The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-06
.JuCisou HaruaOn.

InaCertain measure II j. unmistaNabl-
that the present national prominence m
Democratic national politics of tho Hon
JUp~OS HARMON Is due u q combination
~ circumstance which fright correctly
he described a. geographical and acct
dental. II was because Of the accident
al local politics. the internal strife. the
external dissatisfaction IN Republican
ranks, that rhe present Governor Of
Ohio was able TO triumph in the local
contest Of a state which at the same
time gave a Republican President to the
nation. Democrat or Republican. more
over. the Governor Of Ohio u from the
mere force 81 habit. II nothing else. To he
reckoned With IN the choice ofcandidates
for the Presidency.
IL Is unfair. however, to the Hon.
JUD=oS H'RMoS "a believe that his
present political importance rests To
anv considerable extent upon conditions
accidental or geographical. The best
gEoof of this lies in the fact that he
- now the renOminated candidate Of a
united Democratic party which conf
tN-ftNlN tNlNNNS uAS IFNfNNAefA anu hAAAA7
confirmation for such belief in the am
,e,v and IN the activity % the RepIbli-
can leaders, state and Nyen national
in Ohio. In his own State, then the
Hon. il pSoS HARMON owes his present
strength not 10 the fact that he Is Gov
ernor of Ohio. but 10 the undeniable fac,
thai he has been a great and successful
Governor.
Nationally JUDSON HARMON has been
until recently in a certain sense a sur
vival. a survival Of more prosperous
and more honorable Democratic DAYS. q
figure and considerable figure in the
Cleveland Administration recalled SUBJ
sequentlv. when he suddenly emerged
fTon relative obs~iIritv 10 deal to the
Hon THEODORE RoosFyvLr one 81 the
E.n@t staggering blows 81 his whols
career. Between the BRYAN breakup
and the Ohio camTaign this was per.
hars, his single great achievement This
detail 81 connAstion with the past is oi
Importance IN considering the present
situation 81 Governor H,RNoS.
Lacked at even AZ q distance il ~ i'm.
possible to escape th. conviction that IN
m.,hud AID in spirit JUDsoS HARMos
belongs To an older school Of politicians
H.. dates back before the DAYS 81 gov.
errlmsnt by oratnrv alone and pTactises
r-oIitics that are unrelated 10 ths
Chautauqua Circuit As a Governor hs
has frankly and consistently modelled
his carsar no, upon the Ia FolIettes ~
the CUMMINGS. hut upon that 81 IN.
Hon SaMUEL T. TILDLS To this 10 dI.
In no small degree the fat that, unlik.
m-n IL tn. political type Of FOLK n Mis-
splrl, for example. his Tower and HI,
following alike increase in magnitIId,
&C. one approsohes the place IN which h.
lives and works
From, the day IN which he was cho-er
Gov ernOr 81 Ohio. Jr-DSDS HARMON ha
followed a deliberate ard unvaryin,
rourss On the platform in the carn
paign which cA-Tlci HIM TO Cohlnlu
lie told the Interested taxpayers tina
something was wrong "a the state o
definite allegation. Of specihc CharR
he could then supply little 4 corrIp
but sLllful ashne had lei' hut slende
material for conviction He was el,cted
neverthse~s be~ause he "Npressed
general Suspicion. He told enough n
what waS already Shisperei ~ convinc
the majority Of The voters that hI- PRES
eng, IN the STATE Wo'Iar was MT 0ul
desirable but ne,,---lry
when he went 80 Coluu bus C,ov~rna
HAEMON Cor the tam" IlT,-ed back lrt
ailrnce. There Werr weeks ana month