Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1912-05-24
Roosevelt Will be Nominated

The News lrEM is going to ven
ture into new field prophsying.
We predict that Theodore Roose-
Welt will he nominated at Chicago
on progressive platform. We
predict that the Democrats will
nominate either William j. Gaynor
or William ]. Bryan, also ON Il
progressive platform. Our reasons
for believing that Roosevelt will he
nominated are that Taft has hope
lessly failed wherever the people
have had a voice in the Republican
states and that the Southern dele
gates (who are mercenaries) will
desert the sinking ship like rats,
and rush to the shelter of the Roose-
welt campaigning for the crumbs.
This situation is already under
stood by the Interests. BY this
we mean the big men in Wall Street
and corporations henchmen all over
the country. They, having given
up hope of satisfactory Repuhli-
can candidate, have turned in des-
peration to the Democratic party
to find IA possible victor over
Roosevelt They would prefer Har-
mon. Underwood and Clark in the
order named, but they realize that
not one of these names is possible.
They want IA candidate who can
pose as a progressive, but one they
can control on substantial matters
Bryan Is not that sort of man.
The convention may stampede for
him and if nominated, Wall street
will give him fair support as
against Roosevelt. But they do
not want Bryan, they want Gaynor
a great deal more.
Gaynor is peculiar man. He has
lots of honesty, common ways that
attract the people, a quaintness in
speech and manerisms which serve
him we'll. He favors lot of things
which Roosevelt advocates and is
not afraid to say so. On the other
hand he is a rich man, the executor
of a great estate and Is hand in
glove in business and society with
the great barons of the Street. He
has allowed the boys to play ball
ON Sundays and has made the police
treat private citizens with decency;
but. with ii resolution and derterm-
ination to be admired, he has NOT
allowed the city of New York to
build it's own subways. Within a
few days his heroic stand has result
ed in turning over that rich plum
to Wall Street He has done many
other things to show that he is safe
and sane from the standpoint of the
Street
If the "Interests' can fool Bry-
an, (who likes Gaynor) and get him
to consent to the nomination of
Gaynor, he will be elected if money
will Go it. He is a dangerous man
to oppose Roosevelt. On the sur
face hewill out liberal the liberates,
but on the inside he will act as de-
sired by bis real hackers. Tam
many Hall will outdo itself to aid
him and money will flow for him
as water flows at Niagara.
Whether Roosevelt can beat this
strong and willy man is question
for the people to decide, we do not
prophesy. 1t will depend upon the
Democrats and Independent voters.
If they vote for Gaynor he will be
elected and, at the end of four
years, the Socialists will have large
additions to their numbers. We
do not believe that party lines will
he closely drawn, the American
people are full of common sense, as
a rule they prefer the welfare of
their country to that of their party,
and it is for this reason that we
expect to see Roosevelt elected by
the votes of progressives of all
parties.