Evening star., 1920-06-28
Palmer and Coz
Fear McAd00
Strength.
SEE WHITEHOUSE
4DNNEWBOOM
Administration Off,
cials WorkingAmo7ng
Late ArYiuaIS. :.
BY n. O. MESSENGER

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf. June Is
With practically the full delegate
membership on the scene, the drl1t
of sentiment during the last twenty
four hours still shows .McxAdoo lead
ing. 1t seems evident to the Palmer
and Cox leaders that they VIII nave
to dispose of McAdoo before they can
settle their own little affair between
them. and their. present fear IS ehat
McAdoo will dispose of them oe1ore
they can get chance to try out
their own candidates.
The McAdoo strength Is accounte9
for in this way: A great many OF
these delegates have been on the
road here since about the time 9c-
Adoo published his remuneration.
They started out fmbued with the
feeling. which was SO WIDESPREAD
that the administration wants NC.
Adoo. and his letter declaring himseli
out of the candidacy did not upset
their preconceived and long-time-heid
attitude of friendliness to him.
stand Firm for McAdoO.
Arriving here. they find officials OF
the administration of high and low
rank exhorting them to stand nrn
for McAdoo and put him over.
AS one of these said to The Star
correspondent today. "You will OBJ
serve that while Mr.. McAdoo. In his
letter. declared he did not wish the
nomination. he did not say he would
refuse il if it should come to him,
and you can bet your last dollar ne
will ,sof refuse it, This spokesman
is in position to talk by the card
It appears. from talking with dele
gates, that they are generally OF the
opinion that McAdoo Is President WI
~ ion
idea was gained naturally by the nature
of the propaganda in McAdoo's behalf
and the character of the men engaged
in other quarters here presumably IN
touch with the White House The state
ment Is made that mp to ten days ago
President Wilson had not discussed the
nomination with his son-in-iaw, ana II.
added that McAdoo Il going II on ms
own in permitting the convention to
keep his name before it 1t is said
that in furtherance of the plan OF cam
paien of McAdoo's friends which seems
TO be to let the convention force the
nomination or him, so as to obviate pos
sfble future charges that his nom nation
was an administration "frame-up ana
that "the President passed the ofhce
down into the family" he may not be
formally placed in nomination but the
delegates allowed TO take the bit in their
teeth and vote him in
Talk OF Co1-Paimer Combine
There was talk today OF a possible
combination between the Cox and Pal
mer forces to keep McAdoo away from
a two-thirds vote. but it is like irving
to mix water and oil to combine these
two elements. for one Is dry and the
other wet 1t is believed that Palmer
and McAdoo forces are more likely to
work togetne- If there is any combina-
tion at an. if the vets should appear to
be getting the upper hand. which no one
in authority believes probable How
ever. the Palmer strength would be in
position to be swung to McAdoo. The
White House and democratic leaders in
the Thigh command are LISTED as hay-
ing their faces set in opposition to a
wet plank and by inference opposed to
Coxs nomination
One of the high men in the admin
spondent today. ITO nominate a wet
candidate even IL the platform were
dry, would be to slap in the face too
many voters in this country"
Many Delegates Favor Cox
Yet Cox has following in
many important delegations. That is
10 say. the delegates would like to
vote for him and see him nominated
but face the question. do we dare
ment is illustrated in the action of
the Pennsylvania delegation in vot-
ing down the near wet plank. go to
13. The Pennsylvania delegation. as
one of them described IT, "is dripping
vet in sympathy Yet. when they
Cormick, acting. il IS generally un-
deIstood in accord with the White
House. set their noses to the grind
stone and made them vote dry. After
ward. some of the delegates went
sround among their newspaper
10 square" them with their wet con-
stituens and explain how they had
to vote against the sentiment Of their
constituents.
William J.. Bryan will tomorrow
start his crusade against Cox and will
marine~ his boom. as well as bonn
bard it openly. He is determined to
go TO any length. 1T is said. to pre-
vent the nomination of any one sus-
pected of wet tendencies.
Many Wet and Dry Planks.
Bryan got his out early and circu-
lated it. with the announcement that
he would push 1t, although it is said
TO be the extreme position of the
drys. Norman f. Mack of New York
was writing wet plank, and SO were
several others. while platform car
penters were also busy on the planks
TO "sidestep" the whole issue.
Indications point to a strong cam
paign for Secretary OF Agriculture
Meredith for the vice presidency. He
appears to be a general favorite for
second place.
cambridge Colby was the most
sought after man in town all day Sun
day. Everybody wanted to take him
TO one side and ask him way down
deep" whom the President wants. Up
to the hour of filing this dispatch no
one has been found who would say
that he was any the wiser for asking
the question.
Mr. Colby takes well with the dem
ocrats. Notwithstanding the supposed
inherent distrust by a democrat of
any one who has ever been affiliated
with that wicked old republican n
party.
But for one thing, they soon realize,
upon talking with him, so they say,
that he is heart and soul in sympathy
with the President, absolutely loyal
70 him, out here to work for what he
wants and ready to go on the stump
and support the ticket and the plat
form and they are gradually forget
ding his political fantecedants.