El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-26
Washington State Likes Wilson
But Not Rest Of Administration;
Labor Is Devoted To President
By DAVID LAWRENCE

I CPOKANE. Wash April 26.-This is
- the home town Of senator Poindex-
! ter, irreconcilable opponent Of the
I league Of nations. Like senator Reed
lof Missouri. he is popular and his
{ standing has not been seriously i'm
paired by his attitude toward the
league, but that a majority Of the
people OF this section think he is
wrong is the sentiment expressed by
more than one Of his close friends
and followers who gave me the benefit
Of their analysis OF Washineton's
trend OF mind.
Mind you. one of these men said
he would vote for senator Poindexter
again and believed him the most use
ful senator this state had had in its
history but as for the league Of ma
tons, well 1Ir. PoIndexter had simply
'gone off on the wrong foot" This
from dyed-in-the-wool Republicans as
wen as Democrats. There was no
Understanding the opposition TO the
covenant as at first drawn and some
sympathy with Dir. Poindexter's OBJ
lection was expressed but when he
said ne would vote for it only if
everything after the preamble was
stricken out. tten even his friends
openly said they thougnt he had gone
to extremes.
Indeed, many interested persons
hold the view that senator Pofu-
dexter Is against everything VII
>onian- One editor who keeps his
ear 10 the ground all the time told
q naNf NJ al hn
abuse piled up against the presi-
uent was creating distinct um-
dertOne OF sympathy.
Union labor, especially. has given
criticism and opposition 10 AR. VIII
SON Large sentiment in this state.
according 10 my infOrmants. is for
the president but no other Democrat
could carry IL and the chances are
that in the next election IL viii be
overwhelmingly Republican unless
the farm and labor elements get the
Impression that the Republican can
dloate is simply the tool Of big BUSH
ness
Disfrust Big Business.
People back east probably do not
EeallZe what a systematic propaganda
OF distrusr Of big business has been
carried on for years in this region,
particularly in the farming communi-
ties OF Washington, Idaho and Non
laua- FIRST the appeal to Reason"
with its large circulation among
farmers and laborers made its i'm
preston and now the Non Partisan
league has taken Up the fight along
with the Socialists
Mr. Wilson's Outsnoken friend
Illness to labor has in many cases
kept VOTERS in the Democratic
fold who otherwise would com
bine with Socialists and Non Par
tisan leaEuers-
One Of the best posted and most
independent editors in this state. who
supports the Republican ticket as a
rule told me emphatically that If the
Republican party puts up a candidate
who appears 10 be sponsored by seua-
tor Penr0se and big business" the
entire labor vote and the vote OF the
people generally viii be sOlidified
against that candidate.
still Bull Woosers.
In other words. the lesson OF 1872
is still kept in mind and people here
tell you proudly they were Bull I
Moosers' I'm that year.
As farOrite son, senator Poin- /
dexter would hardly be popular but I
In any contest for reelection as sen
7tor he would have a Walk-away- I
That's the substance Of the political /
situation as gathered from talks with 4
we'll informed men of all parties.
Bornh Losing Ground.
One hears in Spokane. also. concern g