The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1916-04-06

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Guard and vice versa Hughes look
like the best bet, despite the uncer
tainty as to whether or not he vii
make the race, or whether he woulC
prove satisfactory 10 his home stats
Of New York.
In discussing the widespread de-
mand for Justice Hughes, the Boston
Transcript says:
The call for Hughes now coming up
from the people in every part Of the
country voices first of all a popular
demand for leadership in the day
Of the nations danger. Through three
long years thousands Of Americans
have watched and waited for their
president TO take his ear from the
ground, turn his eye from the crowd
TO the front and shoulder with fear
less heart and certain mind the grave
responsibilities that have crowded
thick and fast upon the government.
The determination TO draft Mr..
Hughes Is not surprising when we
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resolution in the present and his
qualification for future service. II is
not too much to say that the mass
of the people who are determined 10
conscript him as their leader in this
crisis are in heroic mood. They
are well aware that the national all
ment requires a heroic remedy. They
are tired Of the type of politician
who chucks his constituents under the
chin and plasters them day after day
with promises he cannot fulfill. They
resent the memory of the deplOrable
spectacle of 1912 when a president
and an ex-president of the United
States chased each other over the
country in the prosecution of a per-
sonnl quarrel. That experience has
prejudiced them against the operation
Of the presidential primary, and caus-
ed them to view with suspicion any
active candidacy for the highest Of
fee in their gift. They remember
with pride the contrasting record OF
MIR. Hughes, who was conscripted
twice and twice elected governor OF
New York. They enthuse at the rec
objection of the thoroughness and the
courage with which he cleaned house
in the insurance scandals; the we'll
nigh reckless independence with when
he refused to allow Mr.. Barnes to
make a dummy of the chief executive
AT Albany; at the effectiveness win
which he flayed Mr.. Bryan from the
Atlantic seaboard TO the Far Middle
West in the campaign of 1908, ana
proved himself the most powerful
champion on the stump OF progress
sjye Republicanism and virlle Amer
icanism that appeared in that cam
paign. Nothing has pleased them
more because il confirms their best
indictment Of his character, than the
refusal of Mr.. Hughes TO sanction the
nee Of his name in advance OF the con-
yention for any political Office. Ihey
share his aversion TO any association
Of prrtisan politics with the great
tribunal of which he is member
They are content that he shall remain
az his most until the call comes. lhelr
,,,,,.nose is TO conscript him without
consultation, mindful of the opinion
of Abraham Lincoln that not even
member Of the supreme court rs ne
vond the call of his countrymen IN
nenrc or war. or dare decline 70 serve
Them in the post they designate.
There seems little doubt as to VINO
will be the Democratic standard bear
err. Still. in gloating over prospects
Of Republican discord, it shouldn't
be forgotten that all is not unity IN
the Democratic camp. Coneeding the
nomination to Wilson, that doesn't
mean he would have united Demo
cracy behind him. Bryan seems ready
TO bleed and die in opposition TO pre-
paredness. and while he hasn't the
following which used to cheer ana
vote for him, he is still a great cam
paigner, and the ablest political orator
of the Democratic fold. Perhaps he
will get in line, but if he shouldn't,
and if he should get the financial
backing Of Henry Ford and his mil
lions. he would kick up disturbance
which would certainly mean trouble
If not diseaster for the Wilson ma
chine. This campaign offers new IS
sues and complications for both Sides
and many interesting events are due
between now and the first Tuesday
after the first Monday Of next Noyem-
Der.