Evening star., 1920-04-04
Who's Who for President

fight in the Senate. he was one of
treaty no matter what reserva-
tions were proposed or added.
Apparently. Senator Poindexter
believes in speak for your
SELF procedure, unlike the Miles
of Massachusetts in colonial days.
After his friends had urged him
to run for the republican nomina-
ton and he had made up his mind
TO do so, he threw his hat in the
ring without any further howdy
do. He wrote his own platform and
the senator's who are now candi-
dates for the nomination on one
ticket or the other to get into the
race.
Aword about the candidates ply
sical make up. He stands six feet
two inches tall. and is powerfully
built. He is active. but not grace
full. He has long head, devoid
entirely of hair on top. strong
Jaw and piercing dark eyes. Among
friends and acquaintances he is
genial and kindly, and enjoys a
joke.
His hunting and fishing proclivi-
tics have already been mentioned.
He likes to ride horseback and
does so when he has an oppor-
tunity. But he has established a.
reputation as the champion pc
destrian Of the Senate, though ne
rarely plays golf. He walks twice
daily the three miles from his
home in Washington to the Cap
itol building. When he walks ne
waiks-he does not saunter. When
he is hard up for more strenuous
exercise he sometimes goes down
to the Potomac river. gets a boat
and goes out rowing. AS an un,
dergraduate in college. he USED
to play base ball and foot pan;
and was on the college foot ball
team at one time. He wrote, too.
for the college paper.
The fact that Senator Poindex-
ter has been a member of the
progressive wing of the repup-
lican party for years. and joined
the progressive party III 1917
does not mean that he is radical
or has radical tendencies. on the
contrary, he believes in getting
hack to the American Ideals OF
1916. and the principles OF gov
ernment then enunciated. HIS at"
titude toward the reds" is un-
compromising. His every enort ~
N foster the "back-to- RUSSIA
movement of the bolshevists ana
the anarchists.
senator Poindexter is a GOOD
Gamma igncr. He and his support
e,s take his candidacy seriously.
and he is going to put up hgnt
for the nomination at Chicago. In
lie M ntime he has challenger
TIE SUPREMACY of Gen lIeonara
Wood in one or more states. ana
he is going after delegates IN
number of states beside ms own;
lie has a voice that can ne hearn
u. i:ne rennotest part OF any nstt
the size. When he IS gong AT
ton steam in the Senate Sou car
stand in the corridors. with the
doors shut leading into the SEN
ate chamber, and hear him. There
;s iu., one vote he Is catering to-
the American vote. He has tcld
organized labor. in the vernacn-
lar. where to get off. Not teat ne
I is opposed to organized labor. but
h. believes that a man has rlght
to work. even though he is not
member of a iab"- union. lie
IL against hvphenated American
Ism Of all descriptions. ard E;,s
rot tesit3tcd to say so. sucn
views iaav ret appea: -tD many
persons in this conntry-hft sen.
ator rc,ndevter thinks they should
appeal to the r.gnt kin! g. Amer
:caf:S.
Senator poirdcvrcr taLcs = keen
interes, in tie Navy. He believes
in the development % strong
Navy. and as r'e:nber or the
Senate naval aifatrs "nniInitres
has worked for ar adecuate naval
force Willie ile does not wave
the yellow pe;'il'c before the eyes
of the senators on every ncca-
sioc. he believes tia. the United
States should briid and maintain
an adenuate feet on the Pacific
coast as we'll as on the -Atlant.t
coast. He is anxious. too: that
the American merchant :1arlnc ne
made as numerous and efficient
as nossih,e. since he considers H.
the second line Of defense ii the
country becomes engaged In war
fare with another maritime coun-
try.
copyright, 1920. by Tic Washington Star
Eext sundny--Scnator Robert L. Over