The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-11-03
The Pulse of the Nation

suggests, further, possibly the nresi.
dent has made up mis- mind to retire
More likely, he does not care to cross
any bridges until he comes to them. R,,t
| II shows that president must be care
ful about dabbling in real estate'' The
Des Moines REGISTER, 0nd. Rep.
feels that the president has made his
fundamental mistake when he allowed
himself to be misled by the apparent
reaction from Wilson. Secretary Hughes
made much more grievous mistake
They both caught at the apparent repu-
diation of Wilson as reputation of
the wilson program Events have not
gone their way. In fact nearly every
body can see that we must carry through
III our relations to Europe along the
line we laid out when we went into the
war The situation will be steadily more
embarrassing for both Harding and
Hughes in the coming two years The
president of the United States should
be what the Premier of Britain is a
leader A man who does not have a
plan of his own and the talent to per-
suade others to follow that plan should
never be PRESIDENT Still, any formal
announcement of any sort would be
unwise, the Detroit FREE PRESS Ond.)
says and unwarranted by the existing
facts, while the Altoona MIRROR, Ond.)
believes that friends of Governor Miller
of New York and others are behind the
rumors that Mr.. Harding will not run
for second term. President Harding
will be a candidate for reelection, but
it is too early to make the announce
ment of that fact. The warning of his
friends ought to be sufficient"
In the opinion of the Saginaw. Mich,
NEWS COURIER. Gnd.), that sit
should be apparent enough that the
president is not at all unconscious or
neglectful OF what he conceives is due
him as his party's chief, and he GER
tainly has given no grounds for the I'M
seemly and uncertainty unfair, gossip
about his retirement" The entire dis
cussion is dismissed by the Bingham
ton, n. Y, PRESS Und) as Just pol
tiles. 1t is the established usage that
an American president shall be renomi-
mated to succeed himself. One term of
Hayes, and one term of Arthur. were
enough; they are the only exceptions.
Even the good-natured Taft had the
steam roller dragged out for his bene-
fit. For the Old Guard to side track
at the end of his first term
would be taken by the Democrats as
an admission of failure and no one is
making any serious impression In talk
ing of Harding as a failure" Heading
It's discussion of the various deniais:
Barkis Harding willing; may flop over
to League the Knoxville SENTINEL.
(Ind. Dem.), discusses at length the
POSTS absurd" scharac-
.erization of the report that Mr.. Hard
ng would not be a candidate. The SEN
TINEL quotes primary victories and the
campaigns of La Toilette, Frazier,
8rookhart, Pinchot ct al as indicating
liquidation of Harding and the Hard |
ng policies and then insists that lat
his rate of progress the Republican |
party will not wait for 1924 to repudiate
he president, and the matter Of being |
candidate to succeed himself will not
'e for him to choose and decide" The
SENTINEL then gives the reasons why ]
t considers the administration to be ]
n mind to steal the tabooed League
4 Nations issue