Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-06-21
TALKING
Of PRESIDENTIAL
TIMBER TOO
Politics for 1919 Play Conspic.
uous Part in Legislative
Program on Capitol Hill
jest Now.
{ sp~ci"i correspondence 4. the ,,.,.,a,

Especial correspondence q" the u.ra,dJ
Washington. June - Between
loFislntis" tasks me statesmen ON
Capitol nm are now talking abou,
presidential timber Two senators
Democrat hayc spoken out their ro
spociivo preferences Robert l. ray.
Ion Of Tennessee not oniy declare
Tor Champ Clark but predict. that
he viii be The nest president ol the
United States, giving mainly as his
reason for tnat tcoiUIc of Indictment
he excellent record speaker Clmb
g. masking as harmon, promoter m
his panty The blind oklahoma sen
a,or Thomas 4 Gore. So. uY.uJ,
but Governor Woodrow NH son a.
ON. who deserves ana Is 1e.. Co.
win The Republicans are pu.uu. lt
Watching the Development OF their
Hdtcraaric- ana are not coucoInint
thCmsolNoH about their Own future.
rhW President Talt rs assured 1o
nomination tor another term is mo-.
'thNlWN'l tl NlI. 'INNNA N'NH NftWt ifi'i.'.I
toward tho national convention from
This distance the only unccr'a.u'
about ihc Republican ticket appears
as 10 lhD second place.
LOGAN Waller Page, director of che
utrd St1tps office ur public road
Who delivered an address this week
at Birmingham. Ala. before she Ma.
tional Good Roads Association. Is
highly pleased over he progress Of
De- movement for focal government
q 500. Ion the consi ruction OF public
highways The Southern states he
avs have been more active than ever
aud have been accomplishing most
gratifying results Not less than 25-
"ou miles of road were improved
throughout the South Wv the short PEE
,iul from 1904 10 1903 and now there
Is available Tor expenditure In The
southern states si0G52 eco or $50 per
mile. practically double the cNponIl-
tW, for 1901 The South viii Increase
us material wealth immensely with
1.r public roads generally improved.
ocodin. t0 Nr Page. because good
Ipads moan move 20 u than any other
unri of Tho country. because 81 IN.
rtcator cost OF moving crops IN the
winter and harvest season.
n President Tatt should arcap' an
the INVITATIONS. not cOnilicfirr with
each other in date. p" would have no
Time .1 spend ai ans OF the numerous
homes lately offered bm iIom ib"
Vat NoI'b West and South TIE
president has accepted an invitation
Tor notable occasion ln the reunion
of veterans Of both sides on luly 81
ihc nitioth anniversary az The baltic
81 Manassas ~ tho 80" on thc INST
rrcut struggle of the war between tn
siatcs PEI. idcnt rafi Was uo. quiic
iuur wears ul' when tb" battle was
tuushf. and not member oi his can
mel was old enough 20 Dee aoldtor at
the time Time has cut wide sVa'h
IN ihp ranks Of public men VINO wor"
veterans Of the great war In The
present congress there are on -
Veterans OF the CiVi war Less than
twenty wears agO more than half ne
members oi congress had served IN
the great war on one sid" or ihr
other For the first time sine" th"
war the Confederate veterans iu cpn'
gross out number the Union veterans.
tho proportion being II tu
Governor Woodrow Wilson uf N'N
Jersey. Whu looms largo in fh. public
csc as possible presidential uWori
with The approach OF the Democrhtl'
National convention, ia recent TOT
tel 10 Captain !. T. Ellison, secretary
of the national rivers ana harhni
euncr,ss expressed himself as haNiut
worry sincere interest Ia the WORK
that BIS being done hN This great wa
,rWay association toward cducaiin'
IA, unblc to the needs of c0uprc
hcusiN, policy Of waterway develop
moul Governor Wilson said Tho
value of improved waterways aui th'
commerce development OF the '1Nn
try cannot be exaggerated, ANA .H
necessity THAI tbc federal govern n'
should adopt definite and hNod noi
IT,, that wiz provide FOR iheir Speedy
Improvement must bo evident q" every
on, who considers the matter d" ul
N gives mo pleasure 10 express u'
docp interest ia an that tle ,onsrcs'
rs doing