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 *<!??*?
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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 ??<-? >
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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
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The bMl of cur* will not "?t*n<l
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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
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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
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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
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