. Review of reviews and world's work. record in national affairs, andhe has the added advantageof having recently made agreat personal reputation ina fight for high principlesagainst heavy odds and pow-erful interests. It was under-stood that among the men prepared at the propermoment to turn away from Judge Parker and lendsupport to a dark horse like Mr. Folk were theNew York Tammany leaders, to whose fellowshiphas been restored Tammanys quondam orator, Cockran. As a convention speaker, per-haps no man of our day has surpassed Mr. Cock-ran in power and eloquence. If at an emergencyi
. Review of reviews and world's work. record in national affairs, andhe has the added advantageof having recently made agreat personal reputation ina fight for high principlesagainst heavy odds and pow-erful interests. It was under-stood that among the men prepared at the propermoment to turn away from Judge Parker and lendsupport to a dark horse like Mr. Folk were theNew York Tammany leaders, to whose fellowshiphas been restored Tammanys quondam orator, Cockran. As a convention speaker, per-haps no man of our day has surpassed Mr. Cock-ran in power and eloquence. If at an emergencyin the affairs of the convention an orator likeCockran or Bryan should make a plea for thenomination of McClellan or Folk, or some otherdark horse, with the approval of the Hearst andBryan following, there might easily come abouta stampede that would secure the necessary two-thirds vote. Such an outcome would seem byno means impossible, in a convention like that atSt. Louis. But about all this, one mans guessingis as good as Photographed especially for the REVIEW OF REVIEWS by Davis & Sanford, New W. BOURKE COCKRAN, OF NEW YORK. ,, „ . Candidates The Campaignand Its Man- muchagement. signifyCon- this year willmore than platforms,ditions were such that the Republicanplatform could not contain any innovations orset forth any bold proposals looking towardchanges of policy or important new far as the party in power is concerned, it cando little else but present the McKinley-Roose-velt administrations to the country and ask fora vote of confidence and a renewed lease ofpower. No political strategy or finesse, such asthe old-fashioned campaign-managers delightedin, can be of much use for the Republicans thisyear. All they can do is to present the Roose-velt administration on its merits, believing in itthemselves and asking the country to exercisethe same faith. It is for this reason that has almost ideal qualifications for the 10 THE
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