The Washington times., 1920-06-09
More Politics.
Sorry to Bore You.
But Here's One Fact.
Johnson viii Be President.
By ARTHUR BRISBANE
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tions and politicians, says posi-
lively: "The Republican conven-
, ton will not nominate Hiram
Johnson" Burleson, Postmaster
General, understanding politics as
well rs any man, said to this
writer weeks ago, Remember one
thing, the Republicans will never
nominate Hiram Johnson"
Perhaps they won't, and they
certainly won't IL they can help It
II they don't, 30 much the worse
for THEM. They may not nomi-
nate johnson, but they can't keep
him from nominating himself, and
that Is Just what he will do.
And once nominated, as regu-
lar Republican candidate or as in
dependent American citizen, John
son will be elected.
The next PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES WILL
BE HIRAM JOHNSON OF CAL
IFORNIA. The people want him,
and are going to have him.
You may say and the Old Guard
may foolishly rely on it for safety,
But Hiram Johnson said he would
NOT run as an independent" OF
course, he did, and he meant it
he means it now.
But a man might say, "If this
house catches fire, or burglars
break in / promise not to risk my
life fighting the fire or the bur-
glars"
Nevertheless, if burglars did
break in, and menaced the chill
dren Of the man who had prom
ised not to fight, THAT MAN
WOULD FIGHT FOR HIS chill
DREN, promise or no promise.
II the scientific profiteer bur-
glars, or rough-neck Ivory Soap
peddlers undertake to cheat the
people out Of the candidate they
want. Hiram johnson will have to
fight. AND HE WILL FIGHT.
Today's session Of the conven-
ton was nothing. MIR. Lodges
keynote speech" was about as
impressive as the chirp Of the
kangaroo mouse in a menagerie.
The more important animals are
still to be heard. ,.
When Borah, the big grizzly
from the West, begins to growl.
announcing his determination to
tight the Soap Peddler crowd. and
the Wall Street profiteer gang.
you will hear a keynote" worth
while.
And when Johnson selects his
time to give the convention q SAM
pie Of his roaring, you will 600
the kangaroo mice, and the twsn-
ty-five hundred dollars apiece"
WHAT is IT'S shiver. -
The public's attitude Is interest
ing and strange. Every man asks,
what do you think THEY will
do" Concerning his own business.
. man naturally would ask, What
shall WE do?"
The American people do not
seem TO realize that choosing q
Presidential candidate is THE
CITIZENS business, that he ought
to be questioning himself. and men
around him, not waiting, as hun
dred million Americans are now
waiting. to find what THEY" will
hand out.
II blind, conceited Republican
leaders defeat johnson, this will
be remembered as the year in
which, sixty years after it was
iorn, with Lincoln for leader, the
Republican party was killed, with
Ivory Soap for the undertaken.
Quite q drop from Abraham
Lincoln and "No Compromise" to
Mr.. Proctor and Ivory Soap.
II the Republican party machine
decides to take that drop, it will
be fatal. Nineteen twenty will
see the death of the Republican
party and the birth of a new one,
with johnson, Borah and other
fighters leading it, as 1860 saw the
death Of the Wing party and the
birth of the Republican party, with
Abraham Lincoln as leader.
Men and parties die when their
time comes to die, and warning
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But Borah gave the Republicans
plain warning last night in his
magnificent speech for johnson,
denouncing the auction Of the
Presidency. There should be intel
ligence enough even in a political
kangaroo mouse to take that
warning.
: Chicago is full of strangers, and
treporters are trying to calculate
how many billions are represented
,by big men from the Wall Street
'neighborhood. They might better
calculate how much courage and
energy it took on the part Of Borah
to make it impossible, as he did,
for all the billions in the United
States to buy the Presidency. The
people can never pay their debt
to Borah, and he cares little about
that.
On Thursday afternoon you
ought to have definite news. You
may know something earlier. But
until then there probably will be
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