New Britain herald., 1915-10-16
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.

According to despatches from Washington, Vice President Marshall's
 name may be left off the Democratic
 ticket next year. Leaders are now casting about for some other man to make the run with Woodrow Wilson
 There is nothing surprising in this, inasmuch as it seems to be a prece-
 dent sanctioned by years and years of political history that the man who
 occupies the presidency rarely, if ever, makes the second race for office
 with the name of his vice president
 pro tenn on the short end of the bal lot. If MT. Wilson's admirers care to cast aside Thomas R. Marshall, of Indiana, say, for one J. Hamilton have plenty of excuses at hand to sooth the troubled spirit of the pres ent president of the Senate. For, all
 though MT. Marshall has often made
 light of his office, chara cterizing it as
 the most useless occupation on earth,
 1t is known he is not averse to running
 again on the same ticket with
 Woodrow Wilson. As evidence
 of this he refuses to be-
 lieve that President Wilson said: Tt
 is unlucky to run the. same team
 twice." Whether the President said
 it or was misquoted should make no
 difference to a man who had the fol-
 lowing jest to sling at his own posi- ton in the political world:-"If some rival of Nobel should offer a prize of $40,000 to the man who has done the least for humanity the Vice Pres ident of the United States would easily distance all competitors" When MT. Marshall, having cast aside the governorship of Indiana, essayed to the higher honorary office, he at first
 ing himself of sundry and various remarks. however, and having had the ! 'silencer" put or him by his master, ne changed his opinion.
 Of course, a denial has been issued 1 from the White House, and it has
 been affirmed in no uncertain terms | pressed a desire that some other man
 take MT. Marshalrs place as his run
 ming mate This, naturally, was ex-
 pected President Wilson is not going
 to cause any disruption in his party | by asking his political partner to step
 down and out. If MT. Marshall ex- pressed a desire to go, which he has | not and probably will not, no matter l how he jests about the unimportance | of the place, then all would be differ
 ent So whatever action is taken or
 the plan of replacing Mr. Marshall
 will be started and carried out by | friends of other political lights as, fol ! instance, the packers of J. Ham l The Lewis boom is on, and his sup 1 porters announce they will present l his name to the Democratic national l convention. providing no honorable
 rules of political warfare are broker | in the attempt. While disclaimins
 any ill feeling towards Vice President
 Marshall the Lewis cohorts say their
 man was born for the office" As
 evidence of this they point out the l following well known attributes o1
 the Senator from Illinois: a natural
 sauvity of manner, a Chesterfieldian courtesy, a sartorial splendor, and | other indefinable but obvious qualifi- cations which enable him to fit into
 any social program. So far, Lewis is
 the only man to appear on the horizon
 who might give trouble to Marshall il1 | securing a renomination. Whether
 the present incu'sAhent will step aside