Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1919-10-10
For President.

Many men already being mentioned for President
of the United States Mostly they are favorte sons,
welknoWn Names warranted to tit any issue, ike tne
paper on the wall National politics is being staged as
it was played in 1916 1912 and back in the oilcothcape
kerosene torch era when the longest line told who was
the better and the brightest fambeaux best carl-
fed the issues.
In those prehistoric times politicians first put up
man who had caught the popular fancy started him off
with catch phrase and then built platform under him.
This at best fmsy structure, it's weakness con-
cealed in red-white-and-Due bunting of apromising
words Personalities took precedence over ideas. Elec
tions largely sporting events in which the best men
usually won-and the country in luck that so many
good did win But the old methods out Of order
of date. The present candidates. are premaUure
This year the country must first nominate few we'll
known ideas for the presidency and then about the
business finding the right to carry them into Of
flee and effect Problems irs clearly stated; promises
next unequfvocally given then the man. That would
be about the proper procedure for all the parties
this year.
Fundamentally simple as our problems are any kind
of President cannot meet them Only one particular
kind of man will do The simple, commonsense
rules that guide in hiring for job must be
used in picking someone for the big job.
Presidents often get point where they cannot
quite realize that OF the people, and people
never quite realize government as OF themselves 10
them it has been thing apart, higher power ma
chine shapes them Father than that they shape
They have bowed their heads taxation and have looked
nconcernedly while the money was wasted There IS
popular deluSion that out OF ScotyS Death
Valley mine; that you take more out of a business
than YOU put into it; that you blow in nations
surplus and still have it, that you get-and keep
high wages cheap food short hours by passing few
laws
Our problems are first and last economic-that is,
straight business with production
and distributions production better dstr1bu-
ton. Only broad gagged sympathetic common-sense,
theground man, understanding farming and it's
problems manufacturing and it's problems selling and
ifs nrOhIo will H
will play captaistc favortes for the sake of friend
shp and labor ayorites for the sake of votes Such
mans creed would be: A fair chance for all classes
aud ootng of any class for the benefit OF any
other He would he an American of the Americans and
concerned about what kind of men become Americans.
He would give attention to the quality of immgra
grafton than its volume and he would start little in
voluntary emigration.
Our.candidate must be one who will put duty above
a second term The right man can do for his
countrys welfare in the four than average
President in three average terms He must be the kind
OF man that employee gave full days work and
afraid to heap the measure; and as an en-
poyer something than set of side Whiskers
impersona Jehovah in white Waistcoat to his men,
He could have a singletrack mind II the goods
moved over it.
The platform of our candidate, reduced to its SIM
plest terms should read something like this:
Work starye.
Save want.
Play together or you'll play hell.
Be good American get out.
This is short platform but large order. 1t can be
filled After we have found and nominated our the
curious ask him what his politics is 1t will not
make any difference whether he is Republican or
Democrat. It has not made any difference for long
time. There party issues-ony American issues
Postmaster Matt Stapeton, of Rhinelander, is
mentioned as possible candidate for Congress
next year on the Democrat ticket That is good
news after the bonehead play of 18th District
Democrats last year in emitting to place candi
date in the field at all. Some head work that was.
with the best chance to win in ten years or more.
We are glad to see some signs of life stirring even
though it may be due to the fact of just awaking
to the knowledge that unless the party wins again
next year it is apt to be out of power long time