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Neither Of Old Parties Is Going Nominate Ford And If He Should Run on Third Party Ticket Hi* Candidacy Would Hurt Republicans More Than Democrats in Opiniou of Wa?hiii?ton Correspondent Hy IMVIB I.AWItKNt'K Ctir'tkt 1923 k? T?i Oillr *<!??*? ? Tt?i? Ik Hi" f?iitb ? -ji.-. >4 ll?? in I ?i?* t i III an ? i>H*l ibdiii lmla? for Hi- KriniMn-an and tli? Wi'Om i>*r? n* fhf I lltlnl ??<-? > vi-i?il ?? wittii i4 n*-<<u?l|ih ?i"i?i i n W.p c?blr- l|?M' liUluin Hill l? Jin r|i lihlti I He has dealers in every city and town in America. He makes a commodity that almost everybody uses?men, women and chil dren, He is known from one end of the country to the other. You might assume from this; description that Henry Kord is the man. He is. But these threo1 statements fit equally well and 'Apply to Bill VVrigley, the chew ing gum king. Yet neither he nor Gillette, the safety razor man, is being boomed for the presidency. ' " People who are unfamiliar with the Insidw working* of American po litical parties hare jumped to the | conclusion that all that Is necessary , for an American President Is that the man should be widely known and that he should have some semblance of an organisation throughout the country. Nothing could be further from the truth. The history of American politics reveals that at no time has any political personality aprung to the front In a presidential contest without some conspicuous public service behind him. Even Wll- j Itam Jennings Bryan has served a! term In Congress before his famous "cross of gold" speech In 1896.! Wood row Wilson did not come direct I from Princeton University to the! White House, but served a term as Governor of the state of New Jersey. William McKlnley. William Howard Taft, Theodore Roosevelt. -Warren Harding, Grover Cleveland, Judge Alton* B. Parker?all the men who have been nominated for the presi dency In the present generation? have either been selected to public office or previously had been ap pointed to some poslttoh of impor tance. There is much similarity between ; the boom for HMI7 POfd and the movement that swept the country In 1920 for Herbert Hoover, hut even i Mr.-Hoover had served In a public capacity as United States food ad- 1 mlnistrator and while he had no I connection with either of the politi cal parties there was no doubt of his administrative ability when entrust ed with a public office. Henry Ford has never been elected to any office of public trust in Amer-j lea. He has several assets political-. ly speaking, hut he also lias many I liabilities. Here are his strong' points: He is a self-made man. He has had a romantic career In business and has done almost the im possible In the flnanclhi: of his own business. The farmers of the country are \achlng for some Moses to loa?l them 1 out of their wilderness and the name of Ford catches their imagination. Here are Henry Ford's politlcai li abilities: The American Legion would prob ably never support a man for thf.. presidency whose son had be.-n ac cused of draft evasion in the World War. If Henry Ford should become1 a candidate for the presidency. It is almost certain that one or the other of his opponents of the political , world opposing him would revive the controversy over Kdsel Ford.. Henry Ford's boasts of his tlpo* try on religion. Ills campaign j agaliiflt Jews Is in conformity vlthl one of the principles of the Kii Kill* Klan. And whether the Klan en-j dorsed him or not. It seems nltvosf certain that he would he given the label of the Klan by political i-|*l o- ; nents. Under such circumstances | large numbers of Catholics would be autagonlxed anil would be inclined to oppose any ntan who was even ?lightly favored by the Klan. , ' There would naturally be a good .de.il of ridicule In a Pord campaign, r jTWhrn, for example. In the libel suit y he conducted against the Chicago Tribune, an attorney asked Mr. Pord who Benedict Arnold was he replied 4,an Kngllsh novelist." Opposing Antff Afforeftfiff ARE YOll GIVING YOUR CAR THE Sl'PPORT IT DESERVES? The bMl of cur* will not "?t*n<l |p" well unlaw Ihey nw eqnl|*fK??l with ffflclAil Hnemor* leu. The wl?f*( rnr nwNfm In l<mn come hfrr wh?i they n?il U<mmI automobile |hi?Ih jmhI they know that out; merrl^indtee I* of the hlj(lie?t qimllty. Our bu*l neM In built on rinkI nmkf. Tidewater Buick Co., Inc. Water (*. rampaign speaker* would make use of this to show Ford's limited knowl edge of American history. If the truth were known. Henry' Ford Is not anxkous to get Into the political limelight. He Is not ambl-! tlous for public office. Rather Is he the victim of thone who are pushing J him forward. This Is usually the case when a prominent figure's personal ity can he capitalized. Mr. Ford hlm-j self is well aware of the limitations, of his career. For one thing, he j would have to give up all active con nection with the Ford motor enter-. prises and he probably cares more about his business than he does about politics anyhow. When he ran for United States .Senator In Michigan, there were many people who be lieved he would not serve out his term if he were elected. The popular belief was that he was put Into the race by those who were anxious 11 overthrow the Republican machine in Michigan. Would Ford be amenable to the wishes of the Democratic party's leaders? This all leads to the ques tion of his uncertain political affilia tions and his Indifference to party tradition and principle. It takes two-thirds to nominate at a Demo cratic convention and there are al ways enough delegates to constitute a one-third veto. Certainly there Is no chance for Henry Ford in the Republican con vention as that party Is more or less committed to the renomlnatlon of President Harding. What are the chances, therefore, for Henry Ford's nomination on a third party ticket? Almost anybodv with money can start a third party movement In America. Indeimhdent voters of the Cnlted States can b?? or ganised with isufTlctont funds and party workers. Hut ai third narty must derive Its initial strength from IMjIitlcal workers who are familia** with the mechanics of getting dele gates In the staten. counties and dt i<>H. The third party movement of 1912 was really a revolt In the Re HOMES WIRED $1.00 Per ir eek Pelig J. Midgett 241 W. I'enrlnir St. Plume Where Society Brand Y Clothe* Are Sold ? D. Walter Harris | The City Tailor and Clothier *t* FOK TIRES Hood, Oldfleld and Mirhleln?the best tires for the money ln\c-tetl. Economy Tire Co. If You Say It With Flowers Say It With Ours. TIIK APOTHECARY SHOP I'HO.VK 400 publican party Itself. In 1920. the people wanted Hoover, but the poli ticians In both parties did not listen. There Is aa yet no method by whleh the national political organizations can be mad** to recognise an outsider if they do not wish to do so. If Henry Ford should he yorolnat-1 ed by a third party convention, he would draw most of hlx ntreu^th | from agricultural states. This would hurt the Republican partv mor? than It would the Democratic party. In fact. In a three-cornered contest al-j most anything might hapytu but it. I* inconceivable that one or the other of the two old parties would not poll the largest number of .lectors 1 votes. Tlie Ford partv n.iu'it Mii^h second. I?iit never ft>'<t. The danger recognised by all prac tlcal politicians however Ik that if Henry Ford should be nominated on a third party ticket and make an j active campaign he might c.?rry enough states to prevent the other two candidates from getting a ma jority in the electoral college. This would throw the election of a Pres ident and Vice President into the House of Representative*?a situa tion that is always attended by great excitement and confusion. Th? elec tion would then be by state delega tions In Congress and a Republican or Democrat would be elected?not) a third party man. Henry Ford can never be elected | President jof the United States be-, cause he cannot poll enough elect* r-t al votes, but he possesses che power 1 and the money to make trouble for! the two old political parties?and they are beginning to recognlz? It. Charles D. Hllles, Republican nation al committeeman from New York state, and at one time chairman of the Republican national committer, and secretary to President Taft. haj already issued a blast axalnst Foro It vftni Id not be surprisinK if some of the Wading Democratic political lead era did the same They would makt common oause against Ford and it Is all because none of them believes he has the capacity to hold an elective office, such as that of the presidency. He would have fared better if he had been elected to the United States Senate or If he had run for governor of Michigan and demonstrated his ability to conduct a public office as well as he can manage a private bus iness. Mrs. W. T Harrison and daughter, Evelyn Harrison, are spending some time at Ocean View, Va. We Carry Springs and - - Bearings jor All Cars Aulo Supply & Yule. Co. PHONE 197 ANNIVERSARY SALE Continues Until July 14th. Don't mUs this opportunity to save money on ?ra?onal)lp iiierrliandifc. 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