| Show t I NATIONAL MEN AND AFFAIRS Primary System Tough on on White House Candi Candi- Candidate Candidate Candidate date What Will George Harvey Do Do This Campaign By DJ ROBERT RODERT T SMALL Standard r Coil COli C Copyright 1923 WASHINGTON Nov Some 24 24 Some Someo ot of the old time timo R Republicans are bringing a new now Indictment the presidential primary Tho The claim is now made that It manifestly la Is Unfair to a president who may my ma wish to succeed himself 1 They hey are thInking at the moment of ot course courso ot of President Coolidge and they are thinkInG also of ot the primary cam cam- campaigns cam that are to bl waged by Senator Hiram Johnson Johnon Mr JohnSon JohnSon John- John Johnson son has laa stated that he considers the entire country aa ae a n fair field and he het het heI t Into e cry ery state otate where primary primary mary may bo ho obtained How can C'an the president of or the tho United States with proper dIgnity and regard reg-ard tor for his 1 office meet the primary campaigns of or BO ao vigorous tighter fighter aa ae Il Senator Johnson 7 Per Per- Per Per-h ha ban c s the Inventors of ot the presidential presidential primary thought that they would not hot be likely to have opposition opposition within his own party porty But that time evidently ha has gone by byThe The president has opposition of ot a militant character but manifestly ho he cannot go forth to moot It on the tho stump tump It Is true that mom mem members bers berg of ot his hla hl cabinet may go Into the tho to combat the tho Johnson tide or any other which may threaten but In a primary tight fight per per- personal perl pcr contact with the tho voters Is la an anut on ly to be reckoned with A man who must remain at the White House Is at a II distinct vantage vanta vantage In a primary but with the theman theman theman man who roes goes go s out upon the hustle hurtle Some of ot the old timers timer say aay they believe Colonel Roo Roosevelt evelt could have dealt with such ouch a Ills His bl big biff stick could have reached out from the White House as aa tar far faraway faraway away as Oregon Olegon or California and cracked on the head anyone within his hla party who dared to raise his hia pate against him Furthermore Colonel Colonl Roosevelt had th the vIgor and daring to squelch any opposition tion before It sot got to the tho primary j stage tago President ent Coolidge however toa to is Isa a 0 milder and nd more silent ellent man lIe lieis HeIs is rather of ot the type that Invites Opposition Ills His lIa taciturnity ivea voice to others Of ot course courso there are other ways waYll or of Inning the tho nomination than by bythe bythe primary route and rather the president of ot the United States State h has s o od over sundry rivals rival The party machinery Is le In his hands s The Tho constituted party man man- managers man agers are oro bound to be bo for tor him managers have o great Influence once ence and ond powers of ot persuasion In linIn lining up delegates delegate at ot the tho national n delegates convention not net bound by any and primary and Internals and thy they expect to be with the winning ticket ala aye ays Of Ot all the persons wh who ought to know that primaries do not make lf t a presidential nominee Senator Hiram Johnson Is the tho foremost Ho He traveled far tar and wide In 1920 He Hewon Hewon Hewon won many states Many delegates werE ln for tor him And seine ot of teem toted for tor once him him once Then rhen they scurried here hero and there theto and at the opal final word of ot com command man climbed aboard th the band band- bandwagon band wagon and stuck there thero on the joy joy joy- joyride ride Joy ride to victory General Leonard lonard Wood and Gov Gov- Governor Governor Lowden Lowdon of ot Illinois spent hun hun- hundred hun hun-dr dred ds of ot thousands of or dollars fight fight- Ing fighting ing th the primary battle In n 1920 1820 and Ind I like Senator Johnson went to the i con with Ith several hundred carefully trained and Ind picked dele dele- delegate fates dele gate President nt Harding HardinI went to Chi Chi- Chicago Chicago Chi Chicago cago with virtually no delegates at atall atall atall all But despite the teachings teaching ot of history Senator Johnson Is on his hie prowl again This time timo he ho hopes hope th the delegates will sUck stick for tor hope spring eternal even In the 1011 breast SOm Some on has hili pertinently or Im- Im impertinently Im Impertinently pertinently remarked that much more Important than all the tho maries primaries Is la the question whom will Georgo Harvey make president In Mr Harvey Is Ie given riven credit for tor having named Woodrow Wilson in 1912 and more or less lees tacitly con consenting to his hla In HU 1916 Mr Harvey Is given credit for tor nominating Warren Harding In 1920 and had agreed that Mr larding 1 might tit succeed himself in The Tho lamentable death of ot Mr put an on end to thea these plans plane That death also released Mr Har Hal Harvey vey voy from an obligation atlon to serve longer a as lUll ambassador to Great Britain n So Mr Sir Harvey today Is a tro free agent aee ent tich and no one knows just os yet Just which way his cat WIll jump Thero Theio Is the tha possibility ot of course o that after atter his hie Incursion Into K the grand old party Mr Harvey may be ready to return to the De- De De Democracy That Is his native heath and It would not be bo strange strang-e to aO see hint him slide Elide out of or the tho howdah on the elephants elephant's back bac and once onee more sit astride the tho familiar mule Certain Is that It if the policy pOlley ot of Isolation wins Ins out at the Rr R Re Republican publican convention George Harvey Har Har- Harvey Harvey vey will break brea with that party H He Heno Heno no longer Is the arch arch of 01 America for tor America alone and let the rest of ot the world s-o s hang p He had dedicated himself among Lother other Iother things to work tor for a closer J I understanding maybe an alliance who can cnn tell between tell between the English I speaking speaking peoples Mr Harvey l I thinks as do many other brainy men men who have traveled far tar and thought much that the world Is 1 doomed working without somo some sort of ot work work- ing arrangement between England and the United States Statu devoted Mr Harvey may start II a a weekly de- de de voted to the new now purpose It I would not be very popular In some Irish cIrcles but It wOUld give him a s t hide for tor the expression which can can- cannot canh not much longer be stilled |
