The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-05
MADOO BOOM
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termination that the CnoicA or n "ahu'-
date for President should be made VIII
cut consulting with him, hH seems %
have been most meti"u!nuS IN r'Strh'h-
iuy from ever mentioning this subject,
This made u easy for Mc.Nd"o ir'chuS
70 force tho sI:uatin.
Further than this. tho unity Of IN"
administration leaders on TINS point
was made fatally impossible by thc 'art
that so many &C them either had per
soual presidential b3"nlS or c!S" d"v"I-
opcd such hoons after their arrival
hc-n. ON" member "f the cabinet. III
derd-Attorney General Talm""-was
orc Of the most formidable Of IN" "andi.
dates. chairman cummings dcN"."red
Il candidacy Immediately after nj! re.
lrarkab!C E"yur;" ~r""Ch. IAr'cr N!dSN
work on tho Platform developed = can
| GiLary for HIM. and Secretary colby be-
came tho object ~ advances from PEI
! som who really Mad designs Of prevent
ing harmony among the administrators
leaders.
Lack Of Harmony.
|, was with thus lack Of harmony
the hSlloiinS for the presidential n"mi
nation began. 49,
Win the state leader Erup. on the
other hand. there WAS perfect harmon.
Tho state leaders ~cr" IN a d"rld"d M
nori,v. but they knew what . they
wanted 49,
As the hai!o,inE progressed. the
cleavage among tho administrator !rid-
crs became mora and NOR marNe".
Palmer, in fact for a tim" went com
plrtely away from the administration
leaders and worked hand IN hand with
thr state lcadcrS. ,
NcAdoo. reduced 10 what natural
strength hc had and to what could b"
held for hum by tn" trar'I" efforts Of \
few cN-trcasury officials. Developed nut
a little over thrc" hundr"d delegates
which il considerably less than the
number controlled by the stat" leaders
II this were a normal convention NC
Adon would have been finally defeated,
and the state leaders would have nAine
their man. Cox. MCAdo has only neon
| Kent in tho race. and IN" situation has
only been prolonged thus far by the
uu~i!llngncss Of tho other. admintstra-
ton leaders 10 finally take ih" SOU
which uould name a candidate unaC'Hrl'
J nblc to tho president. Under other cur
| cumstanccg INC would have had 10 80
! over n cox. Eut. however aS~Erier"d
the other administration leaders ma"
foet toward MCAdo" and toward ms
promoter nf his movement. NJ. RurIeenn,'
thcv still want TO avoid tho Step which
would Grally give tho nomination 70 cox.
Also cox rs hurt by the fact that h" Is
u wei"
Cox's wetness Fatal.
Under normal circumstances COX
womb Nv tHNN llll'' NV L'A hI' 'H
eiarcc Of many delegates who would III"
10 500 MCAdoo beaten. hut who host
tate 20 EIve the nomination I" a wet
What VIII now happen Is Thai IN" al
riniSt-atIOn leaders must NOmch"'H
pchi"vc harmony. n stat" leaders viii
go on with their sam" CaHdIda'r, COS,
and with thu same strength thai lhc'
have 80 far had. II cox lS - he k""'
~ the ticket the administration '~"d
r-S must GO, together on som" ono other
than McAdoo. If IN" strain G""S -"
iuct n II 10. without tn" adNinl$tratI"N
leaders getting together. coz vii CO.
The nomination through sheer exhaustion
cas- for tho admin StratiOn leaders t.
20, together hcr1uSc The McAdNo ho"m-
crs arc stubborn. ON" * tempted -
say tha. ,hov pr" stubborn and Siurih
! They rhiuk th"y ran MI Mc.tdrn across
hv merely sitting t:=h They 'hl~%
th"y can max" q nomination w'th"H'
'ra use If intelligence. vi'hoUt d"f"".
| crro to tho feelings &c delegate md
without qnr aid rNc"N' ~" rara"j'" -
sit in their s~ats ard e-V ~" ""rd
"Nrt1no." Unless -" moro rrl cht~'"
administration leaders en- argue ~ w.
| kdoo boomers out of THIS r"siri0" '|E
| tho administrative" n nc major = -"
| undo all OF ~" work r. N'c WsOh.
Davis the Solution.
Assuming that ;h" Meade" hn"r"r7
\ r4n NJ persUadnH to 600 rrleo1 ~" r"N'
cueation "a whom M adr'Ir'strst'c-
leaders VIM arrN~ upon. A 7 hav- aAi'
! nv .',c Fact w. &" msn" ~ thc'r
r.-o personal hoc"'s TINT = s""rrs :"
,nu- -or~,o r-rdr-i hat Nrhae~1I"'
u - - " tho ur" "lrn Mo
/ ". ,',l h.. = rr-H- ,ol'.rt Of hat ~ to-
/ night d most turbulent situation.