Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 May 1916 — Lansing to Be President Of U. S. For Entire Day. [ARTICLE]

Lansing to Be President Of U. S. For Entire Day.

Washington, M. ; £3. —Robert Lansing, secretary of state, wifi be the next president of the United States. This is neither a wild speculation of a politician nor the prediction of a Washington correspondent for home consumption. It is an actual fact. Barring the death of Mr. Lansing he will be the nextHpresident, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Ford, Colonel Roosevelt, Senator Burton and a host of native sons notwithstanding. Now, we’ll explain. President Wilson’s term of office expires March 4, 1917. Likewise does that of Vice President Marshall. Now it happens March 4 will fall on. Sunday, and the new president can not be inducted into office until Monday, the sth. Therefore, who becomes president ? The terms of president and vicepresident having expired, under the constitution, the office falls on the secretary of state. Thus Mr. Lansing will be president for a day, with fulF power to occupy the white house arid sign papers of state.