Milford chronicle., 1920-01-30
UNCLE TED'S
BED TIME STORIES
Current Events for the Children
and Crown Ups, Too
OUR NEXT PRESIDENT

Now kiddies," said Uncle Ted as
Jack and Ruth cuddled close to their
Uncle in the back seat of Daddy
automobile which was spinning along
at a merry clip, Il told you last week
about the funny dinner party given
by the Democrats in Washington not
long ago at which many of the men
spoke who want TO run for President
on the Democratic ticket next Novem-
Der. l won't have time to tell you
your story tonight so l am going to
tell you about the kind of man l think
ought to be our next President"
who is he? asked Jack
NO. Jack, l didn't say l would tell
you who / think should be our next
President. but the kind of man he
must be- So listen closely. In the
first place. for the past seven years
our country has been run by a bunch
of men who had at their head a man
who never had served either in the
House of Representatives at Wash
ington or the Senate. 1 mean, of
course, Woodrow Wilson. Not having
served in either of those important
bodies of our government he was less
able to understand how the men who
are in them feel and how he should
deal with them. Because he never sat
in either the house or the Senate he
could not know as much about our
government as he should. | do not
mean that we cannot have good Pres
idents unless they have been Repre-
sentatives or Senators but l want to
make you understand that when a
President has had that experience he
is better able to run the government
He knows more about il and can deal
with Congress in a much better way"
Have we ever had a President who
had been a Senator or Representa-
tive?" asked Jack
Yes, Jack, many of them. AS you
know, the Senate and the House are
known as our legislative bodies. Be
fore and during the Revolution in 1875
when our country was freed from
Great Britain and for awhile after
ward there was one legislative body
and it was called the Continental Con-
gress. Our first three Presidents,
George Washington, John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson, were members of
that body before being elected Presi-
dent. The fourth President, James
Madison, was a member of the House
Of Representatives before being elect
ed.
James Monroe was Senator from
Virginia from 1890 to 1884 He was
first elected President in 1917 John /
Quincy Adams served in the Senate .
from Massachusetts from 1902 to 1909. /
He also served in the House and was
elected President in 1925. Andrew
Jackson served one year in the Sen
ate, from 1897 to 1898, and again from
1928 to 1925. He was first elected
President in 1928. He, too, served in
the House. Martin Van Buren was
Senator from New York from 1922 to
1928. He was elected Vice President
in 1882 and President in 1886. Will
liam Henry Harrison served in the
Senate from Ohio from 1925 to 1929
and was elected President in 1910. He
served in the House. John Tyler was
Senator from Virginia from 1927 to
1886. In 1910 he was elected Vice
President on the ticket with Harrison
and became President when Harrison
died a month after his Inauguration.
He had served in the House. Franklin
Pierce, who was elected President in
1852, served in the Senate from New
from 1887 to 1912, and also
in the House. Abraham Lincoln serv-
ed one term in Congress and eight
years in the Illinois Legislature. An
drew Johnson served in the House
and in the Senate from Tennessee
from 1857 to 1862. In 1864 he was
elected Vice President on the ticket
with Lincoln and became President
after LincOln's assassination. He was
again elected Senator in 1875, being
he only President to be elected to /
he Senate after his term at the
White House. James A. Garfield
served in the House and was also
elected to the Senate from Ohio but
vas elected President in 1880 before
[ was time for him to take his seat
n the Senate. Benjamin Harrison
vas Senator from Indiana from 1881
o 1887, and was elected President in
SSS. William Mckinley was never ,
Il the Senate but he served in the Il
Iouse." /.
Il didn't know there were so many y y
Jack.
Yes, there were a great many, Jack. !,
'oday there are four Republicans in y
he Senate who are working for the J..
republican nomination. They are "
senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio,
enator Hiram Johnson of California, u
enator Miles POindeXter of Wash e,
lgton, and Senator Howard Suther- .
and of West Virginia. Former Con- E..
ressman Frank o. Lowden, now Gov II II
rnor of Illinois, is another man of ''
sgisiative training who is a candidate -.
)r the Republican nomination. They ~
re all good men and any one of them ~
-ould make a better President from -
njOying the great advantage of years -
ervice in Congress. ",
which one do you think is best?" a, a.
sked Ruth. II ~
Il haven't made up my mind yet" hi
nswered Uncle Ted, "and l won't de- fo
de which one will be my choice un- cI
1 find out what each of them wants r,
One in regard to important public ro
lestions. What l am trying to teach
)u is that a man who has had exper-
nee in the legislative bodies of our Al
)vernment is better able to run this M
,untry than a man who has not had
at experience. He knows what it =
aape 70 ha1p v,,oIya tho 1aurs for