Show Harmon and Littleton May Be BeI I Democratic Standard Bearers MONG the political wise men of the east cast who AMONG A have already exhausted the elections of Tuesday as food for conversation and speculation speculator nn and are turning their attention towards the grea great national struggle le of next year car the impression is growing glowing that Harmon and Littleton will bethe bethe be he hethe the candi candidates candidate ates respectively p for President and vice ice president on the Democratic national ticket Harmon is governor of Ohio and was attorney general in the cabinet of President Cleveland Littleton is a congressman from rom New York and anel has always b been en a pliant follower of Tammany 1 an and interests as arc are involved with of such moneyed Tammany Littleton came to the surface recently at a n dinner given by the Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce Com Corn merce in which he denounced the prosecutions o of the trusts and intimated that it might be well to repeal the Sherman trust anti-trust law and let business business business busi busi- ness adjust itself His words fell with sweet harmony har har- mony upon the tho ears of the steel and iron kings who were gathered about him It had such a pleasant effect that Judge J. J H. H Reed the Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh attorney for the United States Steel corporation corporation corporation cor cor- and one of the greatest corporation lawyers lawyers law law- in the United States called him to one side to learn more of the thoughts of so great a man as 85 Littleton I It lt is apparent that big business is is looking about for a n candidate to oppose Mr Taft TaIL The speeches tho the President has bag made recently have impressed all who heard him with rith the belief that Mr Taft expects the opposition of Wall street and big business generally and that he is taking no steps to ward vard off the battle The rumor was current a month ago that big business had decided j it could do nothing with ith Mr Ta Taft t and that it must either prevent his nomination by the Republican party arty or must advance the interests of the DemoI Democratic Demo Demo- I critic cratic party The The recent tour made by tho the President has bas convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced the discerning ones that it would be folly for tho the great corporations to seek seck to defeat Mr Taft for tho the Rep Republican nomination The enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en en- displayed at every point the wholehearted wholehearted whole whole- h hearted arted wa way in which the tho President took the tho people people peo peo- plc into his confidence the open and sincere manner manner man man- man man- ner ncr in which he gave gu an nn account of his stewardship stewardship stewardship steward steward- ship was an earnest that it would be folly to seek seck to ip oppose se him in the Republican national conven conven- tion That point decided big business business has made up its mind according to the political wise men of the east cast that it must use its influence to get the proper sort of men selected by the Democratic national convention then do what it can enn to have those aspirants elected Harmon and Littleton would fill the bill Governor Harmon has a wholesome respect respect re re- re- re for fot the rights of property the sto story P of the difficulty which the rich man will find about getting getting get get- i ting ng into b heaven ven is merely mereha a piece of pleasant fiction in the eyes of the Ohio governor he is Conservative safe and saneo He does not take the view that rich men are great merely because they are rich no in indeed ced His Ills view is that they became rich because they were great He strongly I represents tho the Parker idea in yi Vt Democratic politics politic And Littleton is just the man to be his running mate Littleton is the tho New York type of corporation lawyer the west has some great corporation lawI lawyers lawyers law law- but not of the Littleton type There Ther are arc I honest lawyers who can represent corporations take the handsome fees and do their duty by their clients without enrolling themselves res as charter members of the worshiping Mammon-worshiping club But not so BO with Littleton As a lawyer he stands ready at any time to break brcak the will which says the poor shall shan inherit the earth in his inner consciousness con eon he is thoroughly convinced that there was an error in the translation of or orthe the Sermon on the Mount from Ithe the original Hebrew Littleton Littleton Littleton Little- Little ton was born that way He cannot help it Naturally no announcement of the intentions of big business towards Mr fr Taft has been made I To make such sueh things public robs them of their danger and men who have amassed millions are I wise wiC enough in their own generation to do nothing of the kind But the Presidents President's determination to enforce such laws as he finds on the statute books is a dangerous s precedent to establish according acc I to those who ho find lawbreaking helpful in their business business business busi busi- ness and swift and certain punishment must be meted out to him if he persists in his present defense defense de de- of the public against corporate greed The result of the Tuesday elections is not at all an comforting comforting com corn forting to Mr Tafts Taft's opponents either cither in his own party or elsewhere It is calculated to force them to stop top and think seriously t. tt 0 |