Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-02-24
Nation Uniting
tOBnck McAdOO
With Ballots
OLd-Tinte Managers Worried
by Strength of Popular
Increment for Him.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24.-William G. Nc
Adoo is continuins just as persistent in
his determination not to enter prefereD.
nomination for president, as his friends
tial primary contests for the democratic
nomination for president, as his friends
rea persistent that he shall be the San
Francisco nominee.
Mr.. McAdoo took the stand some time
ago that the convention should be an
assemblage of ''untrammeled men and
women" free to enunciate a platform
and select a candidate in a truly de-
Lucrative manner. For that reason he
has refused to authorize any effort on
his behalf in the states that have pri-
mary laws which could be utilized to
instruct delegates. Friends have impor-
tuned him to change his attitude, but he
has not indicated that he has any inten-
tion of altering his position.
The result of Mr.. McAdoo's attitude
and the enthusiasm Of his friends is that
there are unauthorized movements to
place his name on preferential ballots
in several states, and these movements
simply will not down
GEORGIA TO
GO ON RECORD.
When Mr. McAdoo's old friends in
Georgia circulated petition and pre-
pared to place his name on the preferent-
ial ballot he wrote them q respectful
letter in which he declared that he would
not be a party to the movement. There
T after he gave out the word to those
friends who visited him that he meant
Just what he said The visitors argued,
appeared surprised, but went away con
vinced that McAdoo really meant what
| he said when he wrote that he would
not take part in a fight for delegates.
They went home and held an all-day
| conference and then sent out the word
that, whether McAdoo wanted it done or
not, they would put his name on the
! ballot, on the theory that they had the
| right to express their preferences and
| proposed to exercise that right. McAdoo
paid no attention to this revolt" He
assumed that he had made his position
| clear and that ended the matter as far
as he was concerned.
! Inquiries on the same subject coming
from other states were answered by ret
erence to the Georgia statement and
/ when it was suggested that the Georgians
I did not appear to be abiding by Mr.. Nc
/ Adoo's wishes, IL was made very apparent
| that the announcement of intention to
| proceed without his approval was not
taken seriously by Mr.. McAdoo nor was
/ it any part Of his wishes.
| SAME ANSWER
To INDIANA.
Along about the same time the Indiana
7 situation was b-Ought to the attention 0f
both Mr.. McAdoo and his most intimate
friends. They were advised that strong
McAdoo sentiment had grown up In In
diana and that petitions to place his
name on the ballot were being very well
received. The information did not ap-
pear to make a particle Of difference to
McAdOo in so far as his determination
to stay out Of the primary fights was
concerned. He again took the position
| of the man who had said his piece" and
| expected that to end things.
/ The result of these two Incidents Is
| that politicians at Washington and New
/ York are puzzled. They are beginning
/ to realize that a campaign for a nomi-
| nation without a manager, without an
organization and, in fact, without the
| participation Of the principal has been
launched and they do not really know
whether to laugh or worry.
! A campaign of this kind has never
been started before. It is contrary to
the best usages" I'm political circles
/ And it is so thoroughly unique that the
politicians just do not know how TO
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