The Washington herald., 1920-03-03
Democratic Free -tor-AH Race
Results from Palmers Entry,
I With Ghost Of Third IermLaid

Georgia that he is a candidate for
the 1890 standard -bearership.
His Change Of Mind.
The Attorney General made his
decision on Sunday. when he return
ed to Washington from speaking at
the Swarthmore alumni dinner in
Philadelphia the night before. II
would be interesting to know ex-
actly what happened in the thirty
siz-hour interval between Mr.. Palm
er's speech at the Bellevue STRAIT
ford Hotel and his telegram to the
Georgia Democrats.
On Saturday night. IL words mean
anything. the Presidency was mot
within the scope Of my ambitions" /"
The Attorney General painted for
his brother-Swarthmor a plain
tive picture of the trials and tribula-
tions of White House existence. He
intimated that he had no hankering
to be depleted" by them.
The Attorney-G -Generalship of the
United States had always been a
child of his dreams. 1t had ma
terialized. Having achieved 1t, the
Pennsylvanian plainly indicated, he
sighed once again for the restful
life of private law practice.
Intent ON sKeeping Faith.
Those were Mr.. PaImer's publicly
confessed articles of faith. To his
friends and in private the Attorney
General has recently said that his
primary determination was to keep
faith with his leader" in the white
House.
Until Mr.. Wilson saw Mt to clear
the track, Mr. Palmer insisted he
could not think of taking ii. His
loyalty to the President has been
ever since he enacted so
prominent a role in facilitating Mr..
Wilson's nomination at the Balti-
more convention in 1912. when the
Pennsylvania delegation stood like
a rock for the selection of New Jer-
sey's governor.
All these considerations persuade
the initiated in Washington to as
sumo that Woodrow Wilson's retire
ment from the Presidential race has.
by A. Mitchell Palmer's action, been
plainly and unmistakably signalled:
AS yesterday brought forth fresh
evidence in the Senate that the
league of nations is to be the 1890
campaign issue. It is useful to recall
that Palmer is sound as a bell on
that score, from the democratic
standpoint.
Palmer Makes Hit.
At the Jackson Day bench show
none of the Democratic aspirants
there on view made so fine an i'm
preston as Palmer. The evenings $
honors were easily his One of
the things that helped to win them
for him was his unqualified advo-
cacy of a Wilson league.
The boys who ewnt over the top
for US did not go over with any
reservations" the Attorney General
declared in a striking passage. Mr..
Wilson could wish Cor no iziore log
ical defender OF the paramount
issue than Palnner.
san Francisco said a Demo-
cratic chieftain. 'is going to see
the biggest throng of uninstructed
delegations ever sent to a Demo-
cratic national convention. A.
Mitchell Palmer, with the backing
of his own state, is likel yto enter
the lists as strong as any rival,
perhaps stronger. He has friends
osuth and vets of. Pennsylvania.
Like Grover Cleveland, wide sec
tions of the American people, ire
spective of politics, will love him
for the enemies he has made-the
Reds and the labor radicals. As a
law and order candidate he would
made formidable appeal
"Watsed ON a Bad Year.
There are trends of Mr.. Palmer
who believe he is Presidential tim
Der that ought not to be taken to
market this year.
He is only Az" said one of them.
why waste a good man on a bad
year,
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