The Washington herald., 1914-04-15
Political Procession.
ByF. d. @.

An amfable citizen of the republic, VINO
had probably come from the woods
Eversman. Republican Congressional
committee In the Riggs Building. sought
to entertain or at least interest a circle
Of New Jersey Democrats in the Willard
the other night by reading the follow
ing gloomy dissertation:
I'VE have all the elements of material
wealth In rich abundance and yet in spite
Of all these advantages our country at
this moment is in a deplorable condition.
In the midst OF unsurpassed plenty in all
the productions OF agriculture and In
all the elements of natural wealth, we
find our manufactures suspended, our
public works retarded. our private en-
terprises abandoned and thousands of
useful laborers thrown out Of employ
ment and reduced to want. The revenue
of the government. which is chiefly de-
rived from duties and imports from
abroad. has been greatly reduced. Under
the circumstances q loan may be re-
quired, but this. although deeply to be
regretted, would be a slight misfortune
when compared with the suffering and
distress prevailing among the people"
Following the reading of the gloomy
sentences a New Jersey Democrat re-
marked that 1t sounded like the report
of committee on resolutions in a Re
publican national convention, or a cam
paign speech by a Republican in a Demo-
cratic district later on this year. There
was something OF a shock when Il was
disclosed that the lines were written by
James Buchanan. Democratic President
in 1858. and that the conditions he de-
scribed were due TO persistent tarif re-
vision by Democratic statesmen for sew
eral years back. There was no comment
by the Jersey contingent, which has had
woe enough since the result in the Pas
sale district, and besides wishes to con-
tinue loyal to the present dominating in
fiuence in American politics.
Congressman CulIop's defeat for re-
nomination in the Vincennes district OF
Irdiana, and by the distressing figures
of seven votes, is much regretted by
Cullop's friends Of both parties in the
House.
Cullop has won several terms since In
diana begun turning TO the Democratic
view OF things. and has had to fight op-
posing candidates in his own party more
than Republicans ever since he took hold.
One result of the CulIop defeat will be
a perking up OF Republicans in the dis
trict hopeful of election in November.
The last Republican member from the
CullOp district was John c. CLANCY. OF
Sullivan. who served four years in Wash
ington as an Assistant Attorney General
during the Harrison administration. He
decided that he could do quite as well in
Congress as many others he had observed
during his stay in Washington. so went
home intent on coming back a member.
He waited eleven years before he ac-
complshed his ambition. and then came
in with the Republican whirl OF 1904. re-
naming two terms. Since dropping out
he has continued in Washington a lawyer.
but without losing interest in Indiana
Politics, and the late Cullop contest has
given CLANCY hope of welcoming some
able constituent OF other days into the
Congressional circle a year hence.
William O'Connell Bradley. Republican
Senator from Kentucky. may try for an
other term even IL he was sixty-seven
years old on March IS. He has been a
candidate often enough to get used to Il
Away back in ISI2 he was nominated for
Congress when barely old enough to take
the oath as a member. He had a few
more filings at the Congressional PROPOSE
ton. expected and suffered a few de-
feats for other honors. finally reaching
the governorship in 1886. lie enjoyed four
caucus nominations for Senator when
there was no hope of election. and finally
reached the honor in 1909. AS far back
as 1855 he was given 100 votes for Vice
President in the Harrison convention and
declined appointment as Minister to Ko-
rea year later, possibly thinking the
Harrison administration wanted to send
him a long ways from home. The Sem
ator has figured in many national con-
ventions and when thirty-thrre years
old made a great speech. secondlng the
nomination OF Grant for a third term.
Later on he seconded RooseveIt's nom
ination in 1900. and possibly wondered
why.
Whatever happens to the Bradley cam
paign in old Kentucky this year certainly
It is that he has never been idle or timid
He at least need fear no opposition in his
own party II he wants the nomination
and the Kentucky Democrats have so
many candidates that with his usual
luck Bradley might come in a winner.
and is young enough for six years more
Of Senatorial activity, let alone what he
could do for the G. o. p. during an
other full term.