The Washington herald., 1920-05-29
ACTION OFG. o.
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EAhOh ONE
ton to going further than support
ing the Eighteenth amendment.
Party leaders hope he will not force
that issue. There is not the slight
est chance that Gov. Edward I. Ed
wards, of New Jersey, can impose a
'sopping wet" plank. His devotees.
as above indicated, will be hopeless
| ly outnumbered on the resolutions
committee.
Davis Looms as "Dark HOrse.-
While McAdoo. Palmer and Cox
continue to be the Democrats most
insistently mentioned in connection
with the San Francisco nomination,
the best judgment in the party rele-
gates them and foreshadoWs a dark
horse winner. John w. Davis of
West Virginia, whose name will be
presented to the convention, now Is
being much talked about, though
the eleventh-hour projection of his
name into the contest has not
aroused any excessive enthusiasm.
All admit his qualities and fitness,
but organization Democrats say ne
is not sufficiently known to the rank
and file of the party. Washington.
Congress and the Administration set
knew him when he was appointed
Ambassador to Great Britain in 1918,
and Supreme Court Justices and
lawyers accounted him the brainiest
solicitor-general who ever pleaded
at Uncle Sans bar in contemporary
times. But in the country al large
people asked: who is Davis?"
Democrats are also pointing out
that the Ambassadorship to the
Court of st. James. at this particular
Juncture. Is not exactly political
asset for a man running for public
Office in the United States.
Davis has sent word from Lon
don during the present month that
he would not refuse the nomination.
Tom MARSHALL Considered Com
promise.
Keep an eye on Tom Marshall"
is a piece of advice certain Demo-
cratic sages are handing around.
The Vice President is widely con-
sidered a prime compromise pos
sibility at San Francisco. He is
known to be a receptive. if not an
avowed. aspirant and sufficiently
right" on the treaty wrangle to
pacify both Wilson and anti-Wilson
Democrats.
Champ Clark will be heard of
at San Francisco. and perhaps with
some fcrvor. He has a lot of
Democratic friends who have never
forgotten or forgiven what hap
pened at Baltimore in 1912, and
feel that the veteran Missourian.
although he has entered the septu-
agenarian class. is entitled to poetic
justice at the party's hands.
Pomerene Is Probability.
Perhaps the newest name on the
Democratic Presidential horizon is
| that of Senator Atlee Pomerene of
Ohio. He is brought forth as the
ideal candidate on the big issues
that current events are bringing so
conspicuously to the fore-the rev.
elation of huge Presidential cam
paign barrels. Senator Pomerene
defeated former Gov. Myron T.
Herrick of Ohio for the Senator
ship in 1915 very largely on the
campaign barrel issue. He stumped
the Buckeye State from end to end,
| making tremendous and effective
| use of the charge that Herrick
money had flowed in streams to
peat TOIHcFcHo, anu OHlOdnS eject
| ed him. Senator Pomerene is a
| member of the subcommittee now
! investigating Presidential cam
paign expenses and has been very
active in cross-examining wit
| nesses.
Bryan Not Considered Factor.
The administration and it's friends
expect to have a safe control of the
San Francisco convention. They
expect a little trouble on the treaty,
on the prohibition question, and
possibly in connection with Ireland,
They look forward to having to put
Bryan in his place on one or ali of
those issues. They concede that the
Peerless One has "a certain nuisance
value" but they assert that by no
POSSIBLE combination or parliament
tary skill will Bryan be able to mar
shall the 364 votes required to give
him obstruction strength under the
San Francisco's two-third rule. A
careful count of noses has been made
which insures the high command. IL
claims, against Organization of the
convention in respect either of NOM
inee or platform.
Copyright. 1920. by Public Ledger Co.,