Show 1 A r. 1 Hoover HI HERBERT HOOVER HOOVEn seems to be he the most t. t discussed d JJ man in ill the countr country at tho present time lime His Ilk availability avail avail- availability ability as ns a candidate for the Uw presidency is the subject of oC of press comment all over O the thc nation Jn In the mi midst t of b sit it it nIl all there is no announcement that he lie is seeking the theoffice office but on the contrary a mo modest est reticence to be seriously considered However er the whirligig jg of or politics politic si to have e turned him up UI as 85 a strong possibility and ancl politicians ns are engaged ed in the apparently difficult task f of or ascertaining to what party he lie belongs Julius Barnes Dames director of or the United States wheat corporation t authority for the statement that Hoover is a pro Republican Sir Mr Barnes has lias ben been bc n associated with him very j inti-j inti inti-I mutely in government g work during the war war war they they Y are friends and friends and he lie ought to lo know nut But now no come comet t f four western governors go in attendance at nt tin the reclamation lion tion meeting in iu Washington who cla m that till flu senti- senti ill in nt t of the western rn country is for Wood on li m. m side and amI Hoover on the Democratic side Bide These The governors o aro arc Bamberger of or Utah Davis of Idaho Campbell an of or Arizona and Larrazola Lall of X New cw I. I The They claim to speak the sentiment oC Ol their respective tat states s. s Tt It is an anomalous condition that a L national character charac harac i ter s such ch as ris Mr Ir Hoover is cannot cannot-be annot be coaxed into ido one une I camp or another loni lorit enough to be he branded ld so 50 that thit th the people may know where his political allegiance is Unless Un- Un less l s he lie announces it soon there is danger he will ivill bo he gi- gi ground to pieces between the thc upper and nether mill- mill i. i S of party expediency It is known that he lie supported supported sup sup- f ported President Wilson in his widel widely discussed demand I in 1918 that only Demo Democrats should hould be he be placed on guard and naturally on ou that account Republicans mis- mis 1 tr st him That ho lie was a p political follower cr o of the thc late into Theo Theodore Theodorec ore t c noo Roosevelt elL e naturally makes l Democrats view with s alarm or or recoil with horror Yet Vet all agree he is rate first presidential timber and that his efficient service erv- erv 1 ice cc as food administrator entitles him bim to recognition Unless some further manifestation of Mr r. r Hoo c Hoovers s 's ire ar are made public the tho chances are arc the wave of pop popularity larity which now holds him at its ils crest will rec recede de 1 into the dark waters of or obscurity i It It is not Jot enough that his friend friend Mr l Ramos Barnes ef- ef cl asserts that II the door of opportunity tun ty must be I thade c to swing ming easily on the hinge of efficiency That i is to o say Y it is not enough for the politicians They will willi never nc rest until ho be is smoked out with an unqualified II t d declaration c 1 |