The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-04-03
Think Republicans Will Not
Grant Platform Liberal
Enough for Him
THEN HE WOULD
TURN TO THEM
Do Not Want Him to Win Republican
Nomination at Chicago-Democrats
Will Uphold Wilson Policies at Home
and Abroad.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
Copyright BY The Reformer.)

Copyright BY The Reformer)
WASHINGTON, April 3.-Homer Cum
mings, faithful Wilson man, ardent Dem
ocrat, and level-headed chairman of the
national committee Of his party, is about
the best posted man in the political
group of correspondents are significant of
what the real leaders of Democracy have
in mind for the San Francisco conven
ton. His discourse unfolds the strategy
of his party
! 1t is sad thing" said Mr.. Cummings,
'to see an essential Democrat trying TO-
iberalze a stand-pat party
| The reference was to Herbert Hoover in
answer to question as to what Mr. Cum
mings thought of the former food admin
istrator's last letter anent the California
primaries and his willingness to run on
a liberal Republican platform.
There is no Disgusting the fact that
there has existed a warm admiration for
| Mr. Hoover in Democratic councils. That
admiration has been publicly chilled but
privately it has not altered the real be-
lief Of several Democratic leaders that
Herbert Hoover is going to be the next
President of the United States either on
the Republican or Democratic or possibly
, on an Independent ticket They will not
admit this-but they think it.
/ Mr.. Hoover's effort to lberalize the
| Republican party is regarded by Mr. Cum
! mings as doomed to failure Just as was the
| attempt of Theodore Roosevelt The wis
| may be father to the thought for the
| Democrats don't want to see the Repub
| lican convention in Chicago adopt a lib
| eral platform and nominate Mr. Hoover
| They fear lie would sweep the country
| Their only hope is that the Republican
| convention will fail to heed the clamo
for Hoover and nominate somebody else
Believing naturally that the Democrat,
| party is the true liberal party Mr.. Cum
| mings openly SAYS Mr. Hoover is on tn
| wrong side Of the fence trying to brin
| about reform in the Republican yard
| They think the specifications he gave con
| corning middlc-ofthe road programm
| neither extremely reactionary nor el
remely radical viii be found in the Den
ocratic platform. Obviously Mr. Hoover
stand on the treaty differs from that c
| President Wilson and unless somethin
| happens to take the treaty out of tn
campaign, Mr.. Hoover has closed tn
door against a Democratic nomination.
II For in the same conference with til
| correspondents, Homer Cummings predi
ted that the San Francisco conveulo
would uphold the position of PresideI
Wilson on all international and domest
nolicies. On such a platform, Herbe
Hoover could never be drafted to run b
cause he differs with the Wilson admi
istration on many policies.
Nevertheless the Democrats are goil
to make good use of Hoover's populari
, | and the doctrines he breaches They a
going to challenge the Republican par
to do what Hoover has asked them to d
| Their strategy viii be to hold up Hoov
as the man who tried to reform the r
publican party but faled-for they a
sure the Republicans will not conform
the Hoover specifications. The Democra
will continue to say Mr. Hoover is real
IAN essential Democrat" and that
CARELESS of many Of its flaws he will fl
more liberalism in the Democratic than
the Republican party.
1t would be a cruel Joke if the Repr
icans did nominate Mr. Hoover but t
Democrats are willing to take the chan
in extoling the former food administ
tor because they are confident that
Hoover will be turned down at Chica,
It is to their interest therefore to Ike
on friendly terms with Mr. Hoover
future campaign uses as a candidate or
liberalism just as the Democrats acquil
a number Of progressive votes WI
the progressive party was summar
dissolved in Chicago in 1916, so
Y Democrats think they will see the
II eral Republicans march up