The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-02-21

working In behalf Of one Of the an
nounccd candidates for III" Democratic
nomination: he did not say that ne
himself. was canIidatc or had any
personal interest i'm TIA" NATTER bul
wrote merely rs one who protested IN
behalf of m" public pr"prI"iI and the
cgcnral good. But every one VII" knew
Of the episode smiled over il. and re-
Elected that busy mau does NOT put
SO much feeling into II purely imper-
sonal protest. nor 20 50 far out Of his
way to do a think like this. unless II
promises to affect his own fortunes.
Harassed by Doub.s.
Inner Washington pictures Mr.. Nc
hdoo frettinG and slowing. Mr.. Nc
.Adoo is undoubtedly confident. md ha"
much reason TO be CuntlI"u'. that hr
could get the nomination ~ he should
go after it and If he could ~ after i.
III he could and II u" should"-tha;
4. what Mr.. McAdoo frc'S about. In
that phrase Is a wilderness Of Tangled
ifs" doubts and conditions and qu'l-
ifcations. some ~ which n" can't control
and some Of which arc Tho fruit Of
pitched hattie I'm his own mind n hA''l"
that never ends between desires That
cannot b" rcconCIled.
Ordinarily Mr.. MCAdoo IS not n man
OF feeble. will Far from II. When II
comes To- knowing wha, Nc wants and
going after il by the straiGhtcst. road.
few men are moro energetic. Rut oC-
cas!onally Il Is n man Of exactly that
tyre who gets TO wanting NOR" things
that It IS possible for one man t. hay"
ut tho Same time. Some situations are
too much for tho toughest WILL and MT
McAdoo's present houuder:NES IS the
morass OF things he can't decide max:
him for the moment almost as pathctic
a nrurr as the fccblc-willcd Hamlet.
weakly mumhling: ITO be or not to
be"
Hc decides he won't run. Then he
,nkc., railroad trip and tn" hrak"m"n
toll him how all the boys are waiting
I"r chance 20 vote for h'm--and tn"
decision has TO be made AL over again.
Faces Big Array Of IFS"
I. Is very hard for Mr.. MrAduo e.
marshall all the clements Of his prob.
lem into order and dig Il decision out
Of it, What will Wilson do VIII hc
run again himself. II h" does not run
himself. will he pick n favortc" W:ll
Wilson try Il keep his hands completely
off the convention. or VIII h" frankly
continue In the role of party leader and
try 10 name the candidate. II Wilson
should dictate the candidate VIII" viii h"
his choice? Would his choice y" the
man who 10 his son-in-law" Would
not this very fact ot relationship pro
vent Wilson from hClptnE McNG""" 'a
the other hand. might Wilson "nur".v-
ably see his way Gear 10 ignoring that
relationship? Would Wilson regard
that relationship as tho one element
that would make II necessary for him
to suspect some ono clS"? And If he
should support some one else, could
McAdoO win against his fathcr-in- law
npposj'iont
That Is one SGT Of IFS" And even
If MIR. MChdoo should hc ahle u ind
his Gay through that tanGl" there is
stll arnthcr group OF questions L" hr
d"r:dcd Just how valuable Is the
Democratic nomination this year, and
how valuable is II to him, particularly"
II he should get the nomination. could
he WIN" Would il not be- better L. wal,
four years? On the other hand. II
some one els" becomes I'rcSidcni and
cntrenches himself for four years.
would not that be the end Of all nope
for Mr.. McAdoo?
And after that group OF question i,
disposed OF there is still another group
more intimately personal: Mr.. Nc
Adoo is poor and he has an increasing
family. When he resigned as SECRETARY
OF tho Treasury and Director General
Of Railroads he gave as his reason that
he could not live on his salary. that
he had no money and felt that he nugh;
I" try 10 accumulate II c"Idpricurr.
There were all sorts of surmiscs al the
time. but the explanation that MIR. Me
AdUO gave was perfectly true. He did.
perhaps. have an additional reason: In
the rcstlcssnesS az his ambition,
although h" already held two Of the
most important Offices ~ the country.
he was eager 10 be taken as a delegate
To the Peace Conference. 10 which the
President was just setting out.
Competence Main Reason
Some element Of ptQuc at the Trcsi-
dents decision not to take him may
have helped 10 cause his r"<irnarlrn:
tut. his wish to accumulat" a connie.
tcn"" was the tru" reason aud the rrln-
Cipdl one. He had recently married ard
young family had h"Euu "a come
Moreover. his family by hts first wife
IL .arg". While most at them are grown
up and in n position 10 he self summit
ing. 1t - natural fer any father t. want
t. he able to help them IL they Shou,l
need ms help. He has started uInn
the accumulation of 4 competence. If
h" Keeps at the practice u' .nw he NAV
reasonably hope 70 Rch."v" 4 @uh.;an-
tial fortune for the declining years chrf
Will soon lie upon him II h.. SHOULD