Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-06
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party and that Johnson will be the
| nominee.
The Republican leaders will make
every effort to keep Johnson in line
and while they think a third party
is unavoidable they, will try to pre-
vent Johnson from leading it.
SO far as the Republican leaders
are concerned, they are satisfied
with the conservatism of Major Cen
eral Wood and Governor Lowden.
Women for Hoover
The victory of Johnson in Califor-
mia doesn't disturb them, for they re-
gard the votes for Hoover as a re-
Election of the. conservative Senti-
ment of California. 1t is strongly
suspected here, moreover, that in San
Francisco, where Johnson's vote was
so large, anti-treaty Democrats voted
in the Republican primaries by the
thousands. This view is confirmed
by a telegram just received by the
writer from trustworthy source in
California, which reads as follows:
THE Democrats were split about
fifty-fifty between Hoover and john
son. Both sides claimed them, but
Johnson through superb organization
got away with the majority of the
Democratic vote. Most of the Hoover
vote came from the women and that
class of people who have not in the
past paid so much direct attention to
politics. Behind Johnson were Mil
ton K. De Young, formerly chairman
Angeles; Joseph H. Call, Joseph
Scott Gan Irish leader hitherto in the
Democratic party): J. o. Snyder, the
last Democratic candidate for lieu
tenant governor; all of the Hearst
Democrats, and Senator Phelan's
Democratic lieutenants in and around
San Francisco, the latter because of
an agreement on the part of Johnson
to support Phelan's reelection for
the senate. There is no strong Re
publican candidate running for the
Sc nate and Phelan has made good
nent of leaders here, and they are
proceeding on the theory taht Re-
publican conservative must be NOM
mated"
The KKnox Boom
The booming of Senator, Knox, OF
league, Senator Penrose, isn't a pass
ing fancy Of that veteran politician.
1t Is a shot across the bow of the
johnson ship. Mr.. Knox is an 1r-
reconcflable opponent OF the treaty;
He stands on exactly the same ground
as Senator Johnson. He has de-
nounced the treaty as too harsh and
cruel upon Germany. If the Republl-
can convention should be confronted
by the Johnson followers with de-
mand fOr a SCdnu Oh Tic IICdIy SUI
as Johnson has taken, Philander q.
Knox, former secretary of state,
would be offered as the typification
Of the Johnson viewpoint. LoWden
and Knox or Wood and Knox wouldn't
be a strange combination for presi-
dent and vice president.
For, while Mr.. Knox reflects the
viewpoint of the Johnson followers
on the peace treaty, nobody would
for moment call him radical. He
is a tried and true conservative with
a record in Republication that is
unquestioned. The third party is
coming. The game now is to keep 1t
from drawing too many Republicans
and at the same time to encourage
it as a place for the protest vote, the
disgruntled Democrats, the radicals
and other elements whose acquisi..
ton by the Republican party might
be embarrassing. The Democrats are
taking renewed hope. Five weeks
hence the conventions. will tell the
tale-and there probably will be
third convention.