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11 TWO TYPES OF WiMm 1 r mmmm Proved Executive Has Shade Over Military Leader. TAFT SENTIMENT IS FOUND Colonel Wood and General Pershing Also Strong Possibilities in Republican Ranks. THE 3I0RMNG OREGOMAX, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 191;. Wasn t 11 Fit! Two types of candidate arts In the n!3t of conjecture concerning possible I presidential nominees on the republl- ! can ticket, but the odds are that the choice will fall to one of proved ex ecutive worth rather than to a mili tary leader. Such Is the opinion of David Law rence, of New York Evening Post, who represented that paper and a syndicate of publications at the Paris peace con ference and who la now tourins" Amer- lea for the preparation of series of articles dee line with economic. Indus trial and political condittona In the larger cities. Upon his return from ranee five weeks ago air. Lawrence turned at one to his new assignment and since then has visited a cities of the east, middle west and northwest. Jie arrived In Portland yesterday. MeAdo (treat; Feasibility. He believes, from Impressions fath ered on this trip, that McAdoo is s s'.rong democratic possibility snd that, la the event of his nomination, the republican party must choose scru pulously from the best men available If It Is to produce a candidate that will have the qualifications essential to victory. Republican party leaders have a large field of candidates before theju. Mr Lawrence has observed, and sentiment thus far has not crystaj'tsed on aiy particular one. Rather. It la the party policy to boost the n ill. for tn cumu lative affect that makes for party asuccesa. In the strong Roosevelt districts of tether years Minnesota. Kansas, Colo rado. Waahington and Utah he had found mach talk of General Leonard Wood, the friend and protege of the late Colonel Roosevelt. In these states the sentiment for the candidacy of lien ral Wood la much farther advanced than in tbe east, where, as l'f. Law rence phrased It, "there is a crest deal of noise for Wood, but with litue heau- way." ed lloean Fader Way The strength of General Wood will lie. la the opinion of Mr. Lawrence in Ilia aggressive personality, tne fact tnat be seems the logical hetr to the ftnot-e-el strength, and the acquaintance formed with the hosts of young Ameri cans who met him la the training camps, and who believe that os is a (nan who wonid do thiiiga The boom for General Wood seems to have gotten further ahead than that of any other republican posa.bility." said Jlr. Lawrence. "Tout doesn't mean, of course, that he will oe nominated." He added that It is likely thai Theodure Koosevelt, Jr.. will soon make public bis stand for (ienerai tvouu, la us dis posing of any conjecture xcgardiug klmself. Mr. Lawrenoe admits that General JPershing may also be In the running, particularly If he amies from overseas just befora the iIO convention and tours the country. Ail triy Kcsi with whom he had talked 're warm in their praises of both Wood and Per shing but there is a reservation aaent their ability to handle t ie h-iss eco nomic problems of reconstruction. , , Taft Keatisaeat la aiaal. The fear la felt that military men have been trained too exclusively In out science, and that they might not be competent to cope with fiscal 1 lairs, or the problema attendant on the re turn of the railroads, for example. Mr. Lawrence predicts that the man who will ba apt to control the repub lican delegations, the man shorn the party leaders will seek for. will be one vrho combines business Judgment, and rapacity with a record of executive al'lllty in the administration of public affairs. Though the choice may full to a military man, either Wood or Per shing, Mr. Wallace expressed doubt ' that such will prove to be the es-e In the esst and central west he found strong sentiment for ex-Pres'dent Taf'. Inspired by Mr. Taffs neutral attitude toward the administration and aupport of war policies throughout the war pe riod and by his national attitude on the league of nations question. Another republican possibility, though not very likely to gain tne itnulred Sire a to, be names as Senator Harding, of Ohio. i Baker's C'sasees Waae If the situa tion seems to call f or j me to cop with important fiscal audi economio problems, Mr. Lawrence thinks it not unlikely that the re-1 puDiicane win cnofe "r ineir canul rlate such a man as Uuveruor Frank J.owden of Illinois whose name is wide ly acclaimed In 11 Urol. Iowa snd Ne braska. Senator Kenyon of loa 1 also frequently spoken of. There are but three liaely candidates In the democratic party ranks, believes Mr. Lawrenoe. These are Mr. McAdoo, . i .,, i . . . . , i Attorney-General Palmer and Secretary j Jtaaer. ins afxker room ha holds to have been considerably dampened by criticism of the war department, and believes that -the nominauoa lies be tween MeAdoo and Felmer. "McAdoo would put up a stiff, asr . rrresslve tight," said Mr. Lawrence. "If the appeal is for a business candidate, the democrats will undoubtedly advance klm. The "son-ln-laW situation would militate against him to some extent. out he has a lartre following of rati road men and laborers. The repub Itcana will have to choose carefully ana put up a strong- candidate to beat Llm." TROOPS AT SAN FRANCISCO t rotHinren of ArriTes to Be De mobilised at Presidio. EAV FRANCISCO, April 17. Two Iiandred and a'.zry-nlne members of the 143th machine (run battalion of the (1st division arrived hers today from overseas duty. They are to bs de mobilised at the Presidio. Many of the men wore decorations received for gallantry in action la the tattle of the Argonne. Maccabees Meet Here Today. Members of tbe Women's Benefit as sociation of the Ladles of the Macca bees, from every lodge in Oregon, are gathering in Portland today for the opening re salon of their annual state convention, which convenes at the Ho tel Portland. The convention is hon ored by the presence of the supreme commander of the order. Miss Mona M. West, of Port Huron. Mich., who ar rived yesterday accompanied by her i mother. Mrs. Elizabeth J. West. Other J nationally prominent Maccabees In at- I tendance are Mrs. Minnie W. Aydelotte I cf Oakland. CaL. and Mrs. J. iifield. I t j f 1 fl Wasn't it worth the price of a few Victory Bonds to shorten the war many months, hundreds of thousands in lives, billions in money? Wasn't it worth the cost of few Victory Bonds to win the war ? 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