Show will G U RAGE republican LEADERS LOOK FOR PRACTICAL BUSINESS MAN TO HEAD TICKET I 1 COLEMAN DU FONT NAMED AS LIKELY CANDIDATE delaware man has splendid i tion as a be self if made loader in i constructive dullness business re with tho republican convention on 1 ly a scant twelve weeks away the alia si most popular topic of conversation in political circles those these days concerns con cerna the 0 0 Ps P e choice ot of a candidate to run against wilson I 1 the republicans will probably go back to old principles and look for a candidate who will command the suy sut port of tho ilia same army of voters who elected mckenley when it a wave of patriotic common swept the country and business men by the hundreds ot of thousands marched the streets a practical govern V ment it la Is interesting to note that the namo name aj coleman du pont font ot of delaware has been repeatedly mentioned recently as the man eminently qualified fled for the nomination to those h who took look ulion upon the government as I 1 a big business concern demand ing lne the supervision of a trained business man tho name of general du pont font carries a appeal for there leno Is no man more qualified to handle tho the big problems ot today than this same self made leader in constructive busI business moreover both th public and record ot 0 general du pont font will stand up well under the searchlight pt ot political opposition ali M 1 71 GENERAL COLEMAN DU PONT FONT coleman Cole roan du pont font was wag born in kentucky and started his working 11 alfo fe in the mines ot of the blue grass state he ha stands today na as one of tho the tow tew successful men who have acquired their positions by methods that will stand lie ile has haa been a producer produced not a stock jobber fobber lie ita tins never antagonized any class of people capital and labor alike admire him without he be does more charity than do 40 most men 1 an ardent advocate of f go good od roads ti mid 14 believes that a realty eally perfect system ro of cf highways will enhance tho farmers income and reduce he aie coat of living to the cities lie has built roads and given them to his state always with a 0 fr J y J sound mind business to perpetuate thorn them and save them from TOO being a burden to the taxpayers ile he comes from a family more amerlean american than most st a family identified with the building odthe of the nation since the revolution ilia grandfather was thomas jeffersons jefferson most valued personal so nal friend and advisor in the time of great need during the dark days of the republic the groat powder company with which he was form formerly eTly identified has supplied our government with all itu ito powder at a price always named by our government officials themselves vea and never by the co company because ot of his great executive abal ity and high standi standing tig in the business world some of the I 1 shrewdest po lotical in the country consider him at as betas being one of the most likely dark horses for the republican nomination they paint to the fact that his Is success in life ito would eliminate any need for it i friendly colonel house or any other fl influence evor ever bohli 4 the ibe presidential chair nor would alje t e be compelled to tako take orders from atty ac runn or group of men aidt j another factor alm the supporters of general du pont font ari ar vo pointing inting to la is hla his knowledge of military affairs for sixteen years he be hr been identified with the soldiery eold lery a his state and u w thoroughly alive to the necessity for preparedness ile he hais hae also had practical training in politics nay nav ing been a delegat del efat 3 to a number ot of state and national conventions and serving as aa a bembe of tho the republican 1 national tarn committee cittee for or many years it Is the splendid business train training Int ot of general du pon that ts Is nir the way for him to tho the noro nom nation for it to Is conceded on all sides that the biggee it t problems of this country at the close clos of the european Europ Euro peat cai war ar will be buian busl s problems arn ar there are tow few men mong those roon men cloned who have had hla his exper iene in coping with sit aua hure hup problem As i A manager maniger of constructive hug hu 11 ness aso and as a teo colem du 11 font itan in 0 try by himself |