Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-06-01
SENATOR GLASS SEEN
As WILSON s CHOICE
FOR PARTY LEADER
BY DAVID LAWRENCE


Carter Glass is the first expression
from the White House of what the
president would like to have adopted
by the Democratic national conven-
ton at San Francisco. He does not
ask for the unqualified Endorsement
of the covenant and peace treaty but
prompt ratification without reserva-
tions which would impair its essent-
i. integrity"
There's the Democratic national
platform on the issue condensed in
te words. Inasmuch as the pres1-
dent considers the Lodge reservation
to be a "nullifying reservation" and
inasmuch as he already has indors-
ed the Hitchcock reservation, the
Democratic claim is unchanged from
that which the majority of the Dem
o rats stood for in the various votes
in the senate. The big query is
whether the Republicans will stand by
the Lodge reservations or the Hiram
Johnson program of no treaty and no
league at all.
But the presidents Endorsement
of the Virginia platform and ms
words of commentator for Senator
Glass may have another significance.
The Junior senator from Virginia has
been Endorsed for the presidency by
the Democrats of his state in conVen-
ton assembled; He e. himself in seifac is a
William Gibbs McAdoo. But suppose
for various reasons the delegates to
the national convention decide that
McAdoo cannot win II nominated. 10
whom would the McAdoo strength
is deep-seated rivalry between the
McAdoo and Palmer camps which
will not vanish on the convention
floor.
Real Wilson Man
Senator Glass is a man after PreS1-
dent Wilson's own heart. He is
fearless combatant, an uncompromis-
| ing fighter, and man who as chair
man Of the house committee on
banking, and currency, helped frame
| the federal reserve act and later
made a splendid impression as secre-
tary of the treasury.
There's one important factor to
| keep in mind in trying to figure out
who will be the Democratic nominee
The principle held good when Repub-
lican presidents were in office and 1t
holds good today. It is that the man
in the White House can select the
nominee of his party. There is this
difference, however, this year 1t It. is is
raised by the fact that his son-in-
law is an aspirant for the office
and most of the other candidates are
of his brand of the Democratic
lodge.
Mr.. Wilson may not exactly pick a
man but he can veto the choice of
anyone who doesn't subscribe to like
principles. Much talk of Vice Presi-
dent Marshall is heard, but that
speech which the latter made in In
league and pro-treaty. to earn the
cordial approval of the incumbent of
the White House. Similarly Messrs.
Bryan and Edwards haven't sub
scribed with undying fervor to the
principles of the covenant and the
treaty framed by woodrow Wilson.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, is
we'll liked by the president and I'M
questionable his selection as Demo-
cratic leader in the senate was pleas
in the Democratic party, he is looked
upon as a dark horse. He retains
much IF the strength which he had
in 1912.
But presidential favor seems to be
unlikely to descend on any but those
who absolutely pledge their all on
the Wilson treaty stand. The hid
den but effective political hand # he
! White House reaching out through
staunch Wilson men to the delegates
of the convention itself, will veto
those who haven't the nArve to in
dorse the Wilsonian doctrine on the
| league and peace treaty as enunc1at-
ed in the platform of Virginia Dem
ocrats. Thus far it would seem that
the following are eligible for Demo-
cratic nomination from the Wilson
standpoint:
l. John w. Davis, of West Vir-
ginia, ambassador to Great Britain.
| His name was recently presented to
the public by the New York Times,
an unprecedented action for that
newspa Der to take. Though one ad-
minisJration Democrat humorously
remarked that the prize given. Am
critic of the Wilson administration,
former Attorney General James H.
Beck, was enough to make Democrats
suspicious, there is nevertheless a
friendly feeling for the American
ambassador in White House circles.
see President Wilson favor Mr.. Davis
if he favors anybody. The American
ambassador is a remarkable orator
and great lawyer. Supreme court
justices, it is whispered, say he is
the best lawyer who has argued be-
fore the high court in the land in
the past generation.
2. Governor Cox, of Ohio, is in
good favor at the White House. He
has expressed himself on the treaty
|
Wilson viewpoint The general feel
irg here is while Mr.. Cox would
make an excellent man to head the
ticket, the party may draft him in
| the end for the vice presidency.
Other White House Favorites
3. Senator Glass is the kind of
Democrat who comes within the Will
son category of patriotic men who
| know how to serve their country and
mankind" The fact that he comes
| from Virginia is, Of course, no obsta-
president is Virginian by birth.
Secretary David Franklin Houston
is another White Mouse favorite He
thinks along the lines that Presi-
! dent Wilson does. He is credited
with being the presidents constant
adviser on economic and interna-
tional questions. He isn't spectac l.
| lar or dramatic, however, and is
of the quiet type that doesn't mag
netize politically speaking. Charles
r. Crane, minister to China. and
the White House, used to talk Of
| Secretary Houston as the best quail
fed for the presidency. If left to a
| civil service examination, Mr.. Hous-
ton probably would win the nomina-
| ton hands down.
TO these names should be dded
attorney General Palmer and for
mer Secretary McAdoo, as men to
whose respective candidates. the
| have no objection.
But it is hardly likely that Mr.. Will
son will ever express a preference
between these two men for reasons
hest known to himself. His influence
will go toward the man who can, in