The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-06
REPUBLICANS CAST 5
 ABOUT FOR THE MAN ] ID LEAD NEXT TIME
Herrick Boom Is Active, Now, But Many Other !:
 Names Are Under
 Advisement ].

, Washington, December 5.-(Speciai.)- Win the democratic nomination ap- parently settled for President Wilson, the
 republican leaders have started a cans vass of available presidential possibilities and are looking to 1916 with interest and promise of early activity. Of course, there are presidential primary laws in several states to be taken into consider- ation, but with one popular selection,
 the leaders believe all other aspirants
 may be discouraged and driven from the field. frt1Eg4 S ss sr First and foremost, say real leaders, as distinguished from the smaller fry, the candidate must be a business man, or if a lawyer one who Is known to have been closely allied with business affairs. The time has come. they argue, when the
 business interests of the country must | have a man in the White House who has had practical experience in that line, | rather than one, whose views are nodded
 on theory or observation or the advice of others
 I At the moment. of course, Myron T. 1 Herrick of Ohio, until recently ambas-
 sador to France, holds the spotlight Tn
 
 fer him having started among his friends | which promises soon to develop substan- tial proportions Herrick is believed by his friends to be an ideal man for
 business candidate" while his record in 1 embarrassing times in France will be l used widely in his favor. Finally, sym l pathy will be won for him by disclosure of the circumstances surroundings his re- tirement from France-how he was forced out at his greatest service at the instance of a democratic senator to make place ! for democratic ambassador without ex- | perience or knowledge of conditions. l But the strongest man in the minds of l the republican leaders is Justice Charles l Evans Hughes of the supreme court of | the United States. If" Justice Hughes will consent to run, the leaders of all the ]. republican elements agree that The will l be elected without doubt" But the troublesome if arises, and few believe l he could be induced to abandon his con genial work on the bench, even to help restore his party to power. Although @ | lawyer and a judge, MT. Justice Hughes proved himself business man and finan-
 cer of marked ability by his conduct of | the insurance investigation in New York and by the natuSe of the laws he had 1 framed and passed to rectify the evils in 1 that line then prevailing
 l Incidentally, it may be cited that New York usually furnishes the republican
 party with it's candidate for vice presi-
 dent, rather than President. but an excep-
 tion to this rule at this time would be 1 warmly welcomed by the leaders. 50 Governor-elect Whitman also has l chance.
 l Senator Lodge and Senator Root ad- mittedly are men ably fitted for the pres l idency, but their chances are marrcd l through their militant factionalism at the
 time of the disruption of the party at Chi cago.
 Three virtually avowed candidates are Senators Borah and Cunnmins and LaFol- lette, each of whom has as much chance of winning either the nomination or elec- | ton as Bill" Sulzer on the democratic side. Friends of each are working in l anticipation of 1916 but it all will be work badly wasted. t
 Among the dark horses, former Cor ernor Hadley of Missouri seems to be the strongest, especially in view of the fact that only Roosevelt's ambition kept him from the nomination at Chicago in 1912. Let's compromise on Hadley," said | leaders at that time
 "The compromise Is me-, retorted Roosevelt, with a solar plexus blow at the old yellow back grammar.
 How about Roosevelt in 1916?
 Not. a chance say fate and politics.