The National tribune., 1908-06-11
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL
PROBABILITIES
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Then, does Mrs. Dolliver desire to see
the Senator change his place in the
Senate? What a public mans wife
wants has sometimes to be considered.
Mrs. Dolliver is a woman of splendid
mind and strength, as democratic as
the Senator and just as approachable
She cares Just enough for society to do
the proper thing at the proper time. and
she does not care to do anything fur
Their She is never counted among the
hostesses who give "swelF' dinners,
grand" balls or charming" teas, yet
she is woman whom everybody likes.
and who is hostess par excellence. she
is a devoted mother to the two fine Dol
liver children and loves her home. Does
Mrs. Dolliver. want to change ALI her
independence for the routine of official
life as the wife of the Vice President OF
the United States? In that position she
will be forced to set her children aside,
give up her cosy home life, and tie her
self to official life, for four years.
1t is pretty safe. to say that neither
Senator nor Mrs. Doiliver could COM
placently contemplate anything of the
kind, and yet to be Vice President of
the United States has its allurements.
and it's probables that if II. is thrust
upon Senator DolHvers he will accept
it. As Speaker Cannon has said, mo
man ever refused the nomination for
President and mighty few can with
stand the nomination for second place.
Representative sherman.
While the talk about James School
craft Sherman for the Vice Presidency
has not been very loud, it has been
persistent and ii is logical. Representa-
tive Sherman is a man to tie to. There
are no frills about him at ALL. He is a
plain, everyday, courteous gentleman
as big of mind and body as Dolliver. but
not as effective on the stump, perhaps;
that is, outside of New York. You know,
all New Workers are provincial. Presi-
dent Cleveland had to be nominated a
second and then a third time before he
learned that there was a great big
world west of Lake Erie. Representa-
tive Sherman is not provincial, however
He has simply had his hands full witt
taking care of politics in the Empire
State, and never wandered very fal
afield. He is broad-minded- broad
shouldered, broad-browed, and is a:
pinkcheeked as any girl in her teens
Really, YOU would take him for q well
tubbed Englishman, just looking at him
but he is all American and yard wide
He has been a power in the House o.
Representatives for IS years. He speak!
| forcefully and logically, he knows poll
| tics from the sub-basement up. and /:
more of a thinker than speaker, thu
| he speaks with force and eloquence OF
| the stump. He would make an idea
presiding officer in the Senate, AM
would find every man his friend, TO
while he is a man of decided views ant
rather logged opinions, he has the hap
F; py faculty of making few enemies. Be
| ing a New Yorker handicaps him, TO
| New York has had the Presidency ant
| the Vice Presidency many times, ant
there seems to be a desire to keep New
York's finger out of the pie this tim
and send both offices West. Mr.. Sher
man declares he does not want tn
| nomination. but there is no doubt tina
| if he can do so with honor, and it i
| offered TO him. that he will take it. jus
now he declares that he is loyal to GOV
| Hughes, and is for him for the Presi
| dency, or, failing that, for the Vic
Presidency. IT. however, it is show
that Gov. Hughes cannot get either, MI
/ Sherman may come in strong at tn
| finish. The party might go niue
l further and fare a great deal wors'
| Then, too. Mr.. Sherman is counted :
very rich man, tho he bears the It'll
| without ostentation. But there Is n
doubt at all that man who is eleete
/ to either of the highest Offices shout
have money and plenty of it. The sal
aries are beggarly, considering tn
wealth of the country.
Gov. Hughes.
Il If Gov. Hughes had not frowne
i sternly upon any Vice Presidential mel
ton Of himself, the ticket almost Gel
tainly would have been as good as al
ranged by this time. Taft and Hughe
are names that sound well togethe
j Reasons, sentimental as well as polit
cal, which fit in equally well with part
strategy and geography, would haS
recommended that ticket to delegates an
voters.
: Gov. Hughes's rise had been pht
nomenal. Its strongest lesson is the II
finite possibilities that come to ma
= of sturdy, infiexible integrity, who h;
an eye single to the duties that are in
' mediately before him. Gov. Hugh'
revealed himself to the people by h
= mastery conduct of the insurance II
2 vestigation, and, unsolicited and une,
pected, his reward came as Governor
: New York. This was crucial test Il
any man, and II is the point at whic
= countless rising politicians have falle
I 1t takes a man OF exceptional strengi
to survive a Governorship in polite
4 in our history is lamentably small. TIL
s is especially true of the Governors
: New York, and more true than ever
s the recent Governors. Outside of Ne
n York who can now recall anythiI
about Higgins. Odell and Black, wi
4 were Governors in the past 10 year
r and at one time seemed rising rapid
: to greater things? They fell in faction
d fights, and to-day are almost fOrgotte
Gov. Hughes seems at this moment
s be passing thru this ordeal most su
: cessfully. He is carrying out his pr
IS election promises with fidelity and re;
: reckless as to the factions and the
i leaders, and the public will rememb
/ that he put aside all opportunity for Z
c Presidency in order to fulfill the e
pectations of the people of New Yo
y who elected him. and to whom he
= going to appeal for reelection, in ca
u that he cannot secure the Legislative