La Junta tribune., 1912-05-18
BY G. II. DOWNkK
Political Prophet and Seer

H'Nih anu n slHu'ul OF ppHlithI anu
eccnumic conditions. A man against
whom there is no guilc-hones'
frank, straightforward Probably no
. better man In public life today His
every public act is for the public
good. and II merit should enter into
the considerations, he would easily
carry the honors OF his party. II any.
Personally | think him the finest man
In his party, and a man III 10 grace
even the republican party. and /
would consider him a good running.
mate fJr Roosevelt ! can think OF
no higher praise. But Professor vii.
son will not be the candidate. For
Why We'll. he wrote history. an
accurate. able work. called "A His.
tory of the American People" and IN
this work he stated In his frank and
straightforward manner. his opinion
Of his brethren In the party Among
party would not be successful until
II purged itself OF Bryanism-a state,
mcnt. while damaging to himself as
candidate. demonstrates his in
sight as 10 conditions in his party
As a further offcusc he thought Har-
per's Weekly allied TO the large cor
porations. and under the influence Of
organized wealth. and he frankly told
Colonel Harvey. It's editor. that ho
thought he could get along better
without the help OF the weekly. and
asked that II cra ase TO boost his cam
didacy He also hai the misfortune
to get In bad with Col Henry Wat
tersou. and with all IN Sc against him
consider 1t impossible f1r him %
arrive.
Mr.. Underwood. Of Alabama. also
looms up as possibility There
It ends Simply possibility. that's
all Negative virtues don't weigh
much. ard because nothing can be-
said aEaina' man De- not snm
cient reason for making him can
dldate fer the highest office in the
land, even in the houu dawg bunch
lie must have something more posi-.
tive to commend him. and hail from
some locality more doubtful than ~.
ALBANIA
Governor Harmon. Of Ohio. nov ha
our attention He rau be disposed
% iu a fHw words n won't do He
has shown himself favorable to big
business. and besides be has incur
rHd the opposition cf the peerl IS
one and. naturally. he must step
aside
Mayor Gaynor, OF New York. is r..
gardcd as the sable equine In the
procession. and In my opinion there
are many things Va his favor As q
man and a citizen be- Is above re-
pruaoh lie has the courage Of hi.
convictions aud. like Roosevelt. II he
regards a thing a. right ho win allow
nothing 20 prevent doing that thing
Like Roosevelt again he halls from
New York. a doubtful state. very
great advantage for a candidate In.
like Roosevelt he has not the wide
knowledge Of stntecrhft. nor the
bonndlcss energy that chraactrrizes
the hero q San Juan. nor is he In
touch with the people 10 the sane
extent H. reminds me of Grant.and
Is another democrat that | Ike
very much and viii go my limi, OF
prais" by saying he would b. first
class republican Mayer Gaynor is a
possibility indeed almost said
probability and under certain con.
tins"Hei"s. as ! shall hereafter state.
be- is my guess as standard-bearcr flr
his party
This leaves but one-th. name on
the banner that wc could not make
out No, his name has no, been her
aided. nor Is his hat In the ring.
but the hat has string attached
Hhcr, by II can be pulled into the
circle at any time. Know you not
the name OF this mighty knight
That's right. It is he. the peerless
one. William Jennings Bryan. the
: same who has been on the firing
line SO often. aud offered himself a.
martyr to the cause. Say YOU h.
Is no, u candidat"T Show me In any
speech or written ar,icl. where he
s,n'cs definitely that he viii not b.
candidate. Mr.. Bryan may or may
no, b. a candidate. depending on
certain li'ti. thinrs that may tran
sp'rc. Here is. the Way I figure:
Mr.. Bryan In n wise and as,nt" pol
iticisn. He has made politics n life
study. No one knows better how IA
size up the political situation and
no one can better Interpret the
signs Of the times. Mr. Bryan has
not come out for ANY of the leading