Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-11-11
THEIR VICTORIES
MAKE WILLIS AND
WHITMAN LEADERS
White House Believes Wilson
Will Have to Beat Ohioan
or New Yorker For Presi-
dency In 1916.
DEMOCRATS TAKING STOCK
Slump of Strength Puts Major.
ity Party on It's Mettle For
G.. o.. p. Is Feeling Rather
Cocky Since Election.
DEMOCRATS TAKING STOCK

Washington. Nov. 1.-The democrats
have already begun their actual prepa-
rations for the 1916 presidential cam
circles feel convinced that one of two
men will be President Wilson'S repub-
lican opponent. They are Charles S.
whitman. gOvernor-elect of New York.,
n Frank Il. Willis, g~overnor-elect of
Ohio.
Republican leaders in Washington all
ready are discussing the chances of q
ticket headed by Whitman or Willis.
Prior to the republican victories OF
tuesday. Senators Borah and Cummins
been discussed more than any 9TH
err candidates..
Long Had Eye on Whitman.
Ever since the campaign opened
President Wilson has looked f%urtively
at Mr.. Whitman. In fact, the presi-
dent has been trying to head Whit
mar off for many months past.
AT the time when it seemed probable
that Whitman would be selected by
the !fusionists for their candidate for
mayor of New York in 1913. the adj
mln1stration. or anti-Tammany wing of
the democracy. forced the elimination
OF MI. Whitman and the nomination
OF John Purroy Mitchell. Mr.. Whitman
then went on the fusion ticket as a
candidate for reelection to the district
a~ttorneyship. Tamnlany hall played a
master stroke against the president by
vim Whitman the democratic nomi-
nation also.
1t now appears that the administra-
ion, by forcing the nomination of
Mitchell. really added strength to the
man whom it fears in the next presi-
DENTAL race. Had Whitman been
named for mayor it is not likely that
he would have been given support by
the national administration in any
thing like the quantity or quality of
that received by Mitchell. Defeated for
or New York politics. and it is doubt
full If he could have forced his nominal
t1on for governor.
Outwitted Even Roosevelt,
The factor about the Whitman presi-
dental candidacy which worries the
president most is his triumph over the
personal opposition of former Presi-
Den roosevelt; Whitman has tried the
Roosevelt steel and he has broker it.
notwithstanding the colonel's vigorous
remuneration of the governor-elect in
the campaign. both before and after
the nominating primaries, Whitman
gained strength steadily.
The White House is inclined To be-
lieve that if the republican party in
1916 must choose between Whitman
and Roosevelt. it will choose the form
er. while, on the other hand, Roosevelt,
n as a third candidate against
Whitman. will not be able to attract
enough votes to injure him. In it's
calculations at the present time the
White House comedies that Whitman,
if nominated. will carry New York for
the republican party in 1916.
Willis the Other Contender.
The other man whom the president
and his advisers are watching. Willis.
of Ohio, is now serving his second term
as a member of congress-. He has not
made an impressive record here.
However, he went into Ohio, won the
republican nomination after a bitter
fight, then repudiated the state plat
form of his party and proceeded TO de-
feat Gov. James NJ. Cox. If ever
President Wilson regarded a thing as
certain to happen it was Cox's r~e-elec-
ton.
Willis surprising strength has start
ed him.. For years Ohio n New York
have furnished the republican candi-
dates for the presidency. Willis sud-
den show of independence. as we'll as
his ability to get votes. has put him in
direct competition with Whitman, ac-
cording to the presidents advisers here,
for the republican nomination in 1916.
At the present time Willis is an UNI
known quantity so far as the country
at large is concerned, whereas Whit
man is most favorably known because
of his successful caree as a prosecutor
in New York. Willis is not any less
known. however. than was President
Wilson when he won the governorship
of New Jersey in 1910.