Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-01

Ictating n correcting the statement.
secure the Presidency he is willing
to blind his eyes with the bride of
Office. which the privileged classes
continually dangie before the am-
bilious.
Talks "Third Person.,
IF the feeling that has been !
aroused between the W. leading can-l
didates is such that the progressive
forces cannot agree upon either-I
contend that there should be no such
feeling-=it ought to be easy to agree
upon sonae third person, who, not
having been a candidate, is not
handicapped by animesities engen-
dered or by an adverse verdict at
the Democratic convention and pri-
maries.
II will not discuss the relstive
merits Of the candidates now before
the convention who can be counted as
progressives, and I take for granted
that there Is not a possibility. of the
nomination of two candidates. Cow
ernor Harmon and MT. Underwood.
who were the choice of the reaction
aries. / do not mean to be under
stood as saying that all who favor
them are reactionaries, for Mr.. Tn
derwood's support Is largely made
up of ~progressives, who favor him
more for local pride than because of
his reactionary bias. Upon no other
theory can we account for the fact
that his support is almost entirely
confined to his own state and to States
adjoining, but where he and Judge
Harmon had strength outside of their
own localities the support is to be x
planned, as a rule, by the reactionary
tendencies of the supporters.
I'VE have several persons taking
part In this convention who have not
been placed in nomination who are
entirely worthy of consideration. Sem
ator Kern, of Indiana, chairman of
the committee on resolutions, has al
ready received the support of nearly
$4,000 0 of Democrats for the
Presidency and since that time he has
not only been elected to the United
States Senate. but has distinguished
himself among his assistants by the
prominent part he has taken. He Is
the leader in the fght against Sen
ater Lerimer. If there can be no
fagreement upon one of those now bel
ing balloted for 1t ought to be easy|
to compromise on q . like Senato1I
Kern. III
Has Other Possibilities.
Congressman James. our pefmanel
chairman, is q national charactd
one of the leaders Of the House
Representatives and a progressl
VIII has been in the forefront of
fight since 1895. GI]
Senator O'German, New Yol!tIl
member of the committee on reslVsll
lions. is a progressive who has
to his State a distinction of YAH
she had been sadly in need. hI "
| combined "a high order of ice
and courage with a sympatheN ie-
vetion te-the rights and interY of
the common people.
I'm addition to these. we hs1 SEN
ator Cuiberson, of Texas. man
whose pure word would comnfEhim
to the progressiyes of all par and
/ would add Senator Rayner.Y Mary
land, after, hearing his stron lea be-
fore the resolutions . eomf$-tee y
favor of a progressive plat1+1. ~
These are but a few ON names
that might be suggested. ;sly with
such a wealth of PresideIl timber
we should have no dificuFsin nomi-
mating a winning ticket.
Just a. word in regard the Vice
Presidency. That Is e often re-
garded as a consolatid7p prize ana
given to salve the wolf1ed feelings
of some disappointed Fididate for
1.-THE Presidency. This of should not
be regarded lightly a should the
selection be made careHiy. No man
is At to be the Vice-PI4 dential nom
inee who is not equal& worthy to De
the nominee for Presi&nt. Only one
life stands between Ne Vice-Presi-
dent and the White House. and no
life, however preciol4 10 the nation,
Is immune to the dan{ars that threat
en- the life of the 1jmblest citizen,
The President is den more likely
to die because efIthe strain i'm
posed upon him by lie responsibilities
of his position.
THE Vice-PresidIlt should be Sc
lected from those hvailable for the
Presidency and he should be In har-
mony with the Pre- tdential candidate
on all public ~quetions and on the
fundamental principles which deter
mine the bias and tendencies of men.
We cannot affordto have a joint de-
bate between the two candidates on
the national ticIet, neither can we
afford to risk a ciange in the policies
of the administration In case death
should come to tie Chief Executive.
"In submitting the above views l
recognize that speak merely as an
individual, but Ham not less interest
ed than the Candidates themselves
In the nomination of a winning ticket
and in the prosecution of a successful
campaign. 1t ID a momentcus hour
and we shall disappoint those who
sent us here II We fail to measure up
to the OCCASION