| Show CHANLER OF NEW YORK YORKA i iA A very industrious and generous lit literary literary crary bureau In New York Is sending out beautifully written interviews and other canned press matter showing the wonderful popularity and marvelous eligibility of one Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler for the presidential nomina nomination nomination tion on the Democratic ticket The most recent lucubration emanating ing from this source begins Innocently enough with the rather vague state statement statement statement ment that numerous folks in the south have decided that Bryan BIjan will not be available In 1903 1908 and that Hearst will no longer claim to be Democrat enough to seek a nomination It says further that while the south will refuse to consider either Bryan or Hearst It will insist on having a northern man ma With this as IU a preliminary the letter goes on to say The south Is going to look over very carefully every candidate submitted from Crom the north It has already dIs larded Hearst because he says he Is no longer a Democrat Folk of Mis Missouri Missouri It regards as too light politically Gray Cray of Delaware is too old and is too closely allied with wit the Interest now ar arrayed arrayed arrayed rayed against President Roosevelt to tc tobe tob be b available The man who most seems to strike t te p southern fancy is Lieutenant ant Gov Coy Governor Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler of ol Now state He has been invited I Ito to deliver an address at the Georgia state fair fall at Atlanta on Oct 19 and has accepted the Invitation It Is up u uto to Chanler to make good He knows that he has been Invited for a sort of ot spin in the presidential I sweepstakes and he has confidence enough In himself to accept the chal challenge challenge challenge lenge His friends predict that he will surprise the south by his grasp of the political situation He has one thing in his favor He at least has carried New Nw York state for the Democratic ticket the first time this had been done in over twelve years It is generally understood that no Democrat will be considered for the nomination who tant do this Chanters friends say that he can carry the state if it nom nominated nomInated mated Good judge judges of politics are In Inclined inclined dined to agree with this statement The positive announcement by Mr Hearst that under no circumstances would he be a a candidate for president bears out what we have hac said In former letters regarding Mr 11 political intentions He be best beet t of at all men has facilities for tor feeling the public pulse In New York state The reports made to Mr 11 Hearst by his various lieuten lieutenants lieutenants lieutenants ants In the different counties up the state all to show go the growing popularity popularity popularity larity of Governor Chanler Mr Hearst i feels that he himself In a measure Is responsible for tor this and Is greatly pleased with the situation If between tween now and the time of ot the next Demo Democratic Democratic cratic convention Mr 1111 Hearst decides that he Is really a Democrat and no one who knows the man doubts for tor a mo moment moment moment ment but that he is stranger things might happen than to see sec ee Mr Hearst walk alk Into the convention and place Lieutenant Governor name In nomination All AH of which Is highly Interesting and Important It If true Press agents nominations contribute a little a very little to the enlightenment of an Ignorant ignorant Ignorant ant and anxious public but they do donot donot donot not elect leet delegates or make nomina nominations nomination nominations tion In the case cas of Alton B Parker a very similar game worked admirably but It was worked with the valuable assistance of the men who happened to be bt in prominent Democratic na national natIonal politics and the result at olec elec election tion has made the tho party particularly in the west and south the least bit cautious about accepting at par the unknown wonders so heralded Mr Chanler Is lieutenant governor of New York though a good many man people would have difficulty dim cult in recalling the tact fact unaided He le Is also a n gentleman who has been so unfortunate as to have been born rich he has hag had no opportunity to work for a living liing and andIs andIs andIs Is therefore ineligible for the job One man who has missed the training of hardship or at t least of digging for him elfia quite e enough In the presidency i for this generation If It Mr Chanler will wUl take the kindly counsel of the west he will turn his press agents over Oer to a circus cirus or some theatrical or organization organization organization where the returns will justi justify justify Justify fy the expense He has as much show s ow of being the Democratic nominee next year ear as he has of succeeding the czar of Russia on his throne I |
