The Washington herald., 1912-06-22
THE PEOPLES FORUM
FOR A BUSINESS MAN.
John WanAmRker Suggested as the
Right Man for Nominee.

To the Editor: The country will great
ly need a business man for President
during the next administration. TWO
| mercantile riddles are to be solved. The
practical question OF the hour is, what
shall the tariff be? II is certain the
present Congress and administration can
not settle that Two years hence. the
VreeIand-AIdrich emergency currency
law will expire by limitation on June 30
1914 Suppose the Democracy nominated
and elected as President of the United
States the peerless leader who used "a
believe in the free coinage OF silver al
the ratio OF 16 to l. or the college pro-
fessOr who used TO lecture on monetary
systems. Would our currency be made
better or worse? Who knows? In such
a period OF uncertainty Republicans gen.
orally would think there had better be
a Republican at the White House and
4 business man at that. II a suitable
one could be found.
Thanks to President Taft and the col
Ored delegates from the South, the Re
publican National Convention is pretty
sure not to nominate for a third term
his whilom benefactOT during whose
Presidency a financial panic occurred in
1907. President Taft does not pretend to
Dt q DuSluESH man. ana llldL lnGIc mas
been no panic during his administration
is because he has had better luck than
his predecessor in this respect.
One Of the best business men in the
United States Is n delegate to the Re
publican National Convention. On the
list OF possible nominees he is the only
business man and the only candidate
that has had experience in Washington
as a Cabinet officer at the head OF an
Aav F1 fTnF IN c
his name, which in German means tub
maker"
The training of John wanamaker as
Postmaster General in the Harrison ad-
ministration QSS9-S3D is an admirable
preparation for the performance OF Pres
idential duties. His distressing expert
ences during the panic Of 1907 left him
in the condition OF a person with sore
finger which he could not bear to have
anybody touch. Such a fellow-sufferer
would be in sympathy with business
people everywhere throughout the na-
ton, and watchfuI TO apply remedies in
time to avert financial disturbances.
Wanamaker comes from the Quaker
City OF Philadelphia, IN Pennsylvania,
the Keystone state which the delegates
should make the keystone OF the Re
publican National Convention PeRnsyl-
vania has furnished but one President,
and he was a DemoCrat-JdmeS Buchan-
an. At present Pennsylvania has a most
worthy son to nominate at the National
Republican Convention. Can he not
have the solid vote Of his own delega-
ton? II so would not the delegates
from the Empire State Of New York
vote for a nominee who is also one OF
her greatest merchants? Wanama1er
has as large stores in Manhattan as in
Philadelphia Then would not the New
Jersey and Connecticut delegates join IN
support Of a business man whose name
Is a household word in all those parts?
Whoever carries these four States car
ries the Union.
The nomination Of John Wanamaker
as President would unite the Republican
party and inaugurate a campaign Of
cIean-cut issues. Republican and Demo-
cratic policies would be clearly defined,
and the American people could intellI-
gently determine in November to whom
they would intrUst the administration Of
the government JAMES c, HALLOCK.