Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-10-13
'De Neutrality-suspicious. Race of 1906
By FREDERIC ]. HASKIN -

WASHINGTON. -. C.-Loug before
the national conve Stions met In the sum-
mer Of 1900 everybody knew that the
Republicans wo' I'd renomlnate President
Mckinley, and That the Democrats would
again follow Se leadership Of Mr.. Bryan.
Mchlnley's' denomination was made GER
tain because OF the great prosperity which
blessed the country, because OF the sue
cessful iss - OF the war with Spain. and
because OF the perfection of the organ
ization OF the Republican party under
Mr. Han'1i and the coterie OF Republican
Senators, that stood with the adminlstra-
tion- Sryans denomination was made
certaifF by his popularity with the rank
ana Gle OF his party, Notwithstanding
the after and intense opposition OF the
go 81 Democrats.
ne denomination OF Bryan in 1900 is
III . only Instance OF the denomination
* an unsuccessful candidate FOR Presi-
Sent in the campaign next after his de-
feat. Jackson was 4 candidate in ISIS
after his defeat in 1924, but as be had
] the plurality OF both popular and cleo
toral votes In the first race. and as there
were no party nominations then. his case
| Is not precedent Henry Clay was three
times a candidate for President but
only once was be the recognized nomi-
nee OF the party, and that was in the
campaign after the one IN which he was
defeated for the Wing nomination by
! General Harrison. Grover Cleveland was
nominated In 1892 after his defeat In
| 1883, hut as he had served one term IN
toe White House he could not be con
: sidered a wholly unsuccessful candidate.
No man who has met defeat at every
turn of his career In national politics
I has been able long TO retain the leader.
ship Of one Of the two great partieA
| with the single exception OF Mr.. Bryan.
NEW PRoBLEMs CHANGE THE
| COURSE OF NATIONAL LIFE.
| Between the presidential campaign OF
| 1896 and 1900 things had happened which
| were to change the whole course OF
American national life.
War was declared on Spain. and in
less than four months It was over. The
American victory vas complete and the
United States had suddenly become
world power in the sense that the
phrase Is used in European chancel4
lories.
As the result OF the war the United
States found itself in the possession OF
several things it had never bad before
There were the colonies Philippines,
4 ANtNO anu LAEEe was the
protecsorate-Cuba. There was the
church lands question. There was the
extra territorial tariff problem and the
question, Does the Constitution follow
the Flag?" Ia addition TO these new
things, the nation also had q new
crop OF war heroes. Chief among these
was Theodore Roosevelt Others were
Admlrals Dewey, Schley, Sampson and
Lieutenant Hobson. Mr. Bryan had en-
deavored TO become 4 war hero. too, but
the regiment which he. commanded was
not permitted to get farther away than
| Tampa.
HEROES FADE INTO OBLIVION
/ ROOSEVELT THE PICTURESQUE.
Admiral Dewey WIS the great naval
| hero. Naturally. he was discussed as =
! candidate for President. He made the
fatal mistake of taking the first 'rnen-
ton" as seriously. as IL It had been a
/ call from the notification COMMITTEES Of
| n national convention. He accepted 4
/ nomination in advance Of It's being Of
| fered. and was promptly laughed into
oblivion. Sampson and Sehley were In
volved in a controversy that removed
| both of them from the hero class. Gen.
Joe Wheeler had been a rebel general
and was out of the question politically.
| Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Col. William
J. Bryan did not get to the front.