Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1920 — SECRETARY DANIELS KNOWS BUT WON’T TELL [ARTICLE]

SECRETARY DANIELS KNOWS BUT WON’T TELL

Philadelphia, Jan. 28.—Secretary of the Navy Darnels started considerable speculation here tonight as to whom he meant when he said in a speech that he could tell who would be the next president of the United States, but that he did not know. to which party the man belonged. - The secretary was addressing the graduating class of the Pierce school on the work of the navy and on Americanism. As he concluded he swung around and looking at J. Hampton Moore, Philadelphia’s republican mayor, said: “I can tell you who the next president of the United States is going to be. Do you want me to tell you who he is? I don’t know whether he belongs to my party or yours. If he has one drop of reactionary blood in his veins he will not have a chance of election. No old fashioned politician will do. He must be progressive and meet the new conditions, the new problems.” When reporters, asked Secretary Daniels whom he meant he only smiled. Asked if the name of the man he had in mind has been included among those suggested as presidential candidates, Mr. Daniels repHedt “We will not discuss that” '