The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-23
Trying to Place Hoover.

II would be a great relief to the lead
ers Of both parties II Herbert Hoover
would say fatty which party he be-
longs to. Although he Is mot a can
didate for presidential nomination II
is clear from the newspapers and from
various primary returns that he has
captured a big Independent" following
in both parties. At first he doomed
up as the big hope of the Democrats,
but his recent statement that he was
progressive Republican" before the
war is interpreted widely as a signal
that he would prefer to be courted by
the Republicans. But as the same
statement declined the use of his name
in a Republican primary, there is COM
fort also for those Democrats who are
urging his candidacy
The San Francisco Chronicle Qnd.),
which has strong Republican leanings.
declares that it win support him on a
Republican ticketA and adds that lit is
only as candidate for the Republican
nomination on a platform Of Repubh-
can principles that we can consider
Mr. Hoover at all at this time" The
Republicans with Hoover las their
candidate" declares the Providence
Tribune Qnd. Rep), would be capable
of rendering the greatest service ever
rendered by airy political party in time
of peace, and it believes Mr.. Hoover
a good enough Republican" to deserve
the nomination
THE appeal for the election of a
Democratic congress in 1915" adds the
Tribune, lis the only blot upon Mr..
Hooyer's political record from the Re-
publican point of view Mr.. Hoover was
not thinking of the success OF any
party, but just the best means of end
ing the war with all its miseries and
| horrors. There will be many men vot-
| ing for the Republican candidate for
l VNNsn 11ANat en-
| ent consider the control of the present
congress by the Republicans as much of
an Improvement upon recent Demo-
| cratic congresses"
IF nominated at ALL" thinks the New
York Times lind. Dem.), MIR. Hoover
must be nominated BY the Republican
| party" and the Baltimore News Ind.)
agrees that The will be aligned with
| the Republicans unless the reactiona-
| ries control the Chicago convention, =
though it does not expect his nominal
| ton. but guesses that the G. o. p
will shun the spectacular both in plat
form and candidate" and may even
| go so far as to incur the danger of be-
ing called safe and sane in both re-
| spects." The Philadelphia Public
Ledger Qnd) has Republican tenden-
| cies also. but is supporting the Hoov-
| er candidacy vigorously and has this
| to say on the subject:
| why are the Republican old guard
| eXhausting all the resources of invec-
| tive, insinuation and autocratic oStra-
| cisrn to drive Hoover out of the only
party, to which he has ever belonged
and into the possible reach of the des-
| perate Democratic gamblers, who sadly
| realize that they have nothing in their
| own stable that can even make a race?
Is the old guard so afraid of
nc Yer, o,. =, ., that they, will give
| AS for the popular demand for Hoov-
er in the Republican ranks the SPRING
! field Union (Rep.) points out that in
| the Minnesota primaries, without an
| organization and without even will
| ingness to be considered an aspirant, -
| his vote was half that cast for John
| son, and one third of Gen. Woods" and
Shows degree of spontaneous senti-
| ment that must be somewhat dscon-
| certing to those candidates who are
| seeking the nomination" Similarly ii
| is discovered by the Duluth HLlald
| und.) that in recent newspaper poll
| In Oregon there were as many ReIub-
| lican ballots cast for Hoover as for all
the other Republican candidates.
! namely, Wood Johnson, Lowden, Poin-
| dexter and Harding.
| The Knoxville Sentinel Ind Dem.
while it thinks Hoover "a receptive but
| not aggressive candidate on progressive
! Republican principles, thinks he will
have great difficulty in obtaining the
Republican nomination, though il