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Show PROBABLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDI-DATES. CANDI-DATES. Speculation is rlfo as to who will bo the next presidential candidates. Bryan seems to bo tho favorito son of tho Dcniocrncy at present. C. M. Jack-son Jack-son In tho State Journal of a day or two ago had tho following Interesting article on tho subject: Will It bo Bryan? . Why, of coursol Aro not things shaping up for him in a splendid way? Never again will tho 'H Democratic party nominato a Parker; IH novcr again will it select ono of tho 'H "safo and snno" candidates pleasing to men liko Orover Cleveland. Tho financial managers of tho past, the Bclmonts, tho Pcabodys, nro relegated to tho rear, and when the organization 'H meets again In national convention, there will bo something popping. Tho steady-going clement of tho aggrcga-tion, aggrcga-tion, tho party-boforo-ovorything mom-bors mom-bors back In tho umpire stato havo al- 'H ready scon tho handwriting on tho wall and nro hastening to get in tho 'H band wagon, so that in tho event of a jH victory, which is possible and not nl-together nl-together improbable, thoy can light some place. jH Things aro shaping up fino for the Ncbraskan. When tho noxt meeting iH is held Ills friends will writo tho plat-form plat-form and it will bo adopted with a whoop. Thoro will bo no David B. 'H IIIlls in that gathering; no Bourko Cochrans to fight everything suggest- jH cd. So mo great orator and Denioc-racy Denioc-racy has thorn will stand up and pro- H sent tho namo oi tho candidato from , H tho corn lows of Lincoln, and thoro will bo u scono enacted that a camera cannot touch, nor pencil dopict. From Oregon to Florida and from Malno to .H California, from tho nnvy bean hills of Maryland and die tobacco covered knolls of Kentucky, from tho silvery lakes of Minnesota to tho bayous around Now Orleans, tho cry of "Dry- jH an, Bryan, Bryan!" will go up, nnd the bulldiii. in which tho meeting is 'H held will lock and reel with onthu-slasm. onthu-slasm. "'H There will not bo any silver plank ' in tho platform, nor will there bo a 'H declaration in favor of maintaining tho gold standard. But tariff and trusts will bo tho shibboleth, and "turn the rascals out" will havo a part. It will not minco matters any- i'l where and tho manner in which it will go for overything in general will make Missouri roar in gleo, whllo from Dixie land will como the echo. 'il Will thoro be a chance to win? Por- haps so, for with Roosovelt out of ,H tho race who will tho Republicans so- fit' '9H lact? Will It bo Undo Joo Cnnnon? r'crlinps. Undo Joo Is getting along n years and by tho time the next election reaches us, seventy-two sum-mors sum-mors and as many winters will havo crowned his head. Rather an old man Tor a leaner, still ho might pull through. Teddy isn't going to run again tin-less tin-less ho is forced. Tho Republicans may nominate him despito his pro-lests, pro-lests, although all tho powers of mon-ry mon-ry will be martlalcd against him. J. Ogden Armour will not bo for Theo-dore Theo-dore Roosoveit next time, becauso BH this packing house expose, this pure LjJ food legislation, this demand for bet- or sanitary conditions will allcnato all ho meat men, oven though it brings to tho side of tho executive the con-turners. con-turners. But it must bo remembered - that tho voters elect a president; they do not nomlnato him. Tho coal mng-nates mng-nates and tho follows hit under the bolt by tho rate bill, provided it standB the test of court interpretation, will not stand for Theodore, but somo ono clso more pliable. Teddy has. been going after tho trusts too stren-uotisly. stren-uotisly. Candidly, tho Journal thinks the president meant what ho said when ho declared ho was not going to bo a candidate for president In 1008, and would not accept If nominated. Can-didly, Can-didly, tho Journal thinks ho wants to go to tho senate from tho stato of New York. Wouldn't ho just more than upsot tho musty traditions of that ancient and venerable debating society, where formality overshadows fact nnd courtesy prevents a man from telling tho truth In discussion lest ho offend tho dignity of somo fel-low fel-low who has been monkeying with tho railroads, tno express companies, tho oil trust or somo .other trust? With a dozen Roosovelts in tho senate somc-thing somc-thing might be accomplished. Be-etiuso Be-etiuso when It camo to pitchforking, ho would mako Tillman look like an amateur, and as to getting into tho Bfl thick of it, Bailey would bo slow in Bfl comparison. Unilko Bevcrldgo, who Bfl says a wholo lot, but means little, Bfl Roosoveit would drlvo nails hero and Bfl tnero all tho tlmo. I Returning, howover, to tho subject at hand, Bryan will bo tho stnndnrd-bearer stnndnrd-bearer of tho Domocrats, but who will carry aloft tho banner of Republicanism? Republican-ism? Fairbanks? Fairbanks nothing. An Ico wagon is all right at tho tall end of a procession, but who over heard of its preceding tho chariot in which ride tho boys who play tho horns nnd pound tho drums? Knox. Never. Ho is tainted with tho coin of corporations. Aldrich? Not on your lifo. Now England would dtvido if ho was selected and we might lose Maino. Foraker? Impossible. For-aker For-aker Is as far as ho will over get. Entirely En-tirely truo to tho causo of the people, thero might havo been no limit to his ambition, but now. In tho faco of his action In relation to tho rate measure, ho Is dono for. Surely it looks liko Uncle Joe Cannon Can-non ngalnst Bryan. Bryan against Cannon. Waat names to conjure with. Don't let tho Idea get into your head that there won't bo a pretty scrap. With both candidates from tho mlddlo west there may bo doings cast that wo now consider altogether improbable. |