The Washington times., 1920-06-10
NATIONAL The WASHINGTON TIMES JUNE 70
What Is the Presidency Worth
To Big Business?

Senator Borah in his speech the Chicago Auditorium
on Monday night put few words by simple story the
great will dominate all others the stump In
the campaign If General Wood Governor Lowden Is nomi
mated by the convention.
"Let me tell you" he said ian ancient story. When
Pernax slain in Rome gentleman thought he had
to Emperor bid money about for It, and
another gentleman bid and they auconed and bid
against one another until they got up s0O0O in
money and was knocked of Juianus and they actually
sold the emperorship of Rome for $25OooO0 Now. my
friends going to sell the Presidency OF the United
States for 81 100000. That is too cheap.
"You think perhaps that am little about
this matter but perfectly calm and am moderate In
my view compared with what the American electorate will
be when they pass upon this question We Will leave this
convention three four days. and will 60 out to see
the the and in the factory and and
wherever they mnge their thoughts with their abors and
will deal with those who believe the Presidency Of the
United States should in its securing above possible
suspicion of corruption of any kind.
81 am not saying this because have any fear of the
Republican convention naming either Of these gentle
men (Wood Lowden). I am saying it because think
utterly discredabe the Republican convention that it
would permit their to be considered after they had
attempted control that convention by the sheer of
money.
"You may differ with to whether Mr.. johnson
should President but you certainly Republicans cannot
differ with me the fact that the you nominate
should like Caesars wife, be above suspicion in these
affairs"
No national convention that held has caused
such lavish of money in the preliminary campaign as
present convention That small group of business men
hitherto prominent in politics should have been willing
spend million dollars in organizing General Woods
campaign, and that Governor Lowden, who made large
private fortune by selling his business to the steel trust
and is allied by marriage with the great Pullman estate
should have been willing spend $4,000 of his own
money advertise his merits and to buy delegates in
the South shows the need in this country of corrupt
practices act with teeth.
big Business" resents the candidacy of General Wood
partly because it is backed by an outside syndicate
But it highly approves the candidacy of Governor Low
;den because he is lone of It's Own Kinds who
would have be told by Big Business what to do
because having achieved great by the methods Of
Big Business he is already under bonds to that the
existing order of things not changed and that nothing
shall interfere with the ways of Big Business
The prize ofcontrong the President othe United
States we'll described by Senor Blasoo Ibanez in dis
patch from Chicago where the famous Spanish writer and
historian is now spectator
1.-THE power that will be ntrusted to this man is sol
that ninety years ago Napoleon would have
deemed it nconceivable That is going to direct the
destnes of nation that at the time the greatest
industrial and agricultural power of the earth and the
SCISSOR of the wealth of the world Whoever that
may be- general merchant professor captain OF
industry the of human beings who elect him
that high Office will follow his lead And all the soveregns
of the earth emperors kings princes and presidents will
to the White House for inspiration they formerly
turned the who ruled at London, Paris, Berlin
The political of gravity of the world has moved
is located Washington the Capitol of the United
States of America