New-York tribune., 1920-06-23
Dark Horses Are Jubilant
as Belief Grows That
Wilson, McAdoo and
Palmer Are Out of 1t
IChance Is Seen for
Ambassador Davis
Champ Clark Is Popular,
: but Fear of President
Puts Brakes on Boom
By Carter Field

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22.-
Friends of the so-called dark horses
are rapidly becoming enthusiastic.
Ihev 4hink that the big three-Wil-
SOL, McAdoo and Palmer-are out
of it and that the fight is now Gov
ernor Cox of Ohio against the field.
Privately the Cox people are
afraid, they say, only of President
Wilson himself If he does not de-
eide to go after the nomination they
don't concede any other candidate a
chance to beat the Governor. Thev
profess sorrow that McAdoo has
pulled out, saying it has made the
task of nominating Cox a little more
difficult, on the theory that it has de-
layed the moment when the Palmer
delegations will begin to disntegrate.
How Palmer Is Counted Out
Nobody thinks Palmer can be elected
II nominated one of Cox's supporters
said, with considerable truth. "and
therefore it is only question OF Tina
when his support begins to leave him.
Palmer will start In the lead. He would
have started in the lead even if Nc.
Adoo had stayed in. In that case Nc
Adoo would have been second and Cox
third. On the second or third ballots
Palmer will gain the Michigan dele.
cation. and also, under the uni+ rule.
me Iowa delegation of rs. of which
Wilbur Marsh, who is ardently for
Palmer. controls Is. Palmer may also
get about Is votes from Virginia but
that is all, and that does not bring
his total up to a majority, much less
tWo-thirds.
lhen they will begin to leave him,
and the going will be fast II is ONLY
a question of where the first break will
come, because delegates generally DON.
IKE to follow the Bryan examrl4 OF
l9l2 and desert a candidate who is ap-
parently gaining
In the Palmer camp, on the CON
trary, the chief fear is not of Presi
dent Wilson No one in the Palmer
camp comedies the possibility os the
Presldent running The fear IS Of
William G. McAdoo. Down in their
hearts the big Palmer leaders don't
believe McAdoo IS out of it, and re is
the man they say they are afraid of.
Minor Candidates Are Hopeful
But the little fellows are all taking
the McAdoo statement at 100 per cent
and waving the Wilson danger aside.
They say that Palmer cannot be nom-
mated, because .he delegates know he
cannot be elected, and that Bryan
will kill Cox off as soon az he arrives.
There is lot of pep, particularly
to-day, in the John W Davis headquar-
Too,
West Virginia is TO place Ambassador
Davis in nomination, and one of the
seconding speeches is TO be made b.
Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown, widow of the
Representative from West Virginia and
formerly an actress OF great popular
ity. Her admirers assert that her
speech will put in the shade completely
that of Alexandra Carlisle PfeifFer. who
seconded Governor Coolidge's nomina-
tion at Chicago.
The Davis people, whose activities
here are being directed by Stephen q.
Jackson, president OF the Davis-tor-
President Club Of Clarksburg, are set
ting great store by their nominating
speeches. Governor Cornwell, they de-
clare, is one Of the best snellbinders
in the country, and would himself be
under consid deration for the nomination
were 1t not for his frank disapproval
Of the Adamson act-"surre nder to Ia
bor," as he calls t-and the additional
fact that his political attitude is of the
oldfashioned Grover Cleveland school
rather than of the Woodrow Wilson
variety.
Chance Seen for Cummings
Friends of Homer S. Cummings.
chairman Of the national committee.
are perking up. too, with the prospect
NJ oclx
pected develops. The convention will
have ample opportunity to size Cum
mings up. In the first place. he has
become exceedingly popular as chair
man OF the committee. He will be tenn
porary chairman of the convention and
VIII MAKE the keynote" speech Then
he will be placed in nomination bv
John F. Crosby, OF Hartford, Conn.
Colonel Bennett Clark. son OF the
former Speaker. arrived to-day in his
fathers interest and is attracting a lot
OF OF attention; There is no doubling
champ Clarks popularity with dele
gates who are in town. Were it NOT
Tor the virtual certainty tha. Prcsi-
cent Wilson would be displeased there
is no telling how FAR the Clark move
ment might so, especially in view of
the growing danger of deadlocked
convention. But if there is any
tnlng that seems sure as the situation
stands at the moment-with the town
full of leaders" and with few dele
gates on the ground-it is that nothing
Will be done which will not be to the
Presidents liking, either on the plat
form or candidate.
McCombx Interview Draws Fire
The statement of William F. Me-
Combs, chairman Of the national COM
mittee in the campaign which pu.
Woodrow Wilson in the White House,
crticizing the President. as printed IN
the morning papers, drew fire not only
from pro- Administration sources. but
from friends of Governor Cox. whose
candidacy McCombs is supporting.
My attention hNs been called" said
National Committeeman Z. H. Moore.
OF Ohio, manager of the Cox boom.
TO a statement by Mr. MeCombs at
tacking the League of Nations and the
President. Mr.. McCombs has fallen
ho oS IL 1T.