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Show Hoover-Wilson's Lad Hope. Washlnfiton, 1). C, Jan. 30. T.o llepublican rubliclty assoc'.'on through Its president, Hon. Jonathan Dourno Jr., today gave out the following fol-lowing statement from Its Wa'hint-tn Wa'hint-tn headquarters: "Tho suddennebs with which tl HooTcr boom has sprung Into pr.mi lnenco excited tho wonder of tl.o people nt largo and arouses tin suspicions sus-picions of thoso who haTo hooi In-tlmntcly In-tlmntcly associated with the section sec-tion of presidential candidates in tl past. An Inresttgatlon of the r.t.'iius sources from whfch the HooTe'' propaganda pro-paganda for looking aukanco nt Its sincerity. Tho seeming spontaneity with which people In various par's cf the country have felt called upon to got behind tho Hoover candidacy s explained when ono realizes who they are and from whom they have taken tholr Inspiration heretofore. "Herbert Hoover Is the Intovis-tlonnllHt Intovis-tlonnllHt par excellence. His lire tits been upent In Australia. China, nut-ma nut-ma and Englund, except for his young manhood which he lived In the I United Sidles until, twenty three yearn of age. During tho war 't has been hlg business to distribute food among the various nations' accnr v.r, t. their needs. To do bo has used tho power delegated to him by 'tho piv"J-Idcnt piv"J-Idcnt to ration the people of this na-tlvo na-tlvo country, and compel snctilces on their pait for the good of the world as a whole. Ho lg ono nt the lenders of tht school that insists ths United States should subordinate p)1 thought of lis own national welfare tn the interests of humanity In pen-eriil. pen-eriil. Ho Is, therefore, an arduut supporter of the league of natlous and a staunch bcllevor In tho Wil-sonian Wil-sonian policy of Internationalism. "A review of th6so who nre ca'l-j Ing the loudest for Mr. Hooror fori President shows that they are 'Iip sauio men who have been inos'. vol fetnus for the ratlflcauloli of the j peace treaty unamended. Th3 N;vr York World, 1'iesldenl Wilson's mouthpiece, Is outspoken In adror&cy of Mr. Hoover. Democratic soiiators, who have stood by tho president anJ accomplished tho defeat of tho Lodge reservations at his dictation, aro wi ' offering their support for Hoover. Mr. Tnft whllcTcarcful not to endorse him unroBervodly, extols Mr. IIoov-cr's IIoov-cr's qualities as an executive, and testifies tes-tifies to 'his Belief in tho league, 'in which ho Is deeply interested aud which he believes to bo essential to tho Btablllxing or the world.' The cx-prcsldcnt warns Republican senators sena-tors that they must compromise t'.'.i Lodge reservations or Mr, Hoover will enter tho campaign and secure a ( largo part of tho Republican oto ""Hr. Wilson knows-that he cannot hope for a third nomination and election. el-ection. Ho is not physically or mentally men-tally fitted to stand tho" strain of an-othor an-othor campaign, even if assured of enough support to make him tho candidate can-didate of tho convention. Further-1 more ho must realize from tho attl-tudo attl-tudo of the Senate and from' tho various var-ious straw votqg that have been taken tak-en throughout tho country that there Isn't tho slightest hopo of success for tho unamended league as a campaign issuo. He knows thnt any candidate holding to his own league views and who hns been actively identified with pro loaguo activity in tho past would bo doomed to defeat. His ono best hopo Is to forco tho election of somebody whoso views aro moro or leBg of n mystery to the people as a wholo, but who, ho la convinced, will carry out his own loaguo policy If elected to tho White Houso. "Mr. Hoover Is tho man, and his sui'dn ntrnnco Ii.to the presidential limelight bo soon aftor M- Ilryan'a declaration for lcaguo reservation1!, bears out tho bollet thaT ho la M-, Wilson's choice. As ono man puU ir tho Democrats run him tt tritl ibe because they ro politically bank-rirfT?fnaTiopo bank-rirfT?fnaTiopo to tavo something out ff of tho Impending wreck.'' |