The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-12-19

ttbo r,,t1.s is striking proof that
has puolic mind of the United States
naa changed Twenty-Five years APO
h,n rrmce Albert coat and wide
.ia.. a.n nat and ability to thunder srt
p,a'l.uues IN a baritone voice were
Amos, m essentials TO political success
mower would have been as out ~
piace IN politics as a bricklayer in a
caparet Here is a man who has
wealth. and cares nothing for the ma.
.eriai success involved. who sbaws
no siishtest craving for publicltv fnr
us own sake; who does moi seem "a
represent class nor a point of view.
VINO mas nothing to reccommend hin,
LOT the Job except canacify for
,iailuiihg large enterprises and an IN
.ss,ltS that seems not to be question:
gu =! anyone lie is a stranger in our
poiitical arena, and the racI tina, We
ano" MN 10 be there at all is nrasf
that we are changing = -
IN the forefront of Republican can
uluates stands GeneralL Leonardvyoo
oi announcer type, but none The less
quite different from the candidate
brand OF the past. His camnaipn ie
not being made on the basis ~ his
Delng military hero. but unon tbs.
claim that he is a proven eyecntivc
a man who gets things done
Inc american president for the
neAt iouf years will find his task
logically dividing itself into two
sfeat responsibilities of meet
ing the industrial situation at home.
ana OF giving America it's proper in
ternational position in re-made
world. The industrial situation at
nome Is matter OF primary interest
TO the public. 1t is affecting every
man, woman and child because 1t has
TO 40 with the daily supply of food
and clothing for each and every one
Upon the handling of that situation
depend such issues as the presence Of
fire in the CRATE, the TRANSFORMATION
Facilities OF the nation, the chance of
the individual TO work that his chill.
dren may live-the very continuance
OF the government itself.
And this is not the only problem.
The shelves of the world are empty
World industry has been paralyzed for
half a decade, and will be sorely han.
dlcapped for years to come The Unit
ed States, OF all nations. has enor-
NOUS industrial capacities. and with
unlimited financial resources. For
her the door of opportunity is wide
open, and for her there is no bar TO
entrance. Whether or not she makes
the best of this, her golden opportun-
ity for gathering trade foothold in
the marts of the world will depend
largely upon the administration of
her affairs for the next four years.
M lin ig {,.x -.
citation of these vital facts. The
friends one meets at home, the men
he talks to on railroad trains, the edi- I
torials he reads in newspapers, cause
him to realize that there is a know
ledge abr0Ra In the land OF the re- |
sponsibilities that will rest upon the !
next chief executive. Old fashioned |
politics are in eclipse. The old is
sues between the parties do not hold
good. Where the Democrats were ac-
customed to so deport themselves as
to be regarded as the party particu- /
larly friendly to organized labor, they |
are today arrayed in titanic contest /
with certain groups of that element.
While the Republicans were of old !
the party of expansion, the party that
favored Americas stepping bodily /
forth and assuming its share of world
they are today adyo-
eating the doctrine of magnificent iso-
ation. The old issues are turned top
sy tury. There are no new ones to
lake their place. Both parties prom
se to- write platforms based largely Il
IN Americanism and differing little.
So the situation is developing in
such a way that the cadidate is the
natter of dominating interest. The
parties are following the public in
heir desire to find just the right sort
If man to handle the big job ahead. 4