Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-07-05
BOW ELDER WINS
NEW FRIENDS AT
FRISCO MEETING
Took HOOsiers Safely to West
Coast and Is Gracious Host
After ArriUGl.
By STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 1 (by maiD-
There is one man in Indiana's delega-
ton to the democratic convention who
will never be without friends in every
congressional district in Indiana.
That man is Bowman Elder, whom W.
L. Elder fondly refers to as his little
son."
Bowman stands more than feet tall
and is built proportionately. When
ever he is wanted in a hotel lobby
crowd the seeker has only to watch for
an undulating wave Of hats and inter
cert Il. The chances are 10 to 1 that
Bow" will be found working his way
through the mass.
And the Indiana delegation wants him
often
He made the most of the arrangements
for this trip and he succeeded in get
ting the whole crowd through the desert
and established at the Manx hotel with
out losing the friendship of a single one.
Then he finished the good work by get
ting convention tickets in profusion for
the delegates and their alternates and
their friends.
Just how he succeeded in the task of
strong -arming" the committee is his own
little secret, but there are lot of Indi-
anians who will testify that he certainly
is a go getter."
BOW ELDER is
MARSHALL MAN.
Bow Elder is a Marshall man.
BY reason Of long personal friendship
between the two families no one ever ex-
pected him to be anything else, but in
spite Of that handicap he was chosen
delegate from the Seventh district and
as a delegate he has conducted himself
IL a manner that showed both diplomacy
and grace.
Elder realized early that the Indiana
delegation was not deceiving itself re-
garding Marshall.
1t was perfectly willing TO give tho vice
president the honors due his position,
but it was not going to fail to partici-
pate in the selection Of a candidate for
president just to satisfy the vanity Of
any one man.
Elder took refuge in his friendship for
Marshall as his reason for being for Mar
shall. and he calamity commented on the
good qualities Of other aspirants until he
had most OF San Francisco convinced
that he was for them all.
When the McAdoo sentiment broke ont
from under the wet blanket that McAdoo
attempted to put over it the majority Of
the Indiana delegates were expressing
themselves as believing him the biggest
man IN the democratic field.
Elder was not far in the rear In this
observation.
CAN'T GET AROUND
McADOo's POPULARITY.
Whatever the result OF this convention.
and it is still early to predict it, II must
be conceded that in this western country
there is none who has the popularity Of
William Gibbs McAdoo.
Republicans and democrats alike will
engage in quiet conversation that inev-
itably winds up with the declaration that
McAdoo will be the next president II the
democratic party wins
There is little Of the spirit In the west
that for so long prompted eastern PEG
pie TO believe that the democrats" had
mo chance"
Out here it is generally conceded that
the republicans nominated the weakest
candidate they had and the western
voter does not hesitate to express his dis
gust with the nominee.
OF course, the west wanted Johnson
and failing to get johnson cannot be
expected to whoop very long for man
of Harding's type.
What win Johnson do?" is the big
question.
II he keeps still the west will show
the east once more that II doesn't pay
to forget the land of the glorious sun
set when 1t comes to political cam
paigns.