Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-03-09
The Atlanta journal News Bureau
623 Riggs Building.
BY TMEODC2E TILLER

WASHINGTON, March 6.-Both
| Democratic and Republican politics
szzled here this week, the entry of
Attorney General Palmer into the
presidential race giving new pep" to
| that contest; while in G.. O. p. camps
there was growing bitterness as Cen
eral Wood entered Senator Harding S
own state of Ohio to bid for it's dele
cation.
The telegram Of Attorney General
Palmer authorizing the use of his
name on the Georgia primary ballot.
which was tantamount to laying that
the president did not expect to run
again and the field was open to his
cabinet officers and other Democrats,
had the logical effect of reviving
the McAdoo boom. With the White
House silent as to its program, the
boom of Mr.. McAGoo for several
weeks past has been in a state which
Grover Cleveland might have de-
Scribed as 'innocuouS deSuetude."
Now that Mr.. Palmer has come into
the race, the path is blazed for Mr..
McAdoo, former cabinet officer and
the presidents son-in-law. Washing
ton believes that Mr.. McAdoo will get
actively into presidential politics be-
fore the month has passed. 1t is
nown, however, that Mr.. McAdoo had
rather get in a little late and make a
strong finish, than to have his cam
paign run the risk of growing stale
before the conventions are held
Hoover Going Strong
So far as reports reaching Wash
ington may indicate, the sweep of
Hoover sentiment mysteriously con-
tinues from coast to coast, although
Herbert Hoover is no more caridi-
date today than a month ago, and he
is apparently just as far from de-
claring his political affiliations. In
California, for instance, it is asserted
that although Senator Hiram Johnson
is the "favorite son." numerous Re
publicans are preparing to enter
full list of Hoover delegates in the
Republican primaries. In the same
state the Democrats are putting out
Hoover tickets, and a large number
of voters in both parties seem to
want the former food administrator.
Reports of increasing sentiment
for Mr.. Hoover have also come from
Oregon and Kansas, and all along the
Pacific coast, in fact, Hoover clubs
are springing up. Most of these
clubs are booming Mr.. Hoover for the
Democratic nomination and believe
that he is a good enough Democrat
to be the standard bearer of the
party.
Polls conducted here and there
throughout the country show as a
rule that Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Nc
Il
cratic field. Governor Cox is pegging
away, of course, and the candidacy
of Attorney General Palmer is too re-
cent to furnish Washington a reac-
ton. Former Speaker Champ Clark
is still debating whether he will get
into the Georgia primary, where
friends have petitioned that his name
go on the ballot, but the belief is
here that if Mr.. Clark forsakes the
house Of representatives for the hust-
ings, it will be as a candidate for the
senate from Missouri and not for
president. Nevertheless, the old
Democratic war horse is still within
range of the sting of the presidential
bee, and he may yet determine to
get into the Democratic freefor-all.
Labor For McAdoo
The polls and straw votes IN vari-
Gus sections indicate that Mr.. Nc
&doo's strength appears to come
largely from the labor centers. It
IS generally appreciated here that
MIR. McAdoo will be the favorite can
didate of the railroad brotherhoods
and probably of labor generally. AS
director general of railroads, Mr..
McAdoo made a hit with the mil
lions of railroad employees and their
fellow workers in other crafts, by
allowing liberal increases in wages.
I! he McA9oo strength in labor cir
cles, nevertheless, may be largely
offset by his weakness among fI"'n-
ers and certain classes of business
men who think. that labor probably
Got more than it was entitled to out
Of war conditions.
National prohibition enforcement IS
looking here Ike a political issue and
unquestionably is worrying The lead
Frs Of both parties. Indications are
the conVentions-at least the Demo-
cratic convention-muSt vote I'D or
down a plank for a more liberal In
depreciation and enforcement Of the
NolStead act.
n tight wine and beer" candidate,
the politicians say, may create po-
litical havoc in several pivotal -tltcs,
because there is no denying the fact
that the prohibition pendulum is be-
ginning TO swing back. Nobody claims
tlaH the country wants to return to
the saloon, but members of congress
n ON all states long ago made dry
Ere getting kicks about the drastic
Eolstead act, repressive enforcement;
methods, and the workings of a law
which makes it crime for a man
even to carry flask of hts own
liquor in his pocket, or 20 take a
drink in his own office. Housewives
aid farmers are chatting, it is said.
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