South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-24
HUGHES AND M ADOO.
MAY LEAD PARTIES
New Yorker Records Guess on
Possibilities of National
Conventions.
BY PHILIP FRANCIS.

~ " AOAtAAI MY eUs--4NoN mat
June Is only a few days away the
political pot is boiling like mad.
PoHteness has ceased to be a virtue
N the different camps and the air
Is full OF verbal bricks.
II Is a liberal education IN the
gentle art OF picturesque denuncia-
ton 70 visit one or the other cam
paign headquarters whenever a
johnson sub-manager can get your
ear he Will whisper In tones that
cannot be heard more than three
blocks away that the Wood managers
are vote stesler5 and are only Kept
from being horse thieves by the fact
that stolen horses are nard to hide.
And whenever one OF the Wood sub
managers can get your ear he VIII
flll II full Of heartfelt remarks 10
the effect that the only reason a
Johnson worker wouldn't steal a red
not stove would be that there were
no asbestos gloves handy.
The increasing bitterness Of the
fight between Johnson and Wood
leads old stagers who have watched
many political campaigns to believe
that neither Johnson nor Wood Will
be strong enough in the convention
10 get the nomination for himself
enough 10 knock the other out
Hughes Has Chance.
Lowden has carried on a very
quiet and cOnciliatory campaign and
is apt 10 get Tar more Johnson and
Wood delegates in case the chances
of those two leaders begin TO look
hopeless than Is now generally sup
posed. At the same time, the inn
preston among the few experienced
Washington and New York political
observers to whose opinion / usually
give most weight is that "a dark
horse is almost certain 20 run away
with the prize, and the majority Of
the old boys believe that the name
of the lucky dark horse is Charles
T.. Hughes.
happened TO sit at dinner in a
Washington hotel a few weeks ago
with DR.. Dinwiddie, the head OF the
anti-salooR league and about the
shrewdest politician in the United
States. Dinwiddie comes nearer 10
being the real boss of congress than
any other man in my time. And the
man who can boss the congressional
menagerie is some animal trainer. l
mention this casual dinner with Din
widdie because he told me at that
time that the man he wanted TO
see nominated was Hughes; and my
observation has been that whenever
Ddnwiddie wants something TO hap
pen in the political line he Is mighty
apt to get several million other peO-
pie TO wanting the same thing. /
never paid much attention 10 the
casual talk about Hughes until DR..
Dinwiddie said his little say rat
day, but right then 1 knew that
something in the Hughes line would
be doing sooner or later.
Dinwiddie Has Few Equals.
And now hear everywhere in the
circles which are supposed 10 know
what is going on in politics that
Hughes is mighty apt TO head the
ticket again. And whenever 1 hear
this quiet talk going on recall the
fact that when 1t comes TO setting in
motion a successful whispering
campaign the Rev. Dinwiddie has
few equals and no superiors.
Nobody seems TO have any definite
notion who will be the choice at
San Francisco. and, TO tell the truth,
no one seems TO be very warm
about the matter anyway.
L happen to know that Charles l..
Murphy Is in favor OF nominating
Cox. That means, OF course. that
New York's delegation Will be for
the OHIO man.
AS a general proposition the dele
gates from New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois will be OF
the moist variety-not wringing wet
you understand, but not dry. either;
what you might call moderately
damp.
The gentlemen who are actively
interested in the bringing OF beer
and light wines into legal vogue have
pledged q big campaign fund and
they Will be on hand at san Francis
CO to give Mr.. Bryan and his col
league a merry time.
Many people think that Edwards
OF New Jersey Is the real choice
OF the vets. but ] think Cox IS the
man, from what I have heard.
Talk About Wilson.
one or two men, who surely have
reason TO know what they are talking
about. insist 10 me in private con-
versation that Mr.. Wilson intends 10
have himself renominated at san
IRA ncisco. But most people seem
10 think that Mr.. Wilson realizes his
own personal handicap and VIII
throw the votes he controls 10 his
son-In-law. Mr.. McAdoo undoubt-
edlv has the strength of his own and
with the presidents active support
ne would probably get the nomina
tion.