El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-21
HEARST FACTOR
IN ELECTION
views Of the "old time Democracy
Hearst and Prohibition.

views Of the "old time Democracy"
Hearst and Prohibition.
Mr.. Hearst. It is said. might sup
port Mr.. Marshall, but this is another
! long jump. to attempt to break the
| breach between Hearst and the DEM
Ocratic party, by saying Marshall
! viii be named.
Mr.. Hearst says he does not believe
prohibition is going TO play the bis
/ part in the campaign that the So
cialists and many others believe, In
I the Socialist convention in New YORK,
a speaker said: "275 percent beer is
going to play a bigger part in the
coming campaign than the league OF
nations"
Mr.. Hearst is quoted as saying he
has always been for moderation in
drink and he believes the saloon and
whisky have gone forever, but he
thinks it would be wiser TO restore
Z three percent beer and light wines
than to keep the country in unrest
for a long period by taking away all
beverages containing alcohol
As TO what he will do in the mat
ter Of supporting candidates. he does
son has wrecked the Democratic
party and that Johnson is a good
man for a Republican nominee and
Champ Clark is the outstanding
Democratic nominee. in his opinion
Bound to No Parry.
4IaL ne Is DQunu TO no party M
Hearst indicated when asked what
about the charge that he was going
TO back Johnson and the Republican
party.
i am not regarding the present
presidential situation from a pOliti-
cal viewpoint" Mr. Hearst answered
I am running a newspaper and I an
trying to support what consider the
best man. regardless OF party.
y would like to see the best Re-
81 aa3a y p
can ticket and the best Democrat
nominated on the Democratic ticket,
in which case we would be sure to
have a good president, no matter
which party was successful.
Does Not Promise support.
do you consider senator Johnson
a good mani" was asked
Il consider him a very good
man and the strongest man that
the Republicans could nOminates7
support Of many independents
and Of many Democrats
VIII you support senator johnson
II he is nominated at ChicagoT'
I have no political plans beyond
the day" was the reply.
You are not yet supporting can
didate for the Democratic nomina-
ton, Mr. Hearstg
no. but I intend TO as soon as the
Republican convention is over"
came the answer.
which Of the two old parties do
you think is the more shot to pieces
with political agnosticism2"
Il would not call II agnOsfi-
cism,s said Mr.. Hearst. Il would
call IL political apostucy. think
where the Democrats are weak
Is where they have departed from
the fundamentals Of Democracy
and the same thing applies 20 the
Republican party One OF the
u mla.nmH l. l.
cause he seems to me to be what
you might call n Lincoln Repub-
lean His principles are the
popular principles on which the
Republican party Was founded
He Likes Champ Clark.
do you think the Democratic
party has a man who would CORE
spond with johnson In the Repubh-
can party?"
The Democratic party has a num-
Der Of good men like Champ Clark
very much He seems TO me a fine
old fashioned Democrat OF the Jack
sonian school ] think he was large
Iy responsible as leader OF the Demo-
cratic minority, and then Of the Dem
Ocratic majority in the house, in
bringing the Democratic party back
into popular favor and in making
possible the election Of a Democrat
when Wilson was nominated and
elected
Il think Wilson has almost de-
sfrOyed the Democratic party
Mr.. Hearst continued, snnd IL
needs genuine old fashioned
Democrat to bring IT back into
popular favor.
You remember that Bryan said a
very good thing about Wilson. He
said that al the end Of Wilson's term
there would not be any Democratic
party; there might be a Wilson party,
but there would not be any Demo
cratic party.
That seems TO be the situation
today There is a Wilson party-not
very formidable one but Il is
about all that is left OF the Demo
cratic marty