The Washington herald., 1920-06-10
Issue Involves Johnson
Nomination and Posi-
bility of Bolt.
COMPROMISE SOUGHT
Committee on Resolutions
Striving for Middle Of
Road Policy.
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league. Roosevelt took his crowd
out and kept them out" said he,
ION the direct charge OF robbery
and theft in the credentials COM
mittee. Not the issues of the plat
forms. nor any theories. however
progressive, made the Roosevelt bolt
strong. but the demonstration that
the machine had stolen the regular
convention. You can't hold Repub-
licans against their party on a mere
academic proposition like a league
of nations"
This sounds we'll enough in the
ory, but IL does not require long
memory to look back to 1896 when
the silver Republicans walked out
of the convention that nominated
Mckinley on a purely academic is
sue. That they did not defeat the
party ticket then does not minimize
the Importance of their revolt nor
controvert the fact that their de-
fection left the Republicans in the
minority in the Senate for long and
lection may cause the committee to
proceed gingerly in any action like
iy to overlook the fact that none of
the insurgent silver Republicans
ever throve thereafter in politics.
Some dropped wholly out of public
life. Those who remained clung
precariously and only. at the price
of making peace with their out
ragged party.
History Is Conflicting Guide.
So 1t is dificult to figure from
history what is likely to be the out
come of the threatened split today
Contemporary forces bearing upon
1t are no less conflicting. Senator
Johnson can scarcely carry much
OF his support into an independent
organization. For example, his press
bureau today fills the papers with
testimonials OF San Francisco's
business men to his conservatism
and business sagacity. Curiousiy
enough though his appeal is largely
to the proletariat his testimonials
come mainly from banks and trust
companies. And even more oddly,
while he is strong in his 100 per
cont Americanism. and bitterly de-
nounces anyone who can see any,
thing beyond the borders of the
United States, his two strongest In
dorsements come from the presf-
dents of the Angle-French Bank and
the Anglo-California Bank OF San
Francisco Big business does not
often follow its favorites into a
hopeless third party contest
Hearst welcomes split.
But whether big business will do
this or not, 1t is evident that Hearst
is not only anxious to follow, but
determined to lead the Californian
into a revolt against both parties.
And there is every reason to believe
that the Hearst advocacy of a bolt
is being looked upon with approval.
In the two Hearst papers of this
city today not a political story ap-.
peared that was not colored in such
fashion as to suggest or to empha-
size the probability of johnson
bolt. And as the day drew toward
its close there were but few about
the hotels who did not look upon
this as the almost certain outcome
mittee on resolutions other than ab-
tect surrender.
This feeling was not allayed by
a statement attributed to Senator
Borah as he left the committee
room IF the Republican nationai
convention sees fit to endorse the
peace treaty with the League of
Nations Covenant either with or
withoW reservation that ends the.
naffeFso TAR - ! am concerned.