The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-08
How The Nomination
of Roosevelt was Made
by Democratic Boosters
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Copyright by The rnteutgencer.)

san Francesca. Iu'v :. Picking
Y'rr-pr"sid..nt ordinarily = about aS N
te-o~Ijns as :nauSurating on. H. - m
distinct IN ;hc pictur.. Eu, tn $c''S-
u"n y: FranAun u. HooscNc.i. assist
ant secretary oc the navy. {" =" al"nS
with Governor Cox on th"' pcmocraltc
ticket was an cp.sod" IN national p"I.-
tics - No MINOR Importance.
Under the rnstrum whore nominal.
lns speeches were being mad Tor
half dozen vice v-prcSldC"ila! asr.rahtS.
charley Nurphy ~ fammanE Hal.
I;eUrG" brennan % Illinois. Wh" iS th\
SucrrsSor nt he a." Roger sullivan
Jim Nugen, OF New Jersey, Fred Lyncn
ut Minnesota. WNbur March uf Iowa:
Norman Mack ot New York. and I'D
Moore. the campaign manager Of Gov.
COX. gathered for 4 contrr"n"c and ~
Iuli sight Of OatUohlnS CORES pondenlS
held an informal debate on III" merits
~ Edwin Meredith OF Iowa. secretary
or agriculture: Victor Murdoch of Nan
Sas. a member oS the Federal Trade
comm sssiOn. and Bull MUos" in l9l'.
state. and also Roosevelt progressive.
Gov. Cox wisely left thr choice 10
the managers here. Mr.. Hearst WOULD
have liked to Sne Colby named. and
there was some thought that the sup
port Of Hearst newspapers would D.
easily assured II colby were chosen.
But while Tammany favored colby an
gave indication OF burylng the hatch"i
with Hearst In the coming effort 10 r"-
eject Al Smith governor OF New lorN.
tho leaders argued with Murphy thht
Eooscvclt'S naSC would b. worth NOR
lUt"S TO N" ticket and that has Sc!rC-
tIOn would pleas" Mc.Nd"" forces whiCn
had been l"d By EOoSCS cit. Tn" western
meR-Mcrvd,th and MGrdock-w ="
eliminated when il was decided that on
account "C CnN'S wet i"anlngs IN" cam
paiEn had better DC waGcd IN the cas-
Roosevelt II WAS Contcnded. would give
assurance t. WeStCrNcrS that the i!CN"t
was progressive. FurthrrmOrS. Il was
suggested that n" was popular WIN
navy men. or course, EoosevcltS anti
Tammany record in New York stat"
Will help get ind"pe nd"nt D"moCrai.G
votes for the ticket.
What's in a NAms7
/, - an interesting sidehght ihat
many here vCnturcd the opiniOn ihd;
Roosevelt would appeal to those voters
who may not exactly ContuS" Franklin
D. Roosevelt with Theodore Roosevelt.
but who would consider that all Sc"se-
Velts must be worth while folks. AZ 4
matter of fact the cs-prcS dental CAa-
didale whom the Democrats have named
is second cousin OF the late Colonel
Roosevelt. X Is a coincidence thai
the colonel started in aS an assistant
secretary OF the navy. too. and resign
cd that Job TO go into the war after
which ne entered politics on large
scale ~ governor OF New YORK. The
namc Of k'ranklla u Roosevelt has Of
ten been suggested for governor Of New
York and the independent Democrats
were this year thinking Of naming hiHi
for the United States senate TO CPpoSS
WadSw"rth.
Franklin n. Roosevelt Is popular
with IN" newspaper men IN Washington
who knew him throughout tho war ~
the nlau who was continuously urgiuc
"a. h., INA
ralk that Roosevelt didn't agr"" with
JcscphuS Daniels in the Management.
~ the navy department but all thoughts
o." di~cord were swept out or ocusidera,
Secretary Daniels for Franklin RooSC-
yCit after the latter had been named BY
aCc!amation a. the Nicc-prcSidcntla tlai
candidate OF thr party; On" after an
other the Nice-presidcntial asp.rart1
withdrew rom Che race as soon as tn"
conference under the stage of the aUh.-
tortum was over. All the leaders and
bosses agreed that the ticket would h"
helped tmmeaSurea bly, by the addition
20 Roosevelt and though some obSer>-
rrs pocCd a confession Of weakness IN
the discussion about western candi-
date the decision 10 night II out In ~"
east Is bold on". The leaders asked
what viCc-presidcntiai candidate could
carry western states that Cox himself
couldn't carry and few seemed 10 think
tho addition Of Murdock or Meredith
would contTiout" as much AZ would he
gained By the political advertising al
ready given the name Of Roosevelt and
the known executive ability and indie
pendence in politics OF Franklin R0nSc-
Welt. The vIce-preSidHntial nomination
will help soothe the disappointment oC
the McAdoo group from the EAST though
the wcStcrners shook their heads and
shrugged their shoulders aS they faced
The prospect OF campaigning for Il rrIn
who won his nomination through tn"
~ NHss states HNft tIp s1Sts-D
Democracy confideutlN smiled and sad
that the selection would be won rr lost
IN the cast anyway.
II - too soon to say which vtCwpoiat
- moro logical but the leaders VIII
Droea bly, find on consulting Governor
cox that ne will wisely decide :" max"
vigorous tEht IN tns vest and lar
west as ne must make n the east.