The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1919-01-17
Washington Letter.
The Republican Nominee

washington, Jan. IA. Inc hepuD-
lican Publicity Association, through
its President, Hon. Johnathan Bourne,
Jr., today gave out the following sta
tement from it's Washington Head
quarters:
"That the next president of the
United States will be, Republican
is indicated by all the signs of the
times. There rests upon the rank and
file of the Republican party, there
fore, the responsibility of selecting
the man who shall be their nominee,
and, as a consequence, the chief exc
cutive of the nation. We say that
the responsibility rests upon the rank
and file, for, under present systems of
nomination, the voters exercise a very
direct influence upon the choice. In
fact, nearly third of the states have
! presidential primaries
"In discussion of the nomiantion of
candidates and the election of Pres
ident in 1920 it will be fortunate for
the country and for the Republican
Party if discussion of types of men
shall precede discussion of individuals.
1t will be we'll if we get away from
the notion that candidate should be
chosen chiefly upon the theory that he
is good "vote getter," with minor
consideration of the sort Of record he
will make when elected. The duty
resting upon Republicans is to select
as their nominee the man who will
probably serve the nation best, if
elected, and then if their candidate be Z
not elected, the responsibility will not
be theirs. 1t will also be well to get
away from the fallacious and mis- !
chievous notion that a candidate must
be selected because of geographical To-
cation. 1t is wicked perversion of !.
popular government to assume that d
man is barred from the presidency
either because he occupies an Office in
New York or has his habitat among
the growing industries of far off Ari-
zona. sse n.
"What this nation needs, first Of all,
is a President who believes in the
American system of governments
a government divided into three,
branches, legislative, executive and
judicial, each performing faithfully
and efficiently it's own duties and not
attempting to dictate the acts or poll
cies of the others. Experience has
shown that waste and inefficiency re-
suit from neglect of administrative du-
ties by an executive who tries to run
the legislative branch of government.
"This nation needs President who
had broad training and experience in
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of government. We have suffered ir-
remediable injury from the halting
and vacillating eccentricities of theor-
lists whose chief skill is in making fine
phrases that mean anything or moth
ing as subsequent events may make
expedient. We need President whose
associations and sympathies have been
with the producers of the country, for
upon the prosperity of the producers
the future greatness of this nation
must rest. We use the world 'produc-
ers' in it's broadest sense. Some con-
sideration, but of a secondary sort.
may be given to people who class
themselves only as consumers.
"There are three classes of men
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unfit them for the Presidency. These
are school masters, professional mill
tary men, and men who have served
long on the bench. Men of these class
es have been removed from close rela-
tion with the world of affairs. They
have become accustomed to receive
obsequious obedience. They have
formed the mental habits of dicta-
tor-habits that are accentuated rath-
er than overcome by election to the
Presidency. This country needs SER
want, not master, in the White
House. Under our form of govern
ment, the people, through their repre-
sentatives in Congress, make the laws,
and the President is charged with the
duty of executing them.
"There are plenty of men in the Re-
publican party who have the qualifca-
tions for successful administration of
the Office of Chief Executive. Full,
friendly and frand discussion will
bring them to public attention"
KAISER AL
The clerks in the New York City
post office are up in arms over the
petty tyranny to WHICH they are SUBJ
jected by the Democratic politician
who presides over that Office The
National Federation of Postal EN-
ployees, with headquarters at Wash
ington, gets out legislative news bull
letin, which is sent to members of the
Federation throughout the country.
Among other things the bulletin con-
tains resume of proceedings in Con-
gress Of interest to the postal SER
vice, including excerpts from the Con-
gressional Record. 1t is the practice
of the New York Postmaster, acord-
J ing to the charge of his employees, to
J censor each issue Of the bulletin. II
the items Of news are laudatory of the
Burleson administration then the pap
er is given official sanction and posted
on the bulletin boards. If. however,
the policies of Mr.. Burleson are criti-
cized the offensive truths are blocked
and the entire bulletin is suppressed.
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