Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-11
VICE PRESIDENT NOT TO BE
CONSIDERED FOR SECOND
PLACE ON TICKET.
WANT MAN AMENABLE
TO ADMINISTRATION RULE
Enemies Charge Marshall Is Not Of
Presidential Size-Bryan May Prom
Use to Be Good if Given Privilege Of
Debating Nominee For Second Place
An Astounding Proposition.
Especial Correspondence

Washington, Oct. 11.--Who is to be
the democratic nominee for vice presi-
dent on the Wilson ticket next year?
The question is one which is being
talked about with great gusto among
democratic leaders and politicians.
\ Vice President Marshall, according
to the gossip here, will not be renomi-
mated. 1t is known that Marshall,
though he would be glad to have a
denomination along with Mr.. Wilson,
has as Yet received no assurances that
his denomination either is sought by
the administration or is desired by it..
This is disappointing to the vice
president and his friends. At the same
time, some Of the newspapers on close
terms with the administration are
putting out intimations that Mr. Mar
shall by general consent is to be left
out of it. The vice president as presid-
ing officer of the senate has not always
seen fit to adopt the tactics in q
parliamentary way demanded of him
by some of the administration leaders
and there is reason to believe this fact
is one of the elements which weighs
against him.
Want Man Of Presidential Size.
Then too. enemies of Mr. Marshall
IN the party are talking that it is
necessary to have a man of presi-
dental size in second place on the
ticket They insinuate Mr.. Marshall
does not quite measure up In fair
ness to the vice president it has to
be admitted that senators who were
prejudiced against him when he be-
came presiding officer of the upper
house have in many cases changed
their minds about him and have come
to entertain both personal regard and
respect for him.
If Vice President Marshall is passed
over, who then is to be selected? A
lot of names are already being thrown
into the melting pot. What the ulti-
mate selection Will be is conjectural.
Presumably, in the long run, much
will depend on geography and the
capacity or fancied capacity of the
man chosen for the nomination to
carry his state.
Undoubtedly, the Bryan democrats
will insist strongly on a man suitable
to them being selected. The expecta-
ton now is that Bryan himself will
support the ticket and not bolt. though
there is still time for much factional-
ism to develop.
If, as the time for the convention
draws nearer, it is disclosed that
Bryan is going to prove amenable, the
Bryan men will be the more insistent
on one of their number getting second
place. They will raise an uproar If
man is put on who is supposed to be
identified with the conservative wing
OF the party.
A Merry Suggestion.
One of the remarkable suggestions
which is heard is that Governor Hiram
Johnson, of California, be put on the
ticket with Wilson, the theory being
that this would rob the progressive
party of much of it's strength. The
Johnson suggestion will get nowhere,
partly because there is no reason to
believe Johnson would have the nomi-
nation and partly because the demo-
cratic party is particularly anxious
that the progressive party shall be
kept reasonably strong in order to
detract from republican strength.
Senator James Hamilton Lewis, of
Chicago, whose picturesque whiskers
have made him a national figure, is
said to have ambitions. Among some
of the other names mentioned are
those of Charles r. Crane. Col. e. NJ.
House, Frederic c. Howe, immigration
commissioner of New York, and Mayor
Newton D. Baker of Cleveland. 1t
does not at this distance appear that
either of these men will be chosen
and there is plenty of time for dark
horse TO be groomed for the position.
The natural choice would be some
western democrat who can appeal to
the voters who are progressively in
clined.