The Washington herald., 1919-09-10
POLITICS
By The Occasional Prophet

Long before this time previous to
| the democratic national convention
of 1912. presidential candidates.
wcre in full bloom. Line-ups were
being reinforced and actual check
ing of the probable vote On the first
ballot was being made at the
Willard here. in the Waldorf at
New York, in the Auditorium Annex
at Chicago, in the Planters at St.
Louis and in the St. Francis at
San Francisco. hostelries in which
gather political groups that actu-
| ally perform.
The Republicans. OF course, are in
no position to do much planning
until the leaders get together and
| decide upon policies. At this time
the party is further from cohesion
than in 1912. 1t is requiring most
of the energy of the national COM
mittee and the Eastern leaders in
! dashing iced water on the Hiram
johnson boom.
The Democrats. on the other
hand, know about what their plat
! form is going to be At least they
! know that Mr.. Wilson will make
/ one for them.
Little doubt exists today but that
the Democratic nominee for Presi-
/ dent will be selected from this list:
| WOODROW WILSON.
WILLIAM G. McADOO.
GOV. JAMES NJ. cox.
JOHN W. DAVIS.
! Mr.. Redfield, who has resigned
! from the cabinet, hopes that the So
called business interests may de-
eide he is about the right type Of
, man to lead the Democrats, but few
! Of his friends give him encoura-a-
ment. So, in order to earn a living.
/ he may write for the newspapers or
return TO his factory in BROOKLYN.
1t is almost certain that Mr.. Will
son or Mr.. McAdoo will be the
nominee.
That means that the West will get
the Vice Presidential place. Second
place on the ticket means more than
it used to. 1t will mean much more
, in 1920. It Is reasonably certain that
| be given someone West of the Missis-
sippi. The friends of Breckenridge
! Long. Third Assistant Secretary of
! State, often have spoken of him in
! this connection. He is well known in
all parts of the country. having had
| occasion to make many trips with
visiting diplomats. Everywhere he
has made a good impression. Mis-
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come their candidate for Senator.
Former Governor Folk probably
would like to run again in order to
prove that his defeat was due to the
| German vote going solidly to Spencer,
the Republican Senator. but there are
| a lot of Democrats out there who be-
lieve that Folk had his chance and
should not ask further consideration.
| Breckenridge Long. Missouri Demo-
Gratis say, would be certain of cleo
ton by a large majority. The choice
between a Senatorship and the Vice
Presidency would beeificult for most
men to make, but Mr.. Long is equip
ped in almost every way to make a
decision without considera ton Of the
pecuniary advantages. Needless to
say Mr.. Longs political future is a
lively topic of consideration here and
out West.
Senator Owen, of Oklahoma, has
been mentioned for both the Presi-
dency and Vice Presidency. An Okla
homa man in Washington the other
day said, however, that is the Presi-
dency alone that Owen seeks.
How Will Hays, Republican national
chairman. expects to break the solid
South by carrying North Carolina,
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and
possibly Georgia, is a daring topic
which l feel that / must discuss In
a future contribution.