Evening star., 1920-03-14
Republican Managers Are Happy Over Developments of
THE WEEK IN POLITICS
Summary of National Developments, Based on
Reports From The Stars Special Core
spondents and Staff Writer'S.

thereby making the nomination of
a radical candidate the only logi-
cal thing to do, that is giving con-
servative party leaders concern.
The Brycn plank for government
ownership Of railroads. supported
as it is in principle by organized
labor. is the bugaboo that keeps
them awake at night.
Hooverism is named third in the
list OF troubles Of democratic man
ayers. but this doesn't mean that
it is any lighter as a burden than
the others. In some respects,
1ooverisn is the hardest Of the
three nuts presented for cracking
to the party managers This is due
to the fact that there Is wide
sDread belief among the rank and
file OF democrats. shared by not
a. few OF the managers themselves.
that with Hoover az the candidate
the party would have a splendid
November. Eut' hat Hoover's
election would do to the demo-
cratic party as an Organization
makes the managers shiver when
ever they think Of 1t.
Nor is Hoover a nightmare to
the democratic managers alone.
There ia enough Hoover sentiment
within the ranks of the repub-
Hcan party to constitute a cause
Of very keen uneasiness. AS things
now stand. it doesn't. look like
Hoover's nomination at Chicago is
even within the range of possih;l-
itv. but the contest is shaning
itself for one -of the most bitter
rows the. republican party ever
knew, and IL things continue to
go the way they now are drifting
almost anything may happen when
the delegates assemble and size
up the situation.
+ !: X 4.
Wood and Lowden- continue out
ahead in the republican running,
much to the satisfaction of the
supporters OF other candidates.
The. belief grows that unless there
is a 1et-down in the pace they are
setting they will have killed each
other Off long before the home
stretch is reached in June. This
might not he SO alarming. from
for the fact that other candidates
are being drawn into the crimina-
tions and recriminations. For ev-
ample, entry OF Wood into the
Ohio. primaries, where it had been
expected that Senator Harding
would be left clear field. has
started a feud between the Wood
and Harding foliowinTs almost as
bitter as that between Wood and
I.ovtlen. and the effect of it is be-
ing felt in other states.
The farther the republican pre-
convention campaign progresses
the more it looks as il Wood
must nail down a majority of the
delegates or be reckoned out Of
the running In the present tenn
per Of other republican aspirants
and their followings. Wood will
not be the second choice of any
considerable number Of state dele
cations. Those who are not for
him will be against him. within
very literal meaning Of that ex-
preston.
ment to such receptive candidates
as Gov. Sproul of Pennsylvania
and others who are more passive
than active in the race. It also
gives encouragement to those re-
publicans who would like to see
Herbert Hoover tho republican
nominee. And the Hoover repub-
licans are a little more heartened
than they were before. due to the
former food administrators an
nounc1ment during the week
that. prior 10 the war he had
been q progressive republican.
Copyright. $40. BY The Washington Star. J