| Show NV IN u X Y Z L MILES I 1 N 0 OF i ya ad tio pvn PV 5 WILL IT CAPTURE THE republican nomination IN 1920 the political center of gravity in the nation cation has shifted to the states that lie ile beleen tile tho mississippi river and tile the I 1 pacific boust coust new york times editorial tills this opinion Is typical of nn an idea which Is rapidly spreading throughout the country there Is a fee feeling ing oaf I 1 the west Is 1 in the saddle for the presidential ident ial nomination in 1920 the fact that the west decided the last presidential election halt hag made it a potent factor in future calculations Hor coTer the politicians know that in case cae the woman sul rit constitutional amendment does doe not become operative ive in time for far the next mt national election there are nevertheless 16 states state wet west of the th mississippi which have already oven given their women the franchise adding an increment of some gome til six million votes t which hloch might easily turn the election one way or the other hence the tha republican leaders leadem of the east as well as ot of the wet west are seriously considering whether it would not be good polities politics to take a western candidate it Is significant that three of the most generally talked about presidential possibilities tor for 1920 come from the far west they are united states senators poindexter corah borah and john I 1 bon boa tha tae first mentioned about whom act considerable Is now centering Is from the state of washington though a native of tennessee and graduate of a 0 virginia university poindexter chose the pacific northwest as aa his field to fo life work opening a law practice in 1 alla alia walla wash to in 1891 later he be as judge of the su court and attracted lucli enuch favorable attention by tits his judicial abill ly iv in 1003 poindexter was elected as i 1 representative from the state of washington to the sisty first connies lie ile soon goon became known its as an uble able progressive gres sive republican in the senate to alch which he was ral elevated in 1910 1010 lie was a staunch advocate of measures ensures ni favor ins ing tile the control and restriction of big corporations especially of the railroads he sought the conservation of all natural resources of the country including water power coal and oil lands before the he war he stood strongly for and later inter he vigorously supported up ported all measures of the administration for the hie protection of american irli hits he advocated throw ing in the whole power of the nation into the successful prosecution of the war mr poindexter believes that bolshevism and all other movements destructive of representative government and national spirit should be strongly taken in hand and that leaders in attempts to overthrow our institutions should be severely punished ue lie Is opposed to any scheme for or creating a hybrid government of the world whereby europe and asia in tits his opinion would inevitably dominate donit nate this country and control its policies johnson John sop a native ot of callior california was governor of the state before he was chosen senator ue ile Is extremely popular in that commonwealth and will ile he strongly backed in his figh t for the presidential nomination johnson Toh was successful afler a long struggle in ridding california of III the domination of the lie southern for lepirs the poli tieni machine nii dilie of 0 the rall ivay held the within its hand and without the sanction and support of tills this great power candidates candida W or state or judicial offices could nott noffie be elected johnson Jo linson first as counsel for interests opposing the railroad corporation and later as governor waged wage a bitter and unremitting warfare against railroad domination his final was a potent factor in his elect loa tp the senate in 1910 johnson Is aal lie publican but generally genera ily regard till a one of the radical type ile he bas h poindexter strongly opposed the league or of nations nation senator william B borah of idaho idah does not differ greatly in ID the degree of his achievements from the two tw other westerner erners born in wayne county lit III borah berh wits was educated in the common schools of that state and at KB sas state university he was admitted to the bar in 1890 1950 and devoted his time to legal leel practice until his hl election to the senate in 1907 borah borab is I 1 one of the tha most active figures in the united states state senate his efforts largely have been dire directed acted toward the proper development of the great natural r sources of the country ell especially ot the west ile he Is known as a sive republican fearless in fighting tor for what he believes tobe toba right and like the others included in this presidential group lisis has opposed from the th start the league of nations cove covenant llant from the atlantic to the pacific coast Is a long ion jump for national polities politics to take however all precedents both in business and politics seem to be 0 ard shing in these days of remarkable readjustments and the old theory that a presidential candidate must necessarily come from east of the MIS sissi pill la is no longer tenable |
