South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-03-20
MARCH 20. 1920.
RIAL Mr.. HOOVER COMING no LIGHT

Whether Mr.. Herbert Hoover by his change Of
front on the League OF Nations issue is merely a
reincarnation OF the typical old Rooseveltiau liar
edging up 70 the antithess Of former attitudes by
denying them, hoping thus to enhance his standing
with the republicans the hand and Col. w
J. Bryan. on the other in his super-modest bi-par-
tisan CAMPAIGN for the presidency. one must draw
his own conclusions. We have been practically the
only. even conference.-the newspaper-we say
"semi-democratic" out of Difference to the local
democratic machine-in Indiana to countenance
Mr.. Hoover any sense deserving of democratic
consideration. and we know of no republican news
paper that has thought him worthy of republican
regard. We beginning to guess that spoke
too soor: that the New World, the Saturday
Evening Post and a whole lot Of papers. who have
thought Mr.. as above political edge-wis-
ing spoke too If he keeps on giving out inter
views he will himself down before many days.
proven the cheapest sort of ward-heang side
stopper. who nothing.-or rather for any
thing which the time-beng might develop to his
personal advantage; whose word OF yesterday is
quite worthless today or tomorrow
Particular reference is made in this connection to
the publicity being given Mr. Hoovers latest atti-
tude toward the League of Nations plainly it would
seem for political effect. and belying pretty much
everything that he has said the subject hereto
fore That he should burst out with this line of
thought OF his. close the heels Of Mr. Bryans
appearance in Washington. to support the Lodge
reservations. out-Bryaning Bryan and in some
spects out-LodsinS Lodge even going over to the
almost irreconcibfity Of Boise Penrose might lead
one to suspect that he has come to think better of
both Bryan ard Penrose since his recent stab at
them asserting that their opposition to him was
giving him much pleasure.
Indeed. this is so apparent, that one can quite
understand the recent article of Mark Sullivan.
depicting Mr.. Hoover Of the cheapest kind of
renegade politicians he or his hackers being after
The republican nomination for him first because the
republican convention comes first. then havne It
later eye the democratic nomination if the republ-
refuse, hoping to snake his republican follow
ing over into the other fold with him. The question
is can Mr.. Hoover make it Very doubtful He
boosted by the press the early days of his appear
ance on the presidential horizon as a sort of non
political. public service oracle. who would
public business in businesslike way. but these
latest maneuvers are beginning to take the glamour
off from his non polticalism and off of his oracsm
blossouins him forth as the cheapest Kind of
politician and an oracle with whom sophstry is his
priziest virtue
Mr.. Hoover is out-Hooverng himself. we fear. As
frequently happens when a gets into politics
brings his real self TO the surface We wouldn't be
surprised II It ransrrc that Sen. Reed,
with all his "copperheadsm" has been at least half
right IN his eharacterizations of the former food
administrator. Possibly he is just one of those pic
turesque personalities whom Richard Harding Davis
Genominated soldiers Of fortune" and one who has
been fortunate enough come TO the front in the
midst Of world war accommodating a halo about his
head in that connection more brilliant than could
be possible if # were only South American revolu-
trou