The Monroe journal., 1919-11-04
WILLIAM G. McaDO0 WANTS
To BE THE NENT PRESIDENT.

TIE Candidacy OF Wilson's son-in.
iam l. Unofhcially Announced in
Washington.
I BY L. Z. POWELL in Raleigh News
and Observer
+ William Gibbs McAdoo. TO whose
gigantic brain the tunnel under the
Brooklyn bridge. four Liberty loans
and the assimilation of the nations
rail power under government control
are everlasting monuments. is a can
Gidaie for the Democratic nomination
for the presidency next year.
The candidacy of the former Secre-
tary of the Treasury and Director
General of the railroads can be an
nounced as q result OF conferences in
New York this week between Mr.. Nc
adoo and close political friends in
Washington. There will. of course.
be no formal announcement by Mr.
McAdoo himself and his campaign
headquarters will not be opened for
some time The date for formally
launching his candidacy depends
much on the rapidity with which the
President regains his health.
Mr.. McAdoo's candidacy is not of
the favorite son variety. Political
friends in Georgia who are intimate
with him may be called in for assist
ance, but the McAdoo drive will
probably be directed from New York.
possibly from the national capitol.
His candidacy will not take the peo-
pie by surprise. for in almost every
group assembled in the past twelve
months to discuss presidential posi-
bilities Mr. McAdoo has lowered over
all suggestions. The principal objec-
tion to his candidacy has been his in
innate relations with the present ad-
ministration coupled with the fact
that he is a son-in-law of President
Wilson. The latter condition will
suggest tons of newspaper comment
but il not regarded by leading DEM
ocrats as an obstacle to his nomina-
ton by the Democrats when they
meet next June.
The most outstanding argument in
favor of his selection as the stand
ard bearer OF Democracy for the COM
ing campaign is the regard with
which he is held BY organized labor.
No public official of his size in recent
years has been as popular with the
working men as has Mr.. MeAdoO. He
is particular favorite. with the
railroad men and nothing better IL
Illustrated the genuine affection for
him tlsats ipnfI.,,k f,. =
yards at the Washington union sta .
tion.
Mr. McAdoo had passed through .
The gates to catch a Train for New .
York. Nodding a greeting at various .
cmployes about the station he was
passing one Of the big locomotives
when the engineer shouted:
Hello, Chief"
Hello, Gus" answered the chief,
the biz hand extended and
pushing TO exchange good wishes.
AS he passed on down the line to his
rar, Red Caps" and trainmen with
one accord doffed their hats and the
former secretary smilingly acknowl-
edged each greeting.
And Mr. McAdoo Is not unfriendiy
to the conservative element of the
Democratic party. His association
with big business before he became
Secretary of the Treasury under Pres
dent Wilson gave him a closeup"
10 the industrial conditions of the
nation second to that of few men.
His subsequent organization of the
nations financial system under the
avs enacted by a Democratic Con- ,
yress demonstrated his peculiar abl-
y as an able fnancier These and
'receding achievements of Mr.. McA-
leo were handsomely crowned when ,
he first four Liberty Loans were
lca I'd under his direction and the
inances of a great nation pooled for !
he greatest war in history. When.
'ron top of these things, he was call !
d upon to take over the railroads Of
he Country and re-organize the en-
ire rail F;stem OF the United States. ,
lie labored with an untiring energy
u his tas'. until he was showerad
With the commeudation of capital. la
,or and the public.
Only when he reached the point
! here he could no longer continue ,
inder the strain did he resign his
abnet position and the director
generals job to obtain a much needed Y
nd we'll deserved rest. After this :
lie re-entered private business as gen !
raj counsel for large moving picture {
interests in New York. 7