The Washington herald., 1919-09-25
POLITICS
By The Occasional Prophet

The friends Of Governor Frank o.
I.owden. OF Illinois. are quite gIee-
fully showing . letter around in
which the late Col. Roosevelt indi-
Gated that he regarded the govern
or as his confidant. The letter was
in relation to the /2eech that Col.
Roosevelt made at Springfield,
Mass, a few months before his
death. The Colonel said: will you
please have copy Of my Spring
field speech made in triplicate: one
to go to Hays chairman of the
national committee: one to go to
Governor Lowden with the enclosed
note The Lowdenites say this
proves that II Roosevelt were living
he would be for their man for tho
Presidency. On such slender threads
sometimes hangs the destiny OF a
political party.
When Governor Lowden was in
Washington the other day he was
accorded unusual honors on the
floor OF the House. Recess was
taken and the governor was the
center OF an admiring crowd.
Quite different was the recent
visit OF Governor JSnes p Good
rich. Of Indiana, who. too. is a can
didate for the Republican Presiden-
tial nomination. None OF the thir-
teen Republican Representatives or
either OF the two Republican Sena-
tors from Indiana took the gov
ernor in tow. At least they didn't
arrange any reception in Congress
for him.
1t may be that the dne halftone
picture of Governor I-owdens 81
100000 residence, which has been
sent out on some of the Lowden
campaign liteature. is more fasci-
mating to Republicans in Congress
than would be q picture of Gov
ernor Goodrich's grain elevator at
Winchester. Ind
At any rate, there is some feeling
between Governor Goodrich's ad-
mirers in Washington and the Con-
Eressional delegation over the fail
ure TO give him equal honors with
the lllinoisan.
The defeat Of Nugent for the
Democratic nomination for governor
: Of New Jersey causes no tears at
the White House. Nugent ran as
an anti Wilson candidate. Evident
ly New Jersey still likes the Presi-
dent.
Incomplete returns from Tues
days New Jersey primaries indics tod
today that Newton a. X. BuTbee.
STATE controller. a steel contractor
of Trenton. had won the Republican
nomination for governor. and that
! Edward I. Edwards. a Jersey City
banker. gained the Democratic nom
ination.
with 531 districts missing out Of
the ".011 in the State. Controller
Bugbee received 45.S57 votes. while
his nearest opponent. Governor Will
liam n. Runyon, received 39.210.
Mr.. Edwards. with 6S4 districts
missing. received 1856 votes, and
James r. Nugent OF Newark. his
nearest opponent. polled 34,240.
Nugent was an out-and-out wet.
while Edwards is a dry.
Complete returns from the Massa-
chusetts primary showed the nomi-
nation of Richard II. Long for gov
ernor by the Democrats by a vote
of more than twice that OF his
three opponents combined The
vote was: Long. 53.627; former
Governor Eugene n. Tess l1.15S:
former State Senator George. F.
-Monahan. e.71s. and Frederick S.
Deitrik. former Representative in
Congress- Ace.
Governor Coolidge. Lieutenant
Governor Claiming H Cox. >Secre-
tary of State Albert P. I.angtry
and Auditor Alonzo B. Cook were
renominated by the Republicans
without opposition
John F. P. Herbert. of Worcester.
formerly colonel of a regiment in
the Twenty-sixth Division. was the
unanimous choice of the Democrats
for the nomination for lieutenant
governor.
. The only soldier candidate" Of
the Republican ticket Frank :
Perkins. who was lieutenant colonel
; in Yankee Division regiment was
defeated in q six-cornered contest
for the nomination for State treas
urer. He ran second to state Rep
resentative Fred ] Burrell