The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-02-24

about the case ut all believe implicit
~ thar Roosevelt. when he was prcSi-
dent made his personal friend. Cap
tain-Doctor Leonard Wood hrigadier
general of the line in the American
| army. Cap;ain-DOctOr Wood of the
! regular army. who also at the time
| was a colonel of volunteers. was pro-
NOTED from his captaiucy to a bri@a-
/ dicr gencral~lip of the regulars by
/ William Mckinley. in February, 1901.
/ Throdor, Roosevelt. when he was
| president. did take two captains of
/ the army and make hrj-a3irr generals
/ ont Of Them one Of them WIS the
present Mai. Gen. John J. Pcr>hin-.
who commanded the expedition into
Mexico, and who has just been or
dCrrd back into the United States.
There w;LS something eff an upruHr
when the then president promoted
Per>hing because Of the fact that the
cavalry captain was jumped over the
heads of some hundreds of superior
officers. There was reason, however.
for Pcr>h.n@'S promotion.
Speculation About 1920.
President Wilson has not yet
taken the oath of Office for his
second term as president of the
United States and yet already busy
SpcculationS are circling round. like
the busy whisper in the schoolroom Of
the The Deserted Village" concern
ing who's to be who in the next presi
Dental campaign.
Perhaps it seems incredible that
tongues already are wagginC concern
ing the prospects of this man or that
man for high prefcrmcnt at the con-
ventiOnS which will meet three years
from next June. but such is the fact,
and there is 4 reason for il. In nor
mai circumstances, of course, 1t is not
to be expected that Woodrow Wilson
VIII be Il candidate 20 succeed him
self and therefore and thus early it is
that the busy whisper" concern itself
with the candidate or the candidates
for the next Democratic nomination.
So far as the Republicans are con-
ccrned, they feel an interest already,
and talking one. in the possible can
didate who. three years from next
summer may be expected to lead the
assault against Il Democracy en-
trenched for eight years. The new
Congressional Dictionary has just been
issued. Ii will he the last directory
to contain all the names of the mem
nF
With the coming of March there will
De new directory carrying the bur
len of good many names.
Are They in the Directory?
Now the Congressional Directory is
ugged into the presidential gossip
most cases this book has carried the
names of the two candidates to be
)itted against each other in the presi-
lential race.
Some may say that Woodrow Will
on's name was not in the Congress
ional Directory at the time that he ,
vas talked of for the presidency more ,
han four years ago. 1t was. The
James of the governors of the states
ppear in the Congressional Directory,
nd it does not take much of a men,
ry to retain the fact that Mr.. Wilson
TaS once governor of New Jersey.
The name of Charles f. Hughes was
4 the Congressional Directory during
II the time that he was being named
s a probable Republican candidate
nd during all the time that he re-
used to break silence on the subject
f his desire or lack of desire to enter
he contest. The Congressional Direc-
Dry carries the names of the chief
Istice and the associate justices Of
ne Supreme court.
Some StudiouS person who has
'oked over the new directory just as
has come from the press has discOv-
red that only two men have seen fit l
, put in their autobiOgraphies fur
lshed for the book the fact that they
ere candidates for the nomination of
heir parties for the presidency of the |:
nited States-Speaker Champ Clark
Dem.) and John w. Weeks (Rep.).
Some of the Possibilities.
In the new Congressional Directory,
Dwever. are to be found the names Of
good many men who have received
Dtes in either the Democratic or the
epublican national conventions for
le nomination for the presidency. :.
hOmas II. Marshall, vice president Of -,
le United States. was a favOrite son },
HOOsierdOm in the days of the con- -
nuance of the Baltimore convention =
1912. Oscar w. Underwood, Dem
rat, of Alabama, not only was his
ate's favOrite son, but he received
large number of votes in the cOnven-
IN. There are other Democrats in
q book who likewise received SUP
'rt for the nomination for the highest
lice in the land. :.
Now we turn to the Republicans and -
Q find Senator Lawrence Y. Sher- "
an, who received the great majority
the votes of Illinois on the first bal
at the Chicago convention last :"
miner. And there Is Senator Rob- ." a.
I NJ. La Toilette Of Wisconsin. who III
s figured in national conventions as
candidate several times. With them &c
e Senator Borah Of Idaho and Cum el
ms of Iowa and some others. Vi
A member Of congress the other day a.,