The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-16
By WALTER HARPER

.le more particular with the golden curls that still finger about the ears and the
 back .of his head, that he had fresh
 ,iollsh on his shoes, that he had an inn
 maculate carnation in the lapel of his
 coat and that a smile struggled for room
 on his normally mobile face.
 I wondered why it had not occurred to
 me before that he was something su
 rcrior in the ranks of statesmanship,
 that he lowered above Williams, Under-
 wood, Bacon, Clayton, I started to men,
 ten Bailey, but I will refrain. He is an
 uncertain quantity. No one seems to be
 able to analyze him.
 The honorable Mr. Newlands did not 20 at once to hls seat, but paraded with
 ms jestic polse for few minutes about the chamber in the presence of his less
 fortunate colleagues. But he did not
 seem to get the ovation that he expected.
 No one seemed to have noticed that he
 bad been discovered over night
 Finally with look of despair on his
 .ace he subsideds not in his accustomed
 seat, but away back on lounge gainst the wall.
 When the afternoon papers came out
 about noon those who took the pains to
 notice discovered that somebody else had
 been mentioned and the prospect Of the
 morning, had been forgotten.
 My dear unsuspecting reader. you who follow the simple life and answer the reck and call of the ram who assumes to
 lead the way over the fences and into the green pastures of political gambling, this game of politics is not what you may think 1t is.
 If yor will observe closely you win dis cover that practically all the presidential possibilities that are being mentioned are for the benefit of the democratic party. | Only two men stand out as possibilities in the republican party. They are MT. l Taft, representing the regulars, and MT. | LaFollette, representing the progressives | It is safe to say that most of the sug- cestions of democratic possibilities are
 aonceiyed in the brain of some enterpris-
 ing republicans who would delight in dem ccratic confusion. That Is considered
 needful to the republicans just at this 1 time.
 There is but one notable exception to this line of reasoning and the motive in | that exception is so apparent that even | q child of average reasoning powers can zee through the gauge of 1t. | refer to the available list just pub lSIle0 by Wlllldin ois oh VI 'i'S state of Nebraska.
 | In a list of 8 or more prominent men
 Chat this former leader of the party sug- | gests the name Of Governor Harmon or | Ohio is ignored. To eliminate Governor | Harmon and include some men who have
 never even been suggested even by their
 nest partisan friends as presidential l possibilities needs no comment. 1 It is a matter of passing but not inn l poltant interest to the people of Alabama | that MT. Bryan includes in his list the
 name of ex-Governor B. B. Conner of that
 state.
 It is probable that some readers over looked MT Bryan's list. It is worth re- beating. Here it s:
 ! Governor Plaisted of Maine. Senator Kern of Indiana. | Senator Newlands of Nevada. | Senator Chamberlain of Oregon.
 senator owen of Oklahoma.
 Ex-Governor Thomas of Colorado. | Ex- Senator Patterson of Colorado. l Ex-Governor William of Colorado.
 George F. Williams of Massachusetts.
 Ex-Governor Higgins of Rhode Island. Ex-Governor Glenn of North Carolina. | Ex-Governor lyle, of Virginia. l Ex-Governor McMilln of Tennessee.
 i.x-Senator Turner of Washington.
 Senator Gore of Oklahoma. l Ex-Governor Campbell of Texas. | | Ex-Governor Conner of Alabama. | Ex-Governor McC-eary of Kentucky. | Ex-Governor Beckl,am of Kentucky.
 Henry Watterson of Kentucky. | Congre ssman Rainey of Illinois. | Mayor Gaynor of New York. Mayor Harrison of Chicago. Ex-Mayor Dunne of Chicago. | These tickets are suggested: | Governor Smith CT Georgia and Gov
 crnor Burke of North Dakota. | Marshall of Indiana and Dix of New York, or Dix and Marshall. Senator Culberson of Texas and O'Gor- l man of New York
 | Shafroth of Colorado and Foss of Mass eohusetts
 l James of Kentucky and Osborne of Wyoming.
 | James and Brandeis of Massachusetts. judge Clark of North Carolina and Senator Pomerene of Ohio. Mir Bryan displays astonishing mod
 esty in emitting his own name from the | list.
 He introduces his list with the state | iLent that no one questions the availabil- !ty of Folk. Wilson and Clark. Senator Hoke Smith had not been elect tor 12 hours before enterprisng politicians in Washington got busy with his name as graceful empelllshment of the next pres idential ticket as 8 tail decoration. l Canadian reciprocity agreement when was just begun a few minutes before returned to my room to write this story may be taken as the real opening of his
 campaign for presidential nomination. Somewhere about the second paragraph the speaker made vigorous assault on the administration, declaring that every
 pi inciple of the proposed reciprocal agree mcnt is contrary to all republican princl- rles, and he brings in the name Of Presi- llent Taft In such way that you back ane read the lines over becoming more Thoroughly convinced that this speech Is to be an important campaign document. Of course it has 6awned on the patient arc long suffering voter that this pro- lcngated special session is nothing more than a political skirmish MT. LaFollette
 knows that his amendments wlr be voted | tllwn az promptly as they come to-a vote without call for the yeas and nays as MT. Bailey's amendments were voted
 down. Only one two people in the galleries this morning were aware of the NC ting down of MT. Bailey's last amend ment, the woolen schedule. It was sim oly put to the House and voted down with not more than half a dozen Is and Nos on either side. and they were in lazy