The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1920-04-01
POLITICAL SITUATION
A WASHINGTON VIEW
ATTACK ON GENERAL WOOD
FAILS IN ITS PURPOSE
BRYAN VS.. EDWARDS.

The early political skrmishes in
dictate that the Chicago and san Fran
cisco conventions next June will be
more than usually interesting and
well worth the time of those who are
interested in politics and can spare
the time and get the necessary cards
of admission, says the Washington
correspondent Of the Boise Statesman.
And. judging by advance notices, one
convention. puromises to offer about
as much of interest and excitement as
the other To date there are fewer
entries in the democratic rance than
in the republican. but already bitter
ness has been injected into the pre-
convention fight in both camps, and
there is every reason to believe that
neither nomination is going to be won
without a fight
This does not seem to be a year
when cut and dried program will be
mapped out in advance by party lead
ers and laid before the conventions for
acceptance. On the contrary, party
leaders themselves are as much in the
dark as anyone else, and both parties
have cotton into a condition where
they recognize no leadership; they are
both splitting into factions. each fac
ton with its own leaders
Interest Centered on Fiqnts.
For the moment interest in the re-
publican camp centers around the
bitter fight being made by Senator
Hiram johnson against General Leon
ard Wood. In democratic circles !
present day gossip has principally to !
do with the promised fight by william |
J. Bryan against Governor Edwards of |
New Jersey and the other "wets." |
What the situation will be a week or a |
month hence no one processes to pre-
dict, for politics is decidedly muddled |
at this moment, and anything is likely
to happen.
True to form, Hiram Johnson is out
making trouble. He always makes
trouble in a campaign: he is always
hurting charges at whoever opposes
him with most vigor, or who threatens
his own success. Hiram is not rated a
particularly good sport, because he
always sets up a hOller when things
don't go his way. That is not saying /
he has no ground for his holler about
General Wood. or more particularly
about the Wood campaign leaders
But. just the same, Johnson is making
time to abusinge aetaoin NH
time to lambasting the Wood manage
ment than he is in telling the people
why he thinks he should be put in the
White House.
Bitterness as Hangover.
And now, as always, Hiram Johnson /,
S injecting such bitterness into his
that some of it will last over
after the convention has made a nom
nation, and will have harmful effect
Upon the party in the fall campaign
Inless Johnson and Wood are both
eliminated.
Meantime the liquor question is
causing more concern among demo-
rats than the league Of nations or any
)ther issue Governor Edwards started
he ball rolling, and for a few brief
weeks was talked of as the wet can .
iidate for the democratic nomination
rhen he decided to get out of the race
md had his name withdrawn in (
lumber of states where it was being
Considered seriously, but he stayed in
he limelight long enough to arouse G
1r Bryan and to fairly inject the wet n
nd dry question into the party dis 4
ussion of men and issues.
Prohibition Still an Issue.
Just how much Of a figure this issue
yill cut when the San Francisco con-
ention meets is hard to tell this far in r
dvance, but one thing has been as
ured-froln the standpoint Of deep j
Gated personal interest this wet and a
ry question has more appeal than any A
Their issue yet discussed. But even A
his issue may fade into the back G
round if both conventions declare for ~ ~
rohibition enforcement. r
Johnson's Attack on Wood. j
Hiram Johnson is doing his utmost N
} put the dollar mark brand on Cen >
raj Wood. He is trying to do to the -
eneral what William r. Hearst did to A
lark Hanna in the days when Hanna G
as making Mckinley president It .
as Senator Johnson who furnished 3