The Washington herald., 1920-06-19
SEEN
AT CONVENTION
Elimination of McAdoo
Bunches Group of
Dark Horses"
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viewed as McAdoo adherents will
split two or three ways. Certainly.
according to the test opinions OBJ
tairable here. Gov. Cox will get
many Of them and others may go
to John W. Davis and Attorney
General Palmer. As an example.
the Oregon delegation. with ten
votes. the only delegation oficialIy
instructed for MoAdco. H. made up
OF personal supporters of Mr.. Palm.
er. according tc the claims Of ale
Attorney Generals campaign man.
ayers. ..
The pre-convention fight between
the McAdoo and Palmer forces, how
ever. hrs. been too bitter to rermit
many OF the real McAdoo delegates
! to cross to the Palmer side. The
Democratic leaders who have con-
Quoted the fght for both of these
men have drifted too far apart to
be Immediately reconciled. Dele
gates who are on their way to san
| Francisco with the Intention of yot-
ing for McAdoo hardly may be ex-
pected to turn suddenly and vote
! for Palmer.
This situation doubtless enhances
| the chances of Gov. Cox and the
{ Ohioan stands out tonight as the
most prominent figure before the
convention. Should Cox gather any
su bstantial proportion of the former
McAdoo following. he probably will
lead the candidates on the first bal
lot, despite the fact that Palmer
goes into the convention with the
highest. number of instructed dele
gates and claiming $40 pledged to
him on the first ballot.
Equally Pre-Adni.istrat tion.
One argument against the abil-
ity of Coz to take over an apprecia-
BILE amount Of the so-called McAdoo
strength Is that Palmer and McAdoo
stood fifty-fifty in the eyes of the
administra ton as advocates of the
policies the administration expects
the convention to accept. Both os-
tensibly carry the White House
sanction as far as the treaty of ver-
sailles and the league Of nations are
concerned.
with Carter Glass and John w.
Davis in the field, both closely and
Intimately associated with Presi-
dent Wilson's peace aking activi-
ties, II IL not unlikely that they may
attract q small number OF the Nc
Adoo delegates who are not overly
fond Of Palmer, but want a man
more closely Unidentified with the
treaty hght than Cox.
MarshnI Frequently Mentioned.
The name of Thomas Marshall,
Vice President. &as mentioned fire.
quently jast night in the sparse
comment on McAdoo's retirement in
dulged' In by the few Democrats
who remain in the capital.
Marshall is looked upon as a man
who might easily draw upon the
strength of the old Democratic or
ganizations and in case Of a pro-
tracted deadlock have a good chance
of getting into the Palmer votes.
John w. Davis Is out of the i'm
mediate dust Of the scramble but
his name will go in on the first bal
Tot with the solid backing of the
West Virginia delegation. Like SEN
ator Glass, for whom the Virginia
deleGa tion 10 instructed upon the
first ballot. Mr.. Davis delegates
were expected to support McAdoo
II Is not unlikely they
will stick to their cwn, and Senator
Glass as an avowed candidate may
get the North Carolina support of
20 votes instructed on the first ball
lot for Senator r. NJ. Simmons, Of
North Carolina.