The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-05
NJ 'ADOO BOOM
WILL COLLAPSE
Built on Bluff, " it Has
Reached the Stage Where
Continuance is Unlikely
By MARX SULLIVAN,


special Dispatch to Thr lntciISc1ccr.
SAN FRANCISCO. July IF the
newspapers outside oE san FrancISc"
50" !; as VIC sec u here. then every car
laughing at the situation William g.
McNdco finds himself III. \ week aSo,
indeed. forty-c;Sht hours ago. McAdo"
VAS cInctnnatlS at the p'"H, reluctant.
to serve his country. Tonight. NJ.
Adoo clutches at slippery tail-h"id
on a D,mCcroric rnulr that Is NAiU-
down the road at high speed IN dlr'"-
Doubtless tho rartooniStS arc making
Mr.. McAdoo personally responsible f"r
hts situation for that is ;Nc only wa
To- makc III" situation graphic,
McAdoo Not to Blame.
But in truth. the best intormcd pr
sons cut here don't hclIcv" McAdop Is
prrsonaIty to blame Al least, hr :
and sljll nave, tic best Of reasons for
ncilcl ltnE that Mchdon'$ w:;hdraWai
waS IN complct" good faith. Hc rcal'S
wanted In h.. ont Of the situation, anu
rc tuok himS",r out q II. Then CamN
an army ~ cid arpoini""a Of his III n"
treasury 'dopartm,ut--7athc minor An-
p"int""S. as a rulc--and Other old p'-
ll,i,al associates. They sad there wa
4 call for MCAdro. call :" Spputanc-
uI- that h. must li>t.n 10 Il Thy
sald L Was a call that cam" from al
sections Of III" country and all CLASSES
OF the people. Un thor va! out mere
t" san Francisco the McNd"o oHoniCt'
dropped an interview At every station.
>alin. that the call was 80 insisten
tnd clamorouS that Mr. N"Ndno must
Hsirn TO It. When the" arrived III san
Francesca they said that moro thA.l
haIf III" dct"Gatc5 her" wer" thr!IIlni
blufcrd everybody her.. thcy hluttrl
;hc cthcr leaders. they blutted the
delegates. they 0lutfcd inc newspaper"
n1-u. and yuur cores spcndcncc Ia inclin-
cd to think that they blucfcd McAdon
II Is hardly conceivable that Mr.. Mc-
Adoo should have given as much re-
c"uS Iteration "a hc did E'Nc TO MS
withdrawal Il he had not been pcrsuaN,
cd that al least half the dccgaics here
wanted him. Probably the truth IS thai
these old appointccs otS McAdoo AMI
old workers with him " Liberty Loan
drives and tho liS" got 20 n poin; wh"Tc
they honestly bluftcd Themselves
They really hNli"Nsd II. When tho
showdown came. there was sr1nt th:rI
of the delegates VIII" have ben willt7:;
At any trnc 10 vote for NcAhoo, ana
Of that third. as VIC look INTO Il min
uteiv. We ind that a very considerable
number arc federal appo;nt""s or are
hcld in linz by federal ofhc"holdcrS Wh"
happon 10 have Nclit!ca! power m th"i:
states.
Not Administration Choice.
Ry this alluSion TO federal office hotd-
c-s I do NOT mean 20 imply that Nc
Ndoo Is the Administrations choice for
the pres dcncy. That is JdSt the poip
II he were the administration candidate
hc would rrobaoly 80 through In" al
ruinistration has got everything cise II
wanted at this convention. ana X C"uld
have got the candidate just as readily
II those who represent the administra-
tom had agreed on tho candidate as they
agreed on everything else. From the
opening day. the convention became
contest between the friends Of IN" ad-
rriniStra tion. on tho ono hand. anu tho
state leader group on the other hand
Tho state leader group was always In
minority. Il consisted chiefly OF H.
nols, under Roger SulliYanS !e6at".
George Brennan. and New York. under
Mr. Murphy. Around ,hos" two large
states grew up IN" state icanHr EFonp;
Tic administration roup ma b" SAID
~ consist roughly. OF Mr Cummings,
tho national chairman. eH-ScC-ctarN
rilass rrrScr. Secretary t"Ini. ana
.cyy uth"~S In everything tina; cam" ur
thcs, administration leaders had t0cir
way The managed tn" contention ana
on tho whole. managed II well.
Intrusion OF AcAdoo.
Bu, when II came 10 NAMING Inc can
d.date for tho presidency, the unity "t
tho administration leaders was disturb
Cd by the intrusion Of the MrAdoo can
Gidacy Rut for that the adminiStra-
ton Leaders would undoubtedly have
cor together on tins point as they got
together on every other. They would
have conferred. they would have agreed
upon u candidate. and they would un-
doubtcdiy have pus him through. hut
AZ that noint Mr. Burlcson insisted on
, McNdoo Also in all the business Of the
convention up TO the naming Of can
d,dstc il was comparatively easy for the
administration leaders to agree. IN
an matters ~ organization, Of chotc" ~
= chairman. ot platform and policy and
tho like. they either knew or could find
uu, by telephone. or could readily guess
what Mr. Whson wished and what Mr..
, Wilson wished they could and did put
through But when It came I" naming
tho candidate for the presidency. ih"y
did not know Mr.. Wilson's wishes am
mad no means NJ finding OUT.
I, was apparently Mr. wilson's Dc
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