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Strong Movement Reported tor
Liberal Democratic Farey'
McAdoo Second Choice.
e,orrcsnont,ence Baltimore sun.

Correspondence Baltimore sun.
New York. March "A Liberal
Democratic party with Herbert Hoover
for President and John Parker. Governor
elect Of Louisiana, for Vicc-President
i tho latest possibility developed IN the
POLITICAL arena. SO far as the Democrats
arc concerned.
rstinu in that it has its inception among
Democratic leaders OF the South--has
been started to unite Northern and
southern Liberal Democrats" with a
view to capturing the Democratic party
convention from the Administration
leaders.
A canvass in confidential quarters
among the foremost Democratic chief
tains OF the South just completed re-
yeals a surprising Hoover sentiment
with William Gibbs McAdoo second
choice and virtually no enthusiasm what
over for any other Democratic candidate
thus far mentioned.
1t also reveals the following:
That tho election of MIR. Parker ms
Governor of Louisiana after he smash,d
fhe old State Democratic machine has
resulted in quite a spread of sindepend-
ent" sentiment through Southern States.
That hhe Administration, largely be-
cause oil It's labor policy, is not popular
and that the Administration machinery
is badly crippled.
That The influx of men from Kansas,
Illinois. IPennyslvania and other North
crn Staths into Texas and Oklahoma as
a result of the OIL booms will result in
heavy increase in the Republican vote
in those Estates That Northern Texas
appears likely to go Republican.
That the general belief is eithertiov
ernor Iowden, of Illinois. or Senator
Harding. of Ohio, viii be nominated by
the Republicans and that the only
chance the Democrats would have to
win would be TO nominate n strong pro-
uresslve ticket such as would establish
the marty as the Liberal party and
draw liberal votes from the North as
we'll as the South-Democrats and Re-
publcans alike.
MIR Parker is a ootton-broker and
one of the foremost farmers OF the South.
When he ran in the gubernatorlal pri-
maries, his avowed intention was to
smash the machine. He declared that
he had never voted for Bryan and had
voted for both Taft and Roosevelt.
He said in his campaign that he always
had been a Progressive and wanted
no Democratic support unless it was
kind of democracy. He was nominated
by majority of IL, 900 votes.
He is said now to be one of those POI
itical leaders in the South who think
The Liberals of the South and North should
combine to get control of the Democratic
convention at San Francisco.
The canvass disclosed that Mr.. Hoo
vers strength is general in the Southern
States markedly so in Texas. M. II
Wolfe, Democratic State chairman of
Texas, declares openly that either Hoover
or McAofoo would be the Democrats
best bet. The Dallas News appears to
he supporting Mr.. Hoover, though not
vet definitely committed to him.
If the Administration would give the
slightest indication, openly, that it either
favored or opposed MIR. Hoovers
nomination many delegations, it is be-
lieved, would fall in line behind him.
Negligible sentiment for the Attorney
General is disclosed in the canvass.
MIR. Hoover himself might spoil the
design of these Southern Democrats
and there IS reason to believe he may
before long One OF Mr.. Hoover's most
enthusiastic supporters in the East de-
clared today that as soon as he has COM
pleted his work on the Presidents in