The Washington herald., 1914-05-05
Political Procession.
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| Alas that Arthur l. Garford, the on
Ohio Republican whose straying INTO FRO
gressive paths was lamented two year
ago, should continue Joined to his lido
and proclaim himself Progressive can
didate for Senator.
Thanks to the general decadence of tn
Progressive proportion In Ohio Garfor'
has at least the satisfaction OF assur
ance that he has nc opposition In hi
own party. No one Is trying 70 wres
| this honor from him, and real hepubli
cans who hoped for the Garford return
to the old faith are sorry and speak will
genuine sentiment Of what he might hav,
won had he remained in the @. o. p, ol
even returned after a spell of frenziet
devotion to the Big Stick chief nov
/, fastening home from Brazil.
Garford will gain the Progressive sena
torial nomination and then be able L
count himself out OF politics for good
more's the pity. He will be no more
easily honored than Jimmie Garfield. who
will attain the Progressive nomination
for governor and slip easily into re
tirement after November.
There was no especial interest or senti
ment about a possible coming back e
the faith OF his father by Garfield. and
real Republicans cared little whether h
did or not. but Garford had giveT
pTOiIllse OF aCtudl party dCnltNeIneHl De
fore the Roosevelt frenzy took hold Oi
him. and an actual election as ar
actual Republican governor was assured
him some time u he had stood pat and
kept In touch with the old guard.
Following the civil war there was an
overwhelming rush of veterans to Con.
gress. and this sentiment was duplicated
somewhat following the short AFFAIR with
Spain in 1893. Many candidates got
through fighting In time for the nomina-
tlon that year. while others waited. hut
did not fail to cite their war record as
an aid TO nomination and election
James Hamilton Lewis, now Senator
from Illinois, was a stan officer with
Gen. Brooke and Gen. Fred Grant in Cuba
and had been a Congressman from Wash
ingtOn State
Member Claude Stone. of Peoria. was a
corporal In the 1898 trouble Guy Helver-
ing. of Kansas, was born near the birth
place of Gen. Grant in Ohio. and went
into the Cuban war as a lad Of twcnty.
finishing his education later. Senator
Weeks. Of Massachusetts, was an An
napolis graduate. but served only two
years after leaving the ACADEMY He
went into business, but years after Joined
the volunteer navy for service through
out tn" war with Spain. Augustus Gard
nor and William F. MURRAY also nf tho
Bay State Congressional delegation. are
Spanish American war veterans sydney
Anderson. of Minnesota, is the one mem
her of the Gopher delegation proud OF
being veteran NJ lS9S and Dyer, Of
st. Louis, the lone Missouri veteran.
Hart. OF New JersPv. who succeeded
Senator Hughes in the House served
with the Second New Jersey OgIeshv.
OF fonkers. a Democrat, is the only
Spanish war veteran Of the New York
delegation OF forty-three members. Ohio.
usually so conspicuous with war veterans
in Congress. has not a single one Of the
lSS trouble. while Gen. Sherwood Is the
only one OF tho civil war
HuliEgs. Of OH City. Is the lone Sp4n-
ish war veteran Of the PENNSYLVANIA
delegation and became a hrigadier gen
eral He was a National Guard veteran
when the war began and a civil engineer.
so that he was Of the type much wanted
when war came on
Wyatt Aiken. of South Carolina. Joined
the Abbeville volunteers in 1888. although
he was thirtyfive years old. and he has
since enjoyed six terms in Congress.
tordel Hull is the one Spanish war VET
eran in the Tennessee delegation and
oddly enough the great STATE Of Texas
has not single war veteran on the Con-
gressional list.
John Wesley Bryan. Of Washington.
volunteered at the FIRST call in lN9S Int
was barred because Of defective eyesieht.