Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-12-10
EWWHITEH HOUSE
HOPE SEEN IN
COL. HERRICK
Final Preparations Are Completed al
Cleveland for Huge Celebration for
Former American Ambassador Who is
Returning from France.
DEMONSTRATION CONSIDERED
STRICTLY NON-PARTISAN
Though Arranged Largely by Business AS
sOciates Of Retired Ambassador There
viii be Sufficient Of p0iitiCS 10 Make
Event OF Great Interest.
Especial u The Hcrald.D

7 NltAfitlIs. VINO. lfffs 4N- lI.ti IflfIlNft-
tion~ were completed today tor the biz
demonstration ~ hc given here in honor
of the return home II Colonel Myron T..
llcrrick. who BIAS Just retired from thc post
WI United States ambassador wv France.
Central Armury has been rented tor the
welcome home celebration and \ stage
large enough "a accommodate 200 persons
has been constructed in the center of he
building. Mnvor Newton u. Baker viii pre-
side at ihc meeting and addresses vi wei
come will hc delivered IN senator Theodore
T.. Burton. senator Atlcc Pomcrcne and
Others ot prominence.
While the demonstration n honor VI
Colonel llcrrick b. ~ be strictly a non
partisan affair, arranged largely hy bust
mess a~~ociaie~ without regards "a poll
teal affiliations. h will not bc wholly with
ont political significance. Democratic a.
vel a~ Republican politicians here See III
the demonstration TN excellent medium for
calling the country attention tu the move
mcut to make Colonel Ilerrick the candi-
date W.T. TIE conservative wing ~ the Re-
publican party ior ihc presidential nomi
nation m 1916.
That such 4 movement y under way has
been known iu political circles for some
time. Just how tar the plans Ut the Her
rick boomer have progressed h profile
NAUTICAL. though statements have ALREADY
appeared ln print purporting To give the
plans On ali their details. According To
some 81 these statements former President
William VI. Taft ~ actively Interested w
thr movement and n prepared 10 assist il
~ ONO AN we'll ar IA the New England
states when the time ~ ripe. The state
mcnt- have gone even farther IN dcclur-
mg that ,hc llcrrick boom will hc handled
~ tile slate 81 New York b. William
Bamc-. thr head w the Republican state
organization. and ~ Pennsylvania IN sen
ator Boise P%cnro-c. who has lust wun a
bitter fight for rc-clcction.
With Senator Penru-e taking I'M active
hand 10 thc movement for Colonel Ilerrici.
4 means beyond question. according 10 the
belief VT politicians m Washington ana
elsewhere. thdt thr Cleveland man wti have
The support Mi some u itLe most powerful
financial and business Interests VI rhc
uuutry
That the llerrck boom b. already at-
tracing wide attention j. evidenced p, iho
statement recently appearing W ! promi-
rcnt Eastern newspaper. which was in part
a- follows
"llcrrick II regarded a~ having more
W.T. thr essential tur " successful caudi-
darN than almost amy other naa who could
he named. For one thing h- supporters
viii hc enabled wv inject something TT ne
sentimental into y rampaian i"r him. u
An pomtssi ont that President Wilson rc-
licved him al hI~ amba~-ador-hip wv Y
time when. having resolved tu remain iu
Paris daring thc war. Ambassador Her
urk WAS engaged n directing the work nf
rcIri ior stranded Americans and other
war Victims.
True. Ambassador Sharp. the new ar-
pointcc. has not taken over ihc rrin~. a.
though NOW wv Paris. but thr Ilcrrick sup
p"rivr- Mill hc ahle tu point uuf that hr
wa- relieved PM President Wilson nt "a
critical time. Just thc Same. This viii III
IVY with thr rlar- to level an assault aN
along thc hnc Ma thc Wilson administration.
'ilcrrlck wg~ "a ou, time president of
the American Bankers dissertation. NJ
ha- also had y political career. IT, wa
governor MI Ohio and was q member of the
governors staff when McKiulcS wa chict
executive VT that state. nv ha~ been "
member ot ihc Republican state committee
mud oi the national committee a- wei. III,
candidacy would lind favor with President
Iatt. urc ui whose advisers lIcrrirk was.
llcrrrk'- home ~ in Cleveland. where
Marcus \. Hanna. whose organization i,
the pattern ior INV new Que that i~ w ~
huilt. also h,rd.'
According to -pmc of the statement
meade William Baruc~ of New York T. te
rur, ah~olui, control W.T. the work VI WY
Organizing thc Republican, party ma
chinerN IN the interest of thcIIcrrick mo,e-
meut. This reorganization viii extend e.
every section M the country and viii y,
entrusted entirely 20 the eon-ervatis. lead
rr~ ~ The party. Mr. Barnes l. IL mt
himself wv toHch with Stat, leaders every
who're. aud wherever t IN found that the
local machinery nrcd~ strengthening or
must hc remo.ded w IVY ~ III n harmoni-
ou~ly with the general plan. Banc, viii
direct Chs work oi political regeneration.
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