The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-06-22
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American public opinion, lh'n li'
publican presidential poFHhil iHpH lh
uoSt years mighty campaign ihI IN
four classes In the following PREF
ercntlal order
Ciass N--MaI Gen. leonard N'
Wood, a. =. A.; son. Hirnm w
johnson, California.
N Class I'--~cnutnr warren T..
ohio: GOV. Frank o..
Iowdcn, Illinois. Er-frrs, VII.
liam H. Taft, Connecticut.
Class C---scn Henry 4. Lodge,
MnssaC huHctts. Gen John !. Per
Ehinn, 4. \ A.. sen William J..
Rornh. Idaho; Sen. a. Z. khoh,
pcnnsylynuiN.
Glass D--EN-GoV. Charles 4.
Hughes New York sen. Irvine
Lcnroot, Wisconsin.
! have natrd those classes ana
the order within each class 20 re
fleet tho number OF times each or
those names intcrlockod ON the va
rious lists ~ "oligibloS' which wcr"
submitted by the various distin-
guishod Americans to whom nay IN
quirica were addressed. There np'
pears. subsequently IN this report a
compilation of the citizens who par
ticlpatcd I'm this referendum II will
be found sufficiently representative
ofahigh American public thought TO
make the polls results a thoroughly
substantial contribution 10 ConteW-
porary discussion aud speculation
upon next years republican pros
poets
Wherever have gone with this
inquiry, there has been q univer-
sally announced opinion that no
prophet can safely indicate, at this
distance, what the 1890 Republican
National Convention will do. Never,
In recent years. has there been more
uncertainty over political prohabili-
ties ltUia generally conceded that
developments during the next
twelve months may order next years
politics In totally unexpected direc-
tons. II is generally agreed that
Congress, In It's present and next
sessions, may prove 10 he forum
in which presidential boomH may
crystAliEe to an automatically com
manding degree. Much water will
run under the bridges before an
other Republican National Conven-
tion calls tho nations roll. Rut
everywhere upon almost every
tonEue--is q present inquiry as to
what the future has IN store In
terms Of political potentialitles
Everywhere debates are rampant II
was TO gauge present opinions upon
future possibilities that | went to
these one hundred representative
Americans for an expression. ana II
II tho result OF that referendum
which Ia here set down,
Opinions are chiefly valuable. In
an instance like this, becsuse OF their
source Therefore, probably the first
record should indicate who partioi-
pated IN this polt Happily am
able 10 quote many names. In n
majority OF instances, the opinions
were only given after an agreement
that they should remain anonymous.
But the names thai can be given are
an exact criterion or the class OF
names which comprise the entire
catalog. The total list OF 100 rep
rceents every state IN the union and
every classification OF men. II draws
upon soldiers and civilians alike.
Here are some OF the names ot some
OF tho distinguished Americans who
have been interview and whose
lists OF "eligibles' have figured In The
presidential arithmetic which In here
presented;
Governor Percival w Clement
Vermont; ex-Governor Samuel w
q
Samuel II. McKelvie. Nebraska:
United States senator Arthur Capper,
Kansas: oN-United States Senator
William Alden smith, Michigan. or
ford pinchot. Pennsylvania; Repre-
sentative Juseph q. Cannon. llnnulH
Governor Carl Il. Milllken, Maine,
Governor Henry J Allen, Kansas,
Col Frederick NJ Alger, Detroit
Michigan; Governor Robert D. Carey
~ II
dent First National hank, Chicago,
Illinois; President Ernest NJ Hop
kins. Dartmouth college. New llamp-
shire. Governor Lynn j. Frazier,
North Dakota; Governor Thomas ".
Campbell. Arizona; Governor W l.
Harding, Iowa Hon. Newton A, Rug -
be, formerly chairman New Jersey
republican state central committee;
Ex-Governor Chase s Osborn. Mich
igan; Hon. George A Bacon, chair
man Massac husetis republican sta;e
central committee; ex-senator
George Sutherland. eS-prcsidcnt
American bar association, Utnni
Clinton Rogers Woodruff PhiladcA
phia, secretary national municipai
league, etc, etc.
II il 10 this class ~ represcntntlv
Americans one hundred OF them
20 whom | went with this question
"Who In your present Judgment arc
republican presidential eligihlcs for
the Ig2O nomination.
II is "A report upon these answers
which follows
Tho two outstanding republicans
who in'cr-'ock on these lists most
generally are the two whn are &C
cordinEy set down IN "ClaTs A
among the "runu'rs'; Major Gem
craI Leonard \ wood and uultcn