Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-04

VIII May Prove Mythical
So General Woods claims seem to
rest upon the last will and testament
which may prove to be mythical; upon
his known close association with the
former holder of the estate upon his
dislike Of Mr. Wilson and Mr.. vii.
sons dislike of him ns tending to cs
tablish strong family resemblance to
the late owner; upon silence and soft
trcadinG, which though difficult. i,
often wise. aHI laiiou Frank Hitchcock
and his movements in the dark.
The claims Of Senator Johnson. the
rival, rest first upon JohnSon-hc wants
the estate, which is good reason why
he should have it second. upon close
association with the former owner and
strong family resemblance. in the opin =
ion of some, to him, and upon dislike
of Wilson. acquired, in the opinion OF
many, since 1916. but nevertheless a
perfectly good man sized dislike; upon
noise and loud treadng; upon the pos
session of a big Stick--whrthcr it is
the Big Stick is for the court to decide
and finally--no resume would be com
plete which did not end as it began
and say that-fnally. the claims rest
upon Hiram Johnson. a highly efficient
claimant.
Own Brand Of Noise
BY noise ! do not mean the vulgar
emission of mere sound. but well cal =
culated vocalzaton well timed vocal
cation. some think also. expressing the
emotions Of the many. but dangerous
vocaization, If you believe those like
Mr.. Hitchcock, whose motto is "silcncc
is strength" and not those whose motto
is noise is strength.
The two great political policies OF
Noise and Silence promise TO be thor
oughly tried this ycar-unlesS every
one becomes impatient of imposed re
straints and raises his voice in compc
titiOn with Mr.. Johuson's, in which
case they won't.
/ have said that each of these riva
aimants was already In possession oi
certain portion of the .residnury cs-
tate that the other is seeking
General Wood is in possession of g
part of it regarding which Colone
Roosevelt was never ostcntatious. but
which was, nevertheless. exceedingly
valuable. Whatever the courts decid,
it is unlikely that this part will evei
pass into the hands Of Mr.. Johnson.
Has Hold on Wall Street
! refer to that part which is knowr
as Wall street. Colonel Roosevelt never
possessed all of Wall street. He hat
only part of it. the George w. Per-
kins part of it, which was considerable
1t is probable that General Wood pos
sesses rather more of it than his old
friend and associate ever did.
And with the Wall street part of the
estate there goes generally the con
servative part of it, also in a large
measure. to the general. As one looks
at it now large part of the Roose
welt estate was highly conservative
Many respectable person whose point
of view cannot now be distinguished
from that of Senator Penrose or Sena
tor Smoot recalls with certain senst
of scandal that indiscrction of his youth
1912. when he shouted for the recal
of judges or of their decisions alonf
with the best of them.
But probably the finest conservative
of all is n reformed radical. There are
many such They do not belong to the
part of the residuary estate which is
now or is ever likely to pass into tn,
hands of Johnson.
Radicals for Californian
But 1912 was peculiar. 1t was not
all conservative, There was something
in appearances and there was real radi
calism at the bottom of it. Mr.. John
son is the possCsSor Of the radical part
of the estate. Nineteen hundred and
twelve was made up of Republicans who
were willing to be- ProgrcssiveS for once
just by way of political debauch, ant
of ProgressiveS who never wanted to b'
Republicans again.
1t was made up OF Republicans who
preferred Roosevelt to their party anC
of PrOgressives who preferred thirt
party even to Roosevelt. This last
section of the estate belongs to Hiram
Johnson. The ticket in 1912 was Roose
welt and Johnson. To Hiram now be,
longs the "And Johnson" end of it.
And the And Johnson" part of il
is far from inconsiderable. johnson il
the best politician in the Republican
party today and the best pOlitica
fighter. He has a talent for making
himself conspicuous,
All that the Republican party ha'
done in the Senate since Mr.. WILSON,
return johnson has continued to maxi
revolve about himself.
He has succeeded in appropriatini
the party's best issue, the anti Wilson
issue. The Roosevelt residuary estat
may not be big enough to keep one can
didate, much less two, but there re
mains And Johnson
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