The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-14

first that sounded plausible. Herbert
Hoover stood out as the heroic product
of the war. a master mind in executive
and administrative tasks, an amateur in
politics and therefore not altogether
eliminated from future consideration
simply because he bungled his cards this
wear. William Gibbs McAdoo typified
wisconsin i'm international affairs and
friendship for labor. Tothe millions who
were carried away. by PRESIDENT Wilson'S
apnaa | for the lea giie Vt nations on his
fr rin West last wear, laEoSAtoo seemed to
: be be- more nearly taie heb sf Wilson policies
ti,an either. KV6osI sor ,Iohfisoa were of3thn.
Roosevelt polioies4s AftAfloo III the Demo
cratic party, and Wood, johnson and
Hoover in the Republican party do rep
resent waves of popular sentiment which
have not been tshbmefged by the party
nominations
The average American is no sooner
done with one campaign than he looks
forward to the next contest. And judg-
ing by the expressions which. the writer
heard on his western trip, it is safe to
assume that unless Cox and Harding.
both discover the roots of the power
which Messrs. Wood, Johnson, Hoover
and MeAdoo held in the western country,
those four individuals viii be heard from
in the contest four syears from now
Surely if Governor Cox is defeated, the
opportunity of McAdoo to lead the party
in 1924 viii be greater than it was this
time. With the absence of Woodrow
| Wilson from office for four years, there
win be no plalsibility behind the cry of
"crown prince or n-inlaw, an argu-
ment that had weight not merely with
4 n !,
| Furthermore, if Cox loses, the Wilson
branch of the Democratic party will en-
gage in a mighty struggle next time to
overthrow the Tammany Tiger.
| On the other hand, should Governor
| Cox be elected and do to the Tammanv
bosses what Woodrow Wilson did to the
| New Jersey bosses when once he Sc
cured the nomination from them and was
elected to office, the entire Democratic
party would be obliged to renominate
/ Cox for second term.
| In the Republican party, the talk of
| 1924 also has a definite bearing on what
kind of support will be given the Repub-
| lican ticket this year. Friends of Her
| bert Hoover who always have wanted to
| see him elassed as Republican are glad
/ he has come out in favor of Harding
| This, they think, will assist Hoover four
| years from now, especially if Harding
/ isn't elected next fall. Incidentally
there is a real boom on in California to
make Hoover governor of the state two
years hence if Governor Stephens decides
/ to run for the senate. If he doesn't. then
| Hoover is being talked of for the senate
against Johnson The idea seems to be
] to keep Hoover in the political limeIight
in the next four years. Whether he oecu
pies place in n Harding cabinet or is a
candidate for senator or governor of his
state, within -four years he viii have
wiped the slate clean of the suggestion
that he lived abroad too many wears 10
understand American affairs. and will
| have aligned himself long enough with
Repnblicanism to be considered eligible
for high honors.
10 De swept INTO power on wave of
resentment, however, one cannot boast of
very secure support and unless Harding.
4 elected, proves himself a Progressive
the 'Wesferh part Of the United states
VIII reveal a resurgent propressivism
That VIII make logical in 1924 a repeti.
tlon OF the political events of igI2
Hardlng would, Of course, be the eandi-
date OF the organization men in the Fast
Tor reelection Just as was Taft and John
son might easily become the Roosevelt of
the OCCASION The sooner HARDING aud
the West get close together and tbe
sooner the Republican managers realize
that their front porch campaign will NOT
get the publicity or attention that a trim
OF speeches would get the brighter will
republican chances become especially in
such doubtful states as California.
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