Show I I The Colonels Colonel's Three Best Bets When Jud Judge e Hughes starts out on his swing around the circle by by which the old d guard hopes to win the independent and ex-Bull ex Moose voters of Missouri Kansas Oklahoma Nebraska Minnesota S and the Dakotas he be will fire his opening gun in in Kansas City The N Nw KeV w York Times has fun with the Kansas City Journal which seems to trust a bit feebly I to Judge Hughes alone and tInd nd which suggests that that that- i It would be a master stroke if Colonel Coloner Roosevelt and Mr Taft could be brought to Kansas Kansa City at the same time and these three leaders speak from the same platform 4 A A lovely picture says the Times You see the colonel taking command He i it in the center of course To Mr Hughes ho he graciously Gives aives the right To Mr Taft a thought less graciously the left i Prophets to right Prophets to left I The World Child in the middle r f That Harmony Trio would be a comforting sight but not enough Mr Crane Mr and Mr Smoot should be the colonels colonel's s body body- guard They too should speak speak Mr Crane might be let off with a whisper from whisper from the same platform with the colonel Hiram Johnson William Flinn and George W. W Perkins should be Mr Tafts Taft's ushers and attendants and speak from the same platform Ah sweet white fluttering of ascension robes 1 An Ah h gamboling and 4 bleating of reformed millennial wolves and howling ot the progressive flock of Why did Victor Murdock run away to China ChinaS S and miss this vision The ear of anticipation is i. is happy already In the commingled strains of Onward Christian Chriatian Soldiers and When the Enterprising Burglars Burglar's 4 1 Not a. a a Burgling But seriously why should not the colonel present Judge Hughes Hughe arid aid Judge Taft Aside from HIMSELF they are the only living specimens of the I mature judgment in the way of presidential candidates I i Such a display on the part of the colonel to the voters of the midwest midwest mid mid- west would be interesting The colonels colonel's two specimen candidates might be he worked up into a living picture for the citizens to plate r The picture re m might well be entitled The Colonels Colonel's Advice Before Before Be Be- fo fore e and and After Taking S S |