The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-12
TUESDAY. OCTOBER IL. 1920.


Hooyer's Bomb in the wilson Camp.
Mr.. HooyERs condo mnatlon of the
business incapacity ard government
responsibility of Mr.. WILSON'S Adj
ministration and Mr.. WILSON'S party
is true enough and strong enough ana
damaging enough to make two unmlti-
gated Wilson organs, the New York
Times and the World, writhe. Both
have indorsed HoovER'a ability and
Judgment time and again To both
he has been shining light for his In
terest in the miseries Of Europe, his
labors to assuage them and his adj
herence to the theory of the League
or some sort of international associa-
tlon to join the nations that are strong
with the nations that are weak Tor
the preservation of peace and for the
furtherance of the needs and the ideals
of all races.
But when Mr.. HOOVER says MI
WILSON'S Administration and Mr..
WILSON'S disorganized and democrat
lied party are not fit to do this work,
are not TT to do any great work, or
are not so fit as the trained and expert
enced Republican party, the Times
challenges the sincerity of the shift
of man who strongly backed Mr.
WILSON for so long but now can say
and does say: II believe that since
the armistice the present Administra-
ton has made failure by all the
tests that we can apply"
The Times deplores the state of con-
science or mind that could lead
HOOVER two years ago to stand so
strongly for WILSON In war and
peace afterward." but three weeks
before this election to demand thar
the Wilson Administration be relieved
OF ali national power, as the penalty
for it's incapacity to exercise such
power wisely and successfully.
But the simple answer to this is
that undoubted incompetence and In
comparable failure must. as Hoover
puts 1t, pay the penalty In public af-
fairs as in private affairs, In gov
eminent as In business of being put
of the Job 1t cannot fill.
And the answer to the disturbed
and angry World is just as easy. The
World questions HoovER's qualiflca
lions. under the circumstances of this
campaign, to judge of the merits and
the capacity OF the Republican party
10 administer better the affairs OF
this nation to the interests and safety
of the American people than Mr..
WILSON'S Administration and Mr.. VIII
SONS party can. But the World had such
faith In HoovEB's purpose, judgment
and character only a few months ago
that Il wanted and strove to make
him President OF the United states.
It proposed and doomed the nomna-
ton Of Hoover, though this should
obllterate the Democratic party, which
the World hitherto had supported and
served through thick and thin.
Either the World knew Hoover then
when 1t championed him for the Pres
idency on whatever ticket or 1t does
not know HoovER now. Either the
Worlds opinion Of HOOVER was worth
something then, or Its opinion OF Hoo
vER is worth nothing now. And II
HOOVER was the one man to take charge
OF the Executive government, If he
was anything like the man the World
thought he was at that time, and as
sured the country he vas az that time,
then the followers OF the World itself
must decide now that HOOVER not the
World, IS to be believed that Hoover
not the World. is to be followed In
this national crisis where, as HoovEH
tells us, "the present Administration
has made a failure by all the tests
that we can apply" and where "the
solemn referendum u not on the
League; It Is on the failure Of the
Democratic party"
II Is because the American people
know HoovER's Indictment Is rue
that II carries such force. HoovEr
declares. not as a Republican but as
a proficient workman, careful inves
tfgator and an impartial judge, that
Mr.. WILSON'S party Is not nc TO meet
the country's living cost needs. not nj