The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-05-10
M'ADOO MAY. Be
PARTY CHOICE
Appears to Be Most Likely AS
pirant to Democratic Pres
idential Nomination.
PALMER NOT REGULAR
Considered Doubtful if Attorney
General Would Be Able to
Carry His Own State.
BY GEORGE II. MANNING.


washington, D. c., May 9.-With
most of the state presidential primar-
les over and the first of the national
conventions but four weeks off the po-
litical leaders in Washington are
agreed that it is any mans race for
the presidential nomination in either
party with the chances favor:ng Will
liam G. McAdoo for the Democrats
and Governor Frank, of Lowden of Illi-
nois for the Republicans.
So many states are sending unfn- :
structed delegates and the votes OF
the others are SO split up amona, three
or four foremost candidates and nu-
merous favorite sons that no candi-
date will go to either the Chicago or
San Francisco convention with any
thing approaching majority.
The first three or four votes for
nominees in both conventions will fail
to show strength enough for any, can
didate to nominate, it is believed. This
will result in a deal being made be-
tween the prominent national leaders
to swing to one candidate Or another
until sufficient votes to nominate can
be obtained. In a situation like this
the man who is the lease objectionable
to the greatest number of candidates
and not the man who showed the
greatest strength at the outset is like
ly to win.
McAdoo and Lowden a:e the men
in either party having considerable
strength who have conducted easy
going, friendly campaigns and have
offended the smallest number.
The talk about Woodrow Wilson
again being a candidate on a League
of Nations platform if the treaty IS
unratified by the senate by June does
not appeal to those who analyze the
situation. The democratic platform
can, and undoubtedly will endorse the
treaty and another candidate can well
stand on that plank and carry tho
banner. A new democratic candidate
who people believed might, even with
out a definite prediction promise,
agree to minor reservations to the
treaty would surely draw more votes
than Woodrow Wilson. This opens
the field for the ten democratic aspir-
ants. among whom McAdoo, Palmer.
and Clark appear to have the lead.
Attorney General Palmer, the most
active democratic candidate, opened
campaign headquarters IN Washlng-
ton a month ago and has waged
widespread contest for delegates, but
with little success. 1t is doubtful II
Palmer could get the support of the
democratic organization In his own
state for the nomination because ne
has not often been regular ana mas
fought the organization there. II NOM
mated he could certainly not carry his
own state. and there is little chance
of nominating so weak candidate.
Palmer is opposed by labor; by a
large number of business men, ana
thousands of citizens who do not be-
lieye he has brought down the II. =.
T.. especially sugar prices, as ne snould
as head of the justice department.
champ Clark is eight years older
md No stronger in public esteem than
10 w.s when he came within an eye-
IA sh of securing the nomination at
the Baltimore convention. he is an
exponent of old-fashioned, rugged,
democratic Americanism ana might
win as an acceptable compromise can
didate If the San Francisco convention
became seriously deadlocked
William G. McAdoo holds an envl-
able position as presidential candi-
late, although he has not announced
his candidacy. After rising to the
of popularity as the secre-
tary of the treasury who financed tne
war and floated the Liberty loans;
who headed innumerable emergency
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