The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1919-11-13
WYOMING'S SECRETARY OF STATE
DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL
POSSIBILITIES
POSSIBILITIES

Hon. w. E. Chaplin, Wyoming's secre-
tary of state and editor of the Laramie
Republican, recently read very interest
ing paper before members of the Young
Mems Literary club at Cheyenne. The
subject assigned to him was "PreSiden-
tial Possibilities" which he covered in
pleasing manner, bringing out points
which will be borne in mind as the cam
paign approaches. We deal with some
of his strong points in the following para
graphs.
He admitted that he was not in accord
with Editor Lorimer of the Saturday Ev-
ening Post, who recently declared editor
tally for business man for the job, and
Mr.. Chaplin felt that John Wanamaker
was about the only individual who could
meet his description, and John was 81
years old.
He felt that only one man was serious
ly being considered by the Democrats and
that was the present incumbent. He
thought it was now within Woodrow Will
sons power to take the nomination him
self or name the Democratic candidate 1t
had been suggested that McAdoo was the
heir apparent, while other receptive can
didates in the Democratic party were
Champ Clark, Secretary Daniels and Sec
rotary Baker. Many others would be
pleased to receive the nomination, but Mr..
Chaplin thought they were not in the run
ming. He thought Champ Clark might
Just as well be eliminated, even if he was
the only man who had ever received ma
ioritv of the votes in a national Demo-
cratic convention without afterwards re-
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rise to the heights expected of him by his
party
Mr.. Daniels, after having passed thru
more severe newspaper criticism than
any other cabinet officer in the past gen.
Grafton, with the exception of Mr.. Burle-
son, had finally succeeded in putting the
navy in excellent shape, which makes him
possibility but not probability. Mr..
Baker has also done much towards clean
ing his skirts of the criticism which was
passed upon him early in the war, and
his name will undoubtedly come before
the convention.
Taking the Republican side he referred
to Senator Warren G.. Harding, whose
name has been mentioned, but who recent
ly announced that he would not be can
didate Seator Hiram Johnson "a native
son of the Golden state, is a positive can
didate, and is one of the most forceful
speakers, is the strongest candidate that
ever appeared from the west, and his feat
in carrying his state by majority of
100000 votes, while the presidential can
didate on his ticket lost the state, has
never been paralleled in American pol.
tics.
He referred to Senator Miles Poindex-
ter of Washington, as a man of wonder
full character, but did not feel that ne
would get very far against Hiram John
son. Taking up the military side of the
game he pointed out that in the history of
the United States there had never been a
war which has not produced president
from among its general officers. The
Revolution made Washington the natur-
al candidate and the people turned to him
almost without division; 1872 brought
Andrew Jackson to the presidential chair;
the Civil war gave us Grant, Hayes, Gar.
field and Mckinney, and the Spanish AM
erican war produced the Immortal Teddy.