The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-02-19
HOOVER BOOM
For The Presidency
Rapidly Gaining
Ground.

World. in coming out fatty in a two
and half column editorial for Her
bert &. Hoover for President on
either Democratic. Progressive In
dependent, or Republican platform.
In point Of ability. in point Of ex-
pcrience. IN point Of capacity TO deal
comprchensivcly with the new prob
/ lens ~ reconstruction. Mr.. Hoover
2 wcrs above all the candidates who
ave been brought into the contest"
asserts The World. and find scores Of
widely separated newspapers. Repub-
lican and Democratic alike. which
agree fully in this and other state
ments made in The Worlds astonish-
ing editorial Criticism Of Mr..
Hoover's abilities as an administrator
is conspicuous by its absence. Some
might find fault with his comparative
ineXperience as a politician, but, as
The World and other newspapers say,
the public is tired Of professional
politicians.
IIoover's unique role in the Presi-
| Dental race "embarasses the poll
ticians Of the Democratic and Repub-
lican parties, and delights the former
ly helpless general public" gleefully
asserts the Philadelphia Evening Pub
lie Ledger UndD. Hoover is needed
in the White House, declares The
World. because
"The fundamental rights and liber-
ties Of theAmerican people are men
aced today as they have never been
before. On the one hand rndicalism
Is pushing its theories to the very
verge Of anarchy. and on the other
hand conservatism has joined hands
with Bourbonism TO destroy liberty in
order TO maintain the extreme indi-
viduahstic theory Of property rights.
Between these two greedy groups Of
fools and fanatics there is great
middle ground which is held by the
vast majority Of Americans and
which they will continue TO hold I'M
der competent leadership. but com
petent leadership there must be. and
no man better embodies il than Her
bert c. Hoover"
Hoover is not dark horse" says
one pertinent Photographer, rather
he is n nightmare to political aspir.
ants on both sides Of the political
fence"
May his specter penetrate to the
darkest corners Of the closets where
kitchen-cabinet plot destiny" is the
prayer Of ex-senator William Alden
Smiths Grand Rapids Herald (Rep.).
The Baltimore Sun lind. DEM
which speaks Of Hoover as the Great
Neutral" predicts n race between the
Democratic and Republican parties
to see which can capture Hoover as a
Presidential candidate. and says:
"Yet Hoover is no neutral when il
comes to deeds. His platform is
short. and consists. like the motto Of
the Prince Of Wales. Of only two
words-"I Serve"
DIR. Frank Crane. whose editorials
on almost everything but politics,
first published in the New York
Globe, are read Throughout the world.
said in an editorial recommending
consideration of Hoover as a Presi-
dental candidate. which appeared
two weeks before The Worlds utter
ance: I'VE have tried Republicans
and we have tried Democrats. Sup
pose we try just a man. We recon-
mend Hoover simply because he
has made good. He is not an orator
he is a man of action. And he is
not looking for the place. which helps
some" Hoover may yet find him
self at the head Of a commission for
the relief Of bankrupt political par
ties, predicts the Brooklyn Eagle
lind. Dem. and Gen. w. h. Halde-
man. Democratic National Committee
man from Kentucky, is sure that the
Democratic party will select Hoover
as his veins. or a fortieth cousin who |
is Democrat" ''ln Washington
the politicians never speak Of Hoover
as a Presidential candidate" the
Washington correspondent Of the |
New York Evening Post undD tells
US, and the Philadelphia Evening Pub
lie Ledger (IndD interprets this as
"the biggest boost we have yet seen
for him."
Scores Of quotations similar 10 the
above could be set forth. but the /
cold fact that political conventions,
and not the people. select Presiden-
tial candidates. still remains We
are reminded by the Rochester
Times-U Union (Ind.D that ut is fay-
orite habit Of some political leaders
TO favor the eolorlesS candidate.
who has aroused no antagonists. TO
the more positive personality who
has done much but who has antagon-