Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-08

party cannot go before the country
except on the record of it's own ad-
ministration, no. matter how unpopu-
lar some of Mr.. Wilson'S policies
may be in his own party. and
party's record is largely his.
Cannot Repudiato Administers ton
Anything approaching Reputation
of any essential feature of the Will
son record would be the best cam
paign argument possible in Republ-
face indications all point, therefore,
to the conclusion that the admins
tration will largely shape the party
platform at San francisco and that
no one will be nominated who is
Objectionable to the administration.
There will be considerable opposi-
ton to the president at San Fran
cisco, but it will be divided up
among more or less irreconcilable
factions. For instance, there is one
element that is opposed to the
League of Nations and also opposed
favoring prohibition but opposed to
an unamended league. There will be
another element favorinG the pres1-
dents league and against reserVa-
lions, but possibly opposing prohibit
ton or some other ISSUE,
factions together in a cohesive organ
ization. If one can picture a har-
monious agreement between William
Jennings Bryan and Governor Ed
wards, of New Jersey, on a platform
and candidate, or Senator hitch
the same thing, some idea may be
gained of the effect of attempts to
dethrone presidential influence at the
Golden Gate,
AS to Democratic candidates, VIII
ing by the three--quarter-mlle posi-
on the presidential track with Gov
ernor Cox, of Ohio, running fairly
closeup. Mr.. McAdoo has, received
a. great deal of free and beneficial
advertising out of the. senate's in
vestigation into campaign expenses.
Up to the hour of adjournment to,
day the senate probers had not founu
q McAdoo fund of even a dollar. Ii
had not been able to run down re-
and it had developed that there was
no McAdoo organization whatsoever.
Yet everybody seemed to be taking
McAdoo as the Democratic noml-
nee. III.
This record when compared with
the lavish expenditures of General
Wood and Governor Lowden in their
race for the Republican nomination
is decidedly McAdoo asset. Governor
Cox will go to the convention1 with ia
Sentiment tim ntlG behind him, but he viii
not have at start sufficient strength
even to make a dent in the two
thirds rule which prevails VAL vt at Ken in n
ton dope" is that Mr.. McAdoo is
going to begin to roll up votes on
the Second and succeeding ballots as
the "favorite sons fall by the way
side, and it will be a steady clint
to tine Go1 and wee President
Marshall remain the runners-up in
the pre-convention tryouts. One hears.
a bit of dark horse talk, but it
dark horse has a chance Mr.. NC
Adoo is much weaker than most
folks believe him to be.
McAdoo VS.. Johnson?
Apart of the McAdOo speculation
is incident to the possibility that
after all the Republicans may noml-
nate Hiram Johnson, as ouch as the
may win. The Republicans have
never failed to hold their noses and
swallow an Objectionable nomination
dose if the nominee was believed TO
be a man who could bring home the
other Democrat possibly would split
the labor vote with Hiram Johnson.
In fact, if McAdoo is named by the
Democrats he will start Off with a
block of labor votes regardless Of
the F publican nominee and the
further that nominee gets from the
labor viewpoint the stronger will
be McAdoo.
Politicians here do not appear to
take Attorney General Palmer Sc
riously into consideration, although
he has been the most active of
Democratic candidates and possibili-
ties. The average Democratic poll
tician, irrespective of any ability
Mr.. Palmer possesses, regards the
attorney general as weak politically
and believes he would start under a
handicap. Republicans privately
say that the G. O. P. would have lit
tie worry or work next fall if
Palmer should be nominated by the
Democrats.
underwrite the Palmer campaign if
the Democrats will nominate him
we are that anxious to get him into
the race" was the smiling remark
made recently by a man close to the
headquarters of one of the Republi-
can candidates.
With the adjournment of con-
gress, Republican senators and rep
resentatives turned their faces to-
ward Chicago today. 1t will almost
be possible to assemble a quorum of
either body in Chicago next week.
Democratic members are first going
to their homes and then turn to San
Francisco about the twentieth of
June.