The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-12-15

ton OF Gov. Marshall OF Indiana, win
unquestionably be the leading candi-
dates for the Democratic presidential
nomination. and discussion OF Mar.
shall is out OF place here rs the cleo
ton in his state had only remote
bearing upon his own political pros
poets.
Democrats Lose Fear OF Roosevelt
What then Of the Republicans? One
must confess certain sympathy with
the theory enunciated before election
by Senator Root and since reaflirmed
by leading Roosevelt organs that the
Democratic landslide really makes
the belligercnt leader from Oyster
Bay a logical candidate. True he
was, to use his own phrase, licked to
FRAGILE" in his town, in his con.
grossional district. and in his state.
But the Rooseveltians are already IN.
sistlng that he went down not be-
cause of antagonism to him, but be-
cause he was swept under by the re-
volt against the Tnft administration
Democrats will not be disinclined to
let this theory gain currency. They
do not fear Roosevelt as they did
when he first returned from Africa.
HIS progress since the day of his
triumphal entry into New York bay
has been steadily downward. AS Sen.
ator Cummins once put II to me- "Ey.
| cry day he pulls out a new stone from
the pedestal the people have erected
for him. II his activities for the noxt
two years are to continue along the
line that he has followed for the last
six months he will be more to be
| dreaded by his own party than by his
| political foes" Democrats do poin,
| out that since his entry upon national
affairs Roosevelt has never encuun.
tered an absolutely straight and Wig.
orous fight. His one election to the
| presidency was achieved not By any
great increase In the Republican vote.
but because Bryanite resentment
caused million and half Democrats
to stay at home election day. In the
last presidential election when he was
leading the forces for Taft some mys.
FERROUS influence that he exerted or
| else q superstitious dread OF his sup
posed political power caused the man.
ayers Of the Democratic campaign 10
suppress any fight made upon Roose.
welt by the speakers under their con.
troll and the avenues Of publicity
which they dominated
How Taft can be renomlnatod in
view of the fact that his own state,
despite his arduous efforts. went for.
ty-eight thousand against him. and
/ that the country as whole emphatic.
ally repudIated him and all his works,
is difficult to understand At the same
time past history has shown that a
president can always ronomlnato him.
self and II President Taft desires an.
other experience with the popular
cyclone he no doubt can secure II.
La Toilette a Logical Candidate.
II Republican managers could read
the signs Of the times they would mp
preciate the fact that the sweeping
victory of La Toilette IN Wisconsin
gives them n candidate not tarred
with the Taft brush, who attended
strictly to business in hts own state
during the campaign without irdulg.
Ing in incorporate and nationwide
abuse of his opponents as did Roose,
welt. The La Toilette candidacy would
meet most Of tho criticisms that drag
the Republican party down TO defent.
But the forces which have so long
dominated the nominating machinery
of that party have always in the past
striven to drive La Toilette out Of
public life Whether the lesson of this
! year will open their eyes will be do
termined in about eighteen months,
Copyright 1910. by Joseph d. Bowles)