Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1909-1911, 1911-08-11

know when the Harmon campaign Is
actually to begin.
Careful About Contributions.
The governor himself is blameable
In more than one way for the delay.
Campaigns are not conducted without
cash. and cash comes only from the
people who have it. Governor Har-
mon, however, limits mis- lieutenants
strictly as TO the class of contributors
from whom they may accept financial
aid. This is not wholly surprising.
The persistent effort made by his op-
ponents to ally him in the public mind
with the interests" has probably had
the effect of making him over cautious
in avoiding even the semblance of
such an alliance by the acceptance Of
what are called Wall street contribu-
tons.
Mr.. Nichols points out with en-
phasis that while in his days az a
practicing lawyer Judson Harmon had
a large corporation practice, he never
appeared for corporation against the
people. To those who harp on the
character of the Harmon law prac-
tice, Mr.. Nichols quotes this phrase
from the governors letter to Attorney
General Moody when the Roosevelt
administration declined to prosecute
Paul Morton for rebating:
What we have said is peculiarly
true of the great corporations of our
day. They cannot be imprisoned. and
punishment by fine is not only in
adequate, but reaches the real culprits
only lightly, if at all. The evils with
which we are now confronted are cor
porate in name, but individual in fact
Guilt is always personal. So long as
officials can hide behind their corpora
tons no remedy can be effective"
Campaign Now Fairly On.
The columns CT newspapers show
clearly enough that the presidential
campaign of 1912 is fairly on. The
most definite sign of battle was the
Endorsement of Governor Wilson by
both factions Of the disunited Penn
sylyania Democratic state committee.
This Endorsement Mr.. Nichols is in
cIineG to depreciate, saying that there
L
will elect Harmon delegates. Under
the new primary law in Pennsylvania
there can be no enforcement of the
unit rule in the delegation. This lat
fer fact exists also in Nebraska.
though there 1t will operate to the in
Jury. not to the benefit, of Harmon.
The indications are that majority Of
q no
for him, but it is only reasonable to
suppose that Mr. Bryan will control
suffi GENTLY large minority to prevent
Nebraska's voting as unit.
The movement for ''favorite sons"
made it's first formal appearance a
few days ago when the Alabama con-
gressmen announced that that state
state would send delegation for Os-
car Underwood. The state has been
classed as for Harmon, and 1t is not
probable that his friends will relin
ouish readily the advantage of having
the first state on the roll call present
his name. On the other hand the
fight between Wilson and Harmon for
Georgia-with chances favoring the
former-will probably be settled by
the appearance of a Hoke Smith dele
cation. Indeed. the roster of candi-
dates on the first roll call of the con-
vention is likely to be as long as Mr..
Bryau's famous Hst-longer perhaps.
as one name will be prominently there
which he significantly omitted.
California Delegation Rejoices.
The California delegation in con-
gress was reused to new enthusi-
asm over the Panama-Pacific Ex-
position at San Francisco when the
news came that the exposition COM
mittee had unanimously fixed upon
site for the big show. The California
representatives here were beginning
to worry-there is no doubt about
that. The bill fixing San Francisco as
the spot for the worlds celebration of
the completion of the Panama Canal
had been passed by congress and ap-
proved by the president for fully six
months. Yet not step had been ta-
ken by the San Francisco committee
to give effect to the congressional &C
ton. A long, hard and probably justi-
fable struggle between advocates of
rival sites delayed the beginning of
constructive work. But the final deter
mination of the site means quick
work henceforward.
They are good fighters, against each
other, those San Franciscans, but
when united in cause they are more
than fighters. they are an embattled
phalanx against all opposition.
Here in Washington Representative
julius Kahn is justly regarded as the
spokesman for the committee in
charge of the great San Francisco fair.
Mr. Kahn represents a San Francisco
district. and above all men in con.
gross aided In the work Of securing
the official endorsement for the city
Of the Golden Gate. talked with him
about the advantages of the site Sc
lected for the exposition by unanimous
vote of the committee
Fine Site for Exposition.
THE site for the PanamaPacific
Exposition" said Mr.. Kahn, SIS I'M
doubtedly the most picturesque ever
chosen for a worlds fair. Paris has
the Seine. Chicago has Lake Michigan,
st. Louis alone of the great exposi-
tons was destitute of water front
We have the Pacific ocean before us,
the Golden Gate on one side and the
bay of San Francisco on the other.
Never in the history of the world has
there been such an opportunity for