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PRESIDENTIAL CHASE
Seems to Be Abandonment Of
Plan to Name McAdoo; Rum
ored Former Secretary Is in
Bad With Daddy in Law.
Capital News special serylce.l

Washington, March 12-At this stage |
Of Affairs the Democrats are finding |
themselves quite as much at sea at the
Republicans on the matter of picking |
4 candidate for president next year.
There seems to be a common UNDER
standing that they will not be able to
renominate Mr.. Wilson because he
wishes to make brilliant record in the
next two years and retire to literary
life.
For some reason there also seems to
be an abandonment of the plan to
nominate former Secretary McAdoo.
Mr.. McAdoo has gone west and tied
himself up with big moving picture
syndicate in the position of general
counsel at salary not so much
smaller than Charlie Chaplin receives.
He has what he wants and will prob
ably not care to take another chance
, in politics. He quit while the quitting
was good, there being at that time no
wage disputes to trouble him and no
wage settlements to mar his glorious
record as a wage raiser
Furthermore Mr.. McAdoo likes to
run things and he has shown himself
to be fairly capable in such capacity.
The movie syndicate apparently is let
ting him have his own way because he
has only recently taken his former as
sistant director general of railroads,
Oscar Price, out of that position and
made him the head of the movie
syndicate.
AT OUTS WITH WILSON.
There are other reasons why he does
not wish to run for president. Some
friction is known to have existed in
administration circles at the time he
quit as q consequence of which he
foresees some opposition now unsus-
pected by the public should he try for
the presidency. The country was told
that there was no trouble between him
and his father in law, Mr. Wilson, at
the time of the resignation but Wash
ington does not accept that story at
all. 1t is related that differences first
arose over the proclamation issued by
the president in Ocotber calling on the
country to elect Democratic congress.
Mr.. McAdoo, the story is protested, but
Mr.. Wilson issued the proclamation
anyway to satisfy Postmaster General
Burleson.
Other Democratic possibilities have
gone by the wayside. Something more
than a year ago it was the talk that
former Ambassador James w. Gerard,
was a likely Cdnuluate, puI his iieei
airy venture MY Four Years in Ger
many" is believed to have put him
out of the running for al, time. Mr.
Gerard made use of many secret docu-
ments that came into his hands as the
diplomatic representative of the United
States to Germany. They made in
teresting reading and their use vio-
lated no law, but since their appear.
ance first in the story in the news,
papers and then in a book it has beer
very noticeable that he has not beer
making visits to the White House ant
Mr.. Wilson has not been advising will
him.
MUST HAVE WILSON o. X.
The Democratic party, as the situa
ton stands now, Will not nominate an,
man who is not sure of the sanction o
Mr.. Wilson.
There is always talk of Ohio fur
nishing presidential candidates for tn
Republican party, but little is sal
about the states supplying Democrat
candidates. 1t will not be surprisin
to many who have been studying pc
litical affairs If the next Democrat
: nominee is James E. Cox. the presen
governor of Obi, who is serving hi
third term, Cox seems to have gather
ed some strength recently and If NOM
mated would be assured of Mr.. VIII
sons support.