The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-12-27
M 'ADOO READY FOR
1920 CAMPAIGN
RESIGNATION ENABLES HIM TO
AVOID ROUGH VOYAGE" OF
NEXT TWO YEARS.


Judson C. Welliver, Washington
correspondent of the New York Globe,
says in the Globe:
hington.-Secretary McAdoo's |
resignation is not to be taken as elm |
mating him from the list of Presi- |
dental possibilities for 1920. Quite
the contrary.
A close personal and political friend
Of the Secretary, who beyond question
is in position to know how Mr.. Nc
Adoo would wish his resignation to
be construed, declares that the retire
ment does not at all affect the pos
sibility of a Presidential considera-
tion.
"Mr. McAdoo," he said, "nas moth
ing to do with that. 1t is a matter
for the party If the party wants
him, it can nominate him, and he will
be free to accept
Explaining the resignation further,
he opined that the President is de-
termined not to run in 1920, and that
if there ever was a chance of his do
ing so, it has been ended by the re-
cent election and the outburst of
criticism called forth by the peace
negotiations, the appeal for votes
and the trip to Europe.
Two Bad Years Ahead.
"The administration" continued
the speaker, has ahead of 1t two
years of uncomfortable times, with a
Republican Congress to make all the
troubles possible. Certainly there is
no reason why the President, with
the wonderful record he has made,
should take the chances involved in
, third-term candidacy, He will re.
. tire in 1921 with record of achieve
ment in both domestic and interna
tional affairs that insures his place
, in history. THE two years of bitter
, ness, chickering's, and party strife
ahead will be most disagreeable, but
they will pass and be forgotten, while
the enduring fame of the Presidents
great work will tower as his monu
ment. Look at Cleveland's last term
and at the place he occupies now II
the list of presidents!
J For Mr.. McAdoo to remain in the
J cabinet meant that he must carry tn,
D heaviest part of the burden in thi!
D trying time, with no chance t
s benefit by it. He would be part of al
- administration that is certain to e.
s out under fire. Already his resigna
tion has called forth tributes to hi
ability, energy and importance. I'm tn
5 administration. These. have gtrongl
a .IN hn NlNA
0 the President is not to run agar
0 McAdoo is the strong man of tn
- party His geography is right, as
0 New Yorker, and if the party want
him it can draft him. He will loo
8 better and better, too, as the month
0 pass"
- The speaker was one of the man
IS Democrats who have been amazed a
the recent turn of the political It'd
against their party. Without tryin
,e to explain it, he seemed to assum
that the President has lost his gri
y on both party and country. Coz
, vinced that it all represented a fea
I full injustice to the President, he a.
y cepted it, seemingly as irreparabl
y He is rather too dazed, even yet, t
~ attempt an analysis of factors tha
7u produced the sudden reverse.
w. Wilson's Popularity" Exploded.
ne But opinion is settling down t
US something like conclusions abol
le what the election results meant. T
ly the question, What happened S
n suddenly to dissipate the President
'r- immense popularity the common
al est answer is that "lt never existed
The explanation is interesting, rul
ee ming somewhat thus:
e, The President, first of all, was NJ
lie, the choice of the convention thu
IS, nominated him in 1912. There ha
ii been nationwide contest for del
lie oates, as a result of which Cham
by Clark attained a majority of votes /
IL the convention on several ballot
be The two-thirds rule beat him, an
Bryan and other forces made tn
". convention nominate man who wa
MT not its real choice. 1t was anythin
he but a proof of popularity within tn
ir. Democratic party.
rs Then came the Republican spill
10. and the election. Wilson SCENE
lie. certain to win, and therefore migl
IN. have been expected to win heavil
ro- thanks to the band-wagon vote. Blu
,s- in fact, he received fewer votes tha
,la Mr.. Bryan ever received. Likewis
on no striking testimony of popul;
of strength.