Show THE CANDIDATE OF THE WEST senator wolcott ot of colorado is one of the most independent and clearheaded thinkers in the upper house of the national congress it is true he put himself into bad fellowship with his more radical colleagues by voting last session for the consideration of the silver bill in preference to the bill for federal control of elections bat he bad had good company in his protest against tha the necessity for ilia the latter measure and the he wisdom of their course has since been abundantly proved he is typical of western loyalty to the best interests of the party and of western determination to support the most available mm man on its roster for the presidential nomination next year he ile was in chicago a few days ago and to a reporter of the later ocean who asked him his hie opinion as to the all important nomination he adroitly and sagaciously replied my views consist in the belief that it if ohio iowa new york and massachusetts all give republican majorities mr harrisan will be nominated re republican success in all of those states would mean a ratification stratification of administration tra tion bat if the republicans are not victorious in those states it will ba be a tree free tor for all contest for the republican nomination and unless some remarkable remark abla combination of L circumstances intervenes no man will be able co to solve the inscrutable mystery as to who the lucky man mart will bruntil be ba until vary very tha the tian for the linking of thi amin 11 this li ii a correct view of the situation from the standpoint of an and unprejudiced observer it implies in ita no sens of the word a alack lack of 0 devotion ds 0 R and Is in la all rei pacts a fair and accurate dad altion of the attitude and elpe expectation of western cans they expect tha the convention to nominate tha the strangest caa dilate regardless of present or future bloms and find they pledge to elect him |