El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-16
THERE CAN BE NO THIRD PARTY
IN THIS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN

ny attempt By lie friends Of herbert Hoover to launch
~ his candidacy the waves Of third party VIII prove
d1asrous him the Progressive movement proved
Roosevelt and the Populist movement proved to
Bryan although in the latter the Nebrasan had two
parties for him.
r Hoover himself agrees that there IS no room for
third party the United States What he does not say
though and what certainly true is that the align
Of two great parties must be keener than ever
before regards policies. There only two policies IN
American politics broadly speaking. They are: liberalism
ard conservatism Around these principles future par
ties hopeful Of success must rally.
The conservative Of course believes the liberal is every
thing ron foolish down to anarchsc And political lib
erasm matter Of fact include much that lies be
tween enlightened progrssTsm and utter bolsheys The
liberalism borders bolshevsm the more emphatic
zheud Be the WELDING Of the that trims off the Grim
shading On the other hand the liberal looks upon the
conservative everything between and including the over
cautious citizen and the hard-boed moss back And there
Truth in the belief And the caution borders
raacsn the vigorous should be the jolt that jars the
reaction loose.
Aside rom opinions however certain facts remain.
Those facts that have two less widely d.
Fergng opinions with respect TO what governmental pol
icy ought to They are repeat the conservative and
the liberal Neither can exclude more than partially the
other They be accepted and treated with and, if
you please, compromised where possible
Roughly the ahaves comprise the conservative element
and the shave aosn the liberal The main interest Of the
conservative is the advancement and maintenance Of the
rights Of property and individual liberty as distinguished
from the paternalsm Of sociahsc form Of government
The primary interest Of the liberal is human right dis
tsngushed IRON property right Periodically the liberal
project tlaL ElglL ~ aAoAlng lnllfloua4s
Utmost liberty their conduct but by supervising the
conduct ef all IN order that the strong may not impose
upon the weak
Tie Republican party been historically the party
of the conservatives The Democratic party, although its
history -ather inconsistent logically the party that Of
fers asylum to liberals Tie Democratic party has had
the fault Of trying to de the fence policy Efforts to
carry water both shoulders have often caused the Demo
Gratis spill both buckets Initiating the Republicans to
catch the conservative and initiating the Socialists
to catch the radical votes has kept the Jeersonians out
Of 0ce practically all Of the time except when the Re
pubEeans were split
est With the people they viii adopt definite programs that
vii give voters genuine choice and real exercise OF
their sovereignty By barring al espousal Of bolshevk
doctrines the Democrats VIII have every right to 60 be
fore the voters with liberal program. With strong
candidate for president to lead their tickea who
has ability and who has record for accomplishing and
not merely for theorzng-he Democrats VIII be BY no
means hopeless.
ne Republicans Of Course, have the advantage. The
Democrats are not to blame for al Of the things that have
happened but they blame for the inefficient and in
some cases the almost shameless way which they have
handled the things that have happened The Republicans
have the opportunity Of their political lifetime be elected
and to dc the country great good if elected They must
not make the mistake Of being too reaconaTys for the
publcs disgust with dawdlHg wisconsin does not mean
It desires to revert to predatory boHrboHisuL
The most logical candidates considered TO this date
rrobsbls leaders for the Democrats William Gibbs Nc
hioo former secretary Of the treasury, and Herbert
oover former food administrator They appear &c stand
for tie principles that have Characterized Democratic
prcrra1s when Democracy wasn't webbing
IRE two men Who than al others typify Repubh-
car-m sre MAJ Gen Leonard Wood and senator Warren
G. Harding Of Ohio More Roosevstian than either is
ssu-tcr hiram Johnson cf California vestsrner
Brit that nay be against him in The minds Of preludiosd
east