Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-12-26

zle and alarm the doctors Ii the rea-
son for 1t were not known, and II It
were not also known that there would
come later on a condition Of quiet in
all the organs and appurtenances OF
the body polite
1t Is only the truth to say that Re
publicans of all kinds in Washington
were amazed when the recent an
n0uncement was made that Frank II.
Hitchcock, postmaster general in the
Iaft administration, is to be the NOM
nation campaign manager of Senator
hiram w. Johnson Of California. So
far as Washington can remember, Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Hitchcock never have
had a political or an economic thought
IN common, unless the California sem
ator Is favorably inclined to recon-
mendation which Mr.. Hitchcock once
made as postmaster general, that the
government should own and operate
the telephone and telegraph lines of
the country.
Underwood Might Pick Bryan.
1t may be that something akin to
the Hitchcock appointment will come
from the Democratic ranks to amaze
the Washington politicians and party
leaders. parallel case would be per-
haps the appointment by Senator I'm
derwood of Alabama of William Jen-
nlngS Bryan to conduct his campaign
for the Democratic nomination. So far
as washington can determine, Mr.. I'm
derwood and Mr.. Bryan are no
farther apart In their views than are
Senator Johnson and Mr.. Hitchcock,
or perhaps it might be better to say
farther apart than these two men
have been In the past.
The effect of the Hitchcock appoint
ment on the campaign of President
Coolidge for the nomination Is being
given consideration by Republicans In
Washington.s For some years Repub-
cans have been trying to get away
om troubles over southern delegate
presentation In their national con-
aIeention There Is no political bias
when 1t is said that the fear
oupw is In Republican ranks that this
cliAatter may once more trouble the
ofrty In convention assembled
Mr.. Hitchcock knows the situation
Republicanism in the South as well
any Republican Of them all. He has
i lad hand In directing the nomina-
tion campaigns of several aspIrants
for office and in every case the south
ern representation matter has been
involved.
President Coolidge has a secretary,
Virginia Republican, who also knows
southern Republican conditions in
timately. 1t will be interesting to
watch the developments which may
come as the result of the appointment
OF the former postmaster general to
direct the Johnson campaign. Mr..
Slemp is on the job and Mr.. Hitch
cock Is on the Job.
Coolidge and the Primaries.
So far as President Coolidge and the
nomination are concerned, there are
many Of his friends in Washington
who believe that the President VIII
not lift finger in the way of primary
effort to secure the nomination. II is
said by some of his friends that nm
doubleday he intends to go along as
he has gone along, working and say
ing nothing, and Is willing to trust to
developments to secure for him the en-
dorsement of the Republicans when
they assemble In national convention.
This view of the thing seems al
most incredible to some of the old
TvfU
derstand the lack of desire to get into
the whirl of things, especially when
rival and active candidates either are
in the field or are showing marked
evidences of desire to enter 1t.
One has to go back to the early
months of 1904 to find a parallel case.
Theodore Roosevelt then was Presi-
ent and the Republican convention
I'D been called to meet in June Col
eel Roosevelt rested on his record to
cure him the nomination, although
lis fact that, running true to form.
said few things on certain oc-
sions concerning the efforts of other
En who thought that they might pos
ly secure the sanction of the con-
htion at the Roosevelt expense.
President Coolidge, however, is not
the Roosevelt temperament. His
ends say that if he makes up his
Ind to stay quiet nothing can In
Ice him to break silence.
The Democrats are just as busy as
Republicans. The Democratic ma
1 hal committee is hard at its work
lay of combating Republicanism
e lhout saying one word in favor OF
particular Democratic candidate
the nomination. Both the Repub-
t In and Democratic national commit