Show MARY RESULTS RE NO CRITERION TO iTO JUDGE FAILURE Dop ester Sees thing oth ina Significant Corn Com Comments ments on Oll Johnson Johnsony 0 l i B By y David Lawrence 1320 1920 bY br The The Salt lAke n r Washington ashington April 15 Every Every prix all x election ma may have a n. meaning P all tho the cown oven but collectively ci los os os thus far tar held have n no no meaning JL L h they arc of ot a n. national exIon ext ex- ex t Ion slon that will grow more conclusive t ho he 10 time of or the tho political conven- conven approaches but attempts to draw along standardizing the tho ties cs of ot the several presidential as- as ints in both parties arc are admittedly whore where of ot the game he wish Is father to the thought Johnson so BU who dont don't like orbert lerbert Hoover point to New Yorks York's to I u for tor an delegation Republican national convention as rong trong disapproval al of Johnson and vcr ver r. r Those who would like to sate satto sat sat- to e the Democratic platform with 1 moisture of or liberalized planks ont on kt t t twines wines and beer derive aid and tort fort from tho the heavy vote voto given Edwards exponent o of welIn wet wet- In the Michigan primaries Tho Those e would fain see the boom oom of ot Leon Leon- on- on p under the tho weight of backing point to the Mi Ut JI vote oto as an example of or what a a. ae victimized e b by tho Newberry Newbern- carat caron cam cam- to t n fund controversy will do for Cor a aI ai I i like Hiram Johnson who has no funds at nt all i Anent the League k rid nd lastly the they who have havo main- main fied ed cd all along that the people of or tho the ted States are against participation Ju t league of or nations aro arc encouraged 1 ho he vote given Riven Johnson who in all speeches denounced the league and ty with or without reservations reser I the effect In this tills connection of oft t Michigan vote on the hesitant mom mom- of oC Congress who must in the next I days vote on a Joint resolution del deng de- de l n ng peace there can be bo little doubt I is derived by them from r tact fact that in none nono of or the Republican arles aries did an avowed exponent o of league of or nations exhibit himself A. A Mitchel Palmer a DornoT Demo Demo- T Ic Ie aspirant Is quoted as havin having said m 11 speech in Georgia th that t substantial reservations i j Disturbs Const 1 ut no matter how much pleasure ir- ir f opponents of or the p peace cc i ty may get ct out of oC the successful son Bon campaign in Michigan there uch that is disquieting in it to regular conservative conser or organization ho Republican party parl For Hiram is a radical He lIe rou fought ht alongi along- along i Senator Lafollette who by the I KF bobs up successfully in n iscon- iscon B t primaries again t The he two o men sled ned the rich and insisted that the they the burdens of taxation Hiram son is much more sound jn In his ITS a than Willam Jennings s Bryan l i as a campaigner with personal 18 I t In his oratory the two have havey ly y I points In common Easto East Ent io o cast east Is just discovering what iner ncr ner of or man is the tho Johnson who aged to carry crarry a t progressive ro e state CalIfornia b by while the thear I Liar dor ar R Republican nominee for lost the tho state altogether Hiram sons son's triumph in eastern castern sections b i send his stock higher out west I fo foIs Is 18 an nn excerpt for instance taken of Sept Septem- Septem em- em m the writers writer's summary trao last on political observations a e during during- th the tho month of September I n accompanying President Wilson V his is western trip t I fr tory Che he people of the west est arc expect expect- u the issue of the league to be bo de- de d de deft ft clearl clearly A man who gives his I ons ens for refusing to sec see the United es Join any league Teague ue Is much more lv v to tn ho hr listened to tn than a n m man n who says say's as a's he Is for a loa league c with qualifications or reservations that amount to a desire to reject the treaty and lea league ue which he seems to hesitate to sa say directly So it Ie the peace pence treaty is defeated it Is Hiram Johnson who will get the credit or discredit If It ho wins his fight man many Republicans will regard him as the most roost likel likely figure ure for President on the Republican ticket large largely because of or tho the sheer force orce of his ability to swing the Senate Senate Senate Sen Sen- ate in his favor tavor Used There can be no doubt that Hiram Johnson kept Senator Lodge and his hil group of or reser from acceptIng accepting accept accept- ing tho the Wilson interpretations or reservations reservations reservations res res- and insisted upon l keeping article X In y ich form as would ac accomplish accomplish accomplish ac- ac the unification nullification i I. I of the article arti arti- cle itself so far as the United States is concerned The difference is that Senator Sator en Johnson ad 1 it l h K ui m s niu ro cotenant was thus rendered Innocuous while opponents of or the pact who ho cling to the reservation idea contend that the l league a ue was still preserved President Wilson Pilson himself Is Inclined to side with Hiram Johnson that In fn effect article X was killed by the reservations and the thc object of or Mr Ir Johnson was Senator Johnson Is on the upward grade lIe He never will suit the eastern Republicans because of his radicalism on domestic questions is not to their liking liking- non 10 The Roosevelt Co following is divided between Johnson and Leonard Wood As the campaign develops it will ill be noted that the California senator who has the ardent support of Mr Ur Hearst and his string of or widely read newspapers I pers will get closer to the radical wing of the Republican party part Leonard Wood tends to retain along with Governor Lowden and possible Herbert Hoover the confidence of ot Republican Republican Re Re- publican conservatives s. But the primaries primaries maries aro arc inconclusive They show no great reat tides of opinion opinion merely merely ripples of dissatisfaction with some candidates or eddies of enthusiasm for Cor the personal campal campaigner ncr or stalwart support for Cor or organization politicians who will pull th the primary strings Each state stute presents a case unto itself it It- It self soU And nd meanwhile all the thc political headquarters here profess process to see great significance as well as vital fluctuations in the stock of the UlC respective candidates Taken together tho primaries maries marles reveal roveal no substantial drift as a. asyet yet In the direction of any persons or policies though there is no escaping escaping- the conclusion that the man who fought fouCht most bitterly tho the treat treaty ant and I the league who has the Hearst support support sup sup- I port and the supposed wel weight ht of party part Infidelity In 1916 out on top in II a Republican primary in midwestern not far ar western America I I |