Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-16
Dental primary to be held in Michi-

Dental primary to be held in Michi-
gan April 5. ~>.-- ..r..--
II regret extremely, to learn this.
| My conviction is so strong that all
| delegates to the next Democratic con-
vention should go uninstructed that
| l have been selling every opportuni-
ty to further that result. In the cir
cumstances nothing seems left for
| me to do except to say that if, by
| any chance, the Democratic electors
| in the Michigan primary should
honor me with an Endorsement, l
shall Immediately release the dele
| gates from any obligation to support
| me and beg them to enter the ma
| tional convention at San Francisco
| without any limitation whatever
| upon their freedom of action SO far
| as I am concerned
In a state having such a law, it
| will be seen that Mr.. Hoover, Mr..
| McAdoo and other candidates have
no option as to the printing of their
| names on a ballot and they may only
| enter a protest.
The past few days have brought
| the significant Development that with
out being a candidate, Herbert HOO
yer already has quite a delegate nu-
| cleus. Politicians in Washington
| are informed that the Democratic
| delegates from California and Iowa,
although uninstructed, are favorable
"a Hoover. Senator Phelan has told
his colleagues about the senate that
| the California delegation is regarded
as a Hoover delegation, although the
state convention adopted resolution
saying that as California was the
Lost of the national convention IT
ought not to instruct its delegation.
There is circumstantial story
here that it was only the influence
of the new secretary of agriculture,
E. T. Meredith, that prevented the
Iowa Democrats from instructing
outright for Herbert Hoover. The
delegates were not instructed, but
they are counted here as Hoover del
egates and the convention wanted to
instruct for Hoover. Secretary Mer-
edith, it is understood, advised
against instruction, not to check
rate Hoover but because of the same
lire of reasoning used by Mr.. Nc
Adoo, Champ Clark and other ad-
m.instratio Democrats, namely, th.tL
| the convention at San Francisco
should be privileged to select the
r'ost available man in June.
In it's survey of primaries and
conventions so far held the Demo-
cratic national committee lists the
! twenty-six delegates from Califor-
| MIA and the twenty-six from Iowa as
| uninstructed, which they technically
are, but it is we'll known here that
| they will be ready to swing into
| Tive Hoover column when the Hoover
| movement gets under way at San
| Francisco.
The five delegates from New
Hampshire are similarly listed as
| Hoover supporters. Officially the
| Democratic national committee re-
| cords two of these delegates as hav-
| ing positive instructions for Hoover,
while the remaining three are desig-
Lated as uninstructed. From New
| Hampshire, however, comes indica-
tions there will be no trouble about
| Hoover holding the entire five.
Georgia politicians located at
Wa shington still view with amaze
ment the spread of Hoover senti-
nnent as reflected in their correspond
| ence and in primary and convention
| returns from various sections.
| There has been no change in the
| attitude of Senator William J. Har-
| ris, who was recently reported AS
favoring a particular candidate In
the Georgia race.
"The only statemnt I have made
about the presidential primary" said
Senator Harris, was that published
in The Journal correspondence two
weeks ago. 1t was to the effect that
l thought the Democrats of Georgia
were fully capable of conducting
their own primary and making their
choice, whomsoever he may be, with
out advice from me and that 1 dill
not intend to take sides in the Geor.
| pia nraSidential cnntestn