Life — August 30, 1906 — page 4: what you’re looking at

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“While there is Life there's Hope. VOL. XLVIIT. AUGUST 30, 1906. No. 1244 17 West Truety.First Street, New Yors. — pire) N" BRASKA Demo. crats in conven tion on August 15 re joiced that Colonel Bill Bryan had “be- come the first citizen of the world,” and beamed proudly on Nebraska as the State that gave him political birth. Our s brethren mix their laudations strong, but now is their chance. Every man of them, no doubt, will be in New York this weck and see his peerless fellow-statesman receive the dizziest welcome that this metropolis has offered to any Democrat with a made-abroad reputation since the arche: stood and the crowds gathered in honor of Admiral George Dewey. Bland be the gales and staunch the screw that speed the homecoming of the people's William to his admiring brethren! All the same, the Nebraskans overstated him a little, Luckily for Coloncl Bryan, he is not the world’s first citizen yet. If he would be as good were, his goose cooked. He could not possibly last two ars on such a pinnacle. As it is, the que stion is whether there is not at this date more gas in his balloon than is safe, will be years yet before he can risk another ascension ? However, here’s wishing Colonel Bryan many happy returns and a lot of at this one. Only pleasant things are being said about him. He is credited with taking things easy and not without humor. Nothing would better adapted to make him last as the Demo. cratic leader than an infusion of humor into his deportment. Whether he will be the next Democratic candidate and, if so, whether or not he will be elected President ought to turn upon his views difficult considering. it two seem estions of on several state 8) al a craft. He will, of course, be for’ tariff revision. But how much? And what will he have to suggest about State and Federal ownership of railroads? If he has convictions on that subject he is liable to blurt them out, and if he dos they will be minutely scrutinized, and votes will turn on them They tell us he has planned to leave home again in a few weeks and visit Australia and New Zealand, the countries of political experiment. That would be a course of prudence, but not so easy a course after this present visit as if he had stayed away. Once the bonfire is started it needs tending. But meantime, welcome back, Brother Bryan! Pull your halo down hard on your head so it won’t blow away, and a good time to you! Me: JEROME, they tell us, is to run for governor of New York. Good news! We all know Mr. Jerome. He is a live man and active in current affairs. To clect’ him governor of New York would mean something. He is the right man for the Democrats to nominate, but the Democratic organiza tion “up the State’ in New York has fallen into a condition of such decrepi- tude that no man is ready to forecast the action of a Democratic State Convention But we hear that Mr. Jerome will run with, or without, the Democratic nomi- nation. Here's hoping that is true. It will mean a campaign in which whatever is expedient to say will be said, besides much that is inexpedient, and in which what is necessary to do will stand a chance of being done. At this juncture no other Democrat would make so in spiring a candidate as Mr. Jerome. ACcoRDise to all the accounts Mr. Seeretary Root is more than fulfilling hopes and expectations in his South American pilgrimage. It is a true missionary journey he ismaking, and the purpose of,it may be accurately de- fined as the diffusionsof peace on th and good will to men. To be sure, Me: Root’s journey may result and should result in some betterment of trade rela- tions between our country and the southern republics he goes to see, but its: higher purpose is to dissolve doubts and suspicions, to remove misunderstanding, to promote the best methods of settling future disputes that may arise with European nations and to increase the solidarity of all the American govern- ments. The errand is worthy of Mr. Roots abi and character, and he is carrying it out with admirable success Mr. Root is one of the men who ought to be kept in the service of the country for the rest of his days. That he will ever be President seems not very likely, but he is one of the two men who might profitably represent the State of New York in the Senate. The other man is President Roosevelt. If these two should be the successors of Messrs: Platt and Depew, how handsome a replacement that would be! It is pretty well under- stood that Mr. Roosevelt's choice of an occupation, when his present term as President expires, would be to go to the Senate as successor to Mr. Platt. It does not seem certain that he would like the job, but if he wants it, and the people of the State have any say in the matter, it will be his. ERE itis the end of summer again a summerof unusual meteorologi vicissitudes, good for crops and for mos quitoes, and pretty trying, at times, for folks and for icemen. Now drifts back to the cities the great army of sojourners in the country; now the schools begin to begin and the chalk marks to be washed off the city houses and the great shops to swarm once more with buyers of autumn raiment. Congres sional and State elections are coming on, and very interesting they will be. ‘Th President is going to Panama, and that will be interesting. All the time the Russian ppt keeps boiling in spite of all the world’s watching of it. 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