The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-13
ffsE NORTH CAROLINA IDEA.

THE NORTH CAROLINA IDEA.
Hon. Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina,
now in Baltimore has an idea IN his head. No,
do not refer to laudable ambition to be
Secretary of tire Interior IN case Of the uUmi-
nation and election of Woodrow Wilson This
is a purely non-partsan, 1npersonal idea-and
+. is in many ways good one.
To be brief, Mr. Daniels concludes that the
hour has struck when the Vice-President should
be something more than a tail TO a kite or
TO a tail, as the case may be. He points
out that Thomas Jefferson was willing to be
Vice President; that Hendricks although twice
disappointed in the effort to be nominated for
President Thought It-no- diahonor to eceupr-
second plnce the ticket. and that there ought
to be something other than the usual haste aud
unconcern in selecting from horde of medi-
ocrties the most patiently innocuous gentleman
with cargo who sails over the horizon. That
is. that. or words 10 that effect Specifically,
Mr.. Daniels IS reported in the Batimore Sun as
having said:
This ticket should be 1876 and 1885, all over
rs51it1. f1e t.tFvet7yTtf- md rfendrfcrz V..r7,
nominated Hendricks was a candidate Tor the
Presidency and said that he would not accept
The Nice-PTes dental nomination. Bui he was
finally. persuaded to accept. and the Democrats
put ticket In the field which carried the party
into power in this country. We iu 1878,
too, although VIC counted out
We nave even greater opportunities now. We
have at least four. az lve men who arc big
enough TO be President. It IL possible for only
ou. of them TO he nominated Mn !r,t{ from
these who stand for something and who
are giant figures known the country over and
choose for the Vice Presidential nomination one
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Vice Pres DENTAL eize' lie would sdd no strength
TO the ticket.
IN my Judgment. the who is second on
the final ballot for the Presidency should he
the nominee for ice-President Thomas Je~er-
son did not think the iob TOO small for him
and we should go back 10 first principles u
having a man for e-President who IL big
enough to he President in The event of Il being
! necessary for him 70 take the place. II Wilson
Is nominated ana Clark second then have Clark
! FOR Vice President. II Clark Is nominated. then
have Wilson for Nice-Fresident OF course. I
am for Wilson. and | think he IS sure OF the
nomination but in the event that he is not
nomna ted, and Is second on the hna} ballot.
think that he should accept tha fce-Frestdeu-
! riai nomination
/ If Harmon Is nominated or IuQaru GOD. or
IL clther Of these IL second choiea,-Ae S4eu+d b.
made 10 accept the second place the ticket
! es question OF duty owed to the party- The
| ticket cant DO too big; 1t can't stand for TOO
much that the people know to be genuine
! With such ticket could be made up frorn
the first and second choices the final ballot
! there would be "taii-enGer' 10 drag along.
All OF which we heartily endorse The Vice
Presidency has been looked upon AZ a joke
How serious It may become is we'll Illustrated
by what happened la the year 1900 in the Re-
publican convention. without casting hoo
doo on the successful candidate the experience
since CLEANED from that catastrophe ought to
convince both party and candidates that there "a
duAv +1,o
seond place on the ticket potentially the first
place. II is high time that an office of such
possibilities as the Vice-Presidency should be
considered more seriously. Mr.. Daniels has
added something new to Il badly frazzled polits-
cal situation for which he deserves the thanks
of the country.
L. Va cannot refrain. however, sroru wondering
what would happen IL the candidates, for in
stance should be Clark and Harmon. Wilson
and Underwood would be quite as mixed team
How would Honorable Daniels then reconcile
the statements made in dsparagement of one
candidate with praise of the two candidates?
Another thing: the North Carolina EDITORS re-
marks come strangely from a man just landed
In convention esty-that has a candidate for
vice-President whose chief qualifications are a
Mayoralty. handshake beaming smile and
curly poll. along with considerable barrel
Evidently the North Carolina Committeeman
lie passing up no bets, and is disposed to yield
nothing to the amenities OF social discourse