The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-04
HARVEY COR IN AT LAST.

George Harvey appears to have be-
come eligible at last for a front seat
in the pavilion of the prevaricators.
at least "Fingy" Conners's newspaper,
the Buffalo Courier, announces that in
the office of the Outlook last Monday
morning the Contributing Editor nom
mated and elected him, mem con. TO
full membership in the Ananias Club.
In the August number of the North
American Review, in discussing the
question. rs Roosevelt an asset or u
Liability" Colonel Harvey said: But
recently Roosevelt, the man. declared
that If a National election were TO be
held next November he undoubtedly
would be the candidate, and would
win" The Courier says: "wnen Col
onel Roosevelt was shown this his
eyes snapped and his teeth clicked as
he almost shouted: That is simple
like that
But there is no use getting excited
about it, and we cannot understand
where DR.. Lyman Abbott and Hamil-
ton Mabie Were that they did not
make some effort to restrain the nat
ural Indignation OF their associate 1t
is too hot in New York for them to
suffer the Colonel to go into tam
trums about little matter like this:
no man with as much fat under his
diaphragm as the Colonel carries
should allow himself to be pestered
in this way, and If DR.. Mabie is not
permitted to blue pencil what the
Contributing Editor wries for the Out
look, lie surely would not be held to
account should he apply cracked ice to
the Colonel's head whenever he sees
that he is getting hot under the collar.
We are not particularly interested
in what they do to him and with him,
nor do we care very much what hap.
pens to Harvey; but we would like to
know what he actually said to Har-
vey or to Harvey's informant, and
especially what he would do If the
Presidential election should be held
next November? Would he be the
candidate, and If he should be, does
he think that he would win? We
should like to have an expression OF
his opinion on the subject, and will
give him all the space he wants, at
regular advertising rates, for full
clear statement of his position on this
question and particularly his attitude
towards "the best fitted man for Pres
ident,' whom he claims to Awe made
President. He seems to have placed
Harvey in very good company, many
of the best men in the country hay-
ing been previously assigned to the
Club In which Harvey Is now in good
and regular standing; but that is not
the question-the wonder is that he
was not named long ago-but what is
the Colonel going to do about Taft.
Will he Keep him In or turn him out?
Has he changed his mind as To Cam
non? Will he back Pinchot for Gov
ernor of New York? Was his heart
set on Garfield in Ohio? What Is his
estimate of Claws, and does he .thifk
CLAWS was right when he promised
his wife Government Job if rhc
would consent TO stay on this side OF
the Rockies? Would he recommend
kerby for appointment as private ste
nosrapher to anybody? How does he
IKE Balllnger? What sort ST speech
does he intend to make for slempc
Is ne really coming to Richmond to
speak at the coored Fair? Has he
oetermined to fight Wadsworth and
the gang in New York? What does he
| think of the defcaf Of his 1,anhaM far