New-York tribune., 1920-04-01
Announcement of His
Candidacy Causes Long
Debate on Senate Floor
Little Favorable Talk
Party Chiefs Can't
Forget 1918 Letter
Senators Welcome Him
Into Party. but Fail to
Commend Candidacy

From The Tsibure's Wash hinotor Bureau
WASHINGTON, March 31.-Herbert
Hoover's entry into the Republican
Pres Dental race received cold recep-
tlon in the capital. The Republicans
made no comment tina. was favorable
The Democrats, on the other hand. ex-
pressed great relief that he entered the
Republican contest instead of the fight
Tor the Democrati; nomination.
That the national machinery of the
Republican party will be arraycd
against Hoover in tine contest for the
nomination was accepted generally as
a foregone conclusion. Senators and
Representatives who are part of the
Republican party machinery declared
Republicans could not forget Mr.
Hoover's letter in 1918, calling upon
the voters to elect only Democrats TO
congress and to defeat every Repub-
lican candidate.
Senators Penrose, Lodge and others
whose voices carry weight in the ma
ional councils of the party are absent
rom Washington. but during the al
most continual discussion of Mr..
ioover's pans that preceded his, an
nouneement OF yesterday all of the
Republican leaders in Congress had
expressed their opposition to him.
Read Out of Party
Senator Penrose read Hoover out of
The party" in a statement he issued
ust before he left Philadelphia in Feb
ruary to recuperaIe IN Florida from his
recent illness At Senator Penrose's
oifice to-day persons who sought some
word from the Senator on the Hoover
move We're referred to his Philade lpha
tatement. Senator Renrose at that
me said:
Herbert Hoover never could be con-
sldered by q Republican convention as
4 fitting candidate for the Pres dential
omlnation. In the last Congressional
election nc issued partisan statement
insulting the Republican party by
Hrging the return OF d Democratic Con-
gress harmonious to the program laid
acwn by President Wilson. Hoover
alstinctiy belongs to the Wilson end of
the Democratic party
Senator Fenrose and his associates
III the "Old Guard" element Of the Re-
publican party will continue to regard
Hoover as a Democrat, it was said to-
day;
aouncement that he is q Republican
nd that he is entering the Republican
Presidential contest on 81 treaty plat
orm that comedies with the Lodge
Program was to bring about discussion
ot probable hight of the field aga
Hoover for the nomination.
Seen As Boon to Wood
The supporters of the candidacy o.
Major General Leonard Wood declares
that Hoovers action will yrea:i-
strengthen the Wood candidacy. SEN
ator Moses. of New Hampshire. South
ern manager of the Wood campaign,
said:
"Mr. Hoovers announcement will
help General Wood 1t will force the
Wood rather than face the Hoover
menace"
The Wood forces have started
movement to have the fight in the
Chicago convention q contest between
Hoover and the field, with General
Wood the rallyng point for all anti
Hoover delegates.
Most of the Republicans in the Sen
ate declared they WELCOMED Hoover
into the party" but none spoke of his
nomination. Many Republicans in Con-
gress privately expressed the opinion
that Mr.. Hoover has not eliminated
himself from the Democratic nomina-
tion-and some Democratic Senators
agreed with ths-and that he has
started a RAID upon the Republican
party as the forerunner of movement
TO establish third party.
Senators representing the Middle
Western states were unanimous in the
opinion that the Hoover candidacy will
not be successful in the Republican
party.
Senators from the farm states de-
clared the farmers not only are opposed
to Hoover's candidacy, but that they
will fight to prevent his nomination.
Typical comment on the Hoover an