New Britain herald., 1919-09-02
PRESIDENT WILSON AND
 SEN ATOR JOHNSON.

I PRESIDENT WILSON AND SENATOR JOHNSON.
 ext Thursday morning, at Colum- ] Ohio, President Wilson will start tour of the United States, speak for the League of Nations. Short Thereafter several Senators of the ted States, opposed to the League
 open their barrages at different hts and tell why the President is ng in supporting the League-"his gue." The President will work
 on his tour, returning by way of lucky and points to the south of No particular attention will be 4 to this section of the country by Ter side. California and the far $tern states are to hear most of the &ory.-we must read it in the col ks of our press.
 &aere Is a particular significance in Y itinerary, as it has been mapped
 to some who are accustomed to
 ting deeper into the acts of poli- 8ns than the average. New Eng
 is not necessarily anti or pro- Sgue. Why should it not hear this It of words? Why should not the etdent try to convince us that the &ty should be supported? Is it be- se he is convinced that we are not hvor and may not be swung over, Nice versa? We doubt it.
 #e note, from Western sources,
 ency to make a great deal of the zsnise of debate between the Presi- T and one Hiram Johnson, Sena- # There are other speakers in op- #tion but the thing seems to be #sing upon the Senator from Cali Sia. Somehow things are a little #rer to us. 1920 is close at hand, # time to start if one wishes to #g himself prominently before the # ic. with the idea of bidding for # #Presidential nomination next Fall. Fl of the speeches are to take place 8Salifornia. The President knows rein the strength of his opponent land is going directly there to com # It. We believe now that there is &s politics in this speaking trip than se should be, and than there has # previously admitted. Willingly we must face this prop #on. Johnson is bidding for the &oort of his people; the President is Ing td offset that bid-and hang
 Mague!
 3Rt the Presidents idea may be it Rpossible to comprehend. It was # understanding that he had no
 to run for another term. Then @ould be best to let Senator John
 stay home and mend his own 8 es. Possibly the President is try # to swat the most prominent Bender for Republican honors for
 good that it will do the Democrat
 lrty at large. His idea may be to
 pse of Johnson. Though the Sen XX has not seemed to be @ foremost Fender for Presidential honors in # part of the country, he has in the \ t and South. The New England les will vote for him if he is nom- led on the Republican ticket, any
 It is merely an opening to the
 identia1 campaign that we are
 treated to.
 heory advanced recently that the
 possible excuse for President
 kn to run for a third term would
 h election over the League of Ma issue and that the Republicans 8@ merely creating a demand for n by their refusal to act on the #ty seems very reasonable New Aeless it appears that the situation
 lt be as outlined. The fight on
 ption of the treaty may be put M for year, with the President
 hing again in support of the
 gue and Mir. Johnson in opposi-
 The action of the Republican
 prs indicate this. They must have
 that they were furnishing an ex- "a for a third term appeal.