The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1920-06-18
AT LEAST EIGHT MEN LIKELY TO
BE PUT IN NOMINATION IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
TWo,THIRDs RULE TO STAND
Few Of the Delegates Are Instructed
and 1t Is Generally Assumed the
Administration Will BE in Control
of the Convention.
BY JAMES p. HoRNADAY.

NUMBER or candidates Tor the preSi-
Dental nomination, but now there is
fair prospect of good-sized field. 1t
seems reasonably certain that the fol-
lowing men will be formally placed
in nomination: William G. McAdoo,
New York James M. 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 M.
Hitchcock, senator, Nebraska; Hoke
Smith, senator, Georgia, and John w.
Davis, West Virginia, ambassador
from the United States to Great
Britain.
Some persons would add Thomas Il.
Marshall, vice president Of the United
States, to this list, but the vice presi-
dent continues to insist that his name
will not go before the convention in a
formal way with his consent. Other
persons would add the name of Will
liam Jennings Bryan, but Mr.. Bryan
has not yet indicated that he will en-
ter the convention, as 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 uninstructed delegates.
Early in the year the federal admins
tratiop 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 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 to 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 it comes to prophesying as to
the probable nominee of the conven-
ton, difficulties are encountered. 1t
is pretty generally assumed that the
administration will be in control Of
the convention. 1t has been said by
persons who ought to know what they
are talking about that President Will
son is more concerned in the platform
utterances of the convention than in
the candidate, but it is a safe gIess
that he is interested in both platform
and candidate.
While not an unusually large num-
Der of officeholders have been chosen
as delegates to the San Francisco con.
vention, it will in all probability turn
out that the keen politicians among
the federal officeholders will be on
the ground and in charge of the i'm
portant Development A great many
Democrats, and also a considerable
number of Republicans would be glad
to have information as to the prOba-
BILE wishes of the president with re-
spect to the candidate. At one time
it was assumed that Attorney General
Palmer was the favorite of the ad-
ministration, but there are representa-
tives of the party. who question this.
Likewise there are influential men in
the party who doubt if McAdoo is to
be regarded as the candidate of the
administration. Recently there has
been some inside talk to the effect
that John w. Davis, ambassador
to Great Britain, is President Wilson's
favorite.
Smith Is Anti-Administration.
The only man INCLUDED in the list
of candidates who, may be regarded as
actually anti-2dministration is Hoke
Smith, senator from Georgia The
+ senator is not in sympathy with the
presidents peace policy and has, gen.
orally speaking, been out of touch
with the administration for the last
three years. Col. E. M. House, who
formerly was the presidents chief ad-
wiser on political matters, has let 1t
be known that he is disposed to favor
the nomination of Senator Hitchcock
The Tammany organization in New
York city has caused Vice President
Marshall no little embarrassment by
announcing that it favOrs his nomina-
ton. Governor Edwards of New Jer-
sey is the favorite of the persons and
organizations that would set aside the
prohibition amendment.
Budget System Finally Provided.
After some fifteen years of con-
versation about budget system
for the federal government, such
a system has been provided. The
function of preparing annually budg-
ct is to be lodged In a bureau in the
office of the president. There is to
be a director of the budget, and an
assistant director, who shall be APP
pointed by the president and receive
salaries of $4,000 and $500 year,
respectively. 1t will be the busine IS
of the bureau of the budget to make
a careful investigation of all Prov
sions of law dealing in any way with