Evening star., 1927-08-30

AS the survey Of the Republican
presidential possibilities goes on, many
editors find the strength and weakness
Of Secretary Hoover subjects of espe
cially interesting speculation.
'Hoover's interests seem nearly uni
versal," observes the Cincinnati Times
Star Republioan), "and he has con-
structive ideas about almost every
thing that pertains to government.
But there is one important lack which
politicians note, although they do not
proclaim 1t. Hoover has an
interest in everything except party
patronage and the traditional spoils of
office. The situation is we'll nigh dis
tressing, and would be entirely so
were it not that in q showdown the
will for party victory is always rather
higher among the leaders than the
walls Of the groove along which their
minds are wont to travel" The Grand
Rapids Press independently observes
that Hoover Is mistrusted by those
who think the appointing of the right
patronage referee in South Carolina is
more important than the reorgani5a-
tion Of all the executive departments
or the saving of large sums in taxes"
His chief political strength is. and
always has been, with the Independent
independent voters do not nominate
candidates." remarks the Chicago
Journal tDemocratic), and the Worces-
ter Evening Gazette independently eX-
presses the opinion: "ParadoXically,
it seems as If the highest and most
difficult hurdle he must take is built
of his own surprising virtues. Tran
scendent ability gals a democracy.
Mr.. Everyman likes to feel that a
fellow Of his own is taking the Sen
ate's fire in the White House." The
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette Demo
craticD points out that, notwithstand-
ing Hoover's six years in the cabinet,
there are many respects in which he
does not yet belong, The Flint
Daily Journal independently states that
"the chief obstacle to Hoover's sue
cessful candidacy is his lack Of
political complex" but that paper adj
vises that he Is man whose prog
ress from now on may be watched
with interest"
A peculiar difficulty which the Phila-
delphia Public Ledger independent Re
publcan) sees in connections with
Hoover. Lowden and Dawes Is that,
"strangely enough, each of these three
that not one Of the candidates can
count upon the sure and united sup
port Of his own home State" The
Ledger, however, feels confident that
when Congress meets and the cabi-
net gets back, when the political
workers return to their accustomed
haunts and the wheels within wheels
begin revolving, the drift toward the
big band wagons will begin" The
Yakima Morning Herald independently
stresses the thought that las the
President said recently. This Is not a
one-man country the Republicans
can surely compromise on a candl
date who will keep alive the eminently
satisfactory Coolidge policies"
The Baltimore Evening Sun Qnde-
pendent Democratic) Is interested in
the prospect of a millionaire for Presi-
dent. Retaliation that the G. o. p.
is preparing to stage millionaires
combat in it's next national conven-
tion," says the Sun, comes with some
thing Of a shock, but the report is
verified by a glance at the list OF
available candidates Mellon is called
the second richest man in the country.
Lowden married a Pullman. Hoover
has carried q big bank roll ever since
he was 27 when he made his first
million. Dawes owns a tremendous
Chicago bank. Hughes paid income
taxes on $50,000 the year he retired
from public service to recoup his per.
sonal fortune. Nicholas Longworth
has a large slice of the business sec
| ton of Cincinnati. Yet 1t is
not long since men of great wealth
were regarded as prevented by their
wealth from being seriously considered
as presidential candidates"
1.-The wiseacres who had made up
their minds that the next party race
was to be simply Cal and 'Ar are
now under the necessity of revising
their opinions and adjusting them to
far wider and more complicated set
| of possibilities" according to the Man
chester Union independent Republi.
CAM, which adds: THE business of
prophecy has been made intricate.
That explains a good deal of the quail
fed and tentative offerings. Of the
propositions in which IL Is particu'