Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-21


other states and during the next two
or three weeks developments which
will show something about what is
what may be expected.
These be anxious days, for instance.
to Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette. 1t
looked for a time and probably now
looks. as though his boom had gone
upon the rocks. An aggressive band
of crusaders, such as the Insurgents
are, can not afford to be divided. But
the Roosevelt talk, which doomed so
large for days and which has by no
means disappeared now, was exceed
ingly diverting to the LaFolletteites
for the reason that a great plumber of
his supporters would GO over TO Roose-
welt in case Roosevelt was to be con-
sidered seriously for the nomination.
That sortie out into the country,
which LaFollette has been advertised
To make has been deferred and de-
ferred again till there seems to be
doubt whether it will happen at all.
Ard if il does happen during the hol-
days il will apparently be on a much
less extensive plan than was at first
intended. The LaFollette advocates at
TIE 1dDltbt ndNt DC-iI SoltlS ti1td ofti
the seeming clamor for Roosevelt and
have been seeking some plan by which
they could smoke the eX-President out
and obtain some definite and conelu-
siVe statement from him.
one of the plans under consideration
has been for Senator LaFollette TO
write the eX-President a letter declar
ing a willingness to get out of the
race altogether il he tRooseyelD was
willing to accept the nomination. They
have figured that Roosevelt. under
such circumstances, would have to fish
or cut bait. He tRoosevelD would
have to accept the Wisconsin senator's
proposition or assent TO LaFollette's
continued candidacy, so these advo-
Gates of LaFollette think. But there
they might be reckoning unduly, for
when it comes to going upon paper,
ex-President Roosevelt is Very wary.
as are most Of the good politicians.
But the I.aFollette advertising pro-
ceeds undated and it is no more than
the truth to say that no circus was
ever given more publicity throughout
the land than has the LaFollette boom
Claims have been made for it and are
being made for it that can not even in
a small measure be substantiated
Somebody's .imoney is being lavishly
spent, for the kind of advertising that
LaFollette iss getting costs money and
large sums of it. Many men are kept
on the CO. making speeches, and or
eanizing in LaFollette's behalf, all that
cost money, too.
After such large expenditures the
LaFollette peoplet are chagrinned
To have their Operations imper-
lied by the chatter of few persons
for Roosevelt. The fact that those
persons are not dyed-in-the-Wool
friends of Roosevelt, but simply bent
on making trouble and getting the
country wrought up, makes the situa
ton all the more annoying.
But, oh my, those Democratic aspi-
rants! Governors galore-nearly all
the Democratic Governors-and Speak
er Champ Clark in the bargain, are
candidates. They have begun to sling
things at one another and there is
promise of piping times on the Demo
cratic side of the fence from now on
to the meeting of the Democratic ma
tional committee and from the meet
ing of the Democratic national COM
Democratic national convention,
wherever ii may be held.
II is no secret at Washington that
Speaker Glark's intimates have been
indulging in filings at the expense OF
| Governor woodrow Wilson, ever since
| Gov. Wilson got we'll toward the lead
i'll the presidential race. Consequent
! " when the story came out the other
| day that eX-Goy. Folk said if Speaker
| Clark got the Missouri delegation 1t
would be only for the purpose of
throwing it TO GOV. Harmon at the
right moment, some folks who have
| known about those filings at Wilson
| began TO smile broadly. 1t was rath-
er 'amoosing' and all the more so
when Speaker Clark spoke right out
in meeting that any such saying was
a malicious lie Well, well. that
was spirited, indeed!
/ National Committeeman F. A. New
man, of the District of Columbia, has
been buster than man in four states
for month, getting up a great Jack
son day banquet (January s. the day
/ when the Democratic national COM
r mittee comes to town and all the can
n didates have been invited. But in the
a flrst list of speakers ex-Gov. Folk was
o omitted and now, because there is
some prospect of Bryan being present
a GOV Harmon Of Ohio, declares that he
. can not come. Perhaps Gov. Wilson
I will attend but it is more likely that
the big speaking list of the Demo.
Gratis will gradually peter out, which
+ is the case with most of these bic
2 Democratic dinners that take place II
the District of Columbia.
o Recently New York City has beer
a asking for the national convention ant
[ that gives some of the candidates COLI
: shivers. Any Democratic nationa
convention in New York city would
e meet with galleries packed full o
{ Tammanyites and no candidate whom
I Tammany did not approve would ge
: much cordially in the cheering. TIL
: Democratic committee may be dis
j posed to consider New York City's in
. vitation for New York is exceedingl,
e important to the Democracy next year
ri But more important TO the variou