The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1911-10-17

l SASSA viz ." SOplllS DCiliOSI etClS
victory last November.
When next campaign time
rolls around the Republican party
will have but one or two candi-
dates to select from and the
Democrats will have so many
that they will not know where to
turn"
Presidential Probabilities.
Unless all signs fail the next
President of the United States
will be one of these men.
William Howard Taft, of Ohio;
Woodrow Wilson, of New Jersey
Judson Harmon, of Ohio; Champ
Clark, of Missouri; Robert M.
La Toilette, of Wisconsin, and
Thomas r. Marshall, of Indiana.
There are others. of course, in
the field who believe and whose
friends believe that they have a
chance of winning the prize, but
at this time they appear TO have
been far outdistanced by their
rivals.
There is Representative Oscar
w. Underwood, of Alabama,
chairman Of the Ways and Means
Committee of the House, who
will doubtless have the delegates
from his own State i'll the Demo
cratic convention. He may have
other delegates from the South,
but no one believes that he will
not be nominated more thorough
ly than Mr.. Underwood himself.
There is former Governor Folk,
of Missouri, who mas behind him
the Endorsement of the last Mis-
souri, Democratic convention.
Another convention will be held
in the State before next summer.
however, and there is likely to
be different tale to tell.
Of the Republicans who aspire
to leadership of their party there
is Senator Cummins, of Iowa,
who styles himself a progress
i've, )" and has announced that he
is for La Toilette. Cummins
would undoubtedly be for Cum
minis, accord ing to every report
that has come to Washington, if
he thought there was a chance of
his getting Insurgent support
from other States. He appears
to have come to the conclusion
that he must support La Toilette
or split the Insurgent faction of
the Republican party wide open.
He has found, as have others,
that to work with La Toilette is
to follow him.
Net Regarded as Serious Factors.
Governor Dix, of New York,
and Governor Foss, of Massa-
chusetts, are considered ''Presi-
dental possibilities" but at this
time they are not regarded as
serious factors in the complicated
situation.
As for William Jennings
Bryan. there still remains body
of loyal Democrats who would do
anything in their power to obtain
another nomination for him.
They might even have the help
of some of their Republican
brethren, but Mr.. Bryan is not
now looked on as a candidate, al
though it is everywhere agreed
that his voice will carry tremen-
dous weight in the Democratic
convention, and may be the de-
Gliding factor in the choice of a
nominee.
From all over the country
comes the news that the Dem
ocrats are growing more hopeful
of success At the same it is
evident in New England, New
York, in the middle and Far
West, where the President is
now on a speech-making tour,
that the Republicans, too, are
looking up" a bit. All eyes are
upon the President, whose jour
ney has been variously dubbed
"the winning Of the West, and
his nominating campaign.
With no one to actively oppose
him for the nomination but Sena-
tor La Toilette, there is now
every indication that President
Taft will be named to succeed
himself by the Republican con