Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-29
Special to Daily New.

idential hooms around Washington
are as common as pig tracks there
are headquarters for a hlli-doyea
Presidential hooms now going on In
this city The Harmon boom has
headquarters A. the Ebhitt House (.
also the Clark headquarters are es-
taDlished az the Fbbitt House The
la Toilette headquarters Are In onc
big office huilding and 80 are the
Roosevelt headuartcrs In another
The Taft boom Is situated Ia the Raj
eish hotel In pslatial rooms and iit
ted mp better than any | even saw In
my life The Wilson head quarters
here are located under the hat OF a
very hrainy newspaper man and
that all that is visible of the VIII
son headquarters so far as have yet
been able 10 see. The Underwood
headquarters have hitherto been es-
tablished in the senatorial offices Of
Senator nankhead of Alabama. but /
understand they are also going 10
rent rooms and establish a Bureau
of Publicity and get busy like the
balance OF them So far as La Fol-
lette Is concerned. as a Republican
candidate for President his boom has
Just about petered out.
have Just heard that another
horse has been entered into the Dom
ocratlc race in the shape of Mayor
Gayncr of New York. and that Is for
the evident intention Of holding the
New York delegation for him aud
trading on II and it's Y votes at the
convention. In fact there may be
several other favorite son candidates
from a number of States like Massa-
chusetts. Connecticut. Indiana and
Illinois. This Is 10 be a free-for-all
race, and II Is the first time since
lS9C that both parties will have n
fight in their conventions for nc
nomination for President, II is go
ing to be an interesting race, and ]
should think that the people OF the
country would be glad to read OF the
happenings from week to week con
corning this free-for-all Presidential
handicaps So far as Democrat
candidates are concerned up TO date,
the Honorable Champ Clark has the
lead lie has the state OF Missouri,
his own state. also half OF Oklahoma
and two Congressional districts ia
Kansas that gives him about 80 in
s'ructed votes mp to this time, and
no one else has any at all, except VII
SON who now has ten. n Is true
these states have held early conveu-
lions and Mr. Clark has prolited 10y
them 10y adding a big impetus 20 his
boom The fact of the matter is that
he seems TO Dee the only man among
I the leaders, who has captured his
own State unanimously while the
Folk people fought for a while in
Missouri. they say the futillty of It
Tor Mr. Clark handily won the en-
tire State In a primary
The sentiment fer Governor llarl
mon does not seem 10 be- unanimous
IN ohio because there are certain
clements In that State now opposing
him. The same thing is trGe OF Gov
ernor Wilson In N,N Jersey and
IS here he is compelled To combat for
mcr Senator James Smith. Ir. and
all of his friends nthat State.
Ot course. Mr. Underwood will get
his home State of Alabama. but what
the balance OF the South will do is
predetermined and the public men
here are very chary OF expressing
opinions on that subject.
Perhaps some of the readers OF the
correspondence may not be very well
, informed conccrnng the personalities
and the characteristics Of some of
these candidates who are asking their
Isutfr7-es and 10 viii Dee my pleasure
IN the future 10 not only suami' some
facts concerning all of them. and will
/ DO so without prejudice ard simply
/ '0r the Information Of the public. So
'.r gs ! Ju 1rCcrued personally.
perhaps ms opinion would not
amount 10 very much. but I can quote
from many public wau concerning
'..H0 and 'lo Kind OF Oal.da',s for
President they will mako
There dln many men iu this couu-
jus who would make excellent Presl-
dents n"' Very uoor candidates, and
as the Democratic party In this cam
paien does not intend TO lose u
Ir''k the, are going to be very care
/ I. and believe will pick the man
who not only will make great Pres
idcut brt am excellent candidate ami
10 vote ret'er have no idea who
/ Doe viii Dee.
After WANDERING Ia the wilderness
for sixteen years. the Democrats
|Wr'y s just about to return to It's
home and 10 DO the prodlral Son act.
Since the victory in 1910. which was
Iwal" possible by those two brillian.
leaders iu the House Of Representa-
/ lives Champ Clark and Oscar Under
rpod The Democratic party has been
on us good behavior and after all OF
| the opportunities Il has had to PLAY