Evening star., 1920-03-21

THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary of National Developments, Based on
Reports From The Stars Special Core
spondents and Staff Writers.

been rather a dull one. The Nc
Adoo movement, despite refusal of
the former Treasury chief to come
into the race openly. appears to be
making headway, and the cam
paign for delegates pledged or
committed to Attorney General
Palmer goes on throughout the
country. Otherwise there appears
to. be little activity in behalf of
. democratic aspirants.
Palmer and anti-Palmer demo-
Gratis in Pennsylvania are lining
up for fight to the finish, and
there appears to be a disposition
among democrats elsewhere to sit
back and await the outcome of the
the delegation from his own state,
practical politicians outside are
likely to be a little shy of casting
their fortunes in with his.
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Herbert Hoover continues to be
about the most discussed man now
in the public eye. in political
way. In the past he has been re-
garded more as a democratic than
a republican presidential possibi1-
ity, but this week mention of his
name has been most frequently
heard in connection with the re-
publican nomination. This is due,
of course, to his interview urging
ratification of the peace treaty as
amended by the Senate.
As to the effect his interview will
have on his personal political for
tunes there is a wide difference OF
opinion The interview, which was
given exclusively to The Star was
carried by the press associations
and published in whole or in part
in practically every American
newspaper. 1t attracted wide at
tention and was generally made
the subject of editorial comment
This comment, in the main. is
favorable to Mr.. Hoover. The At
1anta Journal, in the rock-ribbed
solid south, sees in his attitude on
the peace treaty evidence OF his
''stalwart Americanism. Of his fore
sight and grasp of world prob
lens, Of his drastic independence
of foreign influence. of his keen
solicitude for his own country's
well-being." Also that his af-
fections are tied to no nag but the
Stars and Stripes. and that of all
Americans who participated In the
affairs of the peace conference
none was less likely to play even
unwittingly. the hand of Great
Britain or of any other foreign
power.
In republican New England. the
Boston Traveller takes this view:
whatever else may be said here
after about Mr.. Hoover as a presi-
Dental possibility. it cannot be
truthfu1ly maintained that he. is
the interests of the United States"
A middle western view is repre-
sented by the following from the
Minneapolis Tribune: This state
ment from Mr.. Hoover carries him
farther than did his letter from
the position taken by the Presi-
dent How could the democrats
date without repudiating the Pres
ident, with whom he is in wide and
irreconcilable disagreement"
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In view Of the fact that there
has been widespread belief that
the farmers Of the country would
not support Mr.. Hoover for the
presidency. an interesting develop
ment is the fact that since his in
terview advocating ratification of
the treaty Farm and Home, pub
iished at Chicago. and one Of the
most influential agricultural pa
pers in the middle west. has come
out without qualification for the
former food administrator.
A telegram received by The Star
last night from Herbert Myrick.
editor-in-chief of Farm and Home.
quotes an editorial in his paper to
the effect that the American peo-
pie will insist upon a treaty of
peace and league of nations fair
to the United States and just to
the world" and concludes with the
following: Great crises raise up
great men to meet them. Washing
ton, Jefferson. Lincoln. Roosevelt.
and now Hoover. the modest ge-
MUS who inspired production. i'm
proved distribution, fed the world:
whose transcendent experience and
plain common sense fit him to lead
us safely through complicated re-
adjustment into the blessings, the
privileges and the duties of right
eousness."
(Copyright,. 1920, By Tho Washington Star. }