The Washington herald., 1914-01-04
POLITICAL PROCESSION.
By r. \. G.


one result OF the Gov. Harmon inciina-
ton to ents the Senatorial campaign in
Ohio will be a renewal Of hostilities by
Harvey c. 0arber. the Democratic State
Chairman and national committee member
who swung Ohio TO Wilson at a critical
time as a matter of getting even with
Harmon. CARRIER has never asked re-
ward froLi Wilson contending that he
had reward enough when he put Harmon
IN the discard. but IL the Harmon Sei1a-
torial inte.tions appear serious and Yith
promise OF support from Ohio Democrats.
CARRIER may Indicate to the White House
that he would appreciate the moral and
actual support Of the administration In
his efforts to keep Harmon on the pri-
yate citizen list. II would be but q fair
return Tor what CARRIER did last year and
other Ohio Democrats claiming to be in
closer touch with the President than
CARRIER will join him in urging the ad-
ministration TO quietly give the word
against Harmon. but not in favor of any
one opposing candidate.
No one ever doubted the CARRIER politi-
cal wisdor" and he has indicated his long
head by asking nothing In the way of
appointments, preferrins u walt until
mon could b1 demanded Of the Executive.
IL the Harmon Senatorial ambition
takes serious shape, a visit Of CARRIER
to Washington will follow and follow
fast with possibl- executive session at
the White House and a going over of
Ohio. Democratic affairs down to town
ships IL Leceksary.
Senator Pomerene Is too cain I'm all his
political movements to get mixed up
I..-t@E n. q NsN
mand that the Wilson administration
must keep MIN n retirement. SO CARRIER
fears no opposition from Pomerene and
can expect much quiet help from MEM
bers Of the House delegation.
| ''Oh. that mine enemy would write a
| book" was the old way of putting II. and
now comes the nter-exclamation. "Oh.
| that my friend would not write q book. "
| There Is ever a nervous feeling among
both active and retired politicians when
| they hear that some one of their num-
Der. usually of the retired section. Is
about TO publish few chapters of busy
life or something with an equally IA
miliar title. There is ever a consequent
| dispute over dates and as to what really
did happen once the ''recollections" are In
| type. and considerable published con-
| troversy, with no one hurt In the end.
Somehow the Hon. James Wilson. who
| served sixteen years as Secretary OF
| Agriculture. has caused no apprehension
/ by his announcement of a Forthcoming
volume. as statesmen OF high and low
| degree have confidence in the conserva-
tive methods of the fine old farmer from
| the level plains of Iowa. The marvel OF
| the Wilson book will be what he leaves
out-inside chapters of the Mckinley and
Roosevelt administrstions-why certain
| expedients were necessary and certain
shifts made without apology to the dear
people or to managing political leaders
| What James Wilson. with splendid di.
| plomacy. will leave out Of his book Il
what the political people would like t6
| know.
! Among other things he might tell why
! Iowa has fallen backward in the matter
| of sending big men to Congress since ths
| days when Wilson himself was mem
Der of the House and James F. Wilson
! Allison. Gear. Dolliver, Speaker Hender
son, and Hepburn were on tile Congress
sional roll call. but with tru. politenes,
the wilsoI memoirs will omit all persona
comparisons. When you recall that tn,
| Wilson political career began In 1861 with
election to the legislature, and that h,
has not been out Of once a month sinc'
| that election until last March. matter
| OF fifty-two years. you can guess tina
! what he could tell would be mighty inter
esting reading.
While there has been much said OF
| his unprecedented Cabinet servic,
through four full terms without a break
1t has been overlooked that he kept bus!
as a member of Congress or in State Of
fee. including State university work
from the day he entered the legislator,
| until he took hold with William Nc
KInley ia 1887.
He had an eight years interim In Con
gressional service. but kept busy will
| local commissions.
With Col. George Harvey, a sort Fl
mugwump Democrat affiliated with cor
lpora tons and Wall Street, warning rea
Democrats that they are In danger Of
losing the next House there are renewed
quivers Of hope in the Riggs Building
where John c. Eversmsn is working
Itwenty-six hours a day to accomplish
what Harvey and other Democrats fear
Harvey was named for Gen. George B
Mcclellan, the Democratic candidate fol
President in 1861, and has been active II
telling what ought to be done ever since
Possibly as a close student Of American
political history without much actual con
tact with the plain people. Harvey ha.
probably recalled with distress in hi.
bosom that the Democrats have had con
troll Of Congress ten terms since Galusha
IGrow. a Republican, took hold in 1851
while the Republicans have held tn,
Speakership for seventeen full terms. con
cluding with the going out of Cannon an,
coming In Of Champ Clark. The Repub
licans have had seven Speakers and tn
democrats five. but the Republicans haC
more frequent opportunities for re-elec
tion OF their presiding officers. Galushi
nId nf
mia, was Speaker through the first twC
years of Lincoln's administration. an,
then came Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana
who presided for three terms lacking