The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-06-29
SITUATION is NOW
IN WAITING STAGE
Irish Question Also Uppermost in
Minds of Most of the
Delegates.
X. Foster Murray in News and Cour-


/, ier.
San Francisco, June 27.-About
all has been said that can be said
about the prospects of the various
candidates tor the presidential nonll-
nation to be ,lade by the Democratic
convention which assemblies tomor-
row. There is no use in rehearsing
the same today that was written yes
terday. The situation WI not be
changed without some definite de-
velopments and we are now neces-
: sarily in a waiting stage. :,
For instance with platform adopted
before the ticket is named, the for
tunes of certain possibilities for the
nomination may be seriously at
fected. That is so obvious that 1t re-
cuires no explanation. Again, much
depends upon the headway which the
always turbulent Mr.. Bryan may be
able to take with his schemes to Wrest
control of the convention from the
administration leaders. The Ne
braskan's powers of oratorical mes
merism will have to make vastly
! better showing here than they dld at
the jackson day banquet at Washing
ton last March for him to overcome
! the impression that he can not upset
delegates as he did of old.
Retirement of Meredith.
! The retirement of Secretary of Ag-
Ariculture Meredith as candidate for
i the presidential nomination meant
very little or nothing as nobody had
seriously regarded him in that par
ticular. There is one new movement
in the presidential paddock which is
interesting. McAdoo boomers are
saying with great confidence that the
thing is all settled. The ticket will
be McAdoo and Cox. Yesterday
the Palmer people were suggesting a
combination with the Cox followers
on the same basis, the Ohio man to
take second place. But the Cox
managers are making light of all In
timations that their candid lte is to
be disposed of in any such Hlanner:
The man who is every body's second
choice is really the fellow who is
strongest of all, they declare, and
thew predict that Cox will forge to
, the front after very few ballots.
Of course if the McAdoo and Cox
forces could really unite, all would
be over but the shouting. They con-
tain many elements as mutually un-.
friendly as oil and water. Posi-
bility Of the convention breaking
away from the control of tue ury
element or the evasive element and
forcing the adoption of definitely
moist plank is augmented by the
snarl over Irish freedom. Inability
to satisfy the friends of the Irish on
that matter would leave the Demo-
cratic party in rather bad way as
to the Irish vote unless something
should be done in some other way to
make the platform please this large
fraction of our political household.
The Republicans lodged the Irish
question, but their surrender to-
Hiram johnson on the league of ma
tions was gratifying to Irish SYM
pathizers.'
Wet Plank, Whisper Some.
''Put a wet plank in the plat
FORM" whisper some of the most
astute of the Democratic psycholo-
gists, land we'll get the Irish vote
all right, no matter what we do about
the league of nations. The Irish vote
cares a lot more about alienation of
the present excessive aridity- here in
our midst than it does about tie in
volved and distant subject of the
league. Without a moist plank we
lose lot of our Irish vote, with spch
a plank, we retain it and increase
it."
So as convention eve passes Nc
Adoo is the individual uppermost in
the interest among the nominating
possibilities, and the question
whether or not to have a wet plank
is the question uppermost in interest
among the possible campaign issues.
Most of the delegates seem weary Of
the league of nations discussion and
are paying no attention to it at this
time
WIN FOR PIEDMONT