The Washington herald., 1920-06-27
M'ADOO NAMED
BY 10TH BALLOT,
is PREDICTION
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and psychological moment. Wood
row Wilson's son-in-law Is sched-
uled to burst forth as the o1iciai
administration candidate. Various
tangible facts bear out that theory
First and foremost. it would seem
that Mr.. McAdoo has acquitted him
self of the suspicion OF trading on
his family relationship with the
White House by formally with
drawing" from the race. He has, In
other words, ostensibly done every
thing in his power to renounce the
crown princedom-and other dynas-
tic claims
The second Indication of the ad-
ministration motive power behind
the McAdoo movement Is the un-
tagging support 1t is receiving from
the two principal Wilsonites now In
San Francisco-Albert Sydney Bur-
Lesson, of Texas, Postmaster GEN
eral. and Senator Glass, OF Virginia,
formerly Secretary of the Treasury.
The third discriminating circum-
stance is the geographical source
of the main McAdoo strength. II is
lodged in the sunny South, the bone
N S'AS" 70 thV "hsoh ouhiihis-
tration.
San Francisco cannot conceive
that idol worshipers like Burleson
and Glass would be found openly
fomenting any cause distasteful 10
Woodrow Wilson. They were In
star chamber conferences with the
President less than a week ago. En-
route to the convention Senator
Glass was in consultation with Mr..
MoAdoo. Today Burleson and Glass
are locked together shoulder to
shoulder in a death -defying phalanx
for McAdoo's nomination. They are
Understood to be at loggerheads over
| platform issues, including the pro-
hibitlon plank. But as to the ur-
gency. desirability and inevitability y
of the McAdoo candidacy the two
hardy Southerners are unanimity y
incarnate.
-MncTl-do" Is Slogan.
Mac Hide" is the facetious slo-
gan that broke out today on hun
dreds OF hat bands throughout San
Francisco. That "Mac'II-do" will be
the conventions eventual verdict
has become the commonest prophecy
to be heard. lin many cases the wish
is father to the thought. McAdoo
prOpagandists, the persuasive and
confidential sort that circulate
through the hotel Hobbies talking
McAdoo," have sprung out of the
Pacific soil like dragons teeth since
Thursday night. =
But in far larger number of
cases "McAdoo talk, rests on OBJ
jective. logical foundations such as
those to which 1 have above re-
ferred. New York's big delegation,
with its Murphy-Tammany domina-
| tion. is not for McAdoo. II is
| badged Gov. "Ar. Smith and con-
tains many Cox supporters. But
the fact that Tammany Hall Is
"agin" McAdoo probably is doing
him more good, than harm. There
are plenty of men in the San Fran
cisco convention who remember that
Grover Cleveland was nominated in
Chicago in 1892 with Tammany
bowling his head off in opposition
/ and was triumphantly elected a few
months later. McAdoo, like his
more eminent brother Democrat
from New York. is also loved for
some of the enemies he has made
! Ambassador Davis Strength.
II the fates decree that neither
McAdoo, nor Cox, nor Palmer car
achieve the magic 72S. John w
| Davis. of West Virginia. will be
| in the best position to snatch a
compromise nomination. He could
claim administration support legiti.
m3tely. for he is Of the admins
, ,tration. yet detached from its do
mestic trials and tribulations and
untouched by the criticism heapeC
upon it by both friends and foes
The American Ambassador tC
Great Britain is being boosted al
San Francisco as the man who car
win" One of the arguments quiet
Ily advanced in Mr.. Davis favor i:
that when the last vacancy on the
United States Supreme Court benci
occurred in 1916 the eight surviy'
ing justices Joined in recommending in 6
! the appointment of the then solici.
tor general. The justices recited
| that Mr.. Davis pleas before the
court of last resort were of a char.
acter that marked him as one oi
the master legal minds of the coun.
try. The President did not appoint
him, however. the place going tC
! John II. Clarke. of Ohio.
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