Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-01
NJ ADOO-MERED|TH
TICKET FORECAST
BY WASH|NGT TON
Rumor Has 1t That Bryan
viii Spring Clark in Case
Of. Deadlock at Frisco
Convention
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau,
623 Riggs Building.)
by THEODORE TrLLER

WASHINGTON, June 3O.-Its
about 5000 miles from Washington
to San Francisco, but this does not
interfere here today with the "dop
ing of the situation at the Demo-
cratic convention. Moost folks and
politicians at the national capitol
seem to regard McAdoos nomination
as a certainty. Their prognostica-
tions, which appear sound because of
political, geographical and other rea-
sons, go further and give McAdoo a
running mate. In wel1-informed cir
cles here, the belief prevails that
it is going to be an IN. and M"
ticket, to-wit McAdoo and Meredith
First, it is conceded that William
G.. McAdoo has the best show of get
ting the labor vote. He's from New
York, although born in Georgia. Ed
win T. Meredith is secretary of ag-
ricu1ture. He comes from the agrt-
cultural state of Iowa, is a farmer
himself and the editor Of farm pa
per. The Republicans went to the
middle west and New England for
their candidates. 1t is figured that
the Democrats will checkmate that
move by going to the east and the
near northwest for their standard
bearers. A combination appealing
to the labor and farmer vote, backed
by the votes the south will furnish,
anyway, would give Harding and
Coolidge a hard run for the White
House and vice presidents chair in
the senate.
Anyway, the Average Politician
An observer in Washington is fig
firing it out this way: In the eX-
ecutive departments, in Office build
ings, on elevators and on the streets
one hears little of anybody except
McAdoo. If McAdoo is nominated,
they say, he ought to have Meredith
with him, because Nell Doc and
Meree-idith" will sound good to the
country.
Bryan May Spring Clark
There came today a strange re-
port-not entirely untrustworthy,
but possessing, elements Of plausi-
bi1ity-that william Jennings Bryan
is going to spring a coup at San
Francisco unless McAdoo runs away
with the nomination onEthe early bali
lots. The rumor is that Bryan, who
knitted Champ Clark at Baltimore in
1912, intends to take the stage at the
psychological moment at San Fran
cisco and put the old Missouri war
horse in nomination, thus atoning
for the political death thrust he gave
Clark eight years ago. That would
be a strange performance, but funny
things happen in politics. A wise
looking man, who was in Washing
ton when Cleveland was first inaug-
urated, and who has watched poll
tics ever since, dropped into The
Atlanta Journal bureau today with
the tip 1t had been heard before,
but this fellow claimed he had it on
good authority.
Bryan and Clark have made up"
he confided. Organs going to nom
mate Champ and it'll break the dead
lock. I get it pretty straight. Can't
divulge my information, but he saw
Bryan just a few days ago."
and who'll be nominated for vice
president along with Clarke" in
quired this correspondent. Bryan
himself. Why not? Bryan can't be
president, why not let him try for
the vice presidency once?"
And there you are, If the dope g.
900 miles away from the convention
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