El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-09
By G. 4. MARTIN.
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easy to get in among them on the floor
the morning they were assembling to
nominate Roosevelt and after his
nomination while they fingered 20 say
farewell to one another-aud Il was
hard TO find a man who did not seem
pleased at the result OF the nomina-
tons, even though his man had lost
-'AfcAdoo could have been the best
man. but we'll win with Jimmy Cox"
they would say and many even
among the strongest McAdoo men ad-
mitted. after L was all over, that
II was best 70 have selected a man
who did not belong 10 the reigning
family"
While the Palmer supporters never
admitted that they did not think
their man would have made the
strongest kind. they seemed perfectly
satisfied with Cox
Cox Strongest Man.
In ny opinion Cox is the strongest
man they could have picked Of the
available material. and 7 believe ali
the delegates viii admit this as soon
IS The hurt Of defeat becomes less
acute
Don't let anybody say the
Democratic party IL disrupted over
the nomination. for Il f. not. Cox
VIII hold IL together better than
nns one OF the candidates before
the convention couId have done.
And all Of the delegates realize
this much as some Of them
wu54ted MeAdoo and Others wanted
Palmer.
owen never had chance. His
geographical location spelled defeat
for him before he entered the race.
The Democratic party will never
nominate man from the south as
its standard bearer, for the south
is always solidlv Democratic. The
party wants and must have a man
from pivotal state That helped
Cox
The fact that Palmer was from
state that always goes Republican
was against him The fact that Nc
Adoo did not have the support OF the
New York delegation was against
him. 90 all things worked out to make
Cox the logical man. Some OF the
western dry states may not support
him because they think he Is G wet
governor, but the fact that he Is so
recognized viii get hin votes in the
east The fact that he Is known 70
be AGAINST many Of the Wilson
policies viii get him a lot Of votes
that McAdoo never could have got
and AL the Wilson votes that Nc
Adoo would have polled VIII 80 20
Cox ANYHOW
OfHce Holders 70 Support Cox
Even the Wilson office holders will
vote for him. although the majority
OF them know that their doom Is writ
ten and sealed They can't improve
the situation by scratching the
nominee. however, and they will vote
for him IN the vain hope that they
may hold on
There IS Iittle chance, however,
FOR the Cox RseH are already talk
ing OF a Acleau EWeep's next
March II he should win. IRE
apecffTe Of whether the EuicceEs-
fuI candidate Is editor Harding or
editor Coz the federal pie coun-
FER f. to be scrubbed Of wilson
ian Democrats and the scrubbers
won't Use a rake, either. they're
going after q with a fize tooth
comb after which they VIII use
The Cox people can't forget how
the job holders fought the nomination
OF the Ohio governor Furthermore,
they don't want 70 forget, Tor they
lish IN office Politicians OF tho {
present generation haven't forgotten
that former second term Taft al
ways blamed his defeat primarily TO
the fact that he had TO carry over
the old Roosevelt patronage into his
administration and thus obtained
minimum OF loyalty from the federal
organization Taft always said that
II he could have made his own ap-
pointmeuts, been free to hire and fire,
he would have made a better show
ing.
WIN Affect some In Southwest. {
Ed H Moore CoLs manager and
probably the next Democratic ma {
tional chairman. is known TO agree {
with Taft at least on the undesir-
ability OF inheriting patronage, and
a federal office holder who was not
with Cox from the beginning IN the
event Cox is elected viii stand but
a small chance TO stick to the job
after next March or after his term ,
expires. Not a few Texas and New
Mexico members OF the federal bri-
gade would be affected Gavin Nc
Nabb, OF san Francisco, Is 70 be the
western chief FOR the party and viii
have charge OF the campaign in the
a states west OF the Rockies.
Democratic chieftans expressed no (