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Show Balker and Cox Await Decision As To , VASHIriaTON, Jtine 12. Secre- ' ' tnry' of Var Newton' D. Bakti, who jr aspires. to .titoypresjd'ency and whose r friends have been setting put. to run hlthlforthat high "ofllco pn the strength of his war recbrd, is revealing reveal-ing a 'political capacity quite equal to his military capacity. Arrlvlngt'-oo tho sacred political battlefields of Ohio late,, Mr. 'Baker finds that Governor James M. Cox has passed that .way before him. ' It Is Baid among the wise men of politics, that Governor Cox, not replying re-plying entirely on moral force to gath-or gath-or support, has been busy seeing his Democratic brethren "tn recent months and getting "promises ot votes The result is that tho-governor has tho Inside track in tho matter of ! prospect for delegates. If the primaries pri-maries wero to bo hold' there tomor-rom, tomor-rom, Govornor Cox, it Is said would win tho delegation. Of course such a thing would put Mr. Baker out ot the running. 'Senator rombreno of Ohio is another an-other aspirant for the .Democratic,, j nomination. The senator, however, V is not expected to Jump Into thojraco ) with Governor Cox and Mr. Baker, .. both active candidates. J? "J 3 3 iV t " Of course neither of the Ohio as- -i plrants will attempt to run' if Presl- l dent Wilson seeks anothor nomlna- ' ilon, as his intimates are now broad-ly broad-ly hinting that' 'ho will'.. They are Vn I tho pitiful si tuiubn" of1 hot 'knowing what the president is going to 'do but the"perslstent stories coming out ' In administration newspapers, that the president may find it necessary to run in ordor to force the United Slates to take up with' the covenant for n league 'of nations ' h'a's made things very, uncomfortable tor them. One solution of it may be that tho President will run again and" Governor Gov-ernor Cox or Mr. Baker be put on the ticket as candidate for vlco president. pres-ident. This, it is true, would heccs-sltato heccs-sltato the turning down of Vice President Pres-ident Marshal of Indlanla, for tho vice presidency Howovor, 'ItMs we'll understood In' Washington that Mr, Mnrshal has neyfic had tho confldenco or llknig of ttie White House becausa of tho' fact ho Has' shown 'a (Kaposi-tlon (Kaposi-tlon to havo Independent views ot tlilncs and volco' those vlows without getting anybody's' O. K: for them. |
