Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-02-20
RuMoRs THAT PANAMA CANAL
BUILDER WILL BE CANDIDATE
FOR PRESIDENT.
SAID TO BE A PROGRESSIVE
Wilson May Announce Adherence to
One Term PrincipIe-senator 6orah
Is In the Running for the Re-
publican Nomination.
Ry GEORGE CLINTON.

headed politicians good many of
them. think ii is not by any means
certain that President Wilson will not
announce at some later time that he
is pledged to the principle" of one
term that was announced in the Demo-
cratic platform. 1t will be remem-
bered that the Democrats at M.
Bryan's suggestion put into the plaI-
form the declaration 'and we pledge
the candidate of this convention to
this principle" the principle being the
Une-term principle.
Now the political rumor has 1t that
all the men, including, of course, Mr..
Wilson, who think that he has a show
OF being nominated by the Democrats
next time. are beginning to fear that
he may have George w. Goethals, the
chief engineer of the Panama canal
and now the zones governor, as an
opponent in the next campaign. Re
publican leaders from time to time
have whispered the name Goethals in
their conferences. 1t is perfectly true
that even some Of the members of
the standpat faction in the Republican
party still seem to have some kind of
q hope that means will be found to
endorse Theodore Roosevelt for the
nomination, without compelling the
old party to give over the name Re-
publican.
The old party chieftains seem to
think that they will be obliged to
nominate somebody with a strong per
sonal appeal if there is to be any
hope of success, because there has
been thus far no sharp evidences that
the Democrats are going to make
mess of things and undo themselves.
Think Cocktails Has Ambitions.
1t has been intimated here and
there in Washington that men who
know the governor of the Panama
canal zone think he has shown some
signs of an awakening ambition to be
president. Colonel Goethals, Judging
by what he has done, probably has
his share Of wisdom and while army
and navy officers VIGOROUSLY have
been fiounderers when they have en-
tered the swamp of politics, Goethais
probably might prove to be an excep-
ton. Everybody remembers Admiral
Dewey's troubles as soon as he
showed a disposition OF willingness to
think on high civil honors
While the Republicans have been
whispering about Goethals and the
possibility of nominating him and
trusting to his supposed great per-
sonal popularity to pull through. it
has been told to them also In whis-
pers that the zones governor is a
Progressive. In the present frame of
mind OF the Republican leaders the
fact that Goethals may be Progress
sive perhaps makes little difference,
for all they will have to do will be
to knock the capital out, spell progress
sive with small letter and add Re-
publican with a capital after an In
serted hyphen.
Borah In the Running.
1t seems as certain as things can
seem so far In advance that, unless
the Democrats make some awful blum
der, the Republican party next time
will nominate man who has been
progressive or who can
prove that he has become a progress
sive even if conversion came at a
late hour. 1t did not take Champ |
Clark's word of prophecy to put Will |
liam E. Borah into the front rank OF |
runners for the Republican prize. The |
Goethals matter remains yet to be |
sounded to it's depths.
Within a day or two Senator Borah
has declared that he does not consid-
er the third party as stable organiza-
ton. He says that as soon as Theo- |
dore Roosevelt says the word the
third party will crumble. Mr.. Borah
believes the colonel will say the word,
and while the senator will not go as
far as this, he probably believes that
II the colonel says the word that will
dissolve the Progressive party he VIII
also say the word that will make him
the candidate Of the Republican party
AS for this, one only has to read
the colonels pledge, signed, sealed
and delivered just before he went to
South America. That pledge probably
will stand against any prophesy which
the gentleman from Idaho chooses to |
make, even If it be uttered in the
finest spirit of Idaho self-sacrifice
Colonel Roosevelt will return from |
his southern speaking, hunting and |
exploring trip in about four weeks. |
When he returns Progressiyes say |
that he will repeat, If he shall deem |
1t necessary, the pledge which he
made before sailing.
Business Men Are Shy.
President Wilson has expressed him.
self as very much surprised because
business men throughout the country
have not responded in great numbers
to the invitation extended by the ad-
and by the committees
OF congress to come to Washington to
enter their pleas in abatement of the
legislation which is aimed against the !
trusts.
1t seems that Mr.. Wilson and the |