Evening star., 1920-05-09
WHO'S WHO FOR PRESIDENT.
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puts the United States Constitu-
tion and government before all
others. There is no abler debater
or clearer thinker in the Senate
today. For ten years he served
in the House before being elected
to the Senate to succeed the late
Senator Hustings. a democrat. The
senator is one Of the baby" can
didates. for he is only f1fty-one
years old.
60 west, young man." has been
the favorite form of advice in the
past to men with their way to
make in the world. Senator How
ard Sutherland OF West Virginia.
however. reversed this process in
arriving" He was born in Mis-
souri, in 1865 He was educated in
Missouri. edited a daily and weekly
newspaper for a couple of years in
the state and then took a job with
the census bureau in Washington.
He rose to be chief of the popula-
tion division. While he was work
ing for the government he studied
law at Columbian. now George
Washington. University. In 1893
ten years was with the Davis-El-
kins coal and railroad interests.
He was elected to the state senate
and then to the national House of
Representatives. where he served
two terms. In 1916 he was elected
United States senator on the re-
publican ticket.
It Is many a year since a Presi-
dent. or a presidential nominee by
one OF the great parties. has been
selected from a state south of the
Mason and Dixon line. Senator
Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
however. made a strong bid for the
nomination at Baltimore the year
that Woodrow Wilson was first
nominated. He is not an avowed
candidate for the nomination this
year. but there's many q democrat
who would like to see him in the
White House. Able. sincere, con-
servative, but a thorough-g going
democrat. Senator Underwood
proved himself a great leader in
the House and his recent selection
as leader in the Senate was in rec
ognition OF his services.
Virginia is going to the demo-
cratic convention bent on nominat-
ing Senator Carter Glass, 1t is said.
Senator Glass served for many
years in the House with distinc-
tfon. He handled the bill creating
the federal reserve system, as
chairman of the banking and cur
rency committee. When Mr.. Nc
Adoo resigned as Secretary OF the
Treasury President Wilson Sc
lected the Virginia senator to take
his place. He put through the VIC
tory liberty loan. In school and
college he used to be called
Pluck" Glass.
Back in 1912 Nicholas Murray But
Ter OF New York was nominated on
the republican ticket with President
William Howard Taft. He and Mr.
Taft received the eight electoral
the electoral college in 1918. DR..
Butler. who is president OF CO.
lumbia University. is being put
forward as the favorite son of the
Empire state. College presidents
as candidates for President of the
United States, however. are not
very popular with the republican
party just now.
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James Watson Gerard. former
ambassador to Germany and for
mer associate justice of the SUI
preme court of, New York. is a
candidate for thA democratic nomi-
nation, but so far does not appear
to have created much OF a ripple.
He represented the United States
at Berlin from 1913, when Presi-
dent Wilson entered the White
House, until the United States
broke of diplomatic relations with
that country in 1917. In 1914. while
he was in Berlin. Judge Gerard
was entered in the race for the
United States Senate. He was de-
feated. however. Mrs. Gerard is
daughter of the late Marcus
Daily, Montana mine owner.
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And now Senator Penrose Of Penn
sylvania has thrown a Knox hat into
for the nomination Of his colleague.
Senator Philander Chase Knox, as
Pennsylvania foremost citizen. Mr..
Knox served in McKinley's cabinet
as Attorney General and held the
same post in Roosevelt's cabinet, un-
til he was appointed to the Senate to
fill the vacancy used by the death
Of Senator Qua He was elected
later to the Sena G: resigned to enter
Taft's cabinet as Secretary Of State.
and served until March 4. 1918. In
1916 he was again elected to the Sem
ate. He is sixty-seven years old.
When he speaks in the Senate,
which is seldom, he has full at
tendance to hear him. He has>been
an earnest opponent Of the league of
nations provision Of the Versailles
treaty.
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