The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-01-25

All anaainaouaiy passes sszsalAs r~ac%
ltuEons. and At enee Republican
Roosevelt elahs are forEaa4 al ever
that district Another day tie He
pGhlsean chairman Of ;he State o.
OAio gives out al intevvirs for
Roosevelt and calls for the organtxA~
ton of Roosevelt eIahs oscr ih.
State. whsch Gs the Presidents home
Another dAy II II announced that .
large number % Roosevelt RepahlI-
can clubs have been organized In The
State OF Oklahoma. and that the work
i being pashed by = committee Of
progressive Republicans.
This is simply . sample CT the AZ
nouneements that have been made
every day. and sometimes three or
four or Q half-dozen from different
parts OF the country 10 the same ef-
feet on the same day. This has set
| all OF the politicians here. and all
who come and go in the national
capital. TO discussing what IL means
and what the result will be with an
interest that is most unusual
80 NaI AsGAh1AIAEs 1uG EAES1GEuA
friends are quietly at work and meet
all Of these statements with the great
est confidence that the President Ia
already sure OF 4 denomination. and
| that his reelection Ii OF course ex-
pected.
The Talk About Democratic presi-
| Dental Candidates.
There has been during the last
week an unusual amount of activity
among Democratic politicians in Con-
gress and over the country. The
| Watterson-Harvey episode has appar-
emily hurt Governor Wilson, for. as a
result OF 1t. several prominent men
who had formerly supported the New
Jersey Governor for the nomination
have turned to Speaker Champ Clark.
They charge Wilson with base ingrat-
itude.
/ A wise and experienced politician,
discussing the Democratic situation
to-day, said that he believed that
Governor Wilson had already reach
ed the food-tide of his popularity.
and that he was liable to lose ground
instead OF gain between now and the
Democratic Convention.
This politician, in reviewing the
candidates and the situation, said
] that Governor Wilson would never
be able to get two-thirds of the dele
/ gates to the Democratic convention;
that Governor Harmon could not be
nominated, and indeed that no one Of
the leading candidates would ever be
able to gain any votes after the con-
vention met, and that deadlock
was therefore certain and that the
result of the deadlock would be
the nominatiin of Speaker Champ
Clark. He pointed out that the
Speaker was not antagoniZing any
body, and that he would be the
only candidate on whom the friends
of all the other candidates could and
would naturally unite.
A prominent Democratic politician.
who has always been a strong sup
porter OF Mr.. Bryan, who heard this
statement, remarked that he thought
that the convention was more likely
to turn as a result of a deadlock to
Mr.. Bryan, because the policies which
he had advocate were stronger to-day
than ever, and that Mr.. Bryan him
self had grown steadily on the coun-
try.
The Democratic Investigating Com
mittees.
The many committees appointed by
any and everything. where they hop
ted to find something against the Re-
publican party to use as Democratic
campaign material, have been very
disappointing TO the Democratic
House. They have not yet unearth-
ed single thing that could be used
by them effectively in the campaign.
while, at the same time. the "econo-
my Democratic House" is met by re-
quests from all OF these committees
for appropriations for further money
to pay the expense Of continued In
vestigationa-
! 1t Is plain that the result OF the
work OF these committees is not only
very disappointing. but that their
continued existence Is becoming to
be embarrassing to the Democratic
leaders. They not only have found
4 nothing for campaign material. but
they have often made themselves
more or less ridiculous in attempting
to conduct these Investigations A
recent case was the appearance OF
Mr.. Carnegie before the committee
Investigating the steel trust Mr..
Carnegie simply made q monkey OF
the investigating committee.
! Knocked Into q Cooked Hat