Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-11-05
M'ADOO FOR. PRESIDENT.
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M,An00 E0p- PRESIDENT.
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party VIII be asked ~ ms ff1enos g ncnln.ss
william Gibbs McAdoo for president ana, Il
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friends will attempt to Impress on the public
consciousness Tho thing, that McAdoo has done.
and will claim th2f In these performances no
Job.
There really ought TO be more talk Of presi-
Dental possibilities. The politicians and the
public men who have up their lightning rods
are getting bit peevish because the public
interest 10 conferred on such mere trines a.
coal for the cellars OF all Of ~. and establish
ing machinery for the conduct OF world anaars
in the future. They want to NOV VINO = -
be the standard bearer ne6 year. A isr -
the Democrats are concerned. there seems 70
be but q few names mentioned. and these only
occasionally. The first OF these u McAdoo.
This man McAdo0 started out BY driving the
first of the tunnels under the Hudson river.
It was a mans job, done like man. He went
from Tennessee up to New York and won ms
way to this accomplishment. he was Wify'
on-the-open executive. He got Things zone.
Then he came down to VasainSton ana. De-
came secretary Of the treasury. There ne
made many new and big measures realty.
To be sure he worked IN neicuieah umoc. ou'
even before the war ne nao o0ae Dig lniAks'
There was the farm loan board. 1or instance.
which has put out Sl6O00O000 IN loans 70
farmers at interest much lower tnan tney werS
ever able to get before. 1t has made 1t pos
sible for any owner OF farm land TO get money
on reasonable terms. McAd0O, mis- frlends say
is responsible for this and the farmers should
appreciate the fact He should get the farmer
vote.
Then there is the federal reserve system OF
banking. It became q Jaw ana WAS nrst opsI-
ated under the direction OF Secfetary McAooo.
1t has solved the currency rld0le OF the natlOn
I-aggravation OF century. It handled the
stupendous burden Of financing the war. Give
the credit to McAdoo.
McAd0o was the man who hrst pushed the
shipping board idea in congress. although that
the legislation for two years. Otherwise the
war might have been won more quickly.
McAdoo was the daddy of war risk insurance
as substitute for pensions, and the war risk
bureau. an agency Of the treasury department.
has been mailing out checks by the million
ever since. There are lots Of people who tie
into the war risk bureau. 1t forms link to
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Then there were two stupendous non-milt-
tary Jobs at home, each ranking near the top
among all OF the big jobs-getting the money
to fight the war and hauling war supplies
down to sea board. Either Of these was task
for superman. But. say his admirers. McAdoo
handled both Of them as side lines while con-
Quoting the war duties of q cabinet member.
Mr. McAdoo toured the country when he
was establishing the farm loan board, meeting
many people. He toured 1t again when the fed
er.i reserve banks were being established.
During the war he went alls around the map
three separate times. On all these trips he
met many people important people. Ee has
a. very wide acquaintance People who know
him are likely to be for him.
4 was as a Liberty loan speaker that the
secretary was at his best. He warned up on
this job. He gave the impression OF being an
American down to the roots, fearfully IN earn
est in the midst OF q titanic struggle. He was
] battling with the Hun. People got to feel that
McAdoo was Of the lighting stuff from which
true patriots are made-scrappy patriots with
teeth. He made lot OF friends on his Liberty
loan drives. Every one OF those loans was q
stupendous success. He did the job.
! Then there was the Job OF running the rail-
roads Of the nation, operating trackage that