Evening star., 1922-11-16

Views of National and Y
mer Secretary of the l
tes,,risAs. Isss.
INsTALLllDNT No. IL.
That Mr.. Lane was not only keen
student Of politics, but a politica!
prophet OF exceptional acui,1en 10
shown by those OF the following let
ters which were written prior to the
election OF 1912:
TO Sidney e. Meses:
Washington. February u. 1912.
The Supreme bench could not get
because ! am a democrat. and the
President could not AFFORD to appoint
another democrat on the bench. ] do
not know when McKeuna goes out,
and am not going to be disturbed
about 1t anyway. II had not been
unlpcky enough to be born In Canada
l. could be nominated for President
this year. Things are in q devif Of +
condition. We could have elected
Wilson, hands down. II it had not
been for .HeArst's malevolent infu.'
enee. He is At the bottom Of all this
deviltry. His aim is to kilt Wilson OF
and nominate Clark. ana Clark, IL In
the lead now. l think. God knows
whether he can beat Taft or not. It
looks to me as II Taft will be nomi-
mated. have a feeling somehow
ttaN
terialize.
To Carl Snyder:
Washington. March s. 1912.
1t Is a mighty critical year, think.
In our history. 1t looks to inc as II
the reactionaries were going to get
possession OF both parties. and that
q third party will be needed and no.
body will have the nerve to start IT,
Roosevelt has got everything west Of
the Mississippi excepting Gtah ana
Wyoming. IN my judgment. That he
viii be able TO get the nomination
am not SO sure. but he does not care
= tinker's dam whether he gets II
himself or not. That Is the worst of
1t. because the people won't give any.
thing to man that he does not want.
To Curt G. Pfeiffer:
Washington. May II. 1912.
This is the critical day, for IL T. r.
wins more than half Of the delegation
in Ohio he is nominated and, l might
almost say. elected. But l find that
the democrats feel more sure OF his
strength than the Republicans do.
Have you noticed how extremely
small the democratic vote is at all
the primaries. not amounting to more
than eae-feurth of the republican
vote?
. The democrats are in an
awkward. position. II Roosevelt is
nominated. one wing will be fighting
for Underwood. to get the disaffected
conservative strength. while the other
wing will be hKhtinS for Bryan. SO
as to hold as large a portion Of the
radical support At possible. Oh. well.
We have all got to come to a real
division Of parties along lines of
tendency and temperament and have
those Of US who feel demoeratic-wise
get into the same wagon. and those
who fear democracy, ana whose first
interest is property. fioek together
on the tory side.
70 George w. Lane
Warrington. July 2. 1919.
J 1t looks. as am writing, as II
Wilson were to be nominated at Bal.
timore. II he is he will sweep the
country. Taft won't carry three
states. Wilson is clean. strong.
high -minded and cold-blooded. To
nominate him would be tremendous
triumph for the anti-Hearst people.
have been over at the convention
several. times. Hearst defeated
Bryan for temporary chairman by
making q compact with Murphy. Sui
liyan and Taegert. Bryan has
fought a most splendid fight. had
= talk with him. He was in sple ndid
SPIRITS and most cordial. The Cali
fornia delegation headed BY Theodore
Bell has been made to look like q
lot of wooden indians. Bell himself
was shouted down with the cry OF
.Hearst! aeafst!" the last time he
rose to speak. The delegation Is
pfobably the most discredited une in
The entire convention.
washington. July 8. 1912.
Now We shall have a chance TO see
what q college president can do as
President OF the United States. !
believe Wilson will be elected. What
a splendid jump in three years that
man has made. They tell me he is
very cold. .bleeded. We need q cold.
h,ooded fellow these days.
70 John H. wigmore:
September Fl. 1912.
You will by this time have picked
up all tho politics Of the time. Will
san is strong. but not stronger than
hs was when nominated. T. r. 10
gaining strength daily. that is my
hast xuess. He has the laborihg man
with him most enthusiastically. but
not unanimously, Of course. The far
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