Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-04-06

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modify the general boards program,
such as substitution of one airplane-
/ carrier for a battle-cruiser and cam
\ collation. of the 1916 authorization of
4 II destroyers in favor of construction
of five or six of the larger 2,00O-ton
/ type of destroyer with speed of 30
+. knots There may be reluctance also
/ in agreeing TO construction of 10 scout
I cruisers, although the argument made
/ by the general board in that respect
/ was regarded as convincing from
military point of view. So far as con-
4 Germs battleships, our naval experts
do not believe them to be rendered
/ obsolete by developments in aircraft
warfare and in methods of attack by
/ torpedoes and mines.
sattIeships Not Obsolete.
According to the expert view, none
! of the experiments that have been
made in aviation and nothing that the
experience gained in the war has
/ demonstrated justifies relegation of
! the battleship to the junk pile. This
is asserted. too, by officers that have
the greatest respect for aviation and
the greatest faith in its development,
and who see in it one of the greatest
| factors in naval warfare with its pos
sibilities as an agency of OffenSe and
course Unquestionably the big navy
men have a strong argument in favor
of their contention in the unsettled
condition of world affairs. Two bat
tleships, one battle-cruiser. ten scout
cruisers, five destroyers of the flotilla
type, three experimental submarines.
| two airplane-cruisers, one destroyer
tender and one submarinetender were
recommended by the naval general
board as the building program neces-
sary for the navy to keep pace with
requirements.
defense. Airplane carriers represent
new type on our program, although
Great Britain has had specially-built
vessels for that purpose for some
time It is regarded as one of the
most important features of the pro-
gram.
Busy Time for Politicians.
The national political convention
season is now less than three months
away The intervening period will be
a busy season for the politicians. Most
of the delegates will be chosen during
the months OF April and May While
that work is going on the party leaders
will be trying to arrive at conclusions
as to the important declarations of the
platforms.
The DeOple-the voterS-have
larger opportunity this year than ever
to express their views in regard to can
didates. Twenty-One states, through
presidential preference primary laws.
afford voters this opportunity. This
list of states, together with the date
of the primary and the number Of
delegates the state is entitled to have
in the convention, is as follows:
New Hampshire. March 9 (already
held. 8; North Dakota, March is
(already heidi, 10; South Dakota,
March %, 10; Michigan, April 5, 3D.;
New York. April 6. So; Wisconsin.
April s, 20; Illinois, April 13, So;
Nebraska, April 20, IS; Montana,
April %, 8; Massachusetts, April p,
80; California, May 4, %; Indiana,
Mayy4, 30; Pennsylvania, May IS, 76;
Vermont. May q, 8; Oregon, May 70,
10; Texas, May %, %; West Vlr-
ginia, May %, IS; Florida, June s, 8.
Fairly Represent the Nation.
These twenty one states that have
opened the way for the voter TO ex-
press direct preference for the pres
| idential nominee will be represented
in each convention by a total of nearly
six hundred delegates. Moreover. the
states are so located geographically
| as to represent in a most satisfactory
way the country as a whole. States
| like New York, Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey and Massachusetts speak for the
Industrial East; states like Indiana,
| Illinois, Ohio and Michigan will voice
the sentiment of the industrial and
| agricultural Midwest while the Da-
| kotas will reveal the sentiment of the
agricultural Northwest. and California
and Oregon will reflect the views of
| the Pacific coast.
IT seems reasonably certain now
that 10 candidate will go into either
of the party conventions with prestige
enough to insure him the nomination.
| At the present moment the greater in
! tereSt centers in the Republican con-
vention, which is to meet in Chicago,
! June s, probably because it comes
ahead of the Democratic convention.
Recent weeks have not brought any
changes worth noting in the fr1d of
Republican candidates. The avowed
candidates, as revealed by the official
applications they have made for con-
sideration in the presidential prefer
ence primary states. are:
Gen. Leonard Wood. the cOuntry-at-
large: Governor Frank o. Lowden. of
| Illinois; Senator Warren G. Harding.
of Ohio; Senator Hiram w. Johnson,
of California. and Senator Miles Poin-
dexter, of Washington. Against his
| wishes Republican friends of Herbert
Hoover have filed application of can
didacy as a Republican in few states,
but the former food administrator con-
tinues TO insist that he is not to be re,
garded as candidate.
On the Democratic side the candi-
dates are beginning to appear in spite
of the fact that>President Wilson con-
| tinues to remain silent with respect
to his Intentions as to a third term.
Gov. Edward |. Edwards of New Jer-
sey and Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer of Pennsylvania are now avow-
ed candidates. and William G. McAdoo
of New York, former secretary of the
| treasury, is also regarded as a candi-
date, although he has not in a formal
way announced the fact Herbert
| Hoover continues to enter into the
Democratic calculations Without his
consent, he is being entered as can