The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-10-08
mARsT JOINS ROOSEVELT.


nAuon OF william Randolph Hearst to
oppose the Democratic ticket In New
York this fall. as viewed here, Is off,
sst TO the perfectly weii-recosnized.
>Iaithough not openly avowed inten-
ticn OF the Republican "oid guard
lenders. whom Roosevelt practically
threw out OF the party at Saratoga.
10 oppose the Roosevelt ticket.
The attitude Of Hearst. Il is con-
teaded. turns what would have been
. sure Democratic victory into an ap-
: pArently close fight.
For this reasons Democratic politi-
clans here are exceedingly bitter In
their denunciation OF Hearst for
standing In the way OF party success.
and they point out that the violence
with which he now denounces Muir
4phy Is hardly more pronounced than
the violence with which ne has In
the past denounced Roosevelt.
In this campaign Hearst and
Roosevelt will be lined up together
aad Administration Republicans In
I. .Washington are smiling over this
Wosf recent development. Also they
Nv that the Hearst pronouncement
@11inst Mr.. Dix and the rest Of the
\. 1st on the ground that II Is Muir
made is simply another piece OF
welt luck" M
!. xn5se Who have been IA touch
~nh the coionei say that when ne
hrst gave notice OF his intention 20
ssht the "old guard" leaders and
accepted the challenge they gave,
while he firmly believed he could
beat them I'm the convention. he had
no real Idea that In the face of their
opposition the Republican ticket
cSuld be elected.
With a united Democratic party.
ths feeling here among Democrats as
we'll as Republicans Is that the
coloners ticket. standing on the
stAndpat platform adopted at Sara
toga. would be. to use his own words.
''icked TO a frazzle."
Most Democrats here believe that
even with Hearst against the Demo-
cratic ticket II will win. although they
concede that his attitude makes the
night much closer one than Il would
have been.
They do not minimize the Hearst
strength In the State. nor the power
cf his newspapers. but they point out
that In New York city practically
every other paper Is ardently sup
porting Mr.. Dix and against MIR.
Roosevelt and his candidates.
The Democratic campaign in the
State. II Is said by men here who are
in touch with the New York situation.
viii be made wholly upon the issue
of Roosevelt and the outcome will
determine. they think. Roosevelt's
political future. IL. under the cir
eumstonces. he can elect the Re-
publican ticket this year II will firmly
intreneh him as the Republican boss
OF the state and will mean that the
1s votes Of New York In the Re-
publican National Convention of
1912 will be his to do with what he
pleases.
That the New York delegation I'm
almost any convention would come
pretty close to holding the balance
OF power Is conceded. Hence. IL Is
claimed. u Roosevelt wins his fight
this fall. u will be wholly I'm his
. power TO bring about his nomina.
ton two years hence.
On the other hand. N the Demo-
Gratis win In November In New York.
having made Roosevelt the real AMI
only issue. II will be a distinct blow
to- hts prestige and power. The
whole responsibility for the defeat
will be placed upon his shoulders.
just as he will get the entire credit
for a victory. The Colonel. his
friends say. know all this as well
as anyone else and was perfectly VIII
Ing 20 40 In and make the fight at
a time when he saw almost no hope
for Republican success I'm the gen
ersl election
If the ticket Is licked. they say. the
people will believe II was knitted" hv
the "old guard" and will put tho
blame.
There Is no question Lut that the