Show Other Points of View WHY HE lIE IS STRONG T There are arc few tew stran stranger er breeds in tho the world than tho the politicians Somehow or other the they t abound In eccentric notions and often orlen they seem scorn to tG set get et their most satisfactory satisfactory satisfactory tory view of ot tho the political landscape by contemplating It with their heads between their legs after the manner of or Mr Mi Ir Michael Angelo Anselo A Va Washington ton dispatch in yesterdays yesterday's Times says that R Republican leaders opposed to General Wood do donot donot do donot not conceal their anxiety about his strength They with having participated participated participated sa say 1 that ho Is la not handicapped in the tho Issues before the tho Con Congress ross InU e last two years such as prohibition woman suffrage and the tho treaty and Is Strong ne negatively because of this aloof aloof- ness Not till tho the millennium perhaps will politicians divest their noo noodles les of ot the theory that a candidate Is ng because be- be cause causo of or negative Qualities because he ho ha haJj haa not collected col col- this and that group of or opponents because ho lie is 18 a colorless and easy subject o of compromise and anI because both wings or all wings s can cm get together in his support General Wood whatever bo be tho the actual prospects of or his candidacy is strong in character and public service yet hi his greatest strength th is to be found in his tact energy and antl success aa as an administrator In Cuba and ml the Philip Philip- pines He lie Is strong because his firm acts an words In ro ro- to the plot of dangerous agitators have haYe won public approval A As administrator and antl man mn of or action n his achievements achievements achieve achieve- ments entitle him to be a candidate for President Why hy not dwell dIell on that proved fitness But Republican ors ers must shut their eyes to that say that he ho is strong negatively lie He is strong positively He lie has shown again and again n and continuously courage patriotism forc force If It ho he Is to be bo nominated let lot him be nominated Dominated because of oZ his acU actions ns and not because because of or some real or supposed I aloofness from certain public controversies j |