Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1919-05-21
BY EDWARD 9. CLARK.

BY EDWARD 9. CLARK.
Washington.-A somewhat fiaring
headline in the political section of a
Washington newspaper reads, "'Favo-
rite Sons Bloom With Spring" 1t
seems hardly necessary TO say that
the expression 'Fayorite Sons" means
the candidates of two great political
parties for the presidential nominal
ton.
The truth is that some of the favor
ties have been blooming for quite a
time, while others have been in the
bud state waiting for the warmth of
the sun of recognition to unfold their
petals for them and to tincture the
air with such fragrance as they may
happen to have.
There are enough Of these blooming
ones to make fine bouquet OF course
the blossoms must be divided into two
punches, one labeled Democratic" and
the other labeled "Republican." The
Republican bunch is much bigger than
the Democratic bunch simply because
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publican garden have had the courage
or the folly, whichever word suits best,
TO open up with a view to claiming
attention.
There has been little shrinking
hesitancy shown in the confines of the
Democratic garden because even some
of the sturdy plants of their own volt
ton have been a little backward in
coming forward" There is still some
thought in Democratic headquarters in
Washington that there is a possibility
Mr.. Wilson may decide TO run again
for the presidency. Truthfully speak
ing there is comparatively little stock
taken in this theory in any quarter in
the capital, but 1t seems generally TO
be admitted that If by any chance the
president shall evince a readiness to
stand again for the high office, no
other Democrat will aspire to defeat
him for the nomination.
Four Democratic Flowers.
Leaving the present incumbent of
the office out of consideration, the
Democratic bouquet today contains
four flowers with the possibility that
others may he added later To get
away from the floral figure. the men
most talked of for the Democratic
| nomination are William Gibbs McAdoo,
Champ Clark, James NJ. Cox, governor
of Ohio, and A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania. attorney general of the
| United States.
The Republican candidates, or those
who their friends say may be candi-
/ dates. are like the shells on a Cape
Cod seashore. Here are the names
most frequently heard: Leonard
Wood, Irvine L. LenroOt Philander
Chase Knox, Warren G. Harding,
James P. Goodrich, Frank o. Lowden,
Albert b. Cummins, William S. Ken
yon, Hiram w. Johnson. William How
ard Taft, Arthur Capper, William L.
Borah and James A. Watson. Perhaps
some names have been left out, but
when you get such a multiplicity of
them, oversights may be forgiven.
House, office and apartment leases
In Washington expire October 1. Then
come the renewals or the taking of
new places. Already the friends of all
! the presidential aspirants of both par
| ties are looking for October headquar-
| ters for their favorites. All next fall
and all next winter and way up into
the spring there will be rival political
shops, hammering away at business In
this town. Press agents will be EN-
plOyed to set forth the virtues of this
| man or that man as being of the tran
scendent kind. virtues which no rival
candidate can for a moment truth
fully claim to possess.
Mean Talk Only Temporary.
One of the curious phases of the do
ings in the various political headquar
tiers in Washington just before the
presidential nominations is the entire
abandon with which the friends of one
candidate call other candidates names
To read the matter which is put Ou
from one headquarters concerning tht
favorite son of another headquarters
one would think there could be NJ
healing of the breach between the TIVE
principals involved, although they be
long to the same political party. 1t il
the custom for the champions of ont
Republican candidate to say entirel!
mean things about other Republican
candidates, and the same rule hold!
true in all Democratic headquarters
Then ordinarily what change Jun'
brings The conventions have beer
held two men have been nominated
and the first work of the various head
quarters In Washington is to burn al
that remains of the printed or writer
TRADES against the successful ones
Two Health Campaigns.
Two great campaigns are being di
rected from Washington to brini
health into the world.
Mai. Gen. William c. Gorgas, VIII
recently retired from the army afte
having gone through the war as SUI
geon general of the United States |
today in South America planning t
wipe yellow fever off the face of IN