South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-01-16
POLITICAL POT
BOILS MERELY
Atty. Gen. Palmer and Gen.
Wood are High Men" in
Race at Present.
by LOUIS LUDLOW

iNeWs-Iimes Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON. u. o.. Jan. h.
Tho presidential political pot is be-
shining 10 boil at % merry clip.
Just now The high men" in the
race appear 20 be Gen. Leonard
wood or the republican side and
atty Gen. 4. Mitchell Palmer ou
ne democratic side This does not
necessarily signify anything as the
nigh man" at the outset of pres
Dental contest is sometimes the
low man ~ the windup.
Open Headquarters
Within a week most of the men
Who are avovcd candidates for the
eDublican nomination for the pres
dency viii have opened headquar-
ors here. The campaign for the
domination is now 20 begin iu earn-
So Persons representing "a few OF
he candidates have for some time
maintained headquarters elsewhere.
notably the Wood people in Chicago.
1ut up 20 the present time the dis
position has been TO go slow and
await developments. Now ail this is
800 Doe changed The friends OF each
II the candidates i'm the field are TO
brow all the energy they can COM
mand into the contest.
The supporters OF Gov Frank o.
Lowdcn. Of Illinois have leased q
suite Of rooms in "a large Office build
ing here and today carpenters and
decorators were busy getting things
900 shape for the opening. Gov. Cal
eu Coolidge. % Massachusetts has
leased n suite of rooms IN one of
the leading hotels and his head
quarters viii Zoe formally opened in
day or two. Representatives of
the Wood candidacy are here look
ing for suitable quarters for "a
branch Oh the Chicago headquarters
SEN. Moses. OF New Hampshire. win
ba I'm charge here
Harding Busy.
Sen. Harding. of Ohio. also Will
have washington headquarters i'm full
swing within "A few days. The most
Elaborate Of an the Washington pres
idential Headquarters are those of
Sen. Miles POindextcr. OF Washing
ton state. In the interest OF his
andidacy two elaborate suites OF
rooms have been leased i'm the Nun
say building this city. One OF these
IS the national headquarters of the
Poiudexter Presidential club and the
other is used as the headquarters
lf the PoiHdexIer boom. Thus FAR
SEN. Johnson. of California has not
made any move toward establishing
aaadquarters here.
On the democratic side no can
4idate has yet shown any uclina-
riou 10 open headquarters or To take
my really active steps toward OBJ
,aiuing the nomination. The uucer-
tainty as 10 what President Wilson
has iu mind-an uncertainty that I'm
the Onion of leading democrats viii
continue 10 exist until the treaty is
dispose of-has much to do with the
,loWness of the democratic aspirants
n getting 90 work i'm ,he open.
Palmer strong.
Meanwhile there are outcrOppings
which seem 90 indicate that I'm time
the national administration may lin,
up behind Palmer and reports COM
ing I'm from over the country show
mat the attorney general is develop
Iug good deal of strength. William
.. Bryau's sensational plunge into the
the presidential pool has got the
politicians guessing and many of
chem are beginning to believe that
the commouer VIII Doe able 90 com,
back i'm stronger ia shion than they
imagined was possible few months
geo. There are signs. however that
Palmer Is getting "a hold ou states
which formerly were regarded as
rryau's foraEing ground. For i'm
stance. there is Missouri Charles r.
Howard of St Louis gave cut ar
interview here day or two ago iu
which he predicts the nomination OF
Palmer and Expresses the belief that
Missouri viii 5e Tor the attorney
General