The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-11-24
With the Political Procession.

last campaign, has felt called upon to
do some new organizing in Nebraska
this far ahead of the next convention.
He has sent out a hurry call for
meeting Of Nebraska Republicans, to be
| held in Omaha this week, and the ad-
mitted plan of Pollard and his associates
is to do general stirring up. OF course,
this activity in a State supposed to be
loyal enough to the President attracts a
little attention, the more because Victor
Rosewater, the member Of the Republi-
can National Committee for Nebraska,
has not been consulted or especially
advised about the conference. While
skillful suggestion is made by the Pollard
people to insist that the gathering of this
week is planned to head off any pro-
gressive movement among the Republic
cans of the State the Rosewater contin-
gent perceives back OF II all a reaching
out by another segment of the party for
a prominent part in the next Taft cam
paign.
| 1t is also announced in advance that
a second purpose Of the conference is
the organization Of a Taft club, which
will be the first actual organization of
its kind of next years campaign. Mean
|
next months session Of the national COM
mlttee. and will confde to President
Taft the actual situation in Nebraska,
with promises of a delegation which will
know its business
There is just a little agitation among
the Gov. Harmon Presidential managers
over the meeting Of North Dakota Demo-
|
January 10 Not only Democrats ON
North Dakota are to assemble at the
capital, but Democrats from Montana.
| Idaho. and adjacent Commonwealths
have been invited. Pains have been
taken to give the impression that no par
ticular Democratic candidate for Presi-
dent is to be given a boost. but the Har-
| mon people have long been counting on
giving their candidate a long shove for
ward in the Northwestern region at this
gathering
Very soon after Gov. Harmon was IN
vted and had accepted, there was n de-
mand for the presence of William J.
! Bryan. and he was invited. He was on
his way TO Florida. but promised TO ar
rive II possible. Then one-time Repubn-
! can Senator Pettigrew, of South Dakota,
was asked to bestOw some OF his wis
dom upon the conference, and Gov. North.
! Of Montana, promised to lend his pres
enCe and wisdom Now comes the report
| that Gov. Wilson. Of New jersey. will
have some faithful admIrer at Fargo. and
the Harmon managers. who thought their
chief was to be the one great figure. are
b.: disappointed
The Louisiana Senatorial contests keep
merrily on with a half dozen candidates
Tor two Senate seats. The coming pri-
mary will determine the Louisiana Sena-
torial representation for the terms begin
ming in 1913 and 1915. and Senator Foster.
whose term expires first. Is making
campaign worth hearing about. He Is
opposed by congressman Joe RansdclI
and Broussard. both of whom have had
long service in the House
GOV. Sanders Is a candidate for the
term beginning over three years hence.
as is also Congressman Pujo, who like
Ransdell and BrOussard, has had long
House service. w. E. Krebs, a Demo-
cratic leader I'm Louisiana, who Is well
known among Southern Democrats in
Washington. is the Pujo manager, and he
Is giving out hopeful bulletins the
campaign proceeds. Every candidate has
headquarters open day and night in New
Orleans and bulletins are issued almost
hourly to the progress of each Candi-
date throughout the parishes. Congress
man RansdeT. who is best known in
Washington for his activity in behalf of
river improvement. is making four and
five speeches a day. and the latest bulle-
tin posted in his headquarters announces
that Mr.. Ransdell is literally sweeping
the country parishes and is holding his
own in the cities" This is not amazing
to the Ransdell admirers in Congress,
who recall his remarkable activity and
enthusiasm in any line he takes up. The
enc slogan Of Ransdell when he is actual
" in CONGRESSIONAL work is IAN annual
river and harbor bill carrying not less
than 100000" and he is making much
use of this slogan during his Senatorial
campaign.
A citizen OF the republic somewhat
perjudiced in favor of the Republican
way Of doing things suddenly discovered
the other day that he had mislaid his
list of Republican National Committee
members. AS the committee will meet
here December u, the citizen wanted the
list in advance and hiked to the Post
master Generals office, recalling that the
Postmaster General was recently chair
man Of the national organization. The
list was given cheerfully enough and the
citizen went over it with remembering
glance He also secured list of State
Republican chairman, and recalling that
West Virginia had made a change two
days before, wondered II the late ma
tional chairman had noted it. Bless you,
there was the name of Virgil Highland
as State chairman in place of Sam
Matthews whose name had been scratch
ed out overnight. 1t only indicated that
while the Postmaster General and late
chairman may announce himself "out of
politics." he is keeping mighty close tab
on what is doing in every State of the
Union.
Robert Johns Buckley, the Democrat
who carried the old Senator Burton dis
trict in Cleveland last year, has arrived
in Washington for the session. He is the
most youthful looking member of the
House, and looks even younger thas his
years. Buckley was one month over
thirty years old on the day of his cleo
ton, and is the youngest member of the
House. He graduated from Harvard
nine years ago, and was never a candi-
date for office until named for Congress-