Americus times-recorder., 1920-06-15
NJ 'ADOO AGAINST
FIELD IS LINEUP
OF DEMOCRATS
Hickey Finds He and
Cox Would Be Perfect
Combination
BY H. N. RICKEY,
E. A. Staff CorresnonJent

N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, June 15.-Ten
weeks ago the situation in respect of
the campaign for the democratic
presidential nomination was McAdoo
against the field. 1t is the same to-
day. Barring some unforeseen deveI-
opment it will be the same two weeks
hence when the convention delegates
assemble at San Francisco.
In the view of the political cad
ers of both parties who follow pre-
convention activities closely, Nc
Adoo's chances have improved stead
lily since the race started He is
known to be the choice of great
majority of Southern delegates and
he has a much larger following in
the Northern states, particularly in
the East and middle West, than any
other candidate.
There is little doubt that had he
desired it many delegations would
have been instructed for him and he
would today be far in the lead in the
number of instructed delegates.
Just why McAdoo refused to per-
NIT his friends to enter his name in
the primaries is not known. But he
took that position at the beginning
of the campaign and has adhered to
it consistently.
So that at San Francisco the para
doX will be presented of the man,
conceded to be the leading candidate,
having fewer pledged delegates than
any one of several of his rivals.
The Family" Handicap.
/ McAdoo's position in the race is
not due to the fact that he is the
Presidents son-in-law. This rela-
tionship is more of handicap than
a help. For entirely apaps from the
question of Mr.. Wilson's popularity
or unpopularity, neither the politi-
clans nor the voters are very keen
about passing the presidency around
in the family
If McAdoO is nominated it will be
in spite of the fact that he happen
ed to have married the Presidents
daughter.
If he isn't nominated it will be be-
cause the party leaders feel that be-
| ing the Presidents son-in-law dis
qualities him.
/ SO that in the final analysis Nc
Adoo's success or failure at San
Francisco will hinge on this ques-
ton.
There are many compelling reasons
in McAdoo's favor from the political
standpoint.
He is from New york, and if any
, Democrat can beat the Republican
candidate in New York this year Nc
Adoo is the man. AS secretary of
the treasury McAdoo came into init
mate contact with the New York fl
nancial interests, and while it has
never been intimated that he did any
thing for them, they would not be as
hostile to him as to democrat of the
western type.
Labor is for McAdoo as much as
1t is for any candidate of the old
parties. AS railroad administrator
during the war McAdoo gave the
railway employees what they consid-
er square deal. The fact that he
has been criticized for having dealt
too generously with the railway en-
ployes has attached the latter to him
all the more strongly.
McAdOo is the only candidate fol
the Democratic nomination who may
be said to have national reputa-
ton.
Palmer comes nearer to being in
McAdoos class in this respect than
any Of the others, but Palmer's cam
paign for the nomination fizzled out
before it really got started and is
no longer taken seriously by anyone,
possibly excepting himself.
The candidacy of Governor Cox, of
Ohio, next to that of McAdoo, meets
with most favor among democratic
leaders and uninstructed delgates.
Cox's geography, while not SO
good as McAdoo's, is next best, as
Ohio is one of the states the demo-
Gratis must carry to win, and Cox IS
the strongest bid they could make
for the Ohio vote. Particularly is
this so now since Harding, an Ohio
man, heads the republican ticket.
If by any chance the San Francis
co convention should decide that the
only hope for Democratic success lies
in nominating a man who has not
been connected with the Wilson ad-
ministration, Cox will probably be the
first man considered.
That there will be more than a
few delegates who will take this view
is certain. That they will be num-
erous enough to control the conven-
ton is extremely doubtful.
What is far more likely to happen
is that McAdoo will be nominated
for president and Cox for vice-pres-
ident.
Geographically this would be per-
feet combination from the democratic
standpoint.
Such a ticket would have many
other elements of strength.
Both MeAdoo and Cox are splen-
did campaigners and could be de-
pended upon to make the most ag-
gressive fight possible for Democrat
lc principles. ---il-xxA