Omaha daily bee., 1920-06-24
Unless Wilson Breaks Sphinx.
Like Silence Soon, Large
Field Is Expected to Line Up
At Frisco Convention.
FOUR NAMES PROMINENT
AS DELEGATES ARRIVE
NcAdoo, Palmer, Marshall and
Cox Mentioned as Most
Likely Winners - Leaders
Uncertain How to Turn.
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES.
News Service Staff Core.
spOndent.

San Francisco, June 25.-Unless
sSsmething is forthcoming from the
White House which will change
plans now in the making, it is certain
that no less than Is names viii! be
presented to the democratic conven-
ton here next week as possible re-
cip;ents for nomination honors.
Aside from the name Of Woodrow
Wilson, four names stand out pre-
eminently today as the vanguard of
the delegates began to arrive These
are William G. McAdoo, A. Mitchell
Palmer, Vice President Thomas r.
Marshall and Gov. James T. Cox
OF Ohio
The continued silence from the
White House on the question of a
third term or on any particular can
eidate is creating situation akin TO
that existing in Chicago right up un-
till the Saturday upon which Sena-
ter Harding was nominated. The
delegates and political mentors al
ready here are uncertain which way
to turn for guidance or a fight.
Feel He Will Talk.
There is a distinct feeling among
arrivals that the silence, from the
White House is soon to be broken
that the president will in few days
either nominate or eliminate him
self or else he will throw the trc-
n,endous weight of his support be-
hind some one CT the Is men in the
striving.
National Chairman Homer Cmu
mings is in daily communication
with the White House. He HAS IN
stant access to Pennsylvania avenue
both by private telephone wire and
by telegraph. He has talked this
week with Secretary Joseph Tu-
tiulty and with others of the presi-
aent's immediate family.
The results OF these conversations
have been carefully withheld. Ii
AR;csideht Wilson has issued al,
orders they have not been relayeu
herb to any of his numerous lieu-
ten&nts on the ground. 1t is, how
even Uncomfortable to many of the
delegates and politicians here that
President Wilson. the acknowledged
leader OF the party, will allow nearly
1000 Ininstructed delegates to go
into Fee and open convention with
out SOME word as to how the White
Houses stands.
HereAagain, it was pointed out to-
day, the situation is similar to that
existing n Chicago. Everybody is
waiting nervously for word from "a
sick man" who lays at>the end of a
private line eS1nany miles away from
the scene ofNfction.
Rumors Are Many.
The uncertainty Of the situation |
has resulted in giving San Francisco
flock of rumors which completely |
ovcrshadows the Chicago crop.
One of these current today was
that the president has decided to
pay long standing debt and throw
the weight of administration support
behind Champ Clark, as recon-
pense for Baltimore in 1912.
The former speaker heretofore
had been considered an outsider in
this race. The rumor is given some
CrcQcNCe ny tue plSsSuSc uS'S VI
Bennett Z. Clark, the Missourian's
so:.
Another report current in the lob
h;es today was that both the Nc
.Adoo and Palmer candidates. would
benefit by White House deSlara-
ton at the llth hour. So far, Homer
Cummings is the only man in San
Francisco positively known to have
conversed with the White House
and on all matters affecting the pres
ident he is mum.
Fight Looms Imminent.
The proposed fight between the
and anti-admini
ton forces is looming stronger as
convention time approaches. 1t is
expected to crystalline with the ar
rival of the New York, New Jersey,
Indiana, Illinois, Massachusetts, and
Ohio delegations and their big fol-
lowings.
Hints OF a compromise already
are in the air here. The one most
often heard is situation which
would allow the president to write
the platform - with complete en-
dorsement of the league of nations
and the "antis" to nominate the can
didate unhampered by White House
iictation. ..