Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-09
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ties is reported to Ice kocucr ihau in
mnny years. And the uublir is SUP
posed to have its mind made up. as it
has not in many campaigns This ac-
counts tor the extraordinary confidence
that prevails in the gathering Once
~ u while You encounter man who
'ays there i4 ogcrcouidcucc aud that
II" is afraid
But Il j. plain that his fear is the
professional fear Of the politician. based
on lhat political maxim that tac greatest
dengrr to 4 party is To enter II cam
paign believing il is sure Ia win But
most OF The men here have abandoned
that maNim. They believe that this is
th" olic year in which il is impossible
tu he too confident
30 far aS candidates ar" concerned
il is ndlniitcd that the Wood pro-
motrrs havn stolen Il march upon his ri
walls. Their" is such thing ms begin
ming too soon. When the Wood pro
motors started in. the others looked at
their political calendars and said 1T
is IL long way to June. Let him try
II he wants to.
Hitchcock Works for Wood
Harding played safe. He wanted to
hc sure of the spnatorship if he missed
the presidency. lSy the time he was as
Sured of the Scnatorship the Wood can
didacy had long lead Il had been
well advertised, aud in politics it pays
to advertise.
All that is known of the Wood can
didacy is that Frank H. Hitchcock is
busy in the South. There is no certain
evidence that Mr.. Hitchcock has the
promise Of any considerable number OF
delegates in the South. But there he is
mystcriousIy posturing. magnificently
active.
1t is good advertising to have Mr..
hitchcock 90 into the South for you.
The paper" carry spread heads, about
il. Every four years Mr.. Hitchcock
goes into the South. His choice Of Il
candidate is an important political in
dication. He is sort of gooscbonc
weather prophet of politics. Four years
ago he Indicated Hughes. This time he
indicates Wood, A tremendous fact.
Now the Wood candidacy is made up
Of tremendous facts like this There
is Mr. Hitchcock There is Mr.. Per
kinS, there is Mr.. Hanna. As you read
the names You. think You hear a Ger
over, the powerful Roosevelt tradition.
to which General Wood is the undis-
puted heir. That is all fine advprtis-
ing.
But it is not TO be forgotten that a
large part of candidacy is advertis-
ing As one man put it VIRTUALLY the
Wood movement is nothing yet but psy-
Geological. 1t is big thing. the one
candidacy.
Lowden Soon to go Over Top"
\ lot of practical gentlemen are meet
ing in Washington and over them hangs
this big psychological factor. They think
in terms of delegates. The Wood people
think in terms of advertising.
There is a sign that some people
here are beginning to think of meeting
advertising with Advertising For rx-
ample it is said that Governor Lowden
will shortly go over the cop"
Going over the top is fine spec
tacular thing. 1t is good advertising.
But it must be done gallantly There
must not be anything crude about the
way in which the Wood psychology is
COuntcraCtcd s
The movement is still forsaninStructcd
ritoTy. the South. but the feeling is
that on account Of presidential prefer
cuce primaries you cannot beat some
body with nobody. Therefore the deter
minatiOn to go over the top Others
will follow LowGcn
Meanwhile in this atmosphere Of
confidence and candidates all is NOT
mere talk The practical side of a
great political war is not neglected.
Tomorrow the committee probably will
| approve the plan of Chairman Hays to
| limit individual contributions to $1,000
| "A dollar up is the proposed slogan TO
| bring the coins rafting into the party's
/ war chest.