The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-19
NO 8-AOUR LAW
70 R POLITICIANS
Night and Day They Are Work
ing for Their Respective
Candidates.
DEMOCRATS VERY HOPEFUL
Only Time Will Tell ii There Is
to Be Victory in
November.
DEMOCRATS VERY HOPEFUL
Especial to The Tlmes-Dispatch.l


Washington. March 1S.-Wtth the
conventions in the South, the friends
of the four candidates for President
Harmon, Wilgon. Clark and Under
wood-profess to see their raYorttes
as good as nominated: moro than this,
many OF the most ardent admirers of
tho candidates go still further and
declare that the Democrats are going
to win; that the Republicans have
been in power SO long that tho people
have determined to turn Thorn out, and
that next November will show how
tho rank and file OF voters all over
the country view the many brolS en-
promises OF the G. o. p.
Whether or not such thing as a
real glorious Democratic victory this
year is TO be seen only time and lots
of work and hustlins will tell; but
pne thing Is certain, II one of tho
four biz Democrats Just named-Wil-
con. Harmon, Clark or Underwood.
is not elected 1t Will not be the fault
OF those interested in their welfare.
w ashington must necessarily catch
the political fever that is in the air:
all over Virginia, Maryland, even into
near portions of West Virginia and
delaware. and down almost to tho
North Carolina line, through South
west virginia, the political microbe is
WORKING IN Its quiet way. There is
no ei6ht-hour law to hinder 1t, and
the result is that in Washington and
prevalent form OF this political fever.
With Colonel Roosevelt and presi-
dent TAFT Harmon. Underwood. Clark
and Wilson making, either through
Their own efforts, or those Of their
chosen friends. the light of their lives
Tor the nominations of tho Republ-
can and Democratic parties, respec-
lively. Washington is right now about
the livest and most wide-awakc city,
politically speaking. on the map.
Up in tho big AIunsey building, on
pennsylvania Avenue. Colonel Roose-
veH's headquarters has n force of
hundred or more employ es-men and
mountaineering like beavers and
tearing around like mad. They arc
getting out literary dope" as tho
matter is called here, and, judging by
the heavy mall bags that go out OF
the building at all times of duy and
night. the Colonel Is doing u land
Office business. His bureau makes
enough noise every day in the week
to nominate him. not only on tho Re-
publican ticket. but on the Democra tic
one also II that governed.
The Taft people. while not making
nearly so much OF fuss. are profuse in
their literature, and there is not n
newspaper man in Washington, but
who is the daily recipient of a good
sized load OF junk. 1t varios little
from that gotten out by the Roosc-
welt people except. perhaps, that there
is more or 1t.
The Democrats are more conserva-
tive. The four bureaus here seldom
issue their literary productions un
less they have something to tell Each
OF these bureaus has at It's head IA
newspaper man of experience, who
knows that few busy men are going
to spend an hour IL day going through
Il lot of tiresomc mimcosraphed mat
ter. with little chance OF securing any
real news.
The Wilson people have been send
ing mostly interviews with Senators
and other prominent men, With now
and then sharp reloinder TO some at
tack which has been made on the New
Jersey Governor. Likewise, the I'm
derwood managers are not wasting
any unnecessary amount OF postage or
stationery. and hold their matter well
In hand. The Clark people issue n few
strictly Middle West appeals from
time to time. just to let the country
know that Champ" is the real thing.
Tho Harmon headquarters. perhaps.
gets out loss matter and is waging
less OF q noise ma king campaign than
any OF the other bureaus. though there
is no telling just when the admirers
of the Ohio Governor may break loose
and whoop things up considerably. Out
Ohio way they can make n big noise
when they try, and Governor Harmon's
friends say that they will be heard
from before the Baltimore convention,
despite the fact that just now they
are keeping close TO shore. with
weather eye out. They feel sure that
some one OF the four Democratic can
didates is going to be the next occu-
pant or the White House, and they
think IT Is about time Ohio was there:
but the other men don't take this
view of 1t. SO on goes the fight with
no ono loaded with long odds yet.
+. H. MEG