The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-19

i of Thomas c. Platt was law in the Re-
 publican organization in New York state. Not even Mir. Roosevelt openly opposed 1t then. But Platt knew that
 he could not hold Roosevelt down. so | he decided to get rid Of him. He would kick him upstairs.
 Therefore he went to the Republican | convention at Philadelphia with his l plans all laid. The nomination of Mo- | Kinley was assured. although there was a little Roosevelt talk from the
 western states. states that had gone
 for Bryan four years before. Hanna and his senatorial coterie ruled every
 thing. There were Platt and Quay.
 Fairbanks and Allison. Depew and
 Foraker. Wolcott and Lodge. and tho
 convention was going as they directed. Hanna wanted Cornelius N. Bliss or
 Senator Allison nominated for vice.
 president. viverprestJent Hobart hav-
 ind died in office. Platt took Quay in-
 to fls scheme. They must get rid of | Roosevelt. So they organized the will l Ing. westerners and began whooping It up for Roosevelt for second place. Colonel Roosevelt was afreadysa
 candidate for president for the cam | paign Of 1904. He believed that his | interests could be advanced more | readily If he remained governor of
 New York than if he were made vice.
 president. He protested with earnest ness and vehemence. He fought as
 hard as he possibly could, but the en- l thusiasm for the one War Hero who
 had weathered the storms of two years was so great that 1t could not be overcome. More especially wben
 managed by two veteran manipulators | like Platt and Quay. So 1t was that
 Theodore Roosevelt was kicked up- | stairs and put on the shelf "where he l would httfh nnfiffCG | again"
 The Populists held the first con
 vention that nominated Mir. Bryan. There were several Populist conven- tiohs, but the one which was attended l by the five Popuiist senators nominat-
 ed MT. Bryan witheCharles A. Towne
 of Minnesota as his running mate. The
 and the Silver Republicans met
 in the same city on the same day. There was a great fight. led by David D. Hill of New York. to prevent | the specific reiteration of the free sil- yer plank of 1896. but Mfr Bryan in-
 sisted and the plank went in. Adlai | Stevenson. who had been elected vice. | president with Grover Cleveland in 1892. was given the second place on
 the ticket The Silver Republicans
 promptly nominated the same candi- | dates and Towne withdrew from the l Populist ticket. Later in the campaign 1 the anti-Imperialist convention met and enorsed Bryan. The Gold Demo- crats called a convention, but 1t was | decided not to make any nominations. Many of the leaders of the Palmer anu l Buckner following came back into the | party and supported Mir. Bryan. but l the large majority of the rank and file of the Cleveland faction went into | the Republican. party.
 Mir. Bryan again took the stump and
 made a great speaking tour. He was
 met everywhere with great enthusi- asm. but he did not stir the depths that he had reached in 1896. Mir. Me Kinley. being president, was very
 quiet in the campaign. but Colonel l Roosevelt took the stump and f1ayeJ Bryan with characteristic zeal.
 Mir. Bryan had attempted to make
 -imperiahsm" the paromount issue In
 the campaign. Many conservatives were intense in thei- opposition to the Republicans and conservative Demo I crats who looked upon the Bryan of 1 1896 with horror were willing to fol l tow him in 1900. There is no dues- l ton but that the Bryan vote among the highly educated classes was greater In the second campaign than | the first.
 put 8iAlOHk OLuCT GiASSCS oAis oA ah
 could not hold his own. The Republi- | cans made a full dinner pail" the paramount issue. As for the colonial l policy, that was manifest destiny and | duty to humanity. The thing to talk , about was prosperity The country was prosperous and was becoming
 more so every day. It was entering upon the most propitious era of its iR- dustrial history. The people do not
 turn out an administration in good times.
 Therefore Mir McKepley was re- elected by a much greater majority than he had received four years be-
 fore. There was never time during the campaign when Mckinley was in any ranger of defeat The Democrats | accepted his reelection as matter
 of course. The mingling of northern | and southern soldiers in the cam paigns in Cuba and the Philippines
 had obliterated the last vestige of the
 old sectional strife. and when Presi- dent Mckinley made his southern tour he buried the bloody shirt" for all time to come. That his second
 administration was to be cut short by
 the bullet of an assassi no man could foresee.
 Copyright. 1908. by Frederic J. Has, kin.)
 TomorF0w--Presidenti Campaigns. XXI. The RooseveIt-Parker Race oG