The Washington herald., 1920-06-24
PRESIDENT 10
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iy Increasing numbers. what Is
happenlng here IL a growing feel
Ing that tho convention is TO be
deadlcckcd ever the nomination.
Discussion Of that i IossibsIity bs-
gan. yesterday. 1t gained credence
during the night. scmc OF the can
dida.es are advised OF II. even though
their manasers continue 10 inform
newspaper racn OF TIL cir ah.iity TO
win On the nfst ballot or the sec
ond.
Ths likelihood that none OF the
leading candidates viii be ebfc to
muster the LGcsssery two.thiTds
majority OF the votes is giving rise
TO all manner OF speculation. but
through II all runs ono ringing
note: The President must tell the
convention that he viii. or will not
accept third nomination.
stampede In Feared.
In a deadlock some Wild enthu-
siast might start Wilson move
ment Of real Proportions before 1t
could be checked. EhouId Mr.. Will
son remain technically 0 receptive
candidate. even though his warm
cat friends scout tho idea of his
running for a third term. 1t lie that
situation, or the prospect Of II, that
irnpresses many leaders. and they
want the Preridept by frank dec
,aration t. leave the field free for
them to wage battle against actuaA
cardidacies without he eycr-recur-
ring mythical barrier of a third
term effort And for that reason
the wcll-informed leaders now on
tho ground are convinceN that the
Presidents words, ever though not
his voice. will prove. after all, u
be one OF the big things of tho
convention.
The story spread today that Mr.
Colby is bringing to San Francisco
the text of the Presidents message.
There seemed to be no real basis
for that view except that the Sec
retary of State conferred with the
President just before leaving Wash
ington and that he probably will
be the last to hold such personal
conference before the opening of
the convention. The more likely
purpose OF that meeting. II is be-
lieved. was to enable Mr.. Colby to
read his address to the President.
Colby In Prominent.
Regardless OF the bearing of that
conference on the Presidents mes
sage to the convention. the name
of Bainbridge Colby is scheduled
TO figure far more prominently in
next weeks affairs than many Of
the old-line Democrats desire. They
do not wax enthusiastic over the
spotlight being thrown upon a man
who was a Republican, then a Bull
Moose before he became a Wilson
Democrat in 1916.
There is a feeling among some of
the party leaders that IL the Dem
ocrats desire to bid for progressive
Republican votes in the West and
Middle West they would do better
to give the Vice Presidential nomi-
nation to Victor Murdock. of Kan
sas, now chairman of the Federal
Trade Commission, than to Mr..
Colby.
sim Talk McAdoc.
Not a few of william c. McAdoo's
friends, steadfast in their loyalty
TO his candidacy despite his refusal
to be a candidate, are talking of a
McAdoo Murdock ticket. Even
when conceding that Mr.. McAdoo
has definitely eliminated himself
and could not be nominated, HIS
friends elm gto Murdock for the
Vice President theory.
1t Is their contention that the
Republicans by the return to old
line conservatism in the Harding
Coolidge ticket have told all peo-
pie west of the Wabash River that
hope for you is dead and that the
Democrats have real chance with
Murdock sounding the call to the
progressive elements In the grain
country and westward"
In their moments of frankness
they express doubt as to the ability
OF either Gov. James NJ. Cox, of
Ohio. or A. Mitchell Palmer, Of
Pennsylvania, to defeat the Repub-
lican ticket, hence their constant
recurrence to the argument that