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Show THE WEST IS m WILL IT CAPTURE THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN 1920? ;"v-- ine political center of gravity In the nation has shifted lo the states that lie between tho Mississippi Itlver and tho Pacific Coast'1 Now York Times editorial. This opinion Is typical of nn Idea which Is rapidly spreading throughout ; the .country. There Is a feeling that "Midwest Is In tho saddle for the pres-IdenMnl pres-IdenMnl nomination In 1920. Tho fact that tho West decided tho 'ait presidential election has made it a potent factor In future calculations.. Moreover, the politicians know thai in case the woman suffrage constitutional amendment does not become opcratlvo In time for the next national election thero aro, nevertheless, Iff states west of the Mississippi which havo already given their women the franchise, ndd-lng ndd-lng ah Increment of somo six million votes, which might easily turn tho oloc-r oloc-r , tlon ono way pr the other. Hence, tho Republican leaders of tho East as well ns of tho West are seriously considering consider-ing whether It would not bo good poll-i poll-i ' tics to take a western candidate. It Is significant that threo of tho most generally tnlked nbout presidential presiden-tial possibilities for 1020 conic from the Far West. They aro United States Senators Polndcxter, Borah and Johnson. John-son. The first mentioned, nbout whom considerable discussion Is now centering, center-ing, Is from the state of Washington. Though a native of . Teuncsseo and graduate of a Virginia university, t Polndexter chose tho Pacific North west ns, his Held for life work, opening a law practlco In Walla Wnlln, Wash., la 1601. Later lie was Judgo of the su- parlor court, and attracted much favorable fa-vorable attention by ills Judicial ability. abili-ty. In 1008 Polndexter was elected us a representative from,llie stato of Washington to the Sixty-first Congress. He soon becume known as an able, progressive pro-gressive Republican. In the senate, to which lie was qlovn'ed In 1010vhe was a staunch advocate of measures favoring favor-ing the control and restriction of big' corporations, especially , of tho rail-road-i. He. sought the conservation of nil natural resources of the country, Including water power, coal and oil lands. Before tho war he stood strongly strong-ly for preparedness, nnd later ho vfg-orously vfg-orously supported all measures of the administration for the protection of American rights. Ho advocated throwing throw-ing tho whole power of tho nation Into tho successful prosecution of the war. Mr. Polndexter believes that Bolshevism Bolshe-vism and all other movements destructive destruc-tive of representative government nnd national spirit should bo strongly taken tak-en In hand nnd that leaders In attempts at-tempts to overthrow our Institutions should bo severely punished. Ho Is opposed lo any schemo for crcntlng a hybrid government of the world whore-by whore-by Europo and Asia, In his opinion, would Inevitably dmnlnute this country nnd control Its policies, Hlrnm Johnson, n nntlvo of California, Califor-nia, was governor of tho stato before ho was chosen senator. He Is extremely extreme-ly pnpulnr In that comuioitwenlth and will ho strongly hacked In his light for the Presidential nomination. Johnson was successful, nfter n long struggle, In ridding California of the domination of tho Southern Pnclllc. For years the pollth-ul nincliliic of tho railway held the state within Its hand, and without tho sanction nnd support of this great power candidates for state or Judicial olllccs could not be elected. Johnson, first ns counsel for interests opposing the railroad corporation corpo-ration nnd Inter as governor, waged a bitter and unremitting warfare against railroad domination. Ills Unal victory was a potent factor In his election to - the scnato In 1010. Johnson Is a Re- . publican, but generally regardedcas 1$ one of tho radical typo. He has, like Polndexter, strongly opposed the League of Nations. Senator Wllllnm K. norah of Idaho does not differ greatly In the degree of his achievements from tho two other westerners. Horn In Wayne county, III., Borah was educated In the common com-mon schools of that statu and nt Run-sns Run-sns Stato University. Ho was admitted admit-ted to the bar In 1800 and devoted his , ' time to legal practice until his election -'-to the Semite In 1007, Borah Is ono of the most active figures In the United Stntcs sennto. Ills efforts lurgely havo been directed towurd tho proper development de-velopment of the great natural re- sources of tho country, especially of ) tho West. He Is known ns a progressive progres-sive Republican, fearless In fighting for what he believes to be right and, like the others Included In this presidential presi-dential group, bus opposed from tho start the League of Nations covenant. From tho Atlantic to tho Pacific Const Is a long Jump for imllnnal politics poli-tics to fake. Howuvor, nil precedents, both In business nnd politics, seem U be vanishing In those days of remark-able remark-able reiiiljiisiimiits, nnd tho ohl theory, flint n I'reilileiitliil cnnillilnto must necessarily eoimi from east of tho Mis- ' slsslppl Is no Inn-fur tenable. J |