The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-04
POLITICAL
 POINTERS
situatlon tn Inc Ee.t.

Situation fn the East.
 New York is taklng but little interest Cd in the West and n the Roossyelt- 5ast rom she vest wSsrs was In the midst of the smoke and dust raised by this bombardment. and witness to the confusion. irritation and pie HaSser were uSsf thrown. ind find here consider able indifference to the rumpus.
 About the only comment one hears is from Republicans. that unfortunate. ly. Mir. Taft seems to be overshadowed in 1t all and from the Democrats that it Is good thing, since 1t gives MT. yy gysn day ns rGR. so Rphs MT as Tss tSa that Mir. Bryan proposes to keep up isls 5ind of ess Bass as at R as ing Mir faft and Keeping the real Re- publican candidate in the background here that the President will finally take the stump. Everybody Is waiting for Mr. Hearst's next blow. which Is re. this week. and there Is speculation as to who will be the victim this time.
 Bryan Sentiment in Csiifornia.
 Washington Herald.
 George Valentine. q retired business man and prominent Republican politi elan. of Los Angeles; Cal. is At the uation along the Pacific Coast MT. Val, entine, who Is prominent in the ranks of the Republican Party in his state said that there had taken place a mos, Bryan. and that the Democratic candt date had excellent chances of carryinT
 .aTRe Republican Party seems to be in a bad fix" said the Californian, and if the Bryan sentiment is as strong ID other parts of the country as | IS m nothing under the sun that can prevent his election. know quite nunb Der of Republicans personally who will vote
 .I.abor. whether organized or not. will support Candidate Bryan as a rule. The laboring men. notwithstandinR all reports to the contrary are nayinE tns of MT. Gompers in the matter; they are convinced that he has their interests at heart. and that he is fair and sduare :Ths Japanese question Is by no means disposed of along the Pacific Coast It fs merely dormant. but by no mind but that It will bob up again at the most unexpected moment"
 Foraker,a Friends Resentfai.
 Washington Herald. .x Henry B. Pruden, a retired nusiness man and loyal supporter and admirer of Senator Foraker is anything put promising for Republican success at the polls in November.
 ''They eliminated us, and now. If they want to win in Ohio. they will have to do 50 without the help of Foraker or myself" observed Mir. Pruden. This IS nof the first time, however. that For aker was eliminated He always comes back again. only in better shape ana stronger than when he was forced out; Foraker may be thought harmless ana out of the way now, but just wall uns til after the election. Foraker Will pc stronger than ever. because he is too well known in Ohio. where his friends and supporters are counted by the fhousands. There isn't more popular man among railroad men than Sen. ator Foraker. from the conductor down fo the man who works In the ditcn. And there are many thousands of these vofara in Ohio They exert uemen" dous political influence in our State
 The Great Hunter Called Him on. washington Special Not iofaE since the great hunter Of p,slsfactors appointed Judge Herman rievelandss former Attorney GeneraI = investi gate violations Of the rebate SS vv and Announced that he had ap- no;yskd Democrat of national reputa- fioY1 so@ that the people might pc suEs tbaf no Republican reputation woulo Sa xvhItewa shed and might have con syicuous example of the square os@l: fxxSre Harmon found and foilo"ee