The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-09-27
How IT LOOKS TO HIM
AN ENGLISH WRITER THINK!
PEOPLE WANT CHANGE.
And That Woodrow Wilson is the
Man to Lead Them to Victory in
Its Coming Campaign.


The Fortnightly Review, the lead
ing review of London has an article
n the August number just received
here under the caption Some talks
with Roosevelt" by Sidney Brooks,
who spent some time in the United
States and visited all sections of the
country in an effort TO guage the pol
itical situation as it stands today and
as to the trend Of the immediate fu-
ture. In the course OF the article,
,Mr. Brooks writes:
The Democrats, so far as | can
Judge, are right if feeling that the
tide is at last with them, and that
only some abnormal development can
forestall Democratic victory in
1912. The question, therefore, Of
the candidate they put forward has
an Importance that it has lacked for
the past twelve years; and that nat
urally, when the choice of a stan
dard bearer is regarded as an almost
tanta.nount to his election, there is
an extra keenness to secure the nom
tEation.
Mr.. Bryan feels that he ought to
have it, but he knows that he cannot
get it. At the same time his power
for obstruction at any rate, remains
considerable and any man whom he
openly opposes may have hard fight
% win the convention. Such man
is governor Harmon, Of Ohio, an en-
gaging popular and successful govern
Or, but an e&-member of Mr.. Cleve-
lands cabinet and the very type OF
| chat straight laced more conservative
school that Mr. Cleveland represent
I'd and that Mr. Bryan has always
warred on implacably.
To compass the defeat of Governor
Harmon's candidacy may, think, be
said for the moment to be the chief
lin of Mr. Bryan's political exis-
ence. To do it he will have to es-
oouse the nomination of some other
leader; and there are at present only
.wo other men in the democratic
.anks whom the average American
:an be brought to regard as p-esiden-
.ial possibilities. One of these is
| Mr.. Champ Clarke, the Speaker OF
the House of Representatives, who
s leading the party in congress with
rnmistakable masterfulness and ef-
| feet, but whose reputation so far is
other congressional than national.
The other is Mr.. Woodrow Wilson
the ex-president of Princeton Uni.
versity, who was elected last Novem-
Der Of the governorship of New Jer.
sey, and who, in the past six months
has worked hardly less than revo
luton in the politics of his state
Ny view is that Mr.. Wilson decidedly
is ahead of all Of his competitors anc
that his union of practically, elo
quence, fearlessly, and a high dis
passionate and thoughtful sincerity
have not. only profoundly impressed
the country, but mark him as a mar
who is destined to lead his party ou
of the wilderness. All present appear
ances point to his adoption next yeal
| as the democratic candidate.
Further along Mr.. Brooks say:
that con pretty nearly every impor
tant issue Mr.. Roosevelt, I should
judge, is in closer sympathy with Mr.
Wilson than with Mr. Taft" How
ever he thinks party layolty vii
keep Mr.. Roosevelt in the Republi
can ranks, but adds:
Mr.. Roosevelt's friends, however
being less committed by past respon
sibilities, are freer to do as they
think best: and in the event of Mr.
Wilson being brought forward as The
democratic nominee. I am convinced
that many thousands of Republican!
ard among them, those who were ant
are, and will remain Mr.. Roosevelt:
most ardent followers, would vote
for him in preference to Mr.. Taft
even though the president himsel;
were to sacrifice his personal predi
lections to his sense of party loyalty