Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-18
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.

klY 7 Els 4 real.human being
- with the accent on the
human"
This was the verdict
passed upon Gov. william c. Bproul
OF Pennsylvania by q jury-hand
picked. will admit. but nsverthe-
less competent to judse-of friends
and acquaintance Of the governor
whom I tackled upon the subject.
why Is he a real human being?'
l asked. The answer came. back.
couched in various phrases. that
Gov. Sproul never goes back on
friend. that he has a heart as big
almost as his big body. that he is
thoughtful and kind where his sub
ordinates are concerned, that he
tells a good story and enjoys one.
that he is genial, approachable and
democratic, and finally, that he is
square" A pretty good bill Of
health. whether a man Is a candi-
date for President or any other
job.
Also he is widely known as bill"
Sproul. some call him Big Bill"
Sproul. There must be something
very attractively human about a
really big man who has such a
handle to his name. Mechanics,
sometimes, mean more than names.
y X X X
While Gov. Sproul is not himself
making an active campaign for the
republican nomination for Presi-
dent, he has friends in Pennsyl-
vania and elsewhere who are firmly
convinced that the lightning may
strike him and that he will be.
not only the republican standard
bearer. but the twenty-eiKhth
President of the United States.
The governor is of Quaker an
cestry. He was educated largely at
swarthmore College. q Quaker in
stitution. If he isn't a Quaker. he
probably may be put down a.
near" Quaker. He makes the third
presidential possibility in the list
30 far who may lay close claim
to being the Quakers' candidate.
Herbert Hoover's parents were
Quakers and he was brought up by
Quaker relatives. and Attorney
General A. Mitchell Palmer comes
Of Quaker family. Mr.. Palmer
was in Swarthmore at the same
time as Gov. sproul. They we're
classmates and roommates. They
were rivals for honors and Palmer
finished first. with Sproul a close
second, in their class.
Gov. Sproul and Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer have kept up q warm
friendship ever since they left col
lege. Their families have been in
innate. 1t was not long ago that
Gov. Sproul In q public statement
Attorney General their hearty sup
port in dealing with the radical
elements and the red aliens seek
ing to stir up trouble in the
United States. This action was
taken by a republican governor
regarding a democratic Attorney
General. Mr.. Palmer has cast his
hat In the ring for the democratic
nomination for President. Gov.
the ring yet. will be tossed there
by his friends before long.
It is possible. therefore. that
these two old college roommates
may be opponents for the great
est honor In the gift of tho re-
public. II you follow the races
perhaps you can figure out just
what are tHe OUuS against SuCH
an arrangement. But at that you
may be mistaken. One thing is
certain. however, that with Sproul
on the republican ticket and Pal
mer on the democratic the cam
paign would BIO devoid Of mud
singing and personalities.
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Gov. sproul was born Septem-
Der Is. 1870, in Lancaster county.
Pa He Is on The sunny side Of
fifty. yet he has made himself 4
millionaire many times over. and,
after serving twenty-five years IN
the state senate. has become gov
ernor Of ono Of the great states
Of tho Union. He did it all him
SELF When he left college and
started out to make his way In the
world ne had only . few hundred
dollars Of his own. While In col
lege he had covered College
sports for the Philadelphia Press,