Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1920 — GOV. LOWDEN AS A CANDIDATE [ARTICLE]

GOV. LOWDEN AS A CANDIDATE

The appeal of Gov, Frank O. Lowden, as a presidential aspirant, is that of a man of action and ideas who has made good in business and executive capacities and might be expected to guide the ship of state with a cleat eye and steady hand through the troublous period of reconstruction that is just ahead. Governor Lowden is of the businessman -type of statesman. He has had varied experience in the management of affairs of much magnitude; he has served in Congress; and is making a conspicuous success of the governorship of Illinois. His training for the presidency is much the same as was that of McKinley. Governor Lowden is aggressive and progressive. He is a leader and not a mere follower of precedents. But he is not revolutionary in any sense of the word. He believes In government according to the theory laid down by the founders of the republic: , Am executive, a legislative and a judicial branch, and each functioning within its own jurisdiction. This is a program under which, if faithfully adhered to, there would be no usurpation of powers; no concentration of authority. - The government would run according to the plan on which it was established.

There is a very general impression that the United States is in । need of a President of Mr. Lowen’s temperament and training. « The spirit of sovietism is abroad in the world and has been reflected in- this country by excursions into government ownership and by Socialistic clamorings. There is a call for an executive who believes in our theory of government and has the foresight to adapt it to post-war conditions; who will be able to lead without losing sight of the goal toward which the fathers pf this nation aimed. Governor Lowden is indorsed by his admirers as just the kind of man for the present emergency. He has made good in business, in Congress and as the war Governor of Illinois. He took charge at I Springfield with the avowed purpose of eliminating the mass of duplication and endless succession of boards and other complications in machinery of state. He has done as he planned; has simplified the government of Illinois by putting it on a business basis; has lopped off useless boards and red tape and saved the taxpayers money in the face of the abnormal conditions at-

tendThg the war period. ; The strength of his candidacy conies from the confidence the public has in his ability to be as efficient in Washington as he has been in Illinois. He fa a high-grade American gentleman who is gen- , erally conceded to have character 1 and capacity that would measure lup to the requirements of national : leadership. If he becomes President he may be expected to live ।up to the best traditions of that 'high office—.lndianapolis Star.