Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-08-30
THE FIGHT WILL BE BETWEEN
HARMON AND WILSON.

HARMON AND WILSON.
New York and New England, the po-I
litical wiseacres, have 1t in those sec
lions, will back Governor Harmon, ofI
Ohio. for the presidential nomination
next year, while New Jersey and Penn
sylvania will be behind Governor Viii
son, of the former state. Ohio, Of.
course, will support its governor IN
the convention and the drift of sen;i-I
ment in the Middle West, that is, NJ
Indiana, Illinois and Iowa, is also said
to be toward the Ohioan. In Ken
lucky a strong movement is on in fay !
or Wilson and in other more South
ern states determined efforts are a.soi
making to swing them into line early,
in the game for the New Jersey man. !
Here in Georgia a pronounced move
ment is under way to influence public |
opinion in favor of Wilson. An At
lanta daily paper is flooding the news
paper Offices of the state with reprint
matter day after day, always with the
careful statement that it is purely a |
piece Of patriotism on its part and /
that no one is behind it in the work .
Of disseminating information as %
Governor Wilson's claims to the Dem
in
well appointed Wilson headquarters
is in full operation, and out in Cincin-
natl the Harmon headquarters are II
full blast. There is no concealing that
both governors want the nomination
and that their friends will leave 10
stones unturned to get it for them.
Some of the friends. no matter how
unselfsh they may seem just now,
will want their reward later But that
is always the way in the great game
Of politics.
The opposition that is rising to Will
son in New York may do much
to check the tendency toward him.
The party wants and must have the
vote of New York state if it is to elect
the next president. If it can get the
votes Of New York and Ohio it is pref
ry safe. to say it will have enough 9th
rs in additional to bring victory. The
Baltimore Sun says in this connec
ION:
The attitude of New York newsp1-
)ers seems to support this view. The
World fears that Wilson has over
Organized himself" and that his too
rank desire for Mr.. Bryans support
will seriously injure him with indie
pendent, thinking classes and with le-
climate business interests, and thus
5trongly intimates it's preference:
Governor Harmon is not so bril-
liant as Governor Wilson and his
rame is not generally identified with
a popular issue as the case is with
Mr.. Underwood But he is a strong
figure, thoroughly reliable and capa- |
BILE and abundantly endowed with COM
mon sense. Ohio may be the hope of
the Democratic party IN 1912, in view
Of New York possible lSss. A Demo-
cratic governor who has twice carried
that state, the second time by 100000
plurality, must inevitably be consider
ed in any computation of availab.
candidates for the presidency
However, Governor Wilson may take
comfort from the reports of Sydney
Brooks and others that one of his
most ardent admirers is Mr.. RoOse-
welt. This is given color by the fact
that The Outlook, of which Mr.. RooSe-
Welt is the distinguished contributing
editor, prints a glowing eulogy of Will
son, setting forth, with evident COM
mendation, his record and his views.
with the Democrats in congress
cheering for Champ Clark, the New
Workers lining up behind Harmon and
various elements backing Wilson, We
are promised an interesting contest
when the Democrats meet in conven-
ton in Baltimore next summer to
choose their candidate for president.