Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-26
By W. s MANN.


Copyright. ieso, by The Washing
WASHINGTON. June .t,--rsd
Senator HirsU Jches ef California.
let ship golden orrcruhity whsn
In the closing hours OF the Rerus.
lican national convention ga Chicago
he refused 10 accept second place on
the ticket with senator fhiiandsr
Knox a. The Presidential nominess
The offSr Was made To him, as
cording 20 men who were closes 60
the California senator during the
contest waged In the famous old
Coliseum in the Windy City. n was
made whom Il WAS apparen, 20 ell
that johnson had no chance for ist
place, when many of the delegates
who had voted for him on the early
ballots had slipped away 10 Wood
and Lowden. Some OF his strongest
supporters were anxious for him 20
accept. But there were others who
urged him TO continue his stand for
flrst place or none. And johnson
gave ear to the second group. or
perhaps decided the matter entirely
for himself.
The argument put forward to win
the Californian TO the plan was -four
years OF Knox. and then four year.
and possibly eight with johnson In
the White House" Senator Knox
is in his sixty-eighth year. He would
have been almost sixt.-nine when he
took once as President. II he had
won the election. Knox and John
on were regarded as 70 strong q
ticket that election must follow. II
Knox finished his four year term as
President again. johnson would
have been In a strategic position to
come forward fo1the nomination for
President in 1924. And johnson
himself il not yet fifty-three-wiil
not be until September.
1t has been said that TO accept
the vice-Presidency is TO accept a
place on the shelf. When Theodore
Roosevelt accepted the nomination
as vice-President with William Nc
Kinley as the head of the ticket.
some OF the wiseacres asserted that
he had been "Sheived." Mckinley
was assassinated soon after he began
his second term and Roosevelt he
came President. But even had not
death cleared the way for Roosevelt
is there any one today who doubts
that Roosevelt would have beer
President eventually?
Twenty-seven men. includinf
/ W tiHOils nave tstA il Inv
White House as President of th'
United States. Seven OF these mer
were elected yice-Prcsident befor,
they attained the Office of chief exc
cutive. In other words. the percen.
tage OF the men who served as vice
President and later became Presi
dent is a little better than twenty
five per cent. IL does not appear
from the records that being elected
vice-President means that a man b
"shelved."
Thomas jefferson was electe,
vice president on the ticket witt
John Adams. and later was himsel
elected president for two terms
Martin Van Buren was vice presi
dent in second term OF Andrew
Jackson and then was elected pres
ident. John Tyler was vice presi
death OF William Henry Harrison
Millard Fillmore served as vic,
| president until the death Of Zachar.
Taylo- whel he became president
Andrew johnson became presiden
| when Abraham Lincoln was assassi
mated. and Chester A. Arthur sic
ceeded James A. Garfield when tn,
latter was shot down BY Guitot. An'
finally Theodore Roosevelt went in
TO the White House when William
Mckinley was killed.
Knox as a presidential candidat,
was acceptable TO many In the con
vention. He was the choice OF Sen
ator Penrose. the sick man in Phil
adelphia who controlled the seven
ty-six votes OF PENNSYLVANIA an.
sent his instructions 10 Chicago owe
J the long distance telephone. Th'
Republican leaders knew yohnson's