The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-01-17
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Agent Stuff But David
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By DAVID bAwRENcE,
(copyrigAt BY The rntelASeaeer.)

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Republicans should nominate Herbert
Hoover. II Is by no means OUTSIDE tne
range Ot possibility that the DeulocIS' S'S
would endorse him and bring about
coalition government for the first time
in American history. There would be
no electoral Coutcst-and being the sue
ccssSul nominee ~ Goth parties Mr.
Hoover would naturally De ooIlsea 20
ignore party lines and draw upon mai
vtduals from both parties in selecting
cabinet and managing the government
This very Interesting suggestion
came to me from man In the Denrprr
cratic party who perhaps has as mucR
power TO-DAY a. nybody else In X IN
influencing the next Democratic Ma
tiona. Convention At San Francisco ana
WAS direct consequence OF the speech
made N New Cork BY julius barnes
% intimate friend Of the former tood au-
min:stratDr, saying that Mr Hoover
was A I'rt greSSivc Republican and that
II was MS own wish that the RepuoIl-
cans ana not the Democrats DO the NOM
mating
MANI other Democrats were pceved
bv the uttcrauce They Indignantly de-
maudrd u know II Mr.. Hoover coIao"V-
ated with Mr.. Barnes IN preparing that
sDrsCh and wee S"nl"what Ee3SSurcd 10
find ouT that h, did not and that his
first knowlcdSr came when the news.
paper men told him mt the delivery OF
the address in New York. There nap
Dencd L, hr Wednesday night 4 confer
enCc Of ten leading Democrats. all OF
them powerful In the Democratic party.
They were talking seriously ABOUT
Hoover Tor the Democratic nomination
when along came Barnes speech 10 cast
a wc. blanket on their talk. They con-
Strued the speech aS contemptu"uS diS-
daIn for the Democratic party anu
sort OF eNpcdicut interest IN tnat IN
strumenta!ity only IL IN" RspuohcanS
failed 10 see the merits OK Hoover As
what Mr. Barnes said about Mr..
Hoover being = Progressive lSepuol'c2a
in 1912, however. d.d not dtsmay tho
bnn,orrats so very much aS the man
ner in which ne said X. AS 4 matter OF
fact. the Republicans whom | nave. en-
couatcred here are SquelchtnS tRe
Hoover talk with tlye Oft-hand remark
tbat any man who supported President
Wilson's partisan appeal FOR q Demo
cratic congrcsS in iSiS wouIuh os
nominated by Republican convention:
have searched the records Tor tnat
letter written by Herbert Hoover To
Frederick Coudert. OF New York. on the
eve of the 1913 congressional elecIon.
and found that owing |" thH c"hHeSSI.n
of election news and party StltcneniS
only a brief excerpt waS carried ever
the prrsS wires Of tho country at th2t
time InaSmuch az the letter IL NOW
70 be the document on which Mr.. Hoover
will Be welcomed in The Dcm9craNS
part a. an offset {" talk Of ronStruIhG
him sol"iy ~ Republican. II IS n"rtI-
ucnt - puH!!>a IN luiI ln' ~ w
cCinn.Cnl'tInu. Mr.. Hoover wrote "S
follows IL Mr.. FnUd"rt:
1T have YOURS Of November %nd IN
front ~ M. My own views are sum
marzcd in \ word: that we must h"I"
united support Crr tho PRESIDENT III
lha issues brrnrr us there can bc n"
party politics |: - vital that we haNt
D solid front and u SuSt2:u"d !cauSTStlp
81 am for President wilson l'aueS
ship not only in the conduct or the war
hut also ~ the ucEotiItt"n or peace ara
afterwards IN the direction or America
burden in tho rehabilitation "t the
world our rbj"Ct in this war IL % SOC
tho establishment Oi governments IN
rho central empires that are Responsible
fn their uraplC This is tho vital SAFE
guard ~ permanent peace. Tn" passing
~ their InllitlriSi:c AutocraCicS must
DC and II rapidly being marked by Sucn
Treatment as 10 put that system out Of
action Tor over.
There Is no greater nonumcnt |" any
mans genius than tn" conduct OF ncEn-
tintioDs with the enemy by tho PreSl-
don't There has been Il steady growth
~ realization by the German pcopl" Aud
hrr dnlud"d allies u tn" dcOaucherY
into which they and the world hhE" n"en
plunged BY mjlttariSm. The ir"Sidehi
has BY conduct and word stimulated
This realization. He has assured them
Justice /: ;hcy themselves VIII throw
OF their YOKE and h" has not heS'tatcd
In Application ~! every resource In force
agains9 their military dIctators.
"Ir me final overthrow and Surrcndcr
OF autucraCy can y" aCc"HpIlSh'I
through the GCrm;S'' and their aIllr1i
rporIr Themselves. -" President VIII
NOT only save tho lives OF million
American boys and countless innocent
women and children but Will haN" at.
tainrd m"r" ""mpl"t" victory, ana a
more permanent guarantee or peace
than any other means
Tho Presidents leadership has gam
ed gigantic strides IN shis course. The
terms of surrender are oelnE UadS ny
Marshal Foch and our military leaders
The action Of tho RulGarlan. Turkish
and Austrian pronle has or Is forcing the
acceptanCcr Of those terms Inc Ter
man peopl" VIII sooner or later 60 SO.
"Our objects in the overthrow Or all
nr.Crrorics IN E:uropN ard the establish
rnent Of government by the IeopIc 10
hrt mart Of our great burden for beyond
this. where IN" immcd'a'@ "ojcrIS arS ar
attained We "ttll have betoT" uS tho
greatest problem that our government
has ever faced = We are 10 prevent Eu.
ropes irnnnlat,"u il confIaErat"n or
anarchy such as Russia - plunged in
W mus, nn-Sr Europe back TO In
dustry and Sr.E-supDCrt and VIC must
ourselves av0Id cNt2nElem'nt IN the
DrorcsS This can b" accomplished only
by This SANE leadership which has tho
ronFidcrcc Of the great mass OF people
in Europe The President has spoken
throughout IN" war tho aspirattnS or
InalFr'tN OF nc NHltIiCdl I'''-
nrc Their ~ no other leadership pos
sibIc now II we are 10 succeed IN these
Yours faithfully.
"WERRERT HOOVER"
7. was or thiS basis that Mr.. Hoover
supnnrtcd tho President in that appeal
for the election Of a congress that
wouId support his leadership and the
Presid.nt himself seemed 10 forcSrc
thet the election % n" ENpuhl;cans
would be ronStruc"d aS a rruUdia;on OF
mis- Leadership so n" asked for N" clcc-
lion OF a pcmcc-atic majority in both
houses, When Mr. Hoover cam" from
Europe rcccntlv h" .'IUc out fatty for
Tho cuguc 81 Nations covenant and
while ne and great many "th"r lib
rrals are not altogether pleased with
some Of the terms Of p"aC" the view Is
shared hy the former food admtnistra-
tor that only through the establishment
Of the League can the mistakes Of the
nsacr treaty br from tim" TO time re-
yfsed as conditions warrant and public
opinin functions more accurately ami
Isaa Inart!sanly throughout the world on
Shn moot points. Is Mr.. Hoover a Dem
ocrat or Rrpublican? The answer is
that he would like u be neither but 10
act along the lines OF policy set forth