The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-04-28

stOn of Indiana were nominated as
the democratic candidate and elect
ed president this year. his election
would be. like Il similar triumph
for Governor AL Smith of New
York. !; shining and permanent ex-
ample OF what the regulation poll
teal machine can do for the man
who sticks to it and plays along
with it.
Year before last Albert J. Bev- ,
eridge startled the older brand or
cpublicanism by the decisive and
astonishing whipping he admins
tered to Senator New in the Indi-
ana primaries II was a most con
win ing comeback for a man he
| licvcd politically dead. and a new
presidential boom had edged over
HE horizon. The fact that Rals!on |
il. the November election did up |
EeyeridPc as nnqnestiOnably as
Reyeridge had New, is the thing |
which has made Senator talSton |
a presidential possibility this year.
He is safe man, a middle
Of the road democrat" a proven
vote gctter. lie was a good gov
ernor; he certainly would not make
Il spectacular president. How he
viii come ont at the convention in
New York. only the coming sum
mer knows. But a Ial$ton move
ment t. afoot. an organization Is
az work. his candidacy is bein@ ad
vanced just as that of President
Harding was advanced. II is very
good strategy to have him ready
and willing so that if, after the
champions of adj the other candi-
dates have barked themselves
hoarae, there still has been no
choice, there he will be when they
all say lets make il Ralston."
Two factors favor Ralston's can
Gidacy. One Is that Indiana will
be pivotal state. Another is that
he is Tom Taggart's candidate.
and, since Indiana Is pivotal
state. Tom Taggart may very well
have something important To say
about the nomination when ne and
Charles +. Murphy and George 4.
Brennan meet at French Lick
Springs as usual.
Incidentally. if Senator RalstOn
were elected he would he another
addition to the list of Ohio born
presidents. His birthplace was
New Cumberland. on the Wheeling
& Lake Erie. down in TuscaraWas
county. And his early life was sufs
ficiently full of the hardships and
struggles which. after all. seem 20
be the prime qualifications of an
American president.
His farmer father was also Il
butcher. and the son became the
: countryside butcher boy" The
family removed to Indiana when
he was youth, and that state has
been the scene and center of his
life ever which is why he IS
not as we'll known to the remain
der of the country as he might bc.
Somewhere he got the idea he
wanted to be a teacher. He at
tended two Indiana normal schools
and became one--a regular Hoos-
Ter suhoOlmaster Of the Edward
EgglestOn type. His first school
~ appointment. over in Owen county
IL came to him, less because of his
e scholastic attachments than be-
e cause he was the big strappins
a sort of fellow an Owen county
rural school required. Following
* long lien of less athletic teach
II ers who had YEARLY resigned thu
y job. he had to thrash almost every
70 boy in the school to establish hi:
supremacy. He did more than that
g He thrashed big cornfed girl wht
q broke his rules and thought he
IT. sex exempted her from punishment
Her father had RalstOn arrested
He defended his own case before ;
l. justice Of the peace, and won it s,
n easily he then and there decided HI
l. was intended for the law.
=, SO Samuel Ralston became
i lawyer, and then, by the usna
)" steps, got into politics, too; frs
id as a mere torchbearer. then as
g delegate to political convention.
: and so on IN. His law firm, mean
I. while. has become one of the mos
IT prominent in Indianapolis
Is AS governor OF Indiana, Senate
,r RalstOn's administration was on
=. pledged to economy, and it sue
80 ceeded in clearing UP a state del
s. OF 100000 and leaving behind
o. a credit balance of $3,755. 900. A
Il a senator. though he has had littl
~ opportunity as yet to distinguis
T. himself, he has placed himself o
N record as against the Mellon ia
III reduction plan and against COZ
etitutional amendment which woul
prevent further issue of tax e,
empt securities. His idea on il
come taxes is to do away wit
them entirely on incomes of lie:
IN than $4,000 and put the full weigl
\, on the higher ones.
~. He is a League of Nations ma
IN The platform on which he was SCI
,S. to the senate commits him to
~, soldiers bonus, reductions
va freight rates. a broad recognize
'c- OF labor's right to organize -
mt popular democratic platform. ali
ed at the farmers. the veteran
~. and the workers.-ClevelaAd Pla
~ Dealer.
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