The daily banner., 1919-07-28
CANDIDATES OUT
FOR PRESIDENCY
Rec :rd Number of "BOOms"
have Been Started.
LEsGUE OF NATIONS ISSUE
Senators, Governors and Others in a
Free-for-AiI Race for the Nami-
nation.

Washington, July 2S.-Never in
American history have so many men
asp.l,d 10 the presidency of the
lated States as today.
I'he busy post-beIlum days, with
t!.n.l pregnant problems OF peace anu
rec. fraction, their predictions OF
wl.!er field OF action Tor the govern
meat, and charges 81 dire disaster to
tb.. country if certain projected steps
are taken are no deterrnt to the po-
i!;cal ambitions of many Amrican
cl izens.
candidates for the presidential
nomination in both of the principal
pu!ltical parties are almost TOO nu-
nnrous t.} nfnntion. and any list which
Al er;,}.s 10 cover The field certainly
viii overlook somebody whose hopes
III the good political judgment of the
American people are just now run
ming high.
A casual survey of the situation
discioses more presidential bOOms and
boomlets than the voter has any idea
of. a circumstance which leads to the
inevitable conclusion that the faith
of many leading Americans in the fu-
ture of the country is not shaken by
warnings of possible disaster.
At least twenty eligibles can be
mentioned who are willing to under
take the task of plotting the ship OF
state through the breakers ahead.
They include United States senators,
governors of states, cabinet and ex-
cabinet membrs, former president,
soldiers and others in varying fields
OF activity.
The most conspicuous bOoms at this
time are on the Republican side OF
the political fence, although Demo
Gratis are active for various leaders.
OF the Republican booms the most
active are for Frank o. Lowden, gov
ernor of Illinois; Senator Warren G
Harding, of Ohio, who has been in
the field probably longer than any Re
publican aspirant, and Major General
Leonard Wood.
General Wood, entirely without his
sanction, has been brought forward
as the leading military candidate Of
the Republicans. There has been some
talk of inducing General Pershing to
aspire to the presidency on his war
record, but the commander-in-chief OF
the American expeditionary force has
turned a deaf ear to all proffers on
this subject and an early boomlet for
him which originated in Ohio has been
left to its own devices.
The issue over the peace treaty and
the league of nations is, of course, ,
involved in the politics of the coun-t
try, and there are many men in the
senate who are being mntioned for
the presidency, bcause of this issue.
Senator William E. Borah, of Idaho
the most relentless foe of the leagne
of nations, has been considered as
possibility. Should the leage be de +,
feated Borah might be considered :
but he is so out of sympathy with old ;
line Republicans that his nomination:
is generally considered as improbable ,
Other Republican senators listed a. ,
presidential possibilities are Knox, of
Pennsylvania, former secretary Of
state; Lodge, of Massachusetts, now =
the majority leader in the senate and
chairman of the foreign relations COM ,
mittee in charge of the peace treaty :
Hiram Johnson, of California, pro-
gressive and former running mate of
Roosevelt; both Cummins and Ken ,
yon, of Iowa; Kellogg, of Minnesota =
Poindexter, of Washington, a progress
sive Republican whose boom was
launched in the west a few days ago;
Watson, of Indiana, one Of the
staunchest Of the old guard type of
Republicans; Calder, of New York
Spencer, Of Missouri, and Curtis, of
Kansas.