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tory between the two parties. When

tlonal convention described the plankS
offered by La Follette's friends as So
ciallstic and demagogic, he opened the
way for the Democratic party to march
into Wisconsin and to claim that state
for its own. The selection of Mr.
Ryan as chairman of the national COM
mittee would aid materially in carry
Ing that state. And the choice Of him
could be made with perfect confidence
that In the future, as in the past he
would be loyal to Democracy as it now
stands, loyal to the great leader of the
Democratic party, William J. Bryan
But it Is not necessary to look alto
gether to the middle west or to the
northwest for chairman. Down
where the Potomac river breaks
through the Allegheny mountains.
down where the richest mineral de-
posits in all the east are to be found,
lies the state Of West Virginia. 1t is
state which should be Democratic,
but which for years has been Repub-
lican. 1t has been Republican be-
cause there was no fighting quality in
the blood of those who professed to
be Democratic leaders there. To-
day the Democrats of that state have
new ambition and find new encour-
agement in the fact that they have
new leaders. Out Of West Virginia
may we'll come chairman Of the
| Democratic national committee. Will
| liam Z. Chiffon of Charleston has
been a fighter for progressive Democ-
racy for many long years. He Is an
organizer and when need be an ora
/ tor He would be able to swing that
| little group of states that nestle about
! West Virginia into the Democratic
| column if proper ticket were pre-
| scented. Nobody is urging Chilton's
appointment to this important place,
and yet out of the uncertainty which
now hangs about the craftsmanship it
would not be remarkable if the APP
pointment should be handed to him.
! The suggestion of Hon. d. Il. Fran
| els Of st. Louis appeals very much to
the practical politicians in the Demo
cratic party. Mr.. Francis was not
right in 1896. but no man has given
/
come back into the Democratic ranks
and to fight for the cause Of Demo
cratic success than he. Frankly, l do
not expect that Governor Francis will
be chosen for this position, but 1t
would not be an unwise thing for the
| Democratic party to give more atten-
ton to his qualifications for the place
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! give.
The Mystery Of Hearst.
This is the first convention since
1896 at which Hearst and his political
/ power have received practically no at
| tention whatsoever. CR course. men
is going to do. but it is q mere mat
| ter of gossip. The usual answer tC
the question is that nobody cares a
continental what he is going to do
The feeling among the politicians
gathered at Denver is that the cratic
course Of Hearst has utterly destroyed
his political influence in the nation
This is a Democratic convention an(
the Democrats here gathered are moi
inclined to look with favor upon 6
man who, having received Demo
cratic nomination for governor of New
York. continued his political activities
the next year by fusing with the Re
publican party, dominated by Odel
and E. II. Hartman. There is q
story that he has wearied of paying
all the expenses of his personally con
Quoted party and that his trip abroad
was taken for the purpose of enabling
him to gently, after the Hearst man
ner. evade the responsibilities which
he has incurred. Charlie Walsh, wht
used to be secretary of the Democratic
national committee and who now, t,
the regret of his friends, is mere
salaried henchman of Hearst, STATED
the other day that the convention
called for July 81 would be indefinite
ly postponed. Hearst's private secre
tary told Hearst's political reporter a
Denver to deny this and say that the
convention would meet and put
ticket in the field. But it would seem
In view of the diSsension among
Hearst's own people, that the descrip
ton of the Hearst movement by til,
correspondent of a New York newspa
per was fairly descriptive. He sai(
that Hearst was the ION again, of
again, gone again Finnegan" of Dem
ocratic politics. And, indeed, that /.
the position which Hearst occupies to
day before this convention Nobody
knows where he is, and few care. The
general feeling is that his influence
even if because of personal pique /
shall be directed against Bryan, will
be trivial.
The Republican Organization.
For nearly three weeks after the
Republican national convention ad
journed the Republican organization
had no head. No chairman had beer
selected nor any secretary. No head
quarters had been chosen, no execu
tive committee had been appointed
What Is the meaning of this? Does
1t indicate that the Republican party
is so torn by dissension that it coult
not even provide for q proper organi
cation to conduct the campaign upor
which it is about to enter? Does Il
mean that there was nobody in the
. oi,l At b,t 6,