Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-11-14
THE i 1 NEXT PRESIDENT
Some Possibilities as the Field Now
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a. It is only: seven months till the poll
3, ticsl national conventions meet about
the summer solstice, to name tickets
for, the great quadrennial, political
event of 1890, and yet small attention
is, paid to the thing, possibly because
Henry Cabot Lodge is heading strike
against the benefcent policies and
lofty ideals of woodrow Wilson. The
crop of active ana receptive candidates
on the Republican side Of the hedge
,. is, legion, and on the Democratic side
tho crop OF receptive candidates is pro-
.lifc, If last December, the Republican
senate had, done all in its power to
support Wilson. in this great mission
aahrea d, and If that senate had prompt
: ly. ratified the treaty the president was
able 10 secure-and It would have been
a much better treaty than it is, if the
l Senate had acted as 1 Indicate, there
is, little doubt in my. mind, that the
c. o. P. would have reapsd immense
political advantage from the situation.
FCeitatnB the Democrats could not have
profited by the Issue Of world peace
that Is now becoming their greatest
asset. .. -.. " -.@
y: AT this, reading Governor Lowden OF
Illinois seems to be in the lead for
the Republican nomination. 1t Is said
that he has gained the support of
: ,IMayor Thompson, Of Chicago, who was
SS!!iiiot at ,all friendly while ago. He
halls from the state of Lincoln and
Grant, and 1t helps his fortunes that he
is not member Of f;either thouse of the
present copgressE Of the senate. ,es-.
-pec,ally.% He dwells on the east side
OF the Mississippi, and we may be sure
that, the Republican. bosses do not IN
tend. that the nomination shall cross
that might J. stream. 1t has been I'M
perttnently, il mot profanely, mention
ed that Governor Lowden is q son in
law Of the Pullman Palace: Car COM
panN me,ioply, concern not very
popular.with the travelling public. made
up of millions of voters. but It will be
awful handy when young Mr.. Hays
sets about the gathering of a campaign
fund, Boss Barnes, Of New York, is
claimed as a supporter OF Lowden, and.
II that is true, all that Lowden has to
do to make himself the pronounced
fayorite in the race is to annex Frank
Hitchcock, and send him on q tour of
the ssouth to ) mobilize the southern
deleeates,.a matter not at all: difficult
If Hitchcock can be made to see that
Lowden stands the best chance.
The friends of Gen. Leonard Wood
are quite active They claim he will
have the solid support Of New. England
in the convention, and that at least 80
per cent Of the friends Of the late Col.
Theodore Roosevelt in the ATLANTIC
states north Of the Potomac are en-
Enthusiastically for him. 1t is notorious
that the itreconcAable standpat .ele-
ment Of the Republican party hate
woodrow Wilson with more than the
malice that envenomed the heart Of
- Balzac's horrible old maid, Cousin
Bette, and they imagine that it would
be the sweetest revenge to make Wood
the; successor Of Wilson in the White
House. 1t is matter of minor, or in
significant moment, to them that with
Wood president we would have i'm
mediate war with Mexico, which, re-
gardlass of the merit of the quarrel,