The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-04
Leaders Planning to Defeat
Nomination Of Any Man
Connected With Pres
ent Administration.
COX AND CHAMBERLAIN
Is the Slate Hoped for With
Hoover and Pershing Held
in Rescrve--Otherwise it
Will BE q Funeral.
Worlds Washing,on Bureau.
Post BuiIding

by MAVERICK BRANDER.
WASiiNGIIN, Jan. 3.--The big
Ecst Internal revolution that has
ever taken place In party ia con-
troll OF The administrative branch Of
The government Is under way Ia the
democratic party.
Just what form 1t will finally take
Is as yet undetermined, but the
Tulsa World bureau today is able
on tho highest authority to give these
iacts, which hitherto have not bCcu
publiahcd in any newspaper;
J. "A dozen big party leaders tho
mention OF whose names would
cause democratic earthquake have
come to the conclusion that Prcsl-
dent Wilson shall not be renomi-
mated, nor shall william O.. MCAdOD.
a. Mitchell Palmer Or any one who
President Wilson favors.
z. Tho first plan OF these leaders
is to test out the strength of Gov.
James NJ. Cox Of ONO before the
country. They plan for Governor
Cox such campaign as Is being
made by tho friends Of GOV. Frank
%. Lowden Of Illinois for the re-
publican uominS-iOn. They Will urge
that he has given ono "A business
administration. that he Is the one
man certain 10 carry ohio for the
democratic ticket and they will make
1t very plain that he has held n.oof
! from The Wilson administration
). IL the Cox plan does not go
over they will put Herbert Hoover
up for inspection. They arS1e that
Hoover - very well advertised
man, and although IL has generally
been thought that he is republic
can, Hoover himself has sail no-h-
d ing recently about his politics.
4. II by chance General Wood
should be nominated by tho republic
cans they plan TO steal General
Pershlng and place him at the head
of the democratic ticket, arguing
that while Porshing Is usually set
| down as a republican that Grant was
a democrat until the republican con-
venton nominated him in 1865.
Thoy expect little trouble In getting
General Pershing to head the demo-
cratic ticket should Wood lead the
republicans.
Cox Is the Fnvorite.
But the big plan ia to have Gov
ernor Cox head the ticket, with SEN
ntor George f.. Chamberlain Of
Oregon as the candidate for vice
president. 1t is to that end that
democratic party leaders are burn
ing the midnight oil here now. The
whole plan may come out when the
democratic chiefs assemble here next
week for the national committee
pow-wow.
It may be KEEP, under cover longer.
But 1t is certain that the whole plan
Is going to be launched shortly.
Democrats are climbing Off the VIII
son d-waEon In clusters. Some
Of them from sheer habit have
drifted back TO william jennings
Bryan. Others are standing about
waiting for some place to go. They
will know more about what they are
going to do at this time next week,
A week ago II was announced that
the president was rapidly rounding
into shape and might be expected 10
have back his full strength by
March 1. II was then said by some
prominent party men that II tho
president SO desired he doubtless
could have the nomination again. In
private conversation today few dem
ocrats take that view. They say a
Wilson or MCAdoo or a Palmer
race would be n funeral procession.
They think with Governor Cox as
tho standardbearer there might be
4 horse race.
The men who are trying to re
habllitato the democratic party
admit the !mmensity Of the task,
they admit that the president has
been the whole party so long that
Il will lake Hurculcan efforts TO got
the results they want, but they are
going to attempt it,
Bryan n Factor.
And the man they need to carry
through their plans Is William j,
Bryan, who himself may be IA can
didate. Just nov Bryan is more of
a factor to reckon with than Presi-
dent Wilson they agree, But what
will Mr.. Bryans attitude be?
one report received here during
the week had II that Harry w
walker, who managed Bryan cam
palgns, il touring New England to
revive Old Bryan organizations
Bryan. according TO these reports
would attempt to land the nomina
ton for himself and the Bryan fol.
lowing would be FOR former Gov