The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1910-04-29
Presidential Possibilities
Especial to Cincinnati Enquirer.

New York April 24-Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri;
M Ne WORK City today after openly announcing what has m
@ tacitv understood that he candidate for the Derot
~ ;nation for the Presidency in 1912
Governor Folk also let become known that the Der
. convention soon be held in Missouri world iDdo -;
dacy asserted positively that the Democratic Con
on about be held in Indiana would declare Governor Marshal
~ choice for President
BEFORE the National Convention of the Farmers Union meets
i & Louis on May friends of Governor Folk will have teL
every state 1t understood that friends of Governor Marshall will
have taken similar action
W The presence of leading Democratic editors of the country
% attend annual meeting of the Associated Press on Tuesday
;ves an added interest to the situation
Before leaving here for St Louis to-day Governor Folk talked
% some Of Them William McRea to whom Mayor Gavor adj
dressed his famous letter of 1896 declaring allegiance TO VIII
nm Jennings Bryan present when the statesman from Missouri
mac Interviewing his editorial friends.
Mr. McRea took occasion advocate the candidacy of Mayor
cor and repeat substance the points urging his availability
Also present other friends of Mayor Gayno Cav
nor Is another Tlden his friends declared to the visiting editors
Information brought from Washington by lanes r. Loyd
o Missouri Chairman of the Democratic Congressional Committee
that lanes Hill and John H. Carroll the general attorney of the
Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad had visited the capital
and urged Democratic Representatives favor Governor hudson
Harmon of Ohio, the Democratic candidate for President
The of Governor Marshall and Mayor Gaynor and those
Of Governor Folk attached great importance to this information
stated that the situation with respect Governor Harmon
was partly responsible for the departure of Clifford Pnchot Europe
as wished be the first advise Mr. Roosevelt Of it. in the hope
that Mr. Roosevelt would his uence James R. Car
field nominated by the Republicans for Governor of Ohio against
Mr. Harmon.
The Enquirer time ago printed story that Perpont
Morgan before leaving for Europe had said he favored Governor
Harmon and left his attorney Francis Lynn Stetson aid the Ha
mon boom
Colonel Moss c. Wetmore the Democratic National Committee
man Missouri William Jennings Bryan his home
Lincoln this week. and inform him of the facts they have developed
here.
Mr. Bryan be asked oppose any candidate who favored
BY the railroad interests but take sides the of Gov
ernors Folk and Marshall or Mayor Gaynor.
Politicians expect that Mayor Gaynors friends will be able
take the East and that he will have the delegations from New
York and New England.
Governor pursuing the campaign methods of Mr.. Bryan
when seeking nomination
He travels from end of the country the other giving lee
After the lecture which is nonpartsan character Cover
Folk holds rally of his political friends In this way he says
that he in direct contact with the rank and hle
He expressed himself being confident that he would capture
moy of the delegates from the states of the Mississippi
River
Information New Jersey that DR. Woodrow Wilson
has written letter James Smith, formerly United States Senator
that he might be adverse running for Governor the Demo
cratic ticket the coming fall
There discussion in Republican party in New Jersey
Elected Governor Dr. Wilson would Immediately loom as
Presidential candidate and divide the strength credited to Governor
Harmon in the Southern States.
An interesting early in the game with the friends
all candidates concedng big start to Mayor Gaynor SAID
Mr. Folk
There's question the feeling all over the country SAID
Mr. Folk People disappointed in President latt lhey are
angry the makers of the tariff law They are better W
tariff matters than before in the history OF the country @
know that part of the high of living due to excessive poecuo
The Foss and Havens victories the saws IN the political WING
Out Missouri said Governor Folk people believe that the
next President of the United States will be Roosevelt or Democrat
with Democrat having good chance against the Colonel
Judging by the tone of the Cleveland Press Mayor Baeh who
defeated Tom L. Johnson would fall far short OF that teat II inc
race be run over again 1t different in New York where
universally conceded that Mayor Gavnor easuraby stronger
Than when the election place The difference lies ue d
that the Cleveland mayor stands by the corporations while Gayo
giving clean administration the most economical IN the SS "
view York and thoroughly in the interest OF the people