New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-06-18
DEMOCRATS SHOW
MORE INTEREST
AT LEAST EIGHT MEN LIKELY TO
BE PUT IN NOMINATION m
SAN FRANCISCO.
WO-THIRDS RULE TO STAND
Few of tine Delegates Are Instructed
and II Is Generally Assumed the
Administration Will Be in Control
of the Convention.
BY JAMES p.

BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.
Observation-Disclosures in the Demo
cratic national convention which will
meet in San Francisco June % is in
creasing. Awhile back il looked as if
there might not be any considerable
number of candidates for the presi-
Dental nomination, but 10 there is n
fair prospect of a good-sized field. II
seems reasonably certain that the FOL
lowing men will be formally placed
in nomination: William G, McAtioo,
New York James NJ. Cox, governor OF
Ohio; A. Mitchell Palmer, Pennsyl-
vania, attorney general of the United
States: Robert l.. Owen. senator from
Oklahoma Edward /. Edwards, gov
ernor of New Jersey Gilbert Nj.
Hitchcock. senator, Nebraska; lloke
Smith, senator, Georgia, and John w.
Davis. West Virginia, ambassador
from the United States to Great
Britain.
Some persons would add Thomas II.
Marshall, vice president of the United
States, to his list. hut the vice preSi-
dent continues to insist that his name
will not go before the convention in u
formal way with his consent. Other
persons would add the name of VIII
liam Jennings Bryan. but Mr.. Bryan
has not yet indicated that he Will en-
ter the convention ms a formal candi-
date though it is generally understood
that he is not without hope.
Few Instructed Delegates.
The convention will be made up very
largely of u~ninstructed delegates.
Early in the year the federal admins
tratiOn let it be known that it hoped
the policy of sending uninstructed
delegates would be observed, and The
request has been very generally re-
spected. Under a long standing Demo
cratic convention rule. it will require
the vote OF two-thirds Of the delegates
to nominate. There is considerable
agitation on in favor OF revOking this
rule, but the same agitation has been
evident just prior 10 the meeting OF
every Democratic national convention
for many years. and has always failed
TO produce results. So the prevailing
view is that two-thirds rule will stand
for the coming convention.
When 1t comes TO prophesying as TO
the probable nominee of the conven-
ton. difficulties are encountered. II
is pretty generally assumed that the
administration will be in control Of
the convention. 1t has been said by
persons who ougit TO know what they
are talking about that President VIII
son is more concerned in the platform
utterances of the convention than in
the candidate, but it is n safe .ess
that he Is Interested IN both platform
and candidate.
While not an unusually large mum
OF oficcholders have beer chosen
as delegates 10 the San Francisco con.
v%ention. it will in all probability turn
that the keen politicians among
the federal oniceholders will be on
the ground and In charge of the i'm
developments. \ great many
and also a considerable
number of Republicans would he glad
to have information as to the proba-
Spcct to the candidate. At one time #,
was assumed that Attorney General .
Palmer was the .avoritc Of the adj
n~inistration. but there are representa-
ives of the party who question this. ,
Likewise there are influential men in +,
he varf.- r.In Aa,tIt &c NI.A.1an L., tn
,e regarded as the candidate of the /
administration Recently there has q
,een some inside ak TO the efect |
hat John W. Davis, ambassador ,
o Great Britain. is President Wilson's \
a
Smith 10 Anti-Administration. q
The only man included In the list q
f candidates who may be regarded MS 8
nnti-administration Is Hoke a
ninth, senator from Georgia. The
is not in sympathy with the
peace I-olicy and has. gen.
rally speaking. been out Of touch .
nth the administration for the last y
hree years. Col. Il. NJ. House. who u
was the presidents chief adj ~
User on political matters. has let it v
e known that be is disposed TO favor I
he nomination Of Senator Hitchcock. VI
he Tammany organization In New g
ork city has caused Vice President u
no little embarrassment by =
that IL favors his nomins- ~
on. Governor Edwards of New Jer- ~
y is the favorite of the 1ersons and Ut
foundations that would set aside the eI
amendment.
Budget System Finally Provided. az
After some fifteen years Of con- q
about a budget system Ia
r the federal government, such ne
system has been provided. The y
notion Of preparing annually a budg- la
is to be lodged in a bureau in the
ice Of the president. There is TO be
a director ct the budget. and an p
director. who shall be ap- lin
by the president and receive M
laries of $4,000 and $500 a YER. Or
.spectively. II will be the busiDe IS Ike
the bureau of the budget TO make re
careful investigation of all .rovl- bu
of law dealing in any way with ica