Show f NEW EW PARTY LOOMS I fi t i AS PRESENT ONES f SHUN RADICALISM 1 Waking Taking ski V Votes otes for Liberals as Yes Leaders Admit Third Test t I Is Certain r. r I T B By David Lawrence 1525 1921 0 br by The Salt It I Washington May S. S Both S.-Both Both Republicans I cans ns and Democrats whose Influence In their their respective o parties Is jog ng and whoso political l Judgment Is i accurate now are convinced t t that a a. third party Is Inevitable Primary results In n California C where i Senator S ator Hiram Johnson has defeated I Herbert nerbert erbert Hoover have haye accentuated the I of ot political strength as tho the time I tor for the two big big- conventions approaches t I Republican senators friendly to Senator Sena- Sena tar tor Johnson concede that he cannot v 1 be bo 0 nominated at Chicago They say Jie ho is not note really radical but behind Im are groups of ot voters whoso whose sup- sup llort ort of or tho the Republican ticket is not notto to 10 much based d upon a conversion to Republican doctrine as It Is a upon per- per I ond onal fondness for tor Hiram Johnson To permit Johnson to be bo nominated would tho the domination of or these clo- clo something which tho the conservative conservative conserva conserva- tive live leaders of or tho the Republican party part 30 do not welcome T Effect of Defeating Johnson But to fall fail to nominate Johnson Jn means ans a a. possible defection and a third arty The Tho California senator him him- ma may be bo persuaded to remain loyal loal to 10 the party but his following will not knot sta stay Its It's Johnson or nothing nothing- wIth them And preparations already 10 under wa way for tor a n. third party part composed com com- posed 3 of ot some somo of or the elements clements which broke broko away In 1912 1911 and formed the Progressive party some somo o of the radicals who wh who who- like lIko neither the Republican or orf f Democratic parties the parties tho voters controlled controlled con- con trolled by the chain of or Hearst news vs r papers papers apers and tho the numerous groups who Taro faro rati irreconcilably opposed to tho ratification rati of ot tho the peace pence treaty even with t preservations csc Many Ian of oC the supporters t t. t the L-the the third party would be drawn I Irom from rom the Democratic ranks It looks I to for instance instanceS as If It tho the Democratic r convention will nominate a radical l of ot ithe he Bryan Bran type McAdoo Cox land sand Palmer who are arc In the lead for tor the Democratic nomination are Ire more for or less conservative They all favor the treaty and league lo of nations Disappointment over ocr the failure of or tho the Republican or Democratic respectively clr to recognize the the thc Johnson or Bryan Boan strength would compel their supporters to turn elseWhere else else- Where They would be bo welcomed with open arms in a third party loA Republicans Republican Are Arc Cone Conservative Tho The Republican leaders themselves es would prefer to 10 get to to the country this thia year with a a. man admittedly conw con- con w 0 than a candidate with a a. taint mint of of radicalism that might cause canse the Dulk of or the nations nation voters to turn 1 to 10 a Democratic conservative Rea Republican Re- Re publican a p leaders are convinced that I Ir r bustness efficiency and conser conservatism In Sn d domestic me I and torel foreign p policy are ae de de- I this Una tune time ana and that the day aay or of 1 experimentalism In government and I quasi theorizing is gone one While some of or them foresee a third I party they do not fear rear it Th They are honestly convinced that there thero are more Republican voters In Jn tho the country than Demo Democrats rats today and that tho the formatIon formation forma- forma tIon of or a a. third party parts would draw alas almost almost al- al most as many Democrats as Republicans cans and ami when these elements hadj had j been subtracted from tram both parties s. s thea tho the j a resultant strength of or the Republican party In each of th the important states I would still be sufficient to carry ther tho the r J el electoral toral votes Totes for the Republican pO ticket Democrats Welcome Move j t I But in the Democratic camp the forecast of ot a a. third party Is accompanied by a 3 sense of or jubilation and expectancy The Democrats are arc hasing bas bas- ing their hopes on what happened in 1912 They think a a 3 third party part means easy an tasy victory victo victory Of Or course they arc assuming th that t Hiram Johnson if It de defeated det de- de t at Chicago will raise the Cr cry of oi t fraud and the tho familiar slogans o of k 1912 and bolt the tho convention and start a a. third p party t They Thoy Imagine a dominating dominating domi domi- DaUnt personality like lIko Roosevelt will I head bead a. A third party and that Johnson I will 1 be bo the nominee The Republican n I leaders will make mako every effort to keep Johnson in line and whilo they think thinka a third party Is unavoidable they thoy will I Itry from leading I try to prevent Johnson it Wood and Lowden Satisfactory So far as the Republican leaders loaders are concerned the they aro are satisfied with the conservatism of ot Major General Wood and Governor Lowden Either ono one would do The TIle victory of at Johnson in California doesn't disturb thorn thom for they re regard ard the tho votes for tor Hoover as asa asa asa a reflection n of oC tho the conservative sentiment sentiment senti senti- t ment of ot California It Is stron strongly ly suspected suspected sus- sus hero here moreover that In San Francisco where Johnsons Johnson's voto vote was wasso so eo large treaty anti Democrats vote voted l lIn In tho Republican primaries by the thousands This view I Isi is confirmed by a telegram telegram telegram tele tele- gram Just received by the writer from froma a trustworthy source In California which reads as follows The Democrats Were split about fifty fifty-fifty between Hoover and John John- son Both sides claimed them but Johnson through h super organization got ot awn away with the tho majority o of the tho Democratic vote Most of or tho the Hoover vote voto came camo from Crom tho the women and ond that class of oC people who have hao not In the tho past paid ao so much direct attention to politics Behind Johnson were Milton Mn- Mn ton I K Young loung formerly chairman of ot tho the Democratic committee o of or Los An- An boles g-cle Joseph IL H. Call Joseph Scott an Irish leader hitherto in the Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic party J. J O. O Snyder the tho last Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor all of ot the Hearst Democrats Democrat and Senator Phelan's Democratic lieutenants lieutenants lieu lIeu- tenants In and around San Francisco the latter because o of an n agreement on tho the part of or Johnson to support Phelan's Phelan's Phe- Phe lans lan's re-election re for tor tho the senate There Thero Is no stronger Republican candidate Cc running for tor the and Phelan has I made good goodSo for tor California So there Is relatively little Republican lican radicalism In accordIng according accord- accord In Ing to the jud Judgment ment o of lenders hero here and the they are aro proceeding on tho the theory theor that a Republican conservative must be be nominated Meaning of i Knox nox Doom Boom Tho The booming of or Senator Knox of Pennsylvania by hy his astuto astute colleague Senator Penrose Isn't a passing lanc fancy of ot that veteran politician It is id a n ashot ashot shot across tho the bow o of tho the Johnson ship Mr Knox Is an Irreconcilable opponent o of the tho treaty He lIe stands on exactly tho the same sIme ground round as ns Senator Senator Sena Sona- tor Johnson Ho IIo has denounced the tho treat treaty as too harsh and cruel upon Germany German If It the Republican convention convention conven tion should bo be confronted by the tho Johnson Johnson John John- son followers with a demand for a n stand on the treaty such as Johnson has taken Philander C. C I Knox nox former secretary of or state would be offered as tho the o of tho the Johnson viewpoint Ix Lowden and Knox Knor or Wood and Knox wouldn't bo be a a. strange combination combination combination com com- for president and vice dent For while Mr tr Knox Knox- reflects the tho viewpoint of ot the Johnson followers follow follow- ers on the peace treaty nobody would for or a n. moment call him a n. radical Ho lie HoIs HoIs lieis Is a tried and true conservative o with witha a record In Republicanism that Is un um questionable The Tho third party is com com- ing Tho The game gamo now Is to keep it from roN drawing drawing- too many Republicans and at atthe the tho same time to encourage It as a place for tho the protest vote tho the disgruntled disgruntled dis dis- Democrats the tho radicals an another and other elements clements whose whoso acquisition by bv bythe bythe the Republican party might be embarrassing em em- m.- m. I Tho The Democrats are takIng taking taking tak tak- I ing renewed hope The Johnson vote vole i spells a split to them In the ranks I of ot their foes Five weeks hence tb the e convention will tell tho the tale tale and and there thero I I probably will be a third convention |