The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-23
m'ADOO FAR
FROM BEING
KEPT DOWN
Like Proverbial Cat, His
Candidacy Keeps Com
ing Back to Life.

Candld4cy Keeps Com
ing Back to Life.
By HAROLD D. JACOBS.
United Press Staff Correspondent
San Francisco. June 23.-The Nc
Adoo candidacy, bearing marks Of
rough treatment and with the ''ir-
revocable" brick still tied about its
neck. was back from its premature
watery grave today and meowing
~ loudly ~ ever about the Demo
cratic door.
About the time its tormentors
consigned 1t to death-and they in
clude william G. McAdoo himself
the candidacy Just naturally
turns up again and its friends and
protectors hastily unpack the old
pulmotor, shoot little oxygen into
It and it's as good ~ new.
The situation regarding McAdoo
and the Democratic presidential
nomination varies almost hourly.
but 20 far 1t always has resolved
itself back TO the position that GER
tain Of the former cabineter's
strongest admirers will take the
bit in their teeth and nominate him
BY main strength.
Roper Steps Down.
Each day the outward signs in
dicate more and more plainly that
McAdoo and his personal coterie
Of friends are determined that he
shAll neither acquire the nomina-
ton nor have it thrust upon him.
For instance, Daniel c. Roper, who
was to have been drum major for
the McAdoo band wagon out here,
has cancelled his hotel reserva-
tions, apparently accepting his for
mer chiefs verdict ~ fnal
Politicians Who were supporting
Fi0ue Of NcAdoo's rivals for the
I6Hinati0n oatwardly are satisfied
that he 10 through and that any
organised attempt to put him over
would fail dismally. but privately
many of these same politicians
have figured It out thus:
McAdoo is the most astute poll
ucian in the country. He realized
that he would be in the same posi-
ton - General Leonard Wood at
Chicago; that IL, that all his op-
ponents would unite at the start to
eliminate him.
Bay be SStrategy."
Because of the two-thirds rule in
Democratic conventions the. chances
, were all in favor Of his rivals
deadlocking the convention against
him and forcing his withdrawal.
In view Of this. he and his chief
advisers decided that the way to
defeat this strategy was to let the
other candidates deadlock them
selves; then, with the convention
impasse, McAdoo would come for
ward as a compromise candidate"
or q dark horse" or what you
will, tipping the convention over
into a landslide.
All the foregoing, Of course, is
the merest surmise on the part Of
the persons who refuse to believe
McAdoo is sincere in his retirement
from the race, but many political
observers see in 1t the essence OF
logic, and some Of the wise ones"
were circulating about the Hobbies
last night quietly Offering even
money on McAdoo'a nomination.
Many Women for Wilson.
Many Of the women delegates
have openly declared themselves in
favor OF third term for President
Wilson and announced they would
vote for him ON the first ballots.
Miss Mary Foy, Los Angeles, said
she would do 80 and thus hoped
| to start . strong movement for the
executive.
Obviously, the unblushing candi-
dacies that are going the strongest
at present are those OF Governor
James E. Cox, Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer and Governor Ed
ward I. Edwards. Only the latter
two have opened headquarters here.
F, Though Cox boosters are on the
lob and Senator Robert Owen has
been on the ground personally for
several days.
Things are slow in getting start
ed along Presidential Row." and
apparently, McAdoo and Wilson
viii continue to form the princt-
pal subjects OF conversation mp to
the opening OF the convention Mon
day.
Mack Boosts Governor Smith.
Norman E. Mack. Buffalo pub
Usher. has let 1t be known that he
is for Governor Smith for the nom
fnation and believes the entire New
York delegation will side with him.
Il has been known for some time
that the New Yorkers who are nn-
der unit rule planned to cast their
30 votes for Smith on the flrst bal
lot, but 1t was assumed this was
only in the nature Of . compliment.
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