The Washington herald., 1912-02-01
THE POLITICAL PROCESSION
D. FRANcIs B. GEssNER.


are busy nominating and defeating cam
didates for President In the New VII
lard lobby each night were somewhat
agitated over the ind Of the inevitable
scrap-book citizen who brought forth
passage from Grover Clevelands letter
of acceptance IN 1Ss4.N The words OF
Cleveland, then governor OF New YORK
were quoted by those who insist that
Roosevelt ought not 20 ask third term
after his declaration in 1904 that under
no circumstances viii be candidate
for or accept another nomination"
Republican members Of Congress from
New York with personal acquaintance
with Col Roosevelt have taken pains to
visit or write him during the last week.
Those who have written have insisted
with some vigorous language that he
make clear his intentions and 10 reply
| II he Is really seeking another nomina-
tion. The replies have come typewriter
and brief. on letter heads OF the Out
look once, but care has been taken TO
put them in rIaiu white envelopes.
While the text Of the replies has given
the recipients reason TO believe that the
colonel is actually a candidate, the ac-
tual wording does not so announce. So
far as givin i-r'rmation Of Col. Roose-
velt's real desires or plans Is concerned
the letters can be read backwards and
give fully as much enlightenment. There
Is a thankful expression at the start, a
suggestion that the correspondent see
William Ward, the New York member
of the National Committee. and then
an invitation for luncheon at Oyster Bay
or the Outlook office at the convenience
of the Congressman to whom the note
is addressed. There is implication, OF
course. that the colonel would like TO
talk things over, but no actual answer
as to whether he will be 6 candidate.
The Grover Cleveland statement was
made before he was given even a first
term. and was as follows:
When we consider the patronage OF
this great ONCE, the allurements of
power, the temptation to retain public
place once gained, and. more than all, the
availability the party finds in a man
whom a horde OF oficeholders with a
zeal born Of benefits received and fos-
tered by the hope OF favors yet to come
stand ready to aid with money and
trained political service, we recognize in
the eligibility Of the President for re-
election a most serious danger to that
calm. deliberate and intelligent political
.
ment by the people"
An Ardent Wilson Supporter.
The most ardent Woodrow Wilson dis
ciple who has yet invaded Washington
is William G. McAdoo. or New YORK,
New Jersey, and Tennessee. who happens
to be much more famous as an engineer
than as a political promoter. Mr.. Nc
Adoo leaped to fame because OF his gen.
ius as the constructing engineer who
planned and executed the railway tun-
nels under the Hudson to the heart Of
Manhattan. Coming from Tennessee. this
one OF the McAdoo family was not so
wholly occupied with great feats or en-
gineering that he could not pay some at
tention to political engineering, and he
became remarkably interested in the ca
reer OF Gov. Wilson. Hence, the frequent
exclamations of Engineer McAdoo that
Gov. Wilson is sure to be the Democratic
nominee and sure to be elected over Taft
or Roosevelt or any other candidate OF
the opposition.
1t matters not that the retort Is given
that McAdoo may know a lot about tun-
nels and gigantic feats OF engineering and
yet De SDme"nat oeVoid OF political
knowledge. The reply OF McAdoo is that
he has been going about the country
some and has talked politics more tnan
tunnels OF late. He found almost an up
rising Of the people for Wilson IN Tennes-
see and elsewhere in the South. 1T goes
without saying We are Overwhelmingly
for him in New Jersey" added McAdoo,
and once he is the nominee for Presi-
dent We will take care that he gets
the electoral vote no matter what con-
spiracy gets TO work in Essex County,
a county that did not work Just right
last year for reasons well understood.
tell you there is nothing else coming to
the Democratic party but wIIson Tor
President and victory
This generous exudation of McAdoolian
eloquence in behalf of the Jersey gov
ernor was heard in silence by the Hon.
Jefferson Levy, a Democratic member
OF Congress from New York. and inclined
to be conservative. The more Levy pom
dered in silence over the McAdoo predic-
tions the more forceful became the Nc
Adoo remarks, with Levy still pondering
and venturing neither contradiction nor
confirmation.
How Taft Met Glasscock.
John q. StanchheId. Of New York. came