Show BARNES PENROSE x I t A Ax n COm NOMINATION f DEALERS i I I A 0 P Nominee Will Be Named NamedY Y by the Bosses Roster of Men Who Pick Our Presidents Good GoodEnough T Enough in in Their Way but You Cant Can't Find Any Very Satisfying Reason Why The They Y YAny J Job of the Possible i NL Should Hold the he Choosing n Chief ef Executive for the Greatest Nation on oni onn 1 i Earth 4 TU i f By CHARLES OHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL No Noted ted American Economist and Political Expert Attending Republican Republican Republican lican and Democratic Conventions for This Newspaper Copyright 1916 by Newspaper Enterprise Association CHICAGO JUNE 6 HERE G-HERE HERE ARE SOME FACTS ABOUT THIS CONVENTION BUSINESS THAT SEEM RATHER QUEER WHEN THE AVERAGE AMERICAN COMES TO LOOK AT THEM SQUARE IN THE F FACE AOE THEY ARE NOT THE KIND OF THINGS YOU WOULD FIND IN A CONVENTION REPORT AND YET THEY ARE THE REALITIES OF THE SITU SITUATION TION AND MUCH MORE IMPORTANT TO YOU T THAN AN THE ACCEPTED VERSION YOU ARE ACCUSTOMED TO READ EITHER AT CHICAGO THIS WEEK OR OE AT ST. ST LOUIS LOUIS NEXT WEEK WEER THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF OP THE UNITED STATES IS TOB TO TOBE TOBE B BE E NAMED NOW NOMINALLY THE CHOOSING WILL VILL BE BE DONE BY A CONVENTION OF MORE THAN 1000 DELEGATES SENT ON BY BYTHE BYrHE TIlE THE STATES AND TERRITORIES FOR THAT PURPOSE AS AS A MATTER A-MATTER OF COLD FACT THE CHOOSING HERE WILL BE DONE BY A GROUP OF MEN MOST OF WHOM HAVE NO KIND OF AUTHORITY FROM ANY PART OF THE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE ANYTHING EXCEPT A PLACE FOR THEIR OWN RETIREMENT In this respect this convention is not d different from others before before before be be- fore it but the whole nation is in the habit of taking taking- the nominal instead instead in in- stead of the real performance of such bodies and this time tinie I am ani in favor of sticking to the real Not only will this group of unauthorized gentlemen decide who is to be the candidate but if you study up their careers or seek interviews interviews inter inter- views with them you will be filled with wonder that fate or chance ever put into their hands the the- the power power to decide anything for for an intelligent intelligent intel intel- people Let us be per perfectly fair faire No doubt these are good enough men hi iii their their way ay and all that but when it comes to choosing a possible l chief magistrate for the greatest country on earth on-earth earth you ou cant can't find find fin any very cr satisfying reason why they should get et the job As for instance WILLIAM BARNES JR of New NewYork NewYork NewYork York long known as the boss of that state and without other claim to dis dis- He carries with him the Root boom what boom what there is of it But Buthe Buthe Buthe he doesn't have havo to pay extra baggage on it W W. B B. B formerly a member mem- mem t ber her of congress denounced by men of progressive minds as one of the most extreme reactionaries in the I United States History reveals him himas as chiefly barren barrel of other achieve achieve- ment went He holds in l is hand the Prague fragile fragile frag Prag- ile ue Sherman boom J JIM W WATSON A TSO N of Indiana once in congress a prominent figure In the Mulhall revelations about the National National National Na Na- Association of Manufacturers He and Joe Kealing own the Fairbanks Fairbanks Fairbanks Fair Fair- banks boom MURRAY CRANE of Massachusetts Massachusetts MassachUsetts and formerly of the United States senate where he gained the undying name of Pussyfoot I Ire Ire- re regret regret re- re gret to say that I never heard of his doing anything else there He is a manufacturer enormously ri rich h and the proprietor of the Weeks boom FRANK HITCHCOCK postmaster general In id the Taft administration and without doubt an able politician Unverified Un- Un verified rumor credits him with desiring desiring de de- siring the nomination of Justice Hughes At any rate he appears here as the owner of the Hughes boom boomI I and in do spite of the denials of the poor Pilar Justices Justice's secretary gets away with Hh it it which is all that is required REED SMOOT of Utah United United States senator a parliamentarian of real ability not in charge of any boom but consulted because he knows more than any of the rest and can see beyond the boundaries of his own county which Is indeed a gift BOIS BO IS PENROSE United States senator senator senator sen sen- ator from Pennsylvania You could tell teU more about Mr Penrose's qualifications qualifications as a statesman if he occasionally occasionally occasionally occa occa- honored the senate with his presence But as he is seen there not more than three or four times in ina a session and not heard even when he heis heis heis is seen there might be a lot Jot of ot guesswork guesswork guess guess- work about where he gets off when i it comes to statesmanship He doesn't I own any boom and doesn't have to He owns the biggest part of the PennsylvanIa Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania delegation six seventy-six votes and that's better than tenths nine-tenths of ot the booms Also he is not here as one might sojourn at a health resort and his decision when It is made will willbe be based be-based based on reasons of ot solid soUd tage Besides these George W. W Perkins of course may be brought into the real convention If it it is deemed best to nominate Colonel Roosevelt and the gentlemen that own the DuPont Cummins Cummins Cum Cum- mins and other booms and will insist that they shall not be overlooked overlooked over over over- looked when things come to the Rialto Each of them would scorn the charge that they are conducting a political political po po- po traders' traders exchange They and their kind at all conventions have always scorned that But anyway they are going to decide this puzzle as here indicated and the way they decide it will go for r the nation |