The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-23
ONLY CALIFORNIA
CAN SAVE HOOVER
Food Administrator Be
ing Pushed off Map
Observers Say.
VOTE COMES ON MAY a
Home State of Johnson and
Rival viii Hold Primary;
Watched Closely.
~ WILLIAM ruLm srMMs.


By WILLIAM rlllLtp SlMMS.
international Ncws Service Stafi
Corrcapo
WAsHlNGTON. April 81 Her
bort Hoover is slowly hut surely be
ing pushed otf the political map
such ls tho lesson of rhc last few
weeks as read by experts iu both the
bis parties
Tuesday week. May 4. iu Caifor-
MA. they predict viii tell the tale.
Either the obviously waning cuthus.
iasm for tho former food odmluis
traitor viii hc revived 10y victory
over Senator Hiram johnson. else
the end " the Hoover chapter has
come FOR this campaign at least
In california there are but two
candidates Senator Hiram johnson
and Herbert Hoover. Both are ma
tive sons Two ticNcts have been
prepared. ono for Johnson and one
for Hoover, each bearing the names
Of 26 delegates.
Tho fight viii be as clean as a
whistle. Neither Senator Johnson
nor Hoover will make speeches out
there. nor viii they send any Of their
lioutenants to stump the state,
rho result. 1t is felt at this dis
tance. will be fairly conclusive.
Johnsonitcs here are thoroughly
confident they have the situation In
hand. They point out that In Min
nesota Hoover ran fourth. In Mich
igan u poor third, and In Illinois
whereas johnson piled up 10000
votes. according to the latest figures
Hoover got IA sparse 500
II is true Hoovor's name was not
on the ballot and II had 10 be writ
ten in. but this also applied TO john
son; his name had to be written In.
too
Tho report that Hoover's namo
was not entered in time legally TO
be put on the California ticket was a
misinterpretation OF the news that
Hooyer's registration affidavit ar
rived too late to entitle him Ia cast
his personal vote In the primaries.
Hoovers name Will apcar on the
ballot precisely as will Johnson's.
A non partisan poll OF California
editors taken just before Hoover
threw his hat into the republican
ring showed Hoover had consider
able strength In the state, but most
ly among those who believed him "A
democrat Among 23 editors he was
the first choice OF II for the demo-
cratic nomination against eight for
McAdoo and one for Bryan. He re-
ceived three votes IN the republican
column as first choice ana ak votes
an second choice,
Johnson, on the other hand, polled
92 votes as first choice out OF a to-
tai of 20 editors, General wood
pnsaiNine- oh
Now that Hoover has forsaken
the democrats to "go over" to the
republicans. II Is logically expected
he will lose many of the votes he
won while the people still thought
him n democrat, without winning
corresponding number from tho re-
publicans to make up for the loss.
Thus as HOover's strength as first
choice candidate OF republicans and
democrats combined was only II
against Johnson's 90. his chances,
under the new order of things would
appear still less wnen May 4 rolls
around. Orthodox members Of
both the big parties here insist that
when Hoover ceased to be a imam
of mystery" and an ''indepondent
progressive" and became not only
"A republican. but a regular republi.
'Ahf AhiA'NNh Nll'N M'lt WHINE 10
abide by the decisions Of his party
leaders he committed political
hart kari
They claim that so long as he
represented political independence
and progrcsslvism he made a strong
appeal 10 all classes OF Americans
Now they say that appeal is gone.
smothered by Hoover himself
The democratic party, II is pointed
out cannot take him now. no mat
ter what happens and tho rcpubli-
can regulars say they won't have
him under any circumstances.
Hoover says hc viii not run AS an
independent candidate therefore In
the opinion Of old timers "tln!s"
must soon be written after the for
mer food administrators political
ambitions.