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Show DEMOCRATS AND 1920 TT is rather early to be gathering fu- ture crops, but the wheat speculators speculat-ors have already got the 1919 winter wheat into the barn and now comes the New York World, the leading Democratic paper of the country, and in its Sunday issue it has a Washington Washing-ton special to the effect that Pershing may be the next Democratic candidate for the presidency. Certain Southern senators, it learns, who have lost interest in-terest in Wilson, have "approached" the general. It does not say what luck they had. Pershing has always been reported as a Republican. Ex-Senator Dick, an Ohio Republican, has already incorporated incorpo-rated himself as a Pershing boomer. Hoover, launched thus promptly by the Providence Journal, has told the butchers of Edith Cavell to go to hell, thereby gaining more outspoken praise than his wonderful work in providing food for the hungry has brought him. He is supposed to be a Republican, though he did whoop it up for Wilson in the recent election and did tell the country that, if they were to have things to eat, they must elect Democrats Demo-crats to Congress, "which they didn't do It." His friends excuse him on the ground of "official pressure." Roosevelt Roose-velt had his friends organized and General Wood occupies a strategic position from wherever the government govern-ment has lately moved him. Wilson expects to run again as a world figure, and gossip has it that Son-in-Law McAdoo went ashore at high treasury tide largely because he and Pa both had the 1920 election in mind, each for himself and neither for the other. Champ Clark, seven times carrying the national Democratic convention con-vention and then failing of nomination, Is said to be ready again. There's a lot of time ahead, but also there is nothing like being ready. The Courant ventures to offer unsolicited un-solicited advice to the Democratic managers. They should take some men who have been free from presidential presi-dential controveries hitherto, men whom everybody knows, men who need no introduction. We suggest: For president Harry A. Garfield. For vice president George Creel. If that does not suit they might try: For president George Creel. For vice president Harry A. Garfield. Gar-field. It would be equally strong either end first. There does not seem to be room for Burleson, though many of those who voted on this ticket would be glad to have a chance to vote on him, too. Hartford Courant. |