Gunnison news-champion., 1920-03-05

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ination. He would not. however,
Democratic party. II that party =
they will not nominate him. The
call must come in q groundswell
from the people and there is plen-
under motion. We want to pre-
face Congressman Martins arti-
Gle by a quotation from the late
issue of the Sunset Magazine, the
most prominent Of western jour
nails, published in California.
The One Man Who Measures Up To
The Job
The one man really qualified to
make the best, the most constructive
international use Of Americas tremen-
dous economic power is Herbert
Hoover. Hoover knows Europe and
knows America. He can't be deceiv-
ed. The wool can't be pulled over
his eyes. He does not deal in altru-
istic platitudes and tinsled generali-
ties. He emerged from the debacle
Of the Paris conference as the one
clcar-headed, straight thinking, swift
acting constructive figure.
Congressman Martin Says of Hoover.
Hoover's prospects for the presi-
dency appear too remote for this to
be considered boost. The fact is,
don't see where Hoover can "get on
at" as a presidential nominee. It's q
cinch he couldn't get the Republican
nomination. rs the grand old party
has never loked with favor on new
comers, either in the way Of candi-
dates or issues, and feels too sure Of
the next election to pass over its
favorite sons, born and bred in the
faith, for q man who Just got on at
the last station. No, there is no show
for Hoover on the Republican ticket.
Nor is it easy to figure him q can
didate ON the Democratic ticket.
While the Democratic party is not so
clannish as the Republican party, and
new men and new ideas find more of
. welcome in It, can well understand
the report that when Hoover's name
70 mentioned in Washington it ere
ates q tumult Of silence among the
leaders Of both partieA There are,
however, conditions existing in the
Democratic party which remove the
nomination Of . man like Hoover
from the realm Of the impossible,
but the very existence Of these con-
ditions would make his, election a.
conjectural rs his nomination.
So in writing this article l am not
consciously polling for q federal per-
nmmon ON the strength Of Hoovers
election as president. I just want ia
talk little about . thing that has inn
pressed me in HoovePs utterances
since he finished the job Of quarter
master-general Of the allied and ~
sociated powers, to-wit: The Hoover
View Point. f.
Not since the campaigning Of
Roosevelt and Wilson in 1912 have
encountered such newness Of view
point and freshness Of expression
as Hoover diseloses. The Roosevelt
speeches Of 1912 were . revelation "a
me. ! considered them the greatest
series Of campaign speeches IN my
time. Roosevelt in that campaign
seemed to Fave acquired new con-
sciousness, . social consciousness, u
] may make myself clear by such q
term, and he spoke like . man In
spired. He breathed civic righteous
ness like the prophet Of new dis
pensation. They were gripping, exalt-
ing speeches. Wilson, also turned
fresh streams Of thought and feeling
into the minds and hearts of the peo.
pie. No public man. unless it wal
Lincoln, surpassed him in simplicity
and directness Of diction. His min(
was a Damascus blade and it sparklet
electrically; it was vibrant.
Now the fact may not titillate hu
man vanity, but = man doesn't maxi
but one campaign such as BryaI
made in 1896 or Wilson or Roosevelt
in 1912. There is only one such cam
paign in q man. In these campaigns
these men reached the spotheosis O
effort, Of expression, Of feeling, am
burned their PrometheAn fre.
l don't know what kind Of spell
binder Hoover would make, but d
know that in recent statements mad,
by him, filing hardly half . page !,
. newspaper, he has compressed NOR
political thought, and in better form
than has any public man since th
end Of the war. OccAsionAliy, as
shall show he has completely cover
ed IN issue In one paragraph. Yol
may not agree with his viewpoint
but you must concede thak be hA
stated Il fully, succine3ly, clearly IN
eralixafion alone mast command q
tgttion. or hy this test a1one be ma;
claim pIaee a1nong the biegeat put
iic men q the AZ. He q Z msste
~ statement, which Il m fndespensl