The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-05-29
THE PRESIDENCY, PRoPHEsY,
AND PAST POLITICS.

Barker, OF the Standpoint Review,
In an editorial under the head, "Sen-
ator Borah. the Presidency, and Col
onel Harvey" takes up the prophesy
OF Borah's candidacy for the presi-
dency in 1916 predicted by Harper's,
coupling it with the before-conven-
ton announcement of Wilson as a
nal, douses in little democratic
ancient history, hits Colonel Teddy
a swat, and finally clips Colonel Har-
vey's prophetic wings by casting
few bouquets to himself and the other
Idaho editors as prophets of no mean
merit along the line of Borah's pres
idential prospects. He says:
Colonel Harvey of Harper's Week
ly, given to political revelations, is
trying to repeat. He was the "origin-
al Woodrow Wilson man" and carried
his name at the top of the editorial
page for two years in advance of the
democratic convention which nom
mated the Princeton scholar. He car
ried 1t until the celebrated little
tilt in which Colonel Harvey and that
other colonel of journalistic fame, the
Colonel Henri Watterson, became en-
broiled and which resulted In Colonel
Harvey "for the good of the order"
taking Woodrows name from his
masthead but never from his heart.
"They" claimed, as you remember.
that Harper's Weekly was q Wall
street organ and that Colonel Har-
vey pulled the stops only as Pier
pont Morgan and the big fellows told
him to and that the heavy bass with
which Colonel Harvey was acclaiming
the name of the Princeton professor
would make the common people"
(bless their hearts) suspicious of
Woodrow's real progressive" senti-
ments and his desire to pull the tail
Of Wall street until 1t bleated like
unto the lamb that gets shorn when
1t appears there.
Be that as 1t may, however, that
incident was closed without blood
shed, and, as we all remember, with
the colonies getting no further than
the coffee in that duel which all were
looking for. But, having tagged one
Colonel Harvey is now out to tag
another. This time he is as right as
he was the other time. for he has pre-
dicted as near the mark. as present
senses of the future would give
most anyone the bunch" He says
while the predicting is good, "Wa
predict today that the next republi
can candidate for president will b
William E. Borah of idaho"
Now there's a prediction that |,
prediction. 1t comes out withou
any "perhapses" and "ifs.' 1t stand
right out loud on the printed page
1t is a real good prediction because
as we have indicated, successful pre-
dieting Is right along in Colonel Har
vey's line. He is. the best little pre-
dieter In the United States, for did
mt he predict Woodrow who at tn,
time was about a. ten to one shot p
least? Borah is better than that. W.
would call him a one to three sho
at least. and now that the Colonel ha
predicted we will make him a ON.
shot in two.
1t Is too bad that still another col
onel could not have done a little o
this predicting business back Their.
in June. 1912. II that niftiest col
onel of them all, the Honorable Thea
ore Colonel, had had any sense O
what was beating in the people,
hearts he would have done a littl,
predicting there In Chicago in June
He could have predicted that II b.
had put his hand ON the shoulder o
our own sweet William. and had said
Here goes my mantle and Bill
you're it," We wouldn't now b,
struggling against the near approach
ing shadows of democratic hard times
William would now be in the Whit,
House and we would be represent
ing Uncle Sam in the court Of st
James and all would be well.
AS predicter We greatly prefe
Colonel Harvey who Is to Colone
Roosevelt who refused to be was
Colonel Harvey has a better view
point than Colonel Roosevelt had
largely because Colonel Harvey wa
never thought OF for president ant
Colonel Roosevelt was Thought Of 81
hard for it, both by himself and the
country at large. that he entirely owe
looked trying to predict anything fol
anybody but himself.
However, and to resume the more
pleasant task, we congratulate Col
onel Harvey upon his again hitting
the bullseye. "Bill' Borah is going
to get there in 1916, and now thai