The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-04
PRESIDENTIAL
'-'1lEiy i9S;|1 f|Es
McAdoo and Pal jare Most
Widely Discuss Wash
ington for Jcratic
Nomil "a.
NO THIRD TERM TALK
President Wilson ls Tired Of Politics
and Not Expected to Even
Take Part in Next Cam
paign.
NO THIRD TERM TALK
[By Hugh Baillie, United Press Staff
COrrespondent.l

BY Hugh Ba1ll1e, united Press Stan
Correspondents
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-Presiden-
tial possibilities were beginning to
come to the fore in Washington to-
day.
In the national capital. the men
most widely discussed for the demo
cratic nomination were A. Mitchell
Palmer, attorney general Of the
United States, and w. G. McAdoo,
former secretary of the treasury.
President Wilson not only will not
be third term candidate. according
to all indications, but he will not
enter the campaign even to the ex-
tent of giving his backing to one Of
the aspirants.
He will keep hands off, and will
not consider going on the stump in
behalf of anyone. This is partly be-
cause he would not want to undergo
the strain of an arduous speaking
trip and partly because he is tired of
ploitics and, when his duty to the
country is done, he desires rest and
quiet.
McAdoo appears likely to go into
the campaign for nomination as n
business mans candidate" promising
the nation a business administra-
ton"
Just at present McAdoo really is
the most prominent of all the asp!r-
ants for the democratic candidacy, SO
far as political talk in Washington
goes. Palmer goes next. 1t is be-
lieved by many. however, that the
attorney general sacrificed the labor
vote when he caused the IndianaD olis
Injunction to be issued against the
striking miners. Those VINO hold he
would not be winner also claim
that his fight against the high cost
of living has not added to his
strength. His popularity was great
est when he started that drive, but
prices have not tumbled as rapidly as
many expected them to. To mis-
Palmer's friends reply that congress
has not yet given him all the author
ity he wanted to put the profiteers
out of business.
Great interest is manifested in me
issues which will be put forward in
the 1920 campaign. Taking It .pr
granted that the treaty will Lave
been disposed of before that Zine,
one of the most talked about iss !cs
is prohibition. By November 1920,
the nation will be ready to say
whether it likes bone dryness and il
there is any widespread popular agi
tation for relief, that rs expected TO
be one of the foremost points Of con-
tention. The drys, according to some
reports ip Washington, want to get
control of the democratic party and
make it the great prohibition party.
William Jennings Bryan is said 10
be interested in tbs move, but all
reports in this connection emphasize
that Bryan has no political moves for
himself and there is belief he
favors Josephus Daniels, secretary of
the navy, as dry candidate.
Champ Clark has many supporters.
Recently during bit OF repartee IN
the house he indicated that he might
be an aspirant. His friends point out
that he still is an active figure in the
house where he is democratic leader.
Governor Cox. of Ohio, probably
will have his state delegation with
him when the convention opens.
Senator Pomerene and Senator In
derwood are numbered in the ''f,st
division" of presidential possibilities.