The Washington herald., 1912-01-24
Senator TIIIman's Opinion.

candidate other than maTshah "hen ING
break happens in the Baltimore conven-
ton.
Senator TIIIman's Opinion.
Senator BENJAMIN r. Tillman. of
South Carolina. Is Of the opinion that
the Harvey watterson incident has
proved a boomerang for those two gen
tlemen. and will react TO Gov. Wilson's
credit rather than injure him as can
didate.
While Senator Tillman has not com
mitted himself and will not yet, he Is
strongly inclined to favor the nomina-
tion of the New Jersey executive as
the most available candidate.
II shall wait before committing my
self" declared Senator Tillman, but
am greatly impressed with Gov. Will
son. I do not want the Democratic
rarty TO name a Republican in disguise,
as has been done in the past. As
things now appear, believe Wilson is
stronger with the people than he was
before the Harvey watterson incident.
He has been tried in the fire and came
out without singed wings. I had given
Henry watterson credit for more sense
than to try to foist on a story like
this with the material facts concealed,
though / now recall that he went back
on free silver and Bryan. Instead OF
Wilson's showing lack of gratitude to
Harvey. as we have been led to sup
pose. he saw through the scheme.
measured Harvey and watterson cor
rectly. and refused to be lassOed and
tied to Thomas F. Ryan.
This fact should and will make him
stronger with the masses OF the people.
for believe they are sick and tired OF
being betrayed by men who have climbed
into high Offices under false pretenses.
GOV. Wilson may as well be prepared
for other attempts TO destroy him, as
he is evidently very obnoxious to the
Wall street bunch OF men who run big
business" Every time one of these
big anti-Wilson bombs are discharged
the people soon discover a Wall street
clock lying around with a time fuse at
tached. If they keep on. I expect to see
him get the nomination; and, II nomI-
mated. I expect TO see him elected"
Talks with Many Leaders.
During the stay OF Henry watterson
he has talked things over with every
candidate for President who happened to
be in town, including President Taft, who
happens to be very much a candidate at
present writing. although not Of ''Marse
Henry's'' party. The first Democratic
aspirant who called for a conference
with Col. Watterson at the Willard was
Champ Clark. There was no executive
session secrecy about this conference. but
II was held in the open and was pointed
out as a possible historical event by the
ever present politicians who solve all
problems OF politics and government each
day and evening in the Willard lobby.
The significance of the Champ Clark
and Watterson meeting was in part the
fact that the Speaker and presidential
candidate did not stand on the dignity Of
his position, but called on the newspaper
man, thus reversing somewhat the meth
DDS OF the Capital However, all other
Presidential possibilities in town paid the
same honor to Marse Henry, and he indI-
Gated his appreciation.
Senator Newlands. OF Nevada, who has
been mentioned some in the far Western
tier of States as being OF Presidential
size, was the second statesman of high
degree to call, and again there was an
admiring audience as he went over things
for an hour with the fine old gentleman
of Kentucky.
Who should come next but the Hon
oscar Underwood, OF Alabama Demo-
cratic leader in the House, and quite as
much boosted in some sections for Pres
ident as Clark Harmon, or Wilson.
Somehow there was just a trifie more
interest in Mr.. Underwood's call, and Il
was evident that the editor and Con-
gressman had something OF interest to
discuss. Their talk was longer than that
between Speaker Clark and his Ken
lucky friend, and gave hope to the Un-
derwood people that Mr.. Watterson
might find a way to indicate a prefer
ence for the man who comes from the
first State on the convention roll call
However, both watterson and Under
wood indicated no desire later to tell
what they had talked about or agreed
upon. There are no other Democratic
candidates in Washington just now, but
Col. Watterson may meet some others
when he reaches New York or journeys
westward He was told that his friends
in the Kentucky legislature had seri-
ously advocated him as a fit and proper
candidate for President, but wave
Of the hand indicated that he did not
take the compliment seriously.
Mr.. straus I'm washington.
Oscar S. straus. who was Secretary Of
Commerce and Labor In the Roosevelt
Cabinet, appointed from New York. came
through the New willard lobby last
night, and there was Immediate ques-
tEo,fng -. tho ro1ugbla aftituda of the