The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-29
GOING TO Be BIG
. FUNERAL FOR SURE
Colonel Himself Will Be Master
Of Obscquies Over Remains
OF Republican Party.
IT'S A DEMOCRATIC YEAR
Hardly Possible That All Politi-
cal Forecasters Are
Wrong.
IT'S A DEMOCRATIC YEAF
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Washington. March 2s.-Intoxicated
with Its years of power and obsessed
with the one idea OF maintaining Its
supremacy at any cost; the G. O. p is
lettering nearer and nearer Its polit-
ical grave each day.
Thera are few persons who keen
abreast Of the times and the political
events of tho day who fail to see that
when the funeral dirse is heard in
November and taps sounded for tn,
Republican party as nov organized,
one Theodore Roosevelt. he of Oyster
Bay, will be in charge of ceremonies.
It's going TO be n big funeral. TO be
sure, and unusual Joy Will ill the
hearts of loyal Democrats all over The
country Judson Harmon, Wilson,
Clark, Underwood and all the other
little and big Democrats. who for moro
than sixteen years have bcan doing
their best to break the hoodoo ties
which have led them TO defeat, will be
there And what about the Colonel
himself? No one can blame the Re
pubiicans for their defeat at the polls
but the sage of Sycamore Hin His
crushing defeat in his own State Of
New York. when he received only seven
out OF ninety delegates, ough; to be
enough for any ordinary man. But
not enough for Mr. Roosevelt He Is
another kind of man. Crushed and
Inundated in his own bailiwlck, does
he take defeat gracefully? No. 1t 10
'scandalous.' he cries. and hies him
self off to the Wild West for ncdita-
ton.
Then what about Indiana? Crushed
again there. though not quite SO badly
as in New York, the silent ,nidnighl
Specials bring tho news OF a new
party. It's going to be Roosevelt
Pinchot- Garfield party. pure and stm-
pie, but It's a safe bet that It will die
in It's infancy. It's the year wien the
Democrats are scheduled to win, un-
less all political slat anna kors have thai:
wires crossed, and 1t is hardly prob
able that so many wise men would be
wrong. Taps are sounding for the G.
Q. p and ere tho white frosts of fall
cover the earth. Democrats. North ana
South, ought to be moving In tn, d.
rection OF the White House.
The first candidate for President IN
the present campaign to have his pie
tnre prominently displayed before the
gaze OF almost 200 Washington news
paper men was Governor Harmon, OF
Ohio
When the Washington newspaper
workers wont to their quarters Mt the
capitol to-day, hung up their over
coats and hats, placed their rubber
SHOES carefully In the corner and tag
sed their umbrellas. they looked
around and immediately in front of
them was cut of the Ohio Governor.
But that was not all. The back of
the cut looked like a page from some
Methodist hymn book. for there wcra
the words and notes to the song "Blest
Be the Tie That Binds"
No one knows how the cut and song
got in. No one was seen to place
II there. and the gentle guardian OF the
House press gallery, Charles ID. Mann,
declares that he Is not boosting any
Of the candidates for the presidency.
There are probably more wits and
ways among tho WashingtS n news
paper men than there are Christians
Therefore. when the early workers this
morning looked around aud saw that
they were TO bn presented not only
with campaign matter free and en-
tirely without their asking. but that
in addition they were To be allowed
TO read n few words from hymn,
there were some who did not know
what to do. II was finally agreed
however. that since the Harmon cam
paign had been launched right in the
faces OF the newspaper men, that plc-
lures of all the other candi lates--
Democrats and Republicans alike
the gallery without further delay.
1t is not Improbable, therefore. that
from this time on tho virtues OF the
different candidates will be promi-
nently displayed for the guidance OF
the newspaper men IL they have the
time and inclination to heed
P. RI, MEG