The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-04-05
AN IOWA CANDIDATE.


The Chicago Tribune announces without author
lity from the governor however, that Gov. Leslie
NJ Shaw will be a candidate for the presidency in
1904. We hope it is true We hope that Iowa
will be able to present to the republicans Of the
nation the name of one of its grandest and best of
statesmen. Gov Shaw has often been likened to
Abraham Lincoln. In very many respects the
comparison is a good one He is one OF the plain
people and his head has not been turned by the
suddenness of his rise to office His speeches are
powerful because they appeal directly to the rea-
son and tothe homely virtues Of the common people
Gov. Shaw is entitled to rank among the great
men of today and as time goes on we believe his
strength of character will be better appreciated by
the people as whole. The west likes Shaw for
his Plainness of speech, his directness and his
force; the east likes Shaw for his conservatism and
good sound Yankee sense. He will be candi-
date, if he is one at all, not only OF Iowa,
but Of Vermont and New England, Of Penn
sylvania and Maryland and the central coast sates
of Illinois and Wisconsin and of Michigan; Of Iowa
i and Nebraska and South Dakota and Missouri and
i Kansas With some men it might be held, and
wisely held, that the danger lay in the years that
n will intervene between this time and the nominal
ing convention In this respect we have no fear
the affections of the people, he is bigger than any
office and the fact that he will leave the Governor
ship next January will not take from the lustre Of
his name will it deprive him of. opportunity
With many prominent men It's the office that
makes them People got hear the govern
or" or the ssenator' or the ssHon.n With Gov
ernor Shaw this is not the case lust as eager
crowds greeted him in 1896 when he went out as
the plain citizen to preach the doctrine of sound
money and national honesty, so will they now lis
ten to Shaw because it is Shaw and because he
1Snever speaks without imparting something to his
hearers which is eminently worth the while. Iowa
can unite in the support of Gov. Shaw, should he
be candidate, with the perfect assurance that the
name presented is one in every way worthy of con-
federation and that should he be elected Iowa
would have given to the United States one of its
Wlsest and strongest presidents. We have fath~in
Gov. Shaw's star. We believe he is destined to be
the president of the United States and to fill the
i office with honor and credit.
The nomination Of Gov. Shaw would mean much
Indeed to every citizen of Iowa. 1t is an object
worthy the strenuous effort of every republican in
4 the state 1t is matter which rises above petty
FACTION and which deserves the active cooperation
OF every man and every newspaper in Iowa If
Iowa is to win and wants to win, it now has an OPP
portunity which may not come to it in decades. 1t
could present who commands the confidence
and respect Of the entire nation. 1t could pre-
sent man against whose personality nothing could
be urged.
1t could present typical American business
man, man who has triumphed over misfortunes
land poverty, man who has unbounded confidence
Z in and love for his country, a man who breaches
the doctrine. of work and effort and honesty. A
man who would stand for all that is best in Amer-
canism. Such is Leslie M. Shaw, and we trust
that should he become a canddate, the state Of
Iowa will make the most active possible campaign
in his behalf.