The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-04
We think. it is not a mistake in
bringing before the public the names

OF those who aspire to be candidates.
for president Perhaps In no better
way can q just estimate be made Of
t1fe popularity Of The several parties
whose names are mentioned in con-
nectfon With.the Office. Just now there
seems to be a. disposition to place the
name Of General Wood before the
people IN order that his merits and
shortcomings may be- considered. 10
must be said that General Wood has
elements OF strength that point to him
al suitable candidate, but we doubt
if bringing HIS name out at this time
win present him to the public as a
candidate embodying characteristics
which WI insure his election II NOM
iiated. We confess that at one time
Neshad' "a Ieaning toward General Wood
and particularly because of the fact
that he had apparently been mistreat-
ed by the administration during the
war and deprived of the recognition to
which he was Justly entitled. That he
was kept in the background by Presi-
dent Wilson no one can truthfully
deny and the excuse offered for the
n1istreatment' accorded him was most
unsatisfactory. General Wood was too
much Of b republican and too much OF
"a friend OF Theodore Roosevelt to be
iii d position to receive any favors
from the administration. IT is said
that General Wood cannot count upon
the support of the colored people OF
the United States, and II this is true,
this fact itself would be sufficient to
eliminate him as candidate. We
also doubt if his training has been of
ouch character as to prepare him to
cope with the questions Of statesman.
ship that will arise for settlement dur
ing the next administrati ton.
We notice that Senator Johnson, OF
California, is being urged also as a
candidate. Senator Johnson has ele-
ments of strength which would COM
mend him to the American people.
He is a great and magnetic orator and
is counted as a friend of the peoples
He is exceedingly popular in California
and on the Pacific coast in general.
One thing that would initiate against
Senator johnson as a candidate for
president is the factjthat he is faction.
al In his relationship to the republican
party ana belongs to the class of re-
publican5 known as the progressiVes,
and is one of gths eight prOgressives
found in the United States senate. We
would not be surprised II during the
next two or three months his name
would be paraded before the Amerf-
can people as a desirable. candidate
Cor president, as his friends are now
urging him, not as favorite son, but
as a man big enough to command the
favorable consideration of the people
OF all sections OF the country.
We fear too little attention is being
given to the good roads movement and
the steps necessary to be taken to
comply with the law passed at the. last
legislature There is one way that the
money will be available from the auto
mobile fund and the federal govern
mert and that is to have the majority
of the people OF the county vote to
use the money for hard surfacing the
roads. The highway commission Of
the state holds that even by vote Of
the people this money cannot be used
for anything except hard surfacing OF
the roads, and that a gravel road is
not to be consid cred hard surface
road. In those counties. where the
gravel roads have been used for many
years the people are said to be dissat-
isfied with them. We notice that In
recent interview with Senator. Af1der-
son, Of Greene county. he makes the
statement that gravel roads are, not
satisfactory. Few counties in the
State have more gravel roads than
Greene county and Senator Anderson
ia. therefore able to speak advisedly