The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1916-05-05
WANTS HUGHES
NOBODY BUT THE PEOPLE"
Colonel George Harvey Surveys the
Field and Picks the Winner.
North American Review

Field and Picks the Winner.
North American Review
1t seemed in March that Roosevelt |
| for President, tempered by Root for |
Secretary of State, might make eff
fective appeal to the country. 1t does
not seem SO now. There was in March |
at least a possibilit-' that the Repub-
lican party would turn to him for any |
thing to beat Wilson" We perceive
no such possibility now. The entire
situation with respect to both Root
and Roosevelt has changed in two
months.
What then?
Nobody wants Hughes. Roosevelt
prefers Gas second choice) Root, who
could serve only four years. Root 1--WE
assume from recent happenings)
would find his former chief more con-
genial Barnes doesn't want him.
Penrose doesn't Mr.. Henry P. Da-
vison of J. P. Morgan & Co. doesn't.
Sir George Perkins, formerly of J. P.
Morgan & Co. and now of the Harves-
ter company, doesn't Mr.. Robert Ba-
con, formerly of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
and now a most mutual friend Of Mr..
Root and Mr.. Roosevelt, doesn't.
Judge Gary doesn't. Mr.. Thomas F.
Ryan doesn't. Mr.. John D. Archbold
doesn't. Nicholas Murray Butler
doesn't. President Wilson (Heaven
help usD doesn't Colonel House
(Heaven help US againD doesn't. Mr..
Burleson doesn't. Mr.. McAdoo does
not. Mr. Tumulty doesn't. Colonel
Watterson doesn't The World does
| not. The Springfield Republican may
be doesn't He doesn't even want him
SELF Nobody wants Hughes
t Nobody but the people!
1t not that so? 1t is. You know it.
$ We know it. They whom we have
/ mentioned know it. Even Hughes may
E know it, though we have our doubts.
: But why is it? That is the question.
t Mr.. Hughes is as great Judge as
2 Mr.. Root is lawyer. During the past
seven years he has had at least an
: equal experience in dealing officially
with international legal problems. AS
students of political history, they
stand upon an even plane. Is it not
safe to assume that Mr.. Hughes, a
sedulous official, has studied as closely
as Mr.. Root, private citizen, the sub
jects, vital to the welfare of the ma
ton, which have grown out OF the
great war? Would Mr.. Choate feel
less assured of ability and virility in
v the conduct of the affairs of the nation
v by Mr.. Hughes, at SIS, as President
s and Mr.. Root, as secretary OF State
i than by Mr.. Root, at II. as President
IS laden with the enormous burden Of
e that great office? Can Mr.. Choate sug
gest stronger combination or one
" more satisfying to us, the people, thar
(. that which we have indicated? Woulc
n he not, in truth and candor, concedt
J. that Mr.. Root, at three score ano
twelve, could render infinitely greater
If service as Secretary of State, charged
N only with the management of foreign
,e affairs, than as President, grievousl,
ID overwhelmed by domestic problems a.
ii we'll? So we, the people, soberly ant
d sincerely believe.
err AS between the Justice and TIL
il President "drastically independent
Nv public journal which can never be
long to any party" could have no pref
at erence. And yet, Overwhelmingly, tn
IN World not only vehemently demand
Ill less of possible consequences to tn
country, but sapiently insists tina
he Roosevelt will never permit his friend
X to vote for Hughes, and that,
a. Hughes should be nominated, Roose
he Welt will find an excuse to run agains
ril the man whom he refers to in privat
conversation as that Baptist hypo
n critic"
We, the people who have cherishe
k. Our Colonel in the past and continu
to wish him we'll, have no means c
y, learning and no wish to publish wha
may have been uttered "in private cor
20, versation." If it should develop, upo
trustworthy testimony, that M
,s Roosevelt did actually and deliberate
." ly apply to Mr.. Justice Hughes tn
opprobrious term quoted, our disr'
gard of its designed effect would /
, equalled only by the sense of shan
upon its author which would posse.
all decent minds.
" We, the people, care more for VIII
man is than for what he says.
we know him through and throue
;,v and believe in him, as we believed
I.ay., Washington, in Lincoln. and in Clev
'"S land, we do not need to be inform'
of his opinion upon every subject tn
. may come up. from peonage in MeN
CO to ruffled birds in the West l
dies. We do not think Mr.. Hughes
DetteT american tndn MI. NCoSeNS
but we think he is just as good. twi
as sound and many times as trustwo
thy. We do not rank him as high i
tellectually as Mr.. Root, but we pc
ceive none other who surpasses hi
in this regard, and we cannot but CO
slider the hazard, and perhaps t
wrong, of placing the tremendous bu
dens of the presidency upon the sho,
ders of a man who is living on "bc
rowed time" We do not know. indie
We doubt, that he is as keen a
shrewd in mind as Mr. Wilson, b
= we think he is more dependable, a
somehow or other we feel that he
more of a mana regular Teller"
thew saw on Cherry Hill, as contrast