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fare to see that the bag has not been sewed up and weighted with a brick. The cat is still at liberty to jump. If I were placing a small bet at the present time, and were placing it on the basis of "political form," that small bet would be laid on Wilson. Of course, this goes only for "the present time." o o WILSON MANAGER WAS STAR IN FOOTBALL DAYS VANCE MCCORMICK. Vance McCormick of Harrisburg, Pa., new chairman of the Democrat ic national committee and the man who will steer the Wilson campaign," is 43 and wealthy. At Yale he was a foootball hero and ever since his graduation has been interested in politics. When only 29 he won a sweeping victory as a Democratic reform candidate for mayor. o o 'ROBINS FOR WILSON Washington, June 24. Raymond Robins, Bull Moose leader of Dlinois and recent "keynoter" of Progres sive convention, will soon come-out for Pres. Wilson, according to infor mation offered by independent Pro gressives here today. o o- CONCERNING JAMES AND HIS REFUSAL TO RUN FOR GOV. Whether or not Big Biz had any hand in the present conditional re fusal of President Edmund James of the Univ. of 111. to rim for governor may be judged from the following facts: , When James said maybe he would make the run, and Former Gov. De neen said he guessed James is a good man to back, James wrote a letter to the board of trustees of the univer sity. The nub of this letter was: "If I run for governor, will the place of president be left open for me? Can I have my job back if I get beaten for the governorship?" And the board of trustees there upon told James he had better not make the run and he wouldn't have any more job than a match in a dy namite factory if he got licked. At the top of the signatures to the lettei"Ws the name of W. L. Abbott. He's president of the board of trus tees. This is the same W. L. Abbott who is chief engineer of the Com monwealth Edison-Co. and vice pres ident of the Public Service Co. of Northern Illinois. A Day Book reporter, in order to make sure that Chicago's foremost public utility has its chief engineer as head trustee of the state univer sity, phoned the Commonwealth Ed ison today and was told: "Yes, your information is correct. The W. L. Abbott who is chief en gineer of the Edison Co. is president of the board of trustees of the state university." T. -R.'S CONFESSION "My ancesors," said good T. R., "Followed G. W. in his war." We marvel at their backwardness And that the colonel should confess A Roosevelt followed any one; They should have LED Geo. Washington,