El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07
HOOVER LOOMS BIG AS LEADING
CANDIDATE OF THE DEMOCRATS

II THE league Of nations is to be partisan issue this
1 var the nomination Of Herbert c. Hoover by the
Re7u5icans Is out Of the question. He IS advocate
C. lae peace treaty which president Wilson negotiated,
vhout reservations, while the Republican senate has
taken exactly the opposite stand It is inconeevabe that
the party VII repuoiate the senate majority and name
its standard bearer in full sympathy with MI
Wilson's International program. To do such thing
would be admission Of by the party's leaders
and q concession that the Democrats were right Such
things don't happen IN politics.
Mr. Hoover could not consistently accept the Republican
nomination. if it be offered him. He has been one
Of the presidents chief advisers the United States
entered the and has been loyal supporter Of the
administration. He sanctioned Mr. Wilson's appeal for
the election of Democratic congress in 1913 and he ad-
vocated unqualified adherence to the league Of nations
He IS TODAY probably closer TO the president than any
other in public life So is clear that whatever may
have been Mr. Hoovers party afation in the past he
IS not Republican
This does not mean, however, that MI Hoover is out
Of Inc presidential running His availability as Demo-
cratic candidate IS stng he seems the proper man 20
represent the Wilson intenatonast doctrines Especial
" would he be the logical to head the Democratic
ticket f. likely, the league of nations is
be the paramount issue. No other could embody
effectively such cause for he would bring to it the
weight Of his wide experience in international affairs
And there is growing evidence that already Demo
cratic leaders have picked him their choice It does not
reasonable that the roek-rbbed Democratic organ,
the New York World would have burned its bridges and
come out irrevocably for him unless It had pretty
thorough understanding Of what going transpre
Secretary Dsniess remark that he knew who the next
president would be, but didn't know his politics, IS an
All Mr.. Hoover needs is the word that president Wilson
for him make his nomination certain. In Wash
iugtou, they generally think he IS
The president has almost much at issue IN the COM
ing campaign though he himself candidate. His
tory viii gage the Wilson administration by the
failure Of the league Of nations and Americas part
It. If the presidents program IS carried out and the
league becomes the boon to mankind which Mr.. Wilson
believes It VIII be, future generations VIII him
the worlds greatest peace maker His place in history
VIII then be But L, the other hand the
try rejects the league if the experiment IS tried and
fails he IS doomed to 60 down history dreaming
inteTnstOnast Mr.. Wilson knows and his party knows
they have not lost all Of their political sagacty that
Hoover Is their only hope. With the administration
listed for him. his candidacy would be formidable from
the start.
Hoover one Of the three Americans privileged to
play great parts IN the world Today he is the out
standing figure Of the three History viii accord Gen
Pershing high rank military commander, but today the
ration content to say "Wen done let It 20
that decline the influence Of president Wilson
everywhere recognized But Hoover IS still looked for
leadership He at the pinnacle Of his prestige and popu
aTtv His carries strong appeal to the American
temperament Like Lincoln he born in poverty. He
orphaned at early age and from his thirteenth year
earned his living He worked ms way through college
For time after his graduation the worked mines s.
day. The story Of his rise position of wealth and
fame reads ike strangest fiction.
The achievements Of Hoover in Belgium and America
during the and in European relief work after the sign
ing Of the sstoe form record Of material initiative sd
nisratTe ability and unlimited energy which has few If
any parallels IN the worlds history.
Granting all this there is question n the minds Of
many impartial observers his fitness for the American
presidency at this time His prolonged absence from the
country has limited his knowledge Of its complex internal
affairs HIS views government unknown, aside