The Washington times., 1920-06-08

tty" in this country means ma
Jority rule tempered and controll-
ed by minority wire-pulling.
Many Of the ablest politicians as
sert that "the big three will kill
each other off and that a dark
horse will get it."
The Big Three are johnson,
Lowden, and Wood, of course. The
Senate investigating committee
told about two of them. The
third, johnson, is the one that at
least 75 per cent of the Repub-
ican voters and millions Of Demo-
frats and independents want for
President.
What ails the. intelligence of a
nation that knows what it wants,
knows what forces prevent its get
ting what 1t wants, yet lacks
courage or organization to have
its way? You feel sorry for
baby crying for someone to fix
his safety pin, but you wouldn't
have much sympathy for a grown
man in the same predicament
Latest real political news and
most impressive Is the voting In
North Carolina. Official figures
are held back by politicians. But
kilograms sent by the Chicago
Herald and Examiner to every
county and precinct in the State
show how the people of this
country feel in North Carolina, as
elsewhere, about johnson.
Asa Biggs, editor Of the Enter
prise. at High Point. North Car
olina. expresses the situation as 1t
oomes in by wire from editors of
every county in the State. This
Is his telegram: ,.,.
Nearly complete returns show
johnson running wild in this. Gull
ford, county. Thirty-one precincts
out Of thirty-six give Johnson a
lead of approximately ten to one
over Wood. ASA BIGGS."
And after Wood, the others are
nowhere.
The people of the United States
are not interested as they ought
to be in their right to select as
President the man they want And
business men Of the United States,
OF whom many blindly oppose
johnson because they want an
Ivory Soap candidate, or some
other one, warranted ito stand
hitched," do not know that their
attitude menaces the very business
interests that they put above all
other national considerations.
The present conditions in Amer
ica and Europe, unrest and agita-
ton, gutter anarchy and profiteer
anarchy, make it plain that this
country needs q powerful man in
the White House, not a gentleman
who can eat two million dollars
worth of Ivory Soap as a campaign
hors d'oeuvre, or another willing
to spend a million or two of his
own to buy the delegates and the
Presidency.
Hiram johnson is a lawyer, with
respect for law. He is an Amer
ican with respect for American in
stitutions, for American principles
of government. He is a powerful
man, his rivals are political pup
pets compared with him. He is
courageous man. At any moment
this country may need a man COM
bining courage with power, for
action at home or abroad, or both.
This writer, who never in his life
has voted Republican ticket, has
vet to talk to an unbiased citizen
of definite opinions, Republican or
Democrat, without finding that the
man was for johnson, believed in
him, and wanted his nomination.
1t will be a shameful outrage
against the people of the United
States il they are baked in their
efforts to nominate and elect
tHiram johnson. But, with Mr..
sJohnson's help, they need not be
baked, whatever this convention
may do.
Republican politicians. the Old
Guard, should have intelligence, II
not integrity, enough to obey the
plain will of the people. Never
bIltlE IlNSS low siSy nav vic
opportunity of scoring SO wonder
full a political victory.
For their own protection they
should remember what happened in
1912.
The people wanted Roosevelt,
the Old Guard wouldn't have him.
He ran as an independent WITH
HIRAM JOHNSON AS HIS RUN
MING MATE.
Roosevelt and johnson got
FOUR million one hundred and
ninety thousand one hundred and
one votes. Taft and Sherman got
THREE million four hundred and
sighty-one thousand six hundred
and thirty-four votes. The inde-
pendent ticket beat the regular
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