The Washington herald., 1911-12-01
With the Political Procession.


Colo, has fifteen counties In his dis
trict, and a total population of 100000.
A native of Kentucky. he served four
years in the Confederate army, and
speaks of it without apology. Just now
Judge Rucker is eager to hear from
other returning Democrats, OF Senate
and House. their views on the impend-
ing Democratic campaign for the nomi-
nation of a President, and he has some
news of his own.
Harmon, of Ohio, will get the Colo
RADIO delegation" was the prediction
of Judge Rucker, without suggestion or
even questioning.
/ And why will he get it?" was asked.
Because the regular Democratic or
ganization of Colorado is for him. The
old-line Democrats will be in control,
and they are for Harmon.
Along with this prediction favorable
to Harmon, let me add that Oscar I'm
derwOod has a remarkable following in
our State, and next week an Underwood
| club is to be organized. We have many
Southern people in Colorado, and they
rejoice to see a Southern man so prom
| inent in the Presidential possibility
class.
The president of the Underwood Club
will be a Northern man. however, and
there will be no prepOnderance Of South
ern members. One result of this I'm
derwood Club will be the splitting up of
| the anti-HarmOn people. There is senti-
ment. OF course. for other candidates
Gov. Shafroth is openly for Wilson. but
the governor will not have a look in when
| It comes to the selection of delegates"
Judge Rucker is hopeful that Colorado
will soon have another Senator. There
has been a vacancy since the death of
Senator Hughes, and the Legislature ad-
! jOurned after ii long deadlock without
electing a successor.
: An effort IS now being made to secure
pledges from majority Of the Demo-
cratic legislators for the election Of
Gerald Hughes. son OF the late Sena-
tor. Once pledges are secured the gov
ernOr will be urged TO call an extra ses-
! sion with the plea that Colorado ought
not to be denied full Senatorial repre-
sentation in Washington. Mayor Speer,
| OF Denver. who was a candidate, has
withdrawn in favor of Hughes, but Sha-
froth. AIva Adams, {. S Thomas, and
7. ]. ODonnell, all candidates last win
ter, have given no signs that they have
| lost their ambition.
Ira Clifton CopIcy, of Aurora. Ill, is
one Republican who came across the line
with over 6OCO plurality last year. and
ii was his first venture in politics. He
| is counted one Of the young men In
| Congress, although he is forty-seven
years old, and the wonder is that he
waited so long before getting into the
| political procession. Possibly the fact
! that Senator Hopkins. also of Aurora,
was member OF the House twenty years
or more kept Copley waiting, but he
bided his time, and promises to keep on
! the job for some time.
! While a lawyer, CopIey has been most
active in gas and electric enterprises for
many years. and has now added politics
| to his other activities
! J. G. Butler. jr.. Is citizen of power,
also precision. coming from Youngstown,
| Ohio, Il city of the old Mckinley Con-
! gressionaI district. While Butler has
never asked office, he is ever busy with
| those who are in office, urging much for
! the good OF the nation, and especially
for the industries thereof. Coming TO
, Washington and New York prior to
| Thanksgiving Day, Butler went home
rejoicing that he had secured George w.
| Perkins to address a banquet of business
men at Youngstown next Tuesday night.
| There was the more joy in the Butler
bosom that Perkins. after accepting the
invitation, spent an entire evening with
President Taft in the White House go
ing over industrial and political condi-
tions.
To the Butler mind, Perkins gained
not only prestige, but information be-
cause of the White House conference,
and will accordingly be the more attrac-
tive and instructive when he addresses
the solid business men and politicians.
| Alber: Douglas, of Chillicothe, who was
first famous in Congress because he de-
feated Gen. Grosvenor for nomination,
but who achieved distinction by reason
of ability and actual work later on, has
just returned from A long tour OF South
America What is more. Douglas was
not an idle tourist. lie has written col
umns about his trip, and besides has
kept in clos. touch with political cOndi-
tions at home He was beaten last year
| in the general slump thdt sent so many
Ohio Republican members into retire
ment. but i IS his confident claim that
II the Democratic legislature does not
change the districts he will be nominated
next year and elected.
There are six other Ohio Republican
members of the last House who were
victims Of the slump, and all will ask
vindication.
They are GOebeL OF Cincinnati: Gen.
Keifer, of Springfield; James Joyce, OF
Cambridge: Gen. Hollingsworth. of Cadiz,
and James Cassidy, of Cleveland. Their
districts are normally Republican. and
the former members ask only nomination
next year. confident OF coming back with
the usually increased vote of a Presi-
Dental campaign.