Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-02-04
-, .he New YORK world. }

,r-or, the New York Worldly
=, The Judgment of the World tn
-. aouinped and best qualified ma
y succeed woodrow Wilson as presi
s.rt of the United States is Herber
c. Hoover.
Wa should be glad to support MI
uoover as the democratic candidat
co. president on a platform that rep
,ssented m the historical principles of tn
sanocratic party. We should be gla,
- support him as an independent can
Siaate on platform of progressive lib
arolism. We should not hesitate t
support him as the republican candi
d.ta on a platform representing th
lind of government which Mr.. Hoove
has exemplified in his public career.
Chief Objections.
Among the democratic politician
Tho chief objection to Mr. Hoover i
that he has been successfully repub
lican and progressive, but has neve
affiliated with the democratic orgapi
zation. although he was appointed t.
office by President Wilson and was tn,
most distinguished of all the presi
dents lieutenants during the war.
Among republican politicians tn,
chief objection to Mr.. Hoover is tina
he never was an organization republi
can and that in the fall of 1918 he hat
the independence and courage to urge
the election of a congress that would
work harmoniously with Presiden
Wilson. If the country had followed
Mr., Hoover's wise and practical ad-
vice it would not today be the victim
of a deadocked government which i;
virtually unable to function.
Arguments in Favor.
The partisan objections to Mr.
Hoover are arguments in his favor
The American people are tired of pro-
fesslonal politicians and disgusted with
party politics. The old party lines have
broken down so far as the rank and
file of voters are concerned, and in re-
bankrupt. Although the spirit of par
tisanship has rarely been more bitter
or more brutal, and never since seces-
sion has it been more inimical to the
welfare Of the country, the battle OF
these warning politicians is fictitious
conflict.
NJ To o. ,rae NTr Jy;Ico,,ir onpa,oxt
for the presidency in 1912; yet in so far
as fundamental questions of govern
ment are concerned 1t would be diff
cultto detect any important differences
between Mr. Taft and Mr. Wilson. Mr..
Hughes was Mr.. Wilson's opponent IN
1916 and it would be equally difficult
to detect any important differences be-
tween Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Wilson.
They might disagree about this policy
or that policy, but in so far as their
public utterances of the last three
years are an index to their political
principles, these differences would be
personal rather than partisan in any
true sense.
What's the Difference.
And II one wished to carry the par
allel further he might we'll ask what
there is to distinguish a democrat like
Attorney General Palmer from a re-
publican like Speaker Sweet of the
New York assembly. Both Of them
nave set forth to establish a new doc
!flne OF Prussianism which is a veri-
laoie crucifixion of the spirit of Amer
lean institutions.
Abraham Lincoln declared in his
nTst inaugural that
ms country, with its institutions,
Oelohgs to the people who inhabit it."
Inc Palmers and the Sweets are
seeking to set up a wholly opposite
'neory' Which is that the government
no longer belongs to the people, but
uia' the people belong to the govern
aen' and have acquired a subject
aalus under which their most elemen-
1iy rights and liberties can be denied
whenever the government itself under
aAes 70 regard those rights and liber-
'' are seditious or inimical.
Party Lines Political.
at. - % needless to say that when demo-
ua'S and republicans can unite in the
ausocacy OF such a construction of tho
s,,'. SS"s,s Oh government under free in
SaOns Dns,'' and when democrats and re-
~ vnoans r, can unite in resisting such
INVASION Of American traditions
ns. ns,u llnes have become artificial and
W.. aunerence has degenerated into
,r,a ne'e matter of prejudice, habit self
interest and cynicism
an. .ns is not year for partisan cand,.
hss ,es M N any sense in which that term
fcs ~osiously been employed in poli-
csn.. rarty labels there must he be-
u,s.s ,ne party label has been estah-
.eu .s., oy law; but when the ren,bl,car =
n,sO O'a' committee is forced to offer !
pre,s.S %' q Platform. 1t is ridiculous to
Nss...s, .,a mat there is anything which
M eS e.sp a genuine cleavage of nub-
ou.s,Ia. p,n'on along party lines on the
What i. A' confront the country.
,,rio. -s' 's going on is merely the manev.
vs.is s y ambitious politicians who are
aIss. aus ~ % see W hich issues are exne.
= A1S which are not.
Al,hn. tnte Of Principal.
Sis in'.aough - the two parties are des,,.
q ,ss,I principle. they still retain some
Mr. E Hoa.me former characteristics. and
tharsS.ss.esr ser combines the best Of these
Rspah,'sr1istics in both parties. The
sssor Saas ~ boast, and not without
uub 1 ~ " the record of the sixty.
tine S0nsress Ss'as can be ignored for @ the
heIsu,vs ~s'nsl. that they represent Of d.
,ranss. sS IN the administration Of r roy- "
hnsslff hf', -. Mr., Hoover has proved e
traitors t' - one Of the greatest admins
srs Ian ss,o,,a q an time His achievemenss ,s,,ss
aaa rSsn .ng Ia, the miracles of the war
10 'asn I0n Europe speaks Of efficiency tliS mar
csrnaDSUs SUser sl speaks of it in s'os terms =,
Hsy HtSs but but in terms Of Hoover. ers y
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