The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1908-06-11
REMARKABLE
SITUATION
Much Interest is Centered in the
National Convention.
A DEMAND FOR ROOSEVELT
Waking Up TO the Fact That They
May BE Succeeded by Democrats
il Any Mistake Is Made in the
National Piatform-The Indepen-
dent Vote a Factor.
Special to The Caucasian.

Special to The Caucasian.
Washington, D. c., June 8
There Is scarcely a Republican pol
itician Of any prominence left in the
city. The Republican National Com
mittee and the chief lieutenants of
the administration and anti-admin-
istration forces are already In Chi
cago watching each other and plan
ming by day and by night. 1t has
been many a year since there has
been so much interest centered in a
National Convention, and this is
specially noticeable since it is gener-
ally admitted that the result is a
fOregOne conclusion, but still there
is no denying that there is an un-
dercurrent of belief or feeling that
the result may be different from the
so-called foregone conclusion, and
this is the explanation of this unus-
ual interest, watchfulness and ac-
tivity.
AS we have forecasted several
times previously, there are a num-
ber of reasons, which have accum-
ulated as the days and weeks have
gone by, why Republican success
may be jeopardiZed if Roosevelt is
not drafted to serve his party and
his country again.
AS we have pointed out before, a
number of astute politicians who are
not in sympathy with Roosevelt s
policies have for some time been
fearing that if they were to succeed
in the plan that they formulated
about a year ago to capture the
convention and repudiate, or at
least practically ignore the admin
istration that the party would be
defeated
Recently a number of congress-
men. at least forty or fifty, who are
in close districts, have walked up to
the fact that they may be succeeded
by Democrats if the National con-
vention should wobble in the least
as to the platform; and within the
last few days many of them have
reached the conclusion that no plat
form will save them except Roose-
welt himself. Even Uncle joe
| Cannon has been thrown into a
brown study" over this situation.
Besides, there has been a general
awakening to the fact that many OF
the Republican leaders, who have
been reputed to be wise in the past
are just beginning to realize that
| ;r{o &ho
habit of belittling Bryan's strength
and also have failed to estimate the
large and Independent vote, which
may spell "a landslide"
Quite a number of Democratic
congressman and politicians are still
lingering in town. Many of then
do not want Bryan, but most O.
them have also just begun to awake
up to the fact that his nomination il
inevitable, and besides that the part,
other candidate, even if the Repub
licans blunder.
Taking it all in all it is one of thu
most anomalous and remarkabl,
political situations in the history o
American politics.
If it should be Taft and Bryal
the result would be uncertain unit
the votes are counted.
| The only thing that would max
the result certainty would be tn
nomination of Roosevelt. And thi
fact has, within the last few days
caused a number of the largest an
most potential industrial and finan
cia1 interests of the country, thoug
hostile to Roosevelt and his poll
cies, to conclude that, after all,
might be worse for them and tn
: country if they were to succeed i
their anti-Roosevelt program.