The Washington times., 1922-11-01

parded as a candidate knocking at
the door from the outside. In lSZi,
il By any Chanr" Johnson should
again bc "A caudIdat" for the Repub'
llCan nomination for the Presidency
he Will be- IA C;tndidat" recognized as
living in the huus".
THIS chang" b, not du" to any
SHIFT in JuhnsOns ways of thinking
or 10 any shift, either, in his ways
of fighting. II" signaliz"d his re-
turn 10 California for this recent
campaign by making speech al
Los Angeles in which he announced
that he had com" back 10 his ma
liy, State in order to fight MI. J"hh
ID. :, ~cclirls. tn" Better American
Federation. Harry Chandler OF that
disrcputahle sheet the Los Angeles
Times" and "mls"rablo little Eudlr
Dickson oil tn" Los Angeles FIX
press" That was Johnson way "i
trying to, quiet down the local op'
position to him and OF ryiAG TO
placate his enemies.
Now as heretofore the only way
that Johnson knows Of for llh"at'
ing an enemy is TO hit him on the
head with a hammer IN the nope
thar when he rovivcs he viii have
changed his mind. talked IN
san Francisco with an "ninent
banker who y now very t"hl .!
Johnson. asked him "hat
changes had happened IN Johnson
10 deserve such fOndn"Ss II"
could not name them. lie could
only say what so many other can
fprnia business men nav" now Tor
several years leen saying. lie
could ONLY say The johnson l"g!s'
,ation turned out TO be good FOR
California;
That is III" first point in John-
sons new R"puhliCan regularity.
Tn. johnson california legislation
is now a regular established tal'
fprnia Republican doctrine. The
present Republican candidate ior
governor Of California MI. ltlch'
ardson--was nominated with h"Ip
from the remaining ant.JphnS"n n
faction within III" Republican party.
He is regarded 10y manv people as
an anti.Johnson candidate. he
nevertheless. il he is elected Cover
nor. will make no changes IN the
johnson California legislation. he
is pledged to keep il all unimpairtd
and intact.
The next point is that johnson
is supporting Mr. Richardson tnr
governor faithfully and regularly
and il getting severely Chiticis'
for it by many Of the fierce prI'
gressives.
Two years from now. in Repuhli.
can politics nationally, the CHIEF
technical fHctional charge against
Johnson will ro. be by conserva.
tives saving falsely that he failed
TO support Mr. Hughes for presi'
dent in California in nineteen
sixteen. II VIII hc hv certain pro-
grcssives saying truly that he
supported Mr.. richardson for gov
crnor In nineteen twenty-five.
The next and final clinChing point
| in Johnson's new regularity IL that
on the one essential permanent fea
ture Of Republican national doc
trine-namely. the tariff-he turned
out to he rather more regular thar
most regulars. Most regulars in 'h'
| Republican party OF the United
! States Senate are satisfied to b.
! able 10 say 10 InelT CONSTITUENTS
"In the Fordney.McCtrnher tariff
law I got you as much protection
as YOU ever At any time have had
| Johnson in his recent campaign ir
| California was able to say: II go
YOU more than you ever before hat
and got you more than any othei
state now has"
In the same speech in which John
son denounced his Los Angeles enc
! mics he claimed: For the first tim'
| in the history of tariff making the
state Of California is now the best
protected state in the American
union" 1t is going to he utterl,
| impossible to deny the regularity o'
such a man. The situation wa:
summed up for me today by a loca
supporter of Johnson's In words
which leave nothing to be added.
He said: johnson opposes tn,
four.power treaty. Very well. Nc
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