The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-25
DECISION iRREvocAeIE, NE De.
clARes IN STATEMENT TO
DELEGATE At LARGE
VOTE NAY GO 10 SEN. GLASS
Move 10 Nominate vIreiniss HISS ~.
ready Reached oeediy Proportions.
Field Of Candidates Narrowed
Down to Eleven

AHsi, WHO Has be3h ft'DNiTfreG by
party leaders M one OF the principal
candidates for the Democratic presi.
DENTAL nomination. announced last
night he could not permit his uaine 10
20 before the San Francisco conven.
tiun.
This decision" he smid, ''is ire
vocabie, as the path Of duty seems 10
me- clear and unmIstakable."
His decision was made known In n
telegram % .Iouefi Shnuse, Democratic
delegate M large OF Kansas, who had
t~legrnphcd Mr.. McAdoo that sentl.
ment throughout the country was
rapidly erystaiiIzlng IN his favor. that
his friends would like To have him
permit his name tn be presented 10 the
Convention, and that they were Ger
tain he could be nominated and
elected
Mr. MeAdoo's telegram follows:
Your Telegram M June ~ requires
nm explicit md immediate answer. I
am profoundly grateful 10 YOU and my
other generous friends who with such
sponfanlety and unselfishness have
without my solicitation advocated my
nomination To cause them disap-
pointment dlstresses me deeply hut l
MN unable IA reconsider the position
have consistently maintained. name.
~. that ! would not seek the nomlnu.
sion for the presidency. can not
therefore permit my name To 20 he
fore the convention. This decision IL
irresoeahle ms The path of duty seems
10 me clear and nnmistaknble.
'"fhe considerations which compelled
me 10 resign ms secretary Of the trens.
nry and director general Of railroads
after the armistlce In 1918 In large
measure stilI prevail. | must have
reasonable opportunity to rehabllitate
my private affairs and to make TINT
provision which, In time Of peace. Ii
~ once the sacred duty and the cher.
ish~d desire Of every right thinking
man. Having been out Of office less
than ~ months, I have not yet been
able 10 accomplish these objects.
Moreover. n presidential campaign I'm.
poses upon the candidate unavoidable
expenses which ! nm unable tn nv.
sumo and which ! do not want my
friends IN assume.
''rhe record Of the present Republl.
can congress aud the platform and
candidates of the Republican national
convention makes Democratic victory
tn the next election almost certain.
Victory Will he certain " the Demo.
Gratis adopt n straightforward IN.
eauisoenl. nnevasive. honest and lib.
erui platform and put forward candi.
dates who viii command public con.
fihence We must stand squareiy for
ratification OF the league Of nations
without dehllltatlng reservations
and We must he direct and explicit on
the important domestic issues.
II feel sure that my friends viii ap-
pr~clate the sincerity and proprlety ~
my position, and that they win do
everything In their power nj San
Francisco To assure the continuation
ri the enlightened principles and lib.
eral policies OF Democracy. These are
more than ever essential tn the Sc
rurity and we'll being of the Ameri.
can people"
t'aincldens with Mr., McAdao's an.
nnnneement that he would not permit
his name to go before the convention.
Mr., Shous. issued statement saying
that an active fight" would be wa1ed
- al. -
GLASS OF Virginia. who has been locked
on as III. certain ehoiee Ia head the
resolutions eommitsee at San Fran.
s4seo
Mr.. Shouse declared that The move
m~nt for the nomination Of Senator
Glass has already reached Formidable
and that IN number az
the most loyal McAsioo men had de-.
elar~d that they ''would exert them
selves 90 the limit On behalf of S~na.
tor Glass"
MIR, Glass WAS one of the asinlnlstra.
slen leaders In the house os Representa-.
lives until he resigned to become seq
Rotary Of the treasury when Mr.. Me
Adoo retired While In the house he
fsthered the federal reserve aud farm
lean acts. and since his appointment
10 the senate by Gov. Thomas y. Mar
Tin. he has supported the president In
the treaty fight.
TIL. elimination Of Mr.. MeAdoo mar
rows the field 10 II contestants, 80 far
as In now known.