The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-01-15
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
(Harvey's Weekly

purpose OF the republican parry 10 "
elect, not to select, the next presiden.
of the United States. By that ne
means of course, a wide open conven-
ton of wide-eyed men and women
who shall be wholly free at the psy-
Geological moment to designate as
their candidate the best qualified and
most available man in sight That
has not always been done. Recall
1876, 1884, 1892, and 1912. We hur-
riedly pass 1916 because Hiram john
son is a candidate and, as such, will
receive due attention when the time
comes to discuss the relative merits
of those mentioned by friends and
regarded doubtfully by advocates of
others
The situation is peculiar in this re-
never before been out of power for
more than four years at a time since
Abraham Lincoln was elected. Con-
sequently the statesmen most highly
favored personally could and did re-
tain their popularity. But now it is
different. Seven years have passed
and with them the idols Of their day.
We have to consider now, then only
those who have developed since Will
son became that's ALL" Their num-
her at any rate is not small. Let us
see whom various states may have to
offer to the union:
California-Hiram w. Johnson.
Idaho-William e. Borah.
Indiana-James p. Goodrich.
kansas-Arthur Capper or Henry J.
Allen.
Connecticut-Fank B. Brandegee.
Illinois-Frank o. Lowden.
IUwa-Albert b. Cummins.
Massachusetts-CaN Coolidge.
Michigan-Charles E. Townsend.
New Jersey-Joseph S. Frelinghuy-
sen.
Ohio-Warren G. Harding.
Washington--Miles Poindexter.
Minnesota-Frank B. Kellogg.
Observation-Disclosures C. Knox
or william c. Sproul.
West Virginia-Howard Sutherland.
AT large-General Leonard Wood,
General John ]. Pershing, General
Clarence r. Edwards.
We have not allocated the high Of
ficers of the army for obvious reasons.
They are nationalists. They have not
been associated with or voted in any
state for years, If ever. Because Sen
ator Moses claims General Wood as a
son Of New Hampshire and South Da-
kota primarily proposes him signifies
no more than the birth of General
Pershing in Missouri and his adop-
tion by Nebraska. We forget where
General Edwards was born. 1t doesn't
really matter. New England seems to
be his present home.
There are others, of course. If we
had our own way. for example, our
American ticket would be: For presi-
dent, Elihu Root of New York and for
vice president John K Shields, of Ten
nessee; but unhappily the one is get
ting along in years in body, though
not in mind: and the other-God bless
hints democrat Senator Lodge
would make a capital president If he
could be elected and Mr. Hughes
would have been equally satisfactory
IL he had been. But We have to face
facts.
The hist presented from which the
choice probably will be made is not
shabby. To the best of our knowledge
no state need hesitate to present to
the union the son suggested. Some Of
them we know little Of, but what we
do know is good,--that Is, Of all but
one. and we are hoping against hope |
that he will emulate the prudent |
What we anticipate most agreeably
Is the sport which we seem to foresee
during the next three months or So
the JOY of watching the tactics Of the
toothless managers" the delight Of