The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-18
LowpEN OF ILLINOIS.
Some Statements About the Man Who
Would Be President of United States.

Representative Frank L. Smith, mem.
Der of the House of Representatives from
the 18th Illinois district, chairman of
the Illinois Republican state central
committee, in a formal statement pre-
senting the name of Governor Lowden
to Republicans for consideration in con-
nection with the nomination to be made
in 1920, pictures Governor Lowden as a
man capable of giving the country a
sound and capable administration and
described him as man OF decision who
would be able to deal in practical way
with bolshevsm and the Mexican prob.
lems There is in Representative Smiths
statement yelled allusion to the action
taken by Governor Lowden several years
| ago when he sent troops to Chicago to
interfere with the holding of meeting
Of radicals.
"The people at large said the an
Smith, believe that the Republican
party will be successful in the next gen.
eral election. This is no secret, and it
| Is more than partisan hope. One might
say it is the reliance of the great ma.
| jority in every community. Further,
J believe it is this reliance upon Repub.
| lican success which induces the country
to maintain pretty steadfast calm un.
der trying circumstances.
Great Issue to Be Met.
1--WE are burdened with heavier pub.
| lie debt than we ever dreamed of; we
are carrying heavier taxes than we ever
thought to carry. But we pay and wait
| for relief. There are occasional bomb
outrages and threats of more; loose
| tongued radicals are unusually frequent
and their prophecies are unusually wild
| But the great majority remain unterri-
fed of either approaching bolshevism or
impending anarchy. Mexico is in bad
mess and it is not improving; our for
eign relations in general are, to use a
mild word, unstable. Nevertheless, the
| country is not greatly excited. Rather,
in spite OF many efforts--some of them
violent and lot of them hysterical-to
/ get us excited, virtually all are sitting
steady in the boat and trusting to Re
publican success in 1920.
ut is a mighty good thing for the
country that the people are in this frame
Of mind Otherwise there might be real
menace in the occasional bombs and the
! frequent hysterieal threats to overthrow
! the whole structure of our government.
SIN these circumstances there is a
pretty heavy responsibility upon the Re
| publican party-the selection of candi-
rate who when elected, viii come up to
expectations. II is not the business of
party leaders, of course, TO hand pick a
candidate for the voters. But believe it
is their business TO direct public atten-
tention to a proper man-one who has
| the qualifications for the work cut out
for the next president. In other words,
the time has come for, Republicans to
begin TO talk candidates.
/ "Just now when you begin to talk
candidates you flush flock of 'favorite
sons But it is my notion that 1920
is not going to be good year for these.
So think Republican leaders should be.
gin to talk seriously about the man to
be nominated and not content themselves
with paying compliments.
Middle West Agrees.
"The middle west has already talked
candidates and we have agreed upon one
Governor Frank o. Lowden. We offer
him to the party as a man big enough
| for the lob.