The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-21

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dency should be considered as careful
ly as that of the presidential nomina-
ton. There are many men to whom
this distinguished office, with all its
possibilities, should be and probably
would be most attractive. The diff
Guilty of discussing a matter of this
sort is that by some curious conception
of political necessity one must always
figure on a vice presidential nominee
coming from a section of the country
far removed from that in which the
presidential nominee lives. And SO
you have got to fix your presidential
nominee first if you wish to write on
the subject. But if we suppose Mr..
Bryan to be the probable nominee here
are some names that might well be
considered:
Lewis ~Stuyvesant Chanler, young,
rich, member of the Astor family, lieu
tenant governor of New York, who car.
ried it by 5000 in the election at which
Hughes defeated Hearst by over 81.
0O0, a present candidate for the first
place.
Governor Warfield Of Maryland, one
Of the finest types of a southern man,
heartily in accord with the spirit of
progressive democracy, the chief exec.
utive of a state which should be Dem.
o~cratic, but has one gone against the
Democratic party; a loyal party man
who would carry his state for the tick.
ct whether he appeared upon it or not,
but whose presence on the ticket would
greatly strengthen it.
Governor Johnson of Minnesota. This
suggestion would shock the average
politician because if Mr.. Bryan were
nominated there would be two men
taken from the middle west. But if
the middle west is fighting the battle
Of the people why should it not fur.
nish the leaders? Governor johnson
has carried his state three times. His
success has been due to his courageous
stand for the rights Of the people and
somewhat, n must admit, to the fact
that he comes from that sturdy race
which has peopled Minnesota. His
nomination on the ticket would give
strength to it in all sections Of the
country because Of his vigorous fight
on railroad extortions, which is likely
to be n of the great issues in the
coming campaign.
If we should look further to the
southwark than Maryland we find
Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia and
Governor Conner of Alabama, both
strong representatives of the doctrine
of state rights, on which much Of the
discussion of this campaign will hinge
Should it seem wise to go farther
north the convention might well con.
slider Governor Higgins Of Rhode Is
land, George Fred Williams of Massa-
chusetts, John j. Lentz or B. f. Shive.
ly of Indiana or Carter Harrison of
Illinois.
The one thing the convention should
not do is what previous conventions
have done-namely, to exhaust all its
energies on platform and president and
forget the importance of selecting a
man for vice president who will help
the ticket in the election and who will
we'll serve the country should he be
SOllCo " llC hI9t QldNCs
Concerning Bill Chandler.
Former Senator William E. Chandler
has just rendered his resignation from
the Spanish claims commission. Mr..
Chandler says he did it because an ap-
pointment was made by the president
of a sort that was offensive to him
Possibly it was for this purpose that
the president made the appointment
Some readers may remember that il
was Chandler who vas commissioned
by Mr.. Roosevelt to interest Senator
TiIlman and ether Democratic sena-
tors in his version of the rate law
When it seemed wiser to traffic with
some: Il else the president threw over
his Democratic allies, left Chandler
outside of both the Republican and
the Democratic b~reastW0rks, but gave
him a refuge in the now somewhat
hackneyed Ananias club.
Chandler is one of the unfortunates
of politics. He has been a good fight
er, a strenuous partisan. lie was the
first secretary of the navy when its
rehabilitation was begun, but upon the
foundation which he laid the reputa
ton of William G. Whitney as the ia
Their of the navy was built. | write
this as a Democrat and as a student o.
naval affairs, but it is fair to say thai
Senator Chandler has never had tht
credit he deserves for starting the
navy upon it's course to its present til
umphant position. Anybody who thinks
that his resignation was merely due t.
the appointment on the commission o.
a person who vas not altogether
friendly to him has not watched the
situation in Washington. 1t is mere
ly another evidence of the breaking
away of the strong men in the Repub
iican party from a president who In
Bists on treating them as if they were
schoolboys or personal subordinates.
Washington, D. G.