Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-08

Senator LenrOOtS de1eat lor lello4ii,
nation is the most Significant Cool-
idge defeat" in this years primaries
because the Wisconsin man IS the
univ candidate for whom the Presl-
dent went directly and demonstra-
lively to bat. The occasion was the
dedication Of the John Ericsson statue
in May. Referring to Lenroot S
Scandinavian ancestry, MIR. Coollose
eulogized him in terms that were an
,lnmistakable Endorsement or the SEN
ator's impending candidacy. In d
sense, too, Lenroot is the biggest game
the anti-World Court sharpshooters
have thus far brought down. lie
was the official leader of the admins
tration's fight for ratification in the
Senate last Winter. While it was
mainly the La Toilette influence that
destroyed Lenroot in yesterdays prl-
mary, MessrS Borah, Reed, Johnson
ct al. will inevitably claim that ne mas
gone down to political perdit1on be-
cause Of his entangling alliance with
"internationalism."
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Irvine l.. Lenroot's career IS as
tragic a story of blasted hopes as
modern politics records. But for I'M
expected events at the Republican
national convention in 1920 Lenroot
might be President of the United
States today. 1t was in the cards
that he was to be Warren Ct. Har-
ding's running mate as vice presl-
dental nominee. Lenroot had actual
ly been placed in nomination. The
convention machinery was set TO
select him virtually by reclamation.
Then McCamant of Oregon flung the
celebrated monkey-wrench and nomi-
mated Gov. Calvin Coolidge Of Massa-
chusetts for Vice President. The con-
vention was promptly stampeded for
Coolidge. Then Harding was elected,
inaugurated and passed from the
scene. Vice President Coolidge sue
ceeded Harding and became his own
successor two years later. 1t is a
foregone conclusion that President
Coolidge will take care" of so
eminent lame duck as Senator Len
root, if the latter desires to remain
in public life. The attorney general
ship, a Supreme Court justiceship or
foreign ambassadorship is one Of
the plurns likely to be offered him
before many months are past.
In their panic-stricken quest for u
man who can beat "Al'' Smith for
governor, New York Republicans
threaten a wholesale raid on Amer
tca's corps of foreign ambassadors.
No fewer than three of them figure
in the list of gubernatorial possibili-
ties that Will be considered by the
State convention on September 81.
Jacob G.. Schurman, our envoy in
Germany, is out in front. If he
proves nomination-shy or otherwise
unavailable the leaders will cast a
furtive eye in the direction Of Alan
son B. Houghton. American envoy at
London. A third alternative is
James r. Sheffield, Ambassador to
Mexico, who conferred with President
Coolidge in the Adirondacks this
week. Under ordinary circumstances
few men dodge the New York guber-
Material nomination because Of the
governorship's classic value as a
presidential stepping stone. But the
G. o. P, in its confidential moments,
comedies that this is pretty much of
a Smith year in the biggest State of
the Union. All three of the ENJOYS
are expected to attend the convention
and be within reach of the lightning.
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Robert f. Lee. prior TO the Civil
War, was once superintendent OF the
United States Military Academy at
West Point. Now another gallant Vir
gilman, Brig. Gen. Merch B. Stewart,
has just entered upon that position
and taken charge of the famed train
ing school on the stately heights of
the Hudson. Stewart enjoys high
repute in the Army as an educator
of soldiers. He was assistant to Gen.
Leonard Wood in the early days of
the original Plattsburg camp. After
we entered the World War, Stewart
was placed in command of the first
regiment of rockies at the first war
training camp in Plattsburg. Later
he achieved a brilliant record as COM
manding officer of brigade in France
during the closing period of the war
Gen. Stewart finds himself at the
head of West Point in the year which
marks the thirtieth anniversary of
his graduation from the Military
Academy. Hnviously he has seen