The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-05-07
JOHNSON ABOVE
ALL CANDIDATES
Victory in California
Said to Have Elm
mated Hoover
BY JAMES R. NOURSE
(By Universal Seryice)

!
from future consideration as a presi-
dent is contended and made himself
the most potential figure in the race
for the Republican nomination.
Johnson's great victory in his home
state amazed everybody at the cap
ital. Senator Borah and others who
are supporting Johnson's candidacy
saw in it the thrusting forward of
Johnson as the strongest factor be-
fore the convention. Old guard lead
ers maintained discreet silence but
admitted that with the tremendous
force of the big California vote be-
hind him Johnson claims to the NOM
nation will dominate those of every
other candidate now in the race.
Senators who fought with Johnson
against the treaty rejoiced over the
California result, which showed that
altho many of Johnson's most earn
est supporters disagreed with him on
| the treaty question they gave him
their wholehearted support to him in
his fight against Hoover.
| Senator Johnson himself return
ing to Washington at a late hour
from his Indiana campaign expressed
himself as being extremely gratified
!. by the tremendous vote given him.
| He regards it as triumphant
vindication of his course against the
treaty and a renewal of the con-
fidence which his friends in Cali
fornia have heretofore had in him.
During the treaty fight, many of
Johnson's best friends in California
stood for the league and fell out with
him on that issue; apparently they
are nearly all back in camp and are
with him on that and every other
issue.
Senator Borah believes that john
sons victory in California will elm
! mate not only Hoover but General
Wood He pointed out that the diff
! ference between the Johnson sup
! porters and Wood delegates is that
Johnsons friends are sincerely with
him while great proportion of the
! Wood delegates have been won
merely by the expenditures of large
sums of money.
The senator said:
! johnson will go into the conven-
ton as the strongest candidate. He
has demonstrated that the people
are behind him and sincerely want
him. The results eliminates Hoover
as well as Wood. Wood will go into
the convention with about 120 dele
gates and that's all he can get.
Senator Johnson arrived too late
to see any Of the other senators. He4
expects to, consult with Senator
Borah and others on a number of
matters connected with the cam
paign. One of the questions to be
settled is whether Johnson will at |
whether Johnson will at this time
take an active part in the work of |
selecting the chairman for the con-
vention.
Another question which is to be
discussed is that of continuing the
fight started by Borah against the
large expenditures made by General
Woods managers. Senator Borah
announced today that he intended to
carry on this fight and that he might
introduce another resolution in the
senate to provide for an investion.
He will consult with oJhnson and
discuss with him the ACCESSIBILITY of
keeping up this fight. Senator john
son has had no part in the attack
whcih Senator Borah has made on
the Wood managers, but Senator
Borah desires to talk it over with
him before proceeding any further.
Reports have reached here that
the lavish expenditures made by the
Wood forces in Michigan and iMnne-
sofa were duplicated in New Jersey,
Indiana and Maryland. The expen-
ditures in Indiana alone have been
put down about 100000. 1t is
known that a great deal of money
was poured into Baltimore on the
night before the primary to influence
the votes in many hands. New Jer-
sey the expenditures are said to have
been on the same lavish scale.
Senator Johnson said he had not
reached final decision to whether
thereswill be a recount of the votes
in New Jersey. The condition Of the
Johnson war chest does not permit
Of an expenditure of $4,000 as de-
manded by the Judge who ordered
the recount. Unless some one vol
unteers to put up this sum in John
sons behalf in order to ascertain
whether the vote in New Jersey was
lawfully counted, it is likely no re-
count vii be made.
The overshadowing Importance of
The California result caused the
Wood victory in Indiana to be gem
orally regarded as insignificant. The
Indiana vote shows that Lowden,
Harding and Johnson could combine
md control the convention anyway,
10 little attention was paid to the
'esult by the supporters Of any of
hese candidates. Such combina-
ion if made, would prevent Wood
rom capturing the Indiana eonven-
ion and would result in an unin-