The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-04

public man would ordinarily bo but
ting lis h,ad aEaiust u stone wall.
This ls the fret prcsidrntiHl election
10 be- held since this mighty horde,
the natural product uf the nations
war expansion. was brought into be
INK There is only ono man who has
y Chntrp ~ overcome tho runcrna
trated efforts of this host. bound 20
ita leader, tho party chief by In
Vulnerable tics That man iH WiuiHm
tcrningg Bryan. tho well known 1u-
thor = deserving Democrats
Other men may make hrotchor In
The party bulwnrk9 here Hns there.
Bryan ia tho only leader VINO can
hope. by one OF mis- sensational Df-
f0rta. 20 carry the ramparts by storm
Therefore, he chiefly ia feared Bryan
VIII surely make the attempt. and it
Will be tho effort of his llfo, II ne
should faii viii ho boltf That i1
tho question MAT be being nHked II
has not been auHworcd definitely that
he will not
Organization democrats are giving
every evidence of confidence. that
Bryan Will support the ticket MONT
mated NJ san Fr1nciHco THIS Hcnu.
mont agrcos with what Mr. Bryan
has himself said 10 his friends re-
Gently In Washington Tie machine
therefore believes that It can exert
its fun force against Mr. Bryan az
tho convention without cndhugcrlng
party solidarity ~ the polls
May Hear the President
II - within tho bounds at pos.
hibility that President Wilson win go
To san Francisco in June. There have
been some interesting rumorH recent
.W to tho effect that hc would be
usIl an
tion, Whether he goes TO the coast
or not. the convention viii boz lod
hy able Oud devoted licutonants. ana
thCrc viii be IN the councils of the
party HpukrHmau for The president
whose word. when " ia passed, Will
DO accepted ne conveying the prcHi.
dcntH command
II the president believes that
through the medium of some other
man hia moral obligations to Europe
can bost DO fulfilled. there Will come
"a time when the word will 40 forth
Ia "A way TO designate the presidents
preference, ana that man, whoever
hc may be, viii become the next
pfcHidcntinl candidate of the demo.
icratic party
The presidents wishes win be car
ricd out subject TO ono reservation
In tho present tompor OF the orgnni.
zatlon. composed as II In OF practical
politicians. Interested chiefly In party
victory In November, tho candidate
designated must meet tho require.
monts as Go availability and with re-
spect To vote-gotting ability. But on
this score confidence B maintained
IN tho preHidcntB political instinct In
the picking OF potential winner
Michigan IL Watched.
All eyes here nrc now turned on
tho republican primaries In Michi-
gan on Monday. II tho Wolverine
state should support General Wood.
M South Dakota has done, his boom
will he regarded as deserving very
serious consideration. II Lowdcn
should receive the plurality of votes
his stock. which has been depreciat-
ed by tho result In South Dakota,
would have n rise. Should johnson
carry tho state. his success, COM
bined with the showing mado IN the
more western commonwealth, would
make him a figure far more formid-
able thnn tho eastern politicians had
anticipated.
Senator Harding OF Ohio and Her
bort Hoover also are on the Mlchi-
gan ballot. When the voting is fin
ished In the Wolverine state Il will
be possible from n study OF the re-
turns to Indicate somewhat moro
clearly than at present how the
trend OF public sentiment is moving.
surprise In johnson Strength.
The Interesting fact about South
Dakota In not that General Wood
won--that had been anticipated --
but that Senator Johnson should
have run az well ms he did johnson
had no organization, no newspaper
support. no machine backing He
merely had his record printed IN
tho official state pamphlets and his
presence and the force OF hls per-
sonal appeal to the voters. He was
able TO give one week only to cam
paigning In that state of great dis
tances and among a widely scat
tered population, He was opposed by
wood and Lowden, both with strong