| Show ia it ai id A arm 01 ILI 91 ija ori r illif Ill lF lindmeir SESO 1 jofh alon yc yrtl tl CL WILL WIIL IT CAPTURE THE republican republican I 1 nomination IN 1920 the political editor center of gravity in ili the nation ling has shifted to to tile states that alint llo lie between botic cn tile mississippi river illi or and tile coast neav voil thries nines editorial this opinion Is typical of on nn lorn iden which Is rop lIly spreading throughout lio file country there Is a feeling that the ivet ue t Is in ili the for the presidential lit in 1020 1920 the fact that tile west decided tile last election lias has made it a potent factor lit in future calculations moreover tile politicians know that in case the anian woman suffrage sul Tingo constitutional amendment does docs not become operative IP in tinie for tho next nat tonni election there are it evert 1 10 16 states mst of tile willell lil cli liae ilav e given elen their conion the franchise tidd ing nit an increment of sonio six million votes light easily turn the elve tion one way ay or 01 the lie other alence the lie republican leaders of the lie dunst tf its well ns its of lie west est are seriously consider ing whether it would not he be rood polities politics to take ii costern candidate it Is significant that three of nt tile most generally talked about providen cial possibilities for 1920 conic come from froin the lio far west they ore united states senators poindexter norah and julin john son alio file first mentioned about chont whom considerable discussion Is 19 now centering Is froin the llie state or of I 1 though a of Tenn tennessee emsee and graduate grud unto of a poindexter choc tile north west ns its ills his held field for lite II 11 to work opening a law pro idee in falln walla la in 1891 lato he was judge of the lio S I 1 I 1 court ind attracted enuch til fit attention by lila ills judicial abill ty in 1008 poindexter wits elected u os 9 1 n I representative from the he state of washington to tile the clity lb st Con congress grems ue ile soon became known na as tilt nn uble able pro kiesle Kits le republican in ill tile senate to which lie he was in 1110 1010 lie ho wua vas 11 staunch advocate of inea favoring jig the control und and restriction of bit big corporations of the rall roads ile he sought the of nil all natural resources of tile country including water power cold find oil ell hinds before hoffie tile the avar nr lie stood blood strong ly for preparedness i and inter lie hr vig IK porously supported nil inen suns stires of tile administration for the protect loti cf if american rights ile advocated adv alim ing the whole power of till the nation inlo aho cution of the war amr mr air poindexter bel leves S that borslie and ull lill other movements destree tle tive of representative government anti and spirit should bo be strongly taken in hurt and that hat leaders lit at to overthrow our should ile he severely punished lie Is opposed to uny tiny for creating B u hybrid hi hi id gover of the world chero illy liy ninoye and asin A sin lit in ills opinion would inevitably dominate tilts this country and control its policies johnson a of callior nin liia was governor of the state before lie ho was chosen senator lie la Is extreme ly popular in that commonwealth find avil will lf lie intili hi his tight for hie file nomination johnson johnon ss successful after a long struggle in ridding Call fornin of the I 1 ion fin on of tin tilt southern m year por for ars tile political machine of lite calhun hold mp oloti within its hand und and without uie the and sl ippert of athla kreal great power candidate h for state or judicial dolices could not nol bv be eluded elected Jo bilson finst as aa counsel for opposing the railroad corpo and tutor lutor its as governor waged a hitter bitter and lim emitting carfore against railroad domination victory was n potent in ills election to ilip senate semite tn in 1010 1916 Jo Io linson tit IH a re publican puhl kiin hut but generally guinTi illy is im one of tile lie lype imie lit hi tilts lius like poindexter strongly opposed tile lie ivanue of Senn for III Inin II 11 borah of idaho ciriclio boes rot not grealy in life ali alegree of I 1 is if ills 1114 clotil tile lie two lun othel west arh f IN I N loell in ganv bounty III borah hoi aili as was educated di until in ili tilt corn com gillim of nl ill leill it state and ut at kan vitt stute state fie ie wits adaill tell led to the bar in ISDO and devoted de tit his lloid to legal pr practice active until ills his election it lo 10 the in HW borah Is one of itie most active figures in tile ho united titles 3 senate ills efforts largely have been iten toward to oil the lie proper de of tit the great natural re sources of tile the country countr especially 0 the west ile ho la Is IB as a 2 sive republican in lichtin for alint lie he balides bolides to be right nn an liko tile the others in ili tilli this pros pres flet ilal lias fins opposed from froin tit th tile the of notions nations covenant from the atlantic to the lite coast Is a long julip for notional national poll tics bics to nhe take it ian I 1 I 1 ita both in business end politics to bo be vanishing in these days ut if remarkable ahle readjustments and the old theory that a presidential candidate must fiust necessarily come from east of theallas llie alfr Is no longer loncer tenable |
