The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-13
Both Parties Faced
By fractional Scraps
In the 1920 Campaign
By DAVID LAWRENCE,
iCopyr1gat BY The IntslltG sncsr.)

WASHINGTON. d. C. May 12.-Po-
lit'cal events OF the last twenty-tour
hours have emphasized the improbaoiIi-
" OF a reconciliation between the various
factions in both nc Demicratic and Re
publican parties who have taken their
respective attitudes toward the peace
treaty and League Of Nations during the
past year. Three divisions exist In cach
party and BY virtue OF their similarity
they appear now 70 be the nucleus OF
THREE political parties. President VIII
sons letter to the Oregon Democrats
asking for the unqualified endorsement
OF the treaty and league, followed as II
was by the announcement OF Republican
leaders in Chicago that they would stand
on the Lodge reservations. has now been
attacked BY the so-callcd 1rreconclI-
ahles' led by Senators johnson and 10
rah who hint at q bolt from the Repuo-
lican party unless reservations. league
treaty and all are condemned.
Picks Lowdsn
The outlook at present for the presi-
Dental nominations therefore would ap-
pear 10 be this:
Observation-Disclosures. Wood or Hoover
on a platform OF Lodge reservations and
thnir chances about in the order named.
Observation-Disclosures, Cox or Palmer
on n platform written by President vii.
son, advocating unqualified adoption OF
the treaty. but accepting Interpretive
reservations such as those of the Hitch
cock resolution.
Hiram johnson or Senator Lafollette on
a platform opposing the entire treaty
and League and reservations
Support of the third party will come
from friends OF William Jennings Bryan
who will probably wage an unsuccesstui
hight In the San Francisco convention
against the Wilson platform. though Mr..
Bryan himself would be prevented from
supporting third party which con-
much as he. himself Is ready TO accept
the Lodge reservations in the interest
Of start toward peace.
The Third Party.
Support for the third party will also
come from those Democrats. particular
~ OF Irish extraction. who think article
ton Of the covenant intcrferes with the
prospect OF Irish freedom. and they are
lining up solidly behind Hiram johnson.
OF course Republicans fond Of johnson
will Join a third party II he or someone
nf his viewpoint heads the third ticket.
The new party will acquire strength
from the so-called radical wings OF the
two big parties.
The readjustment or realignment Of
political forces is causing no little con-
corn to both Republicans and Demo-
Gratis The Republicans are supremely
confident that the detection will not he
considerable. The Democrats think the
departure OF Johnson and his following
from The regular RsISSiisaG, party SFs n1
easy to attack. and that the real friends
ot tl.e league win see the Democratic
platform as the only means OF bringing
about an early partnership or me
United States in the present league OF
nations.
TIA Personal Angles.
But irrespective Of the treaty issues.
getting more and more vital. william
Gibbs Mckdoo has the edge on the
Democratic nomination. By insisting on
uninstructed delegations and keeping
y el MP nf hA
by maneuvers OF receptiveness only. he
has impressed Democrats in the capital
here as a shrewd politician. Mitchell
Palmer Is well liked and probably has
more strength among the members OF
The Democratic national committee than
has McAdoo. but the latter was in the
game before Palmer began. Delegates
were tied TO the McAdoo band wagon
when that individual was secretary OF
tho treasury and director general of
railroads: He got an early start; Add
cd to this are the mistakes made BY
Palmer-or rather the groups he has
rightly or wrongly sntagonized. He Is
under attack for falling TO reduce the
cost of living. for alternating labor by
Wholesale raids on so-called reds" The
last charge influences probably only the
radical wing ot the Democratic party.
which in any event would not stick with
the Wilson kind OF Democracy. no mat
ter whether McAdoo. Palmer or any
other heir OF the Wilson policies were
nominated. This group stlll holds Mr..
Wilson responsible for Postmaster Cen
'rai Burlesons repression Of liberal"
periodicals. and considers the treaty
and league Objectionable as not being
'iheral enough not containing more OF
the doctrines ot internationalism.
McAdoo'B ChAnees.
But on the whole Mr. McAdoo by
keeping out of public office: since the
armistics has seemed to improve his
chances with the rank and file OF the
Democrats while Mr. Palmer has been
under fire right along. Governor Cox
oS Ohio Is serious contender hut just
now Mr.. McAdoo is In the lead. That
Is not an individual opinion. II is the
concensus Of the Democrats who are on
the inside OF things and who know
what the leaders Of delegations are apt
cisco.
As for the Republican nomination.
he strength Of Governor Lowden
grows. His announcements on the
League OF Nations are satisfactory to
no Lodge reservationist group and he
orings moreover an adm nnistrativa rec
rrd In government affairs in Illinois
we'll as an experience in Congress as
an asset auEuring harmony with the
legislative branch OF the government
as we'll as an efficiency program in the
executive end. Major General Wood
has a splendid organization and has
surprised even his admirers here by
the way he has moved forward. But if
the truth be told the disinterested lead
ers are afraid 10 name a soldier can
didace The wey the fight on the bonus
bill has fuctuated Is an indication Of
the uncertainty here as 10 what might
happen 10 a soldier candidate and the
opposition 10 universal military train
ing which killed that measure in the
House Of Representatives is another
sign Of the unexpected weakness OF tho
soldier element in our politics at the
close of big war.
Today the situation ts Of course full
OF uncertainties--hut today It looks
like McAdoo for the Democratic noml-
nation. Governor Lowden for the Re-
publican and Senator Johnson for the
third party with the chances Of Her
bert Hoover being the Republican can
dIdate still not an impossibl" conting-
ency His chances for the Democratic
nomination are gone. He has read
himself out of that party by his atti-
tude toward the California primaries
And he has failed 10 rouse Republican
strength by his hesitancy to declare
himself Republican. His advisers
nave hurt Herbert Hoover's chances but
ne is probably at fault for listening to
them. I4owden. McAdoo and Johnson
are in tho front rank today.