The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-25
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law should not openly seek the nomi-
 nation and should, in fact, discourage
 it's coming to him. It is almost certain
 that McAdoo's present attitude toward
 the nomination reflects the will of the
 White House.
 Nothing else would account for the sud
 denness of his change of mind his nam
 ing of Roper to represent him here, then
 his sudden recalling of that designation.
 Various reasons are afloat, such as thar
 McAdoo's health prevents him becoming
 candidate. But there has been no sud den development with regard to his
 health. His bodily condition is what it
 has been for long time. No change in
 1t would account for the sudden recalling
 of Roper, and the suggestion is that McAdoo has been hesitating for long
 time whether or not to be q candidate and that he suddenly made up his ninG
 not to be.
 But McAdoo is not the kind of a man
 to make up his mind two different ways in week. And ne certainly had a few
 days before his New York statement made up his mind to be a candidate and have
 a personal representative here to shape the platform to suit him.
 SHOWS HAND FIRST TIME It seems certain that President Wilson is opposed to MT McAdoos nomination, either out and out, or unless the nomi- nation comes to him unsought and III l spite of efforts to discourage it. If tnl5 | theory of Mir. McAdoo's about face Is | true the President has shown his hand | for the first time in the selection Of a | candidate, and it is expected that his CT | forts to dominate the convention Will nor | stop at the elimination of McAdoo or dIc- | tatine the conditions under which Mir l McAdoo may be nominated. He has al | ready succeeded with regard to the | League of Nations plank, which VIII pe a straight Wilson indorsement like the Virginia declaration. For political pur poses a strong Irish plank will be added to make the league declaration agreeapie to the Irish voters. | In addition, the President is likely 70 ! address a message to the convention, and | in the end the President will probably
 seek to choose the candidate
 LIKE CHICAGO SITUATION The convention is like the republican convention at Chicago. small group | of state leaders who were defeated at J Baltimore in 1912 are anxious to come I back into power They are like the re-
 publican leaders who got behind the Low | den candidacy at Chicago NO "ef'io- | cratic leader would like to nominate
 Mitchell Palmer for they fear that he
 cannot be elected Their real choice is Governor Cox of Ohio.
 | But they were easily beaten by Rryal'
 at Baltimore and they can be beaten py
 Wilson. if wilson will, at the proper
 moment produce candidate as the re. publican senators produced Harding a' Chicago
 | If McAdoo is really eliminated, Cover
 nor Cox is the leading prospect But ihe | Ohio governorr's fate is tied up with thai
 of the wet plank. The wet advocates are making much noise today. What theV want is declaration in favor or an
 amendment to the Volstead act perniit-
 ting the states to make laws enforcins the eighteenth amendment which VIII take precedence over that act such an amendment would validate laws like the 3 50 per cent beer of New Jersey Ihe resolutions committee will be stroasly dry. the vote on it being probably about
 B to 20 for the Volstead act. On the | floor of the convention the situation VIII | be different. but even then the drys are likely to have a majority unless the southern prohibitionists should vote TOT
 the amending of the Volstead act on the ground that this act is an invasion or | state rights.
 l A wet plank would probably make Cox
 the democratic candidate, but withou.
 such plank he could not be nominated.