El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-05-11
wilson : Def
SPLITS PARTY?

Prior TO the issuance of the
presidential letter Of sunday
night there were those AZ the
capital who said the president
had s-fhe Republicans out on n
limb" and held the whip hand
regarding the treaty and plans
for facing the public on the sifun-
ton Vow they are not 80 sure
although they all credit him with
being foxy politician and
think he may have figured II out
for the psychological test.
Always" said a politician today
the two great parties have gone be-
fore the voters on clcan-eut plat
form. either for or against a thing in
pronounced terms.
BY the time the people vote next
November. they are either going 10 be
for the league Of nations or against
it. The president believes they viii
be for It He wants his party TO take
a stand for it and the chances are 10l
10 one that il VIII do what he says
in this regard.
III the Republicans do not take
bold stand for something defi-
mite, they are going TO lose lot
Of votes The people don't want
any mush and milk stuff about
safeguarding American rights
and that sort OF thing. Either
the Republicans must draft n
treaty rs they viii pledge them
selves 10 pass IL OF they must 20
on record against the league Of
nations natiy and let the issue
be clean cut
Republicans at sea-
The Republicans are so divided to-
B day that they do not even know
I what sort Of a declaration the party is
going to make on the tariff and for
eign trade.
Never before in the history OF
the Republican party has such a
condition existed The cause Of
IL Is the radical element in the
party. Nobody knows the strength
a viii muster.
The radical element has the stand
! patters worried They thought q few
Z months ago that the country was
/ ready for a change from Democratic
/ to Republican rule and thought they
would pick their candidate at will
Z they let wood run until ne got as
. far as they wanted him to go; then
{ theyn encouraged johnson TO get into
the field and mix il" with Wood. 70
keep the general from getting too
many instructed votes They wanted
both to have a few-not enough TO DO
any harm Johnson, without money,
began TO clean up" so rapidly that
il frightened them Now they don't
know what TO do
Radical Vote Necessary.
II is admitted that the radicals
the radical vote, the Republican party
cannot be elected They admit that
the labor vote has 70 be considered
They admit that the farmer vote is
IL was wont TO be- The farmers have
never before prospered as they have
done during the seven years Of the
Wilson administration The farmers
have their organizations nOW-unions,
some call them-and they form an
element 10 be reckoned with as radi-
Gals.
So. the Republicans are certain they
must have the radical and farmer
element TO win and they must put
something in their platform 70 catch
this vote. and they must put Up can
didates in whom the radicals viii
A man thar ssyEan street, will
favor a. not going to satisfy the
radicals. On the other hand, Il r.
said the winning candidate this
year must be n radical that Wall
street will accept rs less danger
Gus than the man At ths head Of
the other ticket. II has never
been 20 before.
The talk Of placatfng johnson by
putting him on ticket with Knox at
its head, because Knox Is an anti
league Of nations man, does not get
very far with the average politician
Satisfying the Radicals
The politicians say Z is not so much
a question Of satisfying Johnson as IL
is OF satisfying the followers OF John Z
radical element would be inclined TO I
say he sold out" many believe, and Z
would turn and vote for the radical at I
the head Of the Democratic ticket II /
the Democrats put Up a man radical /
As things line up this way. the .
name Of William Gibbs McAdOo looms ]
larger and larger as the possible /
Democratic nominee, That old talk
Of the clown prince and "souinlaW'
Is not going 10 harm him much, many
politicians say. for they see the league I
Of nations being made the chief ISSUE
anyhow, and Il this is DONE there
will be so much Wilson in the cam
much about q mere soninlaw being
The candidate.
Everything else IS to be lost sight
#. many believe. in the battle over
he league OF nations A tremendous
rOte viii be cast for the league
Then, they claim, 1IcAdoo viii line
ID more labor votes than any other
Democrat who could be named. be- /
iause OF the increases he gave the I
abroad men when director general ]
4 railroads. Along with this, they
believe McAdoo viii be considered Il
sane" enough by the big interests"
orced 70 swallow p bitter pill in
ither direction, 70 permit many OF
hem to support him
East Not For johnson.
Il is settled that II Hiram Johnson
S the Republican nominee and Nc
Adoo Is the Democratic nominee,
McAdoo viii run the pants off
ohnson." as one Washington cor
put It, among the big
while at the same time
plitting the radical and labor vote
veniy il not more than $3.50
OF course. the Republicans
won't have johnson n the -old
guard can help IL and IL looks
ns II they might help IL, even
though they 20 10 defeat
There are those, and in the party.
90, who say the Republican "olu
.uard7 would rather go down TO de-
eat than nominate Johnson They
viii put It on the ground Of fighting I
or principle" If they turn him
own. But rather than have him die
ate. they would sacrifice the party.
iany believe.
on just how many OF the unin-
tructed delegates at Chicago are
3dical, much depends. II there are
sufficient number OF radicals 10 Z
ct away from the bosses and nom
tate Johnson, this viii be done
May @Sew Up- The Party.
L. that event. the platform viii be
gainst any sort OF a league Of ma
ons, in direct opposition to the an
ounced party platform as must be
ut before the public in the passage
the Lodge resolutions before the
invention meets
In such an event, the party would
o before the country as e ioke-as
n-fmr mrounuurnT for a mfnff0ru