Show I OTHER POINTS POINTS OF VIEW I PUT huT BUTLER TO BED If It Nicholas Murray Butler were as unnecessary to himself him him- self as nS he Is to the Republican party one human being would bo be complete In ono one quality Ho seems iceme to be bo needed by himself which is a pity It was necessary for him to throw a n. brick at General Wood and to hit Senator Harding with it It Is the hope of ot Republicans that their nominee will find few such euch friends Wo Yo may trust responsible leaders of ot the party part to keep from making fools foos of ot themselves and If It there is any luck In the Butler Incident It is la that ho he acted with such Buch celerity Ho saId sad that General Woods Wood's candidacy had been promoted promoted promoted pro pro- by a S motley group of or stock gamblers and others outraging every very sincere citizen who thought the generals general's character and distinguished services s to his country had bad en entitled entitled en- en titled hl him to the presidency He Ha Ie o outraged tho the ardent admirers ad ad- I of ot Theodore Roosevelt Butler is a flip little man petted b by circumstance who came caine to Chicago In the vest pocket of ot the Now York delegation and thought he was I the boss of ot the state Ho He ha has a n seeming of ot Importance with no validity an and that seeming is a megaphone for an lu Inconsequential voice General Wood Yo X had to reply to hI his statement and did so in ina ina a n. fashion which would have havo been acid if it there had been anything ng to dissolve Woods Wood's supporters 8 wl will l put Butler in his place and all Republicans will hope that Mr Harding Is done with fool tool friends Chicago Chicago Tribune |