Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-14
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS
}. The ROosevelt-P Parker Race of 1904
. By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN -

| WASHINGTON, ID. Give times in
the history Of the United States has the
Vice President been called upon to as
sumo the Office of President. Each time
the president by accident" has endeay-
ored to obtain election to the highest
office in his own right. John Tyler,
elected Vice President as a Whig, broke
with his party and attempted to get the
Democratic nomination Willard Fillmore
fought hard for the Wing nomination in
1852. Andrew Johnson, elected with Lin
coin on the Union ticket In 1884, was an
avowed candidate for the regular Demo
cratic nomination In 1865. Chester A.
Arthur used all the force of the Admin
istra ton to bring about his nomination
in 1884, but was defeated by Blhine's
great popularity.
| These-~were the presidents which men
called to mind when Theodore Roosevelt
became President Of the United States
upon the death of William Mckinley II
there was anything in the world which
Theodore Roosevelt did not respect IL was
precedent From the beginning II was
his purpose to break the bonds Of the
vice presidential hoodoo. No less cap
tain than Senator Hanna began TO plot
for the defeat of Roosevelt in the Re
publican convention Of 1904. The old
| line Republicans feared Roosevelt and
lthey hoped TO stop his program. But
Mr. Hanna died, and the antlsRoosevelt
politicians could fnd no leader willing
to be sacrificed Teddy" was popular
Gil over the country, the nation was more
prosperous than ever before in It's his
tory ard everybody was saying. let well
enough alone"
So 1t came about that the Republican
convention. which met In Chicago, was
the most harmonious national conven-
ton ever held by that party. The nomi-
4 nation OF Mr. Roosevelt was assured.
I and everybody had agreed on Mr.. Fair
banks for second place before the con
vention was we'll organized. IL was
the only Republican national cenven-
ton in which not one single question
| was contested on the door. The national
1 committee had promised to give Chicago
a three-days convention, and 1t was only
TO fuIali that promise that the conven-
ton lasted more than two days.
BRYAN AND HILL FACTIONS
/ CLASH IN CONVENTION.
| such harmony was not the portion
I of the Democrats While Mr.. Bryan
sun held a great personal following
among the voters OF his party, the poll
/ tfcians looked upon him as a sure loser.
I He was not & candidate Tor the nomi-
nation, nor would he espouse the cause
( OF any other candidate. He did. how
4 ever. Insist that the nominee should not
/ be taken from that faction OF the party
which had been out OF accord with the
! majority Of Democrats since the Cleye-
/ land days
| Alton Il. Parker had been elected chief
| Judge Of the Court Of Appeals of New
York State by a great majority, in the
very year after Mckinley bad swept the
| State. man OF ability, with a good
record nn the bench and In politics.
/ the politicians looked to him as n Demo
/ cratic Moses. Sentiment did not crystal
4 lie on Parker, however, until the south
ern and western leaders saw that IL was
! necessary to agree upon some one can
/ didste to head or the stampede for VIII
/ liam Randolph Hearst. Mr.. Hearst was
making an earnest campaign for the
nomination, and was spending money