Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-11-04
PIE AND PRESIDENCY
SECRETARY CORTElYoU FOND
OF THE PASTRY.
New England Press Comments on
Psychological and Political Cues.
tons Involved in Connection
Win Appetite.

Presidential candidate on the Re
publican side cannot fan 20 note the
earnestness with which the Boston
Transcript ana other New England
journals sieze upon the fact that the
Hon. George 3. Cortclyoa IS regular
and discriIniaaUuS consumer Of pie
at luncheon. Since--the publication
Of details concerning the leading fac.
tors in Mr.. Cortclyou's midday re-
past, the press Of New England has
been teeming with comment upon the
psychological and political questions
involved. Some of the Yankee papers
insinuate that the publication OF the
Cortelyou luncheon menu meant the
launching of the Cortelyou presiden.
tial boom. while others think the rev
elation OF Mr.. Cortelyou's pie eating
proclivities makes him ipso facto and
par excellence. thc New England can.
didate From either point OF view the
pie discovery assumes political inn
portance. There may be much in
this apparently simple fact" observes
the Boston Transcript. with typical
conservatism. AiIck? Decidedly
much, when the truyh Is sraspCd that
II is mince pie that attracts the sec
rotary OF the treasury. From an "ap-
parently simply fact" the discovery as
sumes aspects extremely complicated
obscure. and potential The Boston
paper does not fail TO note that Mr..
Cortelyou was a New Highlander in
the most plastic period of his life.
where he absorbed not only pie itself.
hut the history and influence OF pie
in character molding and nation build
ing. The clam pie of Marblchead. that
great breakfast food that has made it's
survivors indestructible in war and
obstreperous in peace, Is no stranger
To George II. Cortelyou Nor is he
unacquainted with the pumpkin pie
that sustained the Green mountain
boys in many a scrimmage. He knows
and admires the voluptuous cus,ard
nsd the cranberry that coquettes un
der It's crisScross mask He has prose
cuted many an investigation Of the
fair seeming but explosive buckle.
berry, and the apple, cherry, peach
and prune have not prevailed against
him. But with the access of wider ex.
perience and augmented confidence.
Mr.. Cortelyou finds his chief delight
IN the pie OF pies. the protean, subtle.
and mysterious mince In it he finds
food for thought, limitations vague
but inspiring, ranifola memories and
mysteries which bake wtsle theystim.
ulate his keen and analytical assault
Mince pie is the food of mature man.
II is the cosmopolis OF pie yielding
treasures TO the true lover Of re-
search, but completely bewildering the
untutored. George b. Cortelyou's de-
Votion to mince pie may make him
the choice of New England for presi
dent, but ii is unjust TO insinuate that
he is trying TO reach the white house
by the mince pie route RiinCe pie
has helped to make him what he is
He Is not the man to turn his bach
upon his friends nor to use them as
his ladders. IL the discovery of his
long association with mince pie brings
him political honor, It Will be merely
another piece of good fortune in
singularly fortunate career He has
not advertised his intimacy with
mince pie. bat. on The other hand. now
that the truth Is known, he will NOT
desert the friend Of his youth and the
prop OF his maturity. Ii lie gees to
the white house, mince pie will be
honored there.