The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1910-12-08
WANT BEST Man.
ia tAe Presidential Race, Says Congress,
man James, Of Kentucky.
ALL SAY AMth TO this

The Congressman Says Candidates
Have Agreed That Party Must
submerge Observation-Disclosures
Administration a In Ohio Has Never
Been Equalled.
while Judso1 Harmon, governor
ce Ohio, held long conference with
Congressman Ollie James at the gov
ernor's meeting a: Louisville last
week. After the session Mr.. James
battonholed yand talked with every
nan OF prominence he met. He was
asked this question:
as Gov. HARMON the leading can
didate for the Democratic Presiden-
tia! nomination in 1922"
<sThere are severa! candidates"
he replied. "Gov. Harmon IS one or
the strongest men we have In the
party. tI;s record is known to the
+ people. There is not flaw In It.
The same may be said OF several
other gentlemen Of national promi-
rence who are in the public eye Co
day.
.'Mr. Harmon has the prestige Of
having carried President Taft's own
z State by a larger majority than ne
!. cid the FIRST time he ran. Dr.. Will
son of Princeton made wonderful
showing in New Jersey. He stands
for a new element in American poll
tics. 1t remains to be seen whether
or not a scholar and student can
direct the affairs of a State.
IS: "Dr. Wilson is on trial. We want
70 see If man with a wonderful
mind and ma 2nif1cent education
and a student of governmental SCI
ence can solve the problems that
confront nation. DR.. Wilson was
elected in Republican State be-
5 cause the good people Of that State
Believed In him. The good people,
and 1 mean by that. those who have
the interest of their home and coua-
Ay at heart--really control every
Y Esate.E Y. Z B j, ~ - =;
t.s.tss.If i. s;. If Wilson makes good and puts
SaiIls his theories, dhtor practice land
shat practice turns out righsr'he will
be a dominating fgure7in. the Demo-
cratic convention of 1912. Harmon,
on the other hand, has given Ohio
the best sdn1inistra ton that itiev
had. His defiance of Roosevelt when
Paul Morton was shown to be re-
batter for the Santa Fe railroad
shows the tim Der he is made OF. It
took courage to do that, because he
was then. defying a President who
was considered all powerful.
"The Democratic party has lot
: OF material from which to choose
President. But there will be no
auarrels. Woodrow Wilson and
Harmon recognize the fact that they
have presidential adversaries. New
York, with it's thirty-six electoral
Yotes and It's many controlling In
Auences on the nation. has to be con-
sldered. That State has recently put
8 black eye on New Nationalism.
Mr.. Roosevelt seems to have been
urhorset. Some Of these days the
American people will simply regard
Mr. Roosevelt as GOOD citizen, but
little bit too ambitious.
The. present mayor Of New York,
Judge GaYnor, has shown that he
knows how. to run the largest city in
America. He has made very few
I mistakes, and every one that he has
made has been of the heart and no:
OF the mind. He's big man and,
I mean by that, a man who knows
people; knows their emotions and
sentiments. He may develop into a
possibility.
"Then there is Dix, the man who
/: the governor-elect of New York;
the man who converted tremend-
Gus Republic majority into Demo-
cratic victory, thanks to certain
extent TO Mr.. Roosevelt.
Governor Harmon, Of course. Is
= receptive candidate for the nomt-
naticn Tor the Presidency. So are
ave or six others. But everyone has
agreed that the Democratic party is
going TO conduct itself little d!f-
ferently .han it has in the past.
When I saw Dr.. Wilson, Mr.. Harm IN
and aIr. Marshall talking together
recently. each Of them had a smile
on his face. They have agreed that
the Democratic party must submerse
personality. and our slogan In the
next convention will be: Let the
best man win. And then we ar"
all for him"
Grverncr-elect rlaistcd Of Maine
was told the tenor OF Congressman
James interview, and gave 1t his
endorsement. He sail:
"As Governor Marshall said:
"This conference Of governors should
be called the Amalgamatcd Order of
Nine Course Dinners" We are. OF
course. serious proposition, but at
the same time y0u can't keep Demo
erals i!o!,. meeting tacathor and cr-