of the committee Mr. Wood
son is popular in the present commit
tee and will probably even with the
reorganization OF the committee a.t.r
the convention be able to retain bis
present post. have not found tUa.
he is making any campaign for the
chief place.
There is talk too Of Mayor Jim
Dahlman of Omaha, the so-Callcd COW
boy mayor who looks as il he never
saw saddle or a lariat. What
strength Dahlman may have BIS d.
rived entirely from his close assoc.J.
tion with Mr. Bryan, and from the
confidence which Bryan rcpusos boz
him. He is popular In the committ.o
of which he has been a member for
four years. If the fight is To Dee
waged as seems probable in the mid
die west Dahman knowledge of the
situation in that section should make
him very capable cXecuuy, during
the pending campaign.
Today the story spread about Den.
yer that u. J. Campau of Michigan
might be selected for the post Cam
: pau has been loyal, active Bryan
democrat for four years. I'm 1904 IL
/ is true he really led the Parker forces
in the middle west, believing sincere.
/ ly then that there was q chance OF
/ Judge Parkers election. Nobody was
moro quickly disabuscd of this idea
than Mr.. Campau himself for the
campaign had heardly progressed two
, months before he disccrned the
ashes of defeat awaiting the ticket
Mr.. Campau has hal a contest IN nj
own state for reelection as national
Committeeman position which he
has held for twelve years But | am
informed that many of those who op.
posed him in the state convention are
now desirous of re-electug him ma
tional committeeman. For him to be-.
come chairman OF course does not
necessitate his reelection as commit.
teeman.
II is not as a rule the practice OF
either party to insist that the national
chairman should be elected by his
state member OF the national com,
mittee. T e late senator Jones was
twice chairman OF the national com
mittee without being a national com
mitteeman, though Tom Taggart was
both national committeeman and
chairman FTba ratu,Ii,., ,.rt,. .,J, ID
is without a national chairman and
the only prominent candidates are
men entirely outside the national com
mittee. Mr. Campau has had long eX
perience in state and national poll
tics. lie was chairman OF the demo
cratic executive committee in 1896
Not an orator al all he is a painstak
| ing organizer. \ campaign managed
by him would Doe conducted with Z
card index and with such yolum,
! OF correspondence and such a distrib
ution OF documents and printed mat
ter as the democratic party has no
lately known.
Finally the name of Tom johnson
OF Cleveland is wisely ,onyassed.
think | might say that among IN,
|, delegates johnson Is apparently the
tayorite for the post. But unhappil,
, Tom johnson does not seek the plac
as much as the place seems to seel
Johnson. Yet / am told by some o
, his intimate friends that if a stronl
} appeal was made to him TO undertak,
/, the task he would allow himself I,
, be drafted
} The Coming Of New York.
! New York democrats are arriving
In sections The silver tongued Brad
! has been mere for twenty-four , our
! and has curbed his tongue TO tn