The daily sentinel., 1908-06-23
WOULD HARRISON
MAKE GOOD RACE?
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dency on the Democratic ticket at
Denver, on the 7th of July, is prac-
tically settled in favor of Mr. Bryan,
the leaders of the party here have
turned their attention to the position
of the vice-presidential nominee. If
the matter had been left to the DEM
ocrats in the National House of Rep
resentatives. only one name would be
mentioned at the convention and the
Hon. Francis Burton Harrison. Rep
resentative in Congress from the
state of New York would be the un-
animous choice of the convention.
Before Congress adjourned there was
a partial poll taken of the Democrats
on the floor of the House and forty
two of the leading Democrats in the
House came out unequivoc2lly. siren
uously and enthusiastically for the
nomination of Mr.. Harrison. includ-
ing Hon. John Sharp Williams. the
floor leader of the Democrats. and
Hon Champ Clark. VINO will be
Speaker of the House in case the
Sixty-first Congress is Democratic
There is reason for this unanimity of
opinion of the supreme fitness of Mr..
Harrison for second place on the
ticket. There could be no more COM
potent critics of Mr.. Harrison than
II Is tOlledSueS OH lne llCOF OF t01
House. They sat with him all through
the Fifty-eighth Congress, of which
he was member, defeating a Repub-
lican in a strong Republican district
They again associated with him init
mately in the first session of the Six
tieth Congress. He also would have
been in tine Fifty-ninth Congress but
was his party's candidate fer Lieu
tenant-Governor of New York. going
down with all associates on the ticket
in the Roosevelt landslide of the year
1904. but it then WIS admitted that
he added strength to the state ticket
His colleagues in Congress have
watched this young mans career.
they gladly acclaim him as worthy
in every sense of the word to fill the
place of vice-president, as well as
add strength to the ticket all over
the East, where we need it,
He is one wealthy young man who
has not yet been spoiled by that
wealth / have seen, in the past
twelve years, many rich young m ~
come to Congress, and the records
they made were usually that of a
drone. They did not want to 3.
placed on any committee usually. an
when so placed they never attended
to their duties, and were absent more
than half the tina. Not so with Mr.
Harrison. He not only has been
sssiduous in his attendance on the
1 House sessions, but ne has done some
of the hardest end best work of any
/ Democrat in the House. In the lang
in speaking of Mr.. arrison ana his
work: 1T is so rQrc to find rich
man who is willins to work and
! thinks that God -N1do him to do
something, except to fill a niche in
1 the hall of luxur. that when one
does present himself. he ought, in
my opinion, to be more highly non
ored than the man who was forced
to excel by the necc : ties of environ
ment and fortune
The work of Mr.. Harrison on the
committee on Foreign Affairs has
been so brilliant as TO attract the at
tention of every member of the House
and bring forth words of praise
from them. especially from Repre-
sentative Howard of Georgia, one
of the most brilliant Intellectual men
in Congress and a colleague of Mr..
Harrison, on that committee. In
fact, 1t is the unanimous opinion of
ell who Observation-Disclosures
all who know him that he not only
is admirably and eminently fitted to
grace the high position. but that the
party needs him to fill out the
ticket and add strength to it from
geographical standpoint And after
all, aside from any of the merits of
the man, which are manifold. the
vote-getting proclivities of the man
Is what we are after, and he can get
votes and get them just where we
VIII need them to count
Tho solid south uto,id Ia. -, ,i...
iastic for him on account of his
southern anteccdents, his father hay
ing been private secretary to .Ieffer-
son Davis, and his mother. the bril-
liant Miss Constance CARLYLE of Rich
mond, Va. who made one of the first
confederate flags out of her dress. |
He would be strong all over the East
and would save Maryland to the
ticket. He would be strong on the
Pacific coast where he is well and
favorably known. What more could
the party ask in candidate for the
wee pres dency? No party should
nominate man for the vice-presi-
dency who is not fitted to be presi
dent, and should Francis Burton Har-
rison be called to assume the reins
OF government, as the president.
there is no man in all this nation
who would grace the position more
or who would conduct the affairs of
the chief executive in safer. saner
nohester manner. This country
would remain on an even keel in his
hands, that are as clean as hounds |
teeth.
me whole thing of this vice-presi- |
uehtlal nomination boiled down to
lhe last analysis: The Democratic
party needs a young man and a
tighter. 1t wants man who is
strong in the sections where the head
of the ticket is confessedly weak. 1t
wants man big enough to be presi-
dent should the occasion require. 1t