Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-02-07
BRYAN Will FORCE |
/ PRESIDENTS HAND
Wilson's lndeoision on Candi-
date Has Aided Cause Of
: Peerless Leader
CHOICE MUST COME SOON
BY CLINTON w. GILBERT
staff Correspondent 1T the Evening Public
Ledger

efnf Correspondent W the Evening fuphc
Ledger
wasb;pgtou Feb. Tn one month
A, -. g.. 4ho ,,,,+;o, of dele-
one primaries io' '''. - III,
gates to the natlonal conventions VIII
begin. In four months the Republican
national convention will be held at
Chicago,
ANY one may be nominated at Chicago.
ANY one may be nominated at San Fran
cisco. Wood. Harding and Lowden are
the names most mentioned on the Re
publican side. but none of them has
inoGn i;Iy .St Sut" $50 ~ ,,ot now discussed
like Governor Allen. of Kansas, or
Governor Srroul. of Pennsylvania. will
not be the candidate Nor can you say
any more than that Of Hoover. McAdoo
or BRYAN. the three leading Democratic
candidates. one will be surely nominated
at San Francisco
Tn the Democratic party this situa-
longer. President Wilson must pick
in a few days. or the Democratic or
ganization must pick for him, the man
to stand against Bryan in the Demo
cratic primaries. The imminench of the
North and South Dakota primaries
makes this imperative.
The situation in North Dakota de-
veloped at the meeting Of the Democratic
state convention at Fargo on Wednes-
day. A resolution was introduced de-
claring for William J. Bryan for Pres
ident. This resolution was referred to
q committee which substituted for it
resolution indorsing "the leadership Of
Woodrow Wilson and William Jennings
Bryan" II seems plain that had Pres
idert Wilson taken himself out of the
field for the Democratic nomination, the
North Dakota Democratic State Con-
vention would have indorscd Bryan for
.,
must nave opponent ior bryan
Now, North Dakota will hold its pres
tdential primaries on March 16. 1t will
not be so easy to dispose of the Bryan
candidacy in the primaries as it was in
the convention.
The Democrats will have to have
some one to beat Bryan with in those
primaries and in the primaries and in
the primaries OF South DAKOTA, which
occur one week later, and in the prl-
maries of Michigan, which occur in
April, and most important OF all, Neo-
raska, the Peerless Leader old home
state: You cannot beat somebody with
nobody. And Bryan is distinctly some
body.
In some states where Bryan threatens
he may be headed on by the bringing
forward of favorite sons. But to make
an effective night against Bryan the
Democrats-thatl is, the administration
Democrats-must have candidate. The
indecision of Mr.. Wilson and his
friends. which has prevented MIR. Nc
Adoo thus far from becoming an active
candidate, is helping Bryan, just as the
hesfatlon ot tne ORGANIZATION hepuon-
cans TO orins torwaru tneit .1! cdhuLudtes
IN the carry Stages OF the hepuoncah
contest gave ooa nying start. Inc
brEan canaloscS s:ytns concern
Inc oreaK OF the prlMarles Iavors
shlre' the nrst state on Maren .. come n,
the two Dakotas on March 10 ana -.
both OF these states are rather friendly
TO bryan. II ne snould start OH WIN an
early primary lndorsenent ne mlght IT
tae present aemocrat.zec cohditlon ot
The ne,rocrat tic sitpation waits rnor
Mr., Wilson lust as it did in the Demo
cratic convention in North Dakota.
Until he takes himself out of the race
Mr.. McAdoo and Mr., Hoover can not
beeome effective candidates This
problem is pressing upon Mr.. McAdoo,
who is the favorite of tho Democratic
machine since the weakening of the
Palmer boom. And il is likely that n
decision will be made soon as to whether
Mr.. McAdoo will 90 forward and seek
fhe nomination actively or virtually
Withdraw from the race M AIcAdoo's
candidacv is pcculiarIy handicapped bv
the fact that he is the presidents son
in law and cannot we'll seek the uomi.
nation against the wishes of his father .
in-law. -.
NJ yyu.o = or,ho,-,..o5 !, ,,,o1,;r.
Sao;sio l'S0 70 toi,o ;r.saIs ~ aI,t n
tho raoa bo iosne m contnoi i of the WI ,rboIa
ai;.;aoi ,it,,ot;o,, oI ~ a,..in,,1on ~, ho
t .h anu trontv III pa IN IN
tha Sepato t'' y Tba .II;eS sue ;,,St - IN IN
the hs erds - r,,rea a' .ahsnGorod nGo od'T WI
sa '; II TLn Ut oi;tgo;, Ell oLa,,do,,
SpH STii 1 ensaH All! N.Y.. aG JoG
;ta1 aSot NJ ne siho yJhIeS oanJida+a Lna Snrth
na1. ~ ,i ue PTSo So, obanIoroJ yjr;isor Tt -,
Aptn fo,. - mor,0 ~ UodresJor bod tbo pros-
iSa,t boan an fornoTi,. co. 6t ~ Niu 80 , raoo
iuen' O'e' i'' ''''''S '"' Vi NV ''oe'
Primaries May Be Decisive Factor
The popular primaries NAV vet be
The decisive factor in tbe camnaign of
both parties this wear. In the Demo.
cratic marty tbe early primaries will
probably disclose the real strength of