The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-27
A MYSTERIOUS BOOM

MYSTERIOUS BOOM
Herbert Hoover has prominently before the American
people within past few weeks prospective candidate tor
the presidency.
Some of the weekly publications with large calculations, and
numerous daily newspapers, especially the New York World
pronounced favor of his nomination on the theory hat
the country needs administer its AFFAIRS and
with the assumption that Mr.. Hoover business man.
The periodicals and newspapers favor of Mr. Hoover for
the most part are not concerned with his politics. which
,nooted subject and concerned with which party NOM.
mates him. Just he makes the They Will support MN
he elects to be Democrat and will support just as loyalty
he decides be Republican, and perhaps they would supper.
him with even greater gor and enthusiasm he should become
the nucleus about which party is constructed
We are frankly puzzled understand this Hoover boom
q f he has ad nothing to indicate that he either recepVey
81 tentatively considering making the race On the 3et manu-
he has said nothing to promote his chances Ou perhaps %
a that is the best politics Booms that begin too early are
lkeIv To expodeand they usually doPremaurey ana leave
the candidate out consideration when the real test OF sg
comes.
Mr. Hoover has had but little to say during the several
he has served this and especially other countries IN e
matter food distribution His chief topic has been produco
and consumption He has endeavored to promote one ana
depress the other.
He has never demonstrated any qualities Of craftsmanship
Perhaps that because he has needed to display he ana
because he has served the president and the United oS anu
given his chief attention to carrying out poncS "' ~ "
naugurating new policies t~
Mr. Hoover is man of exceptional enthusiasm and energy
When he goes into thing usually goes through with rush
He has the faculty OF gathering to his support the makers OF
popular opinion and in the work in which the widest puoc
was needed he coopeated the most intimate footing with
the newspaper correspondents in Washington
He had way OF putting the responsibility them He had
the additional advantage of being engaged work for which
he was pada work in which the whole country was inter
ested-and he used his faculty OF mpreng others with sense
OF responsibility to the utmost
But there little knowledge OF what Mr. Hoover thinks
Of the issues Of the day there is OF what party he aes
with AT time he Republican and again he a
Bull Moose and the fact that President Wilson drafted him
food administrator following the remarkable relief work he did
in Belgium before into the gives him claim to a
place in the councils the Democratic party he desires
But it must be remembered that nominations are made
through party organizations The Republicans have scarcely
considered any who not in the seest sense OF the
word partisan Republican Even Hoover kepuocan his
association with Democratic administration would reheve nm
OF any likelihood of having the Republican nomination torced
upon him.
Democratic nominee will not be man whose party regularity
Is questioned might be possible to nominate Gen Pershng
whose party utilization every bit doubtful Mr. Hoover
but such nomination would go to him as recognition OF his
great amount OF consideration from the odne parties tha are
looking forward primarily to four years OF party control is
doubtful either Hoover or Pershng would satisfy the ono
ing elements in either party
At the time it must be admitted that HooVers siua
ton is unique SO far be asceaned he has contributed
nothing to the in his interest 1t is distinction for
man occupying the place he does to be suggested for the ps
dency He has taken part in politics. lie rarely votes and
for many wears resided outside the United States lie is min
ing engineer and promoter and has MADE 'omoraoe fortune
He seldom makes Speech and when he does he usually
selects group Of to whom he wants to give message
be sent broadcast He has enough know that the best
way to reach the of the people not hire hall and
invite them to and be entertained by the sound OF his
voice. but he simply announces that he would like to meet
the correspondents at given time and within few hours his
message in every part of the nation That how Hoover
came to be a household word
There is no discounting his ability He might make good
president He has been rewarded with in every enter
prise in which he has engaged That for something
Rut we shall scarcely have him for president The politicians
don't want him There is popular demand for him anyone
else The man who gets the nomination either ticket this
wear must fight for it, and he must have certain wedeneC
;e and opinions so sound and feasible that he
the people with him