The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1920-05-31

any ether man In kisht. Mr.. Hays.
said q politician whose name will
be on the conveption,s lips conspic-
uously before Il adjourns, will be
very strong in the kind OF d con-
vention that Is about to assemble
q convention in which the delegates
ultimately will take command. No
man In the party Ii personally
known to as many rank-and-hle
Republicans from all over the
country &C VIII Hays. He has been
IN and down every State in the
UnIon-up and down almost every
county. The county chairmen
know him. They like him They
and the higher-ups. the State lead
crs. constitute. in fact. q vast VIII
Hays machine
some folks say Hays has been
steadily and stealthily building a
machine for just such an emergency
as confronts US. Will Hays will
have to be watched when the free
for-all balloting begins. Tho other
Indiana possibility" Senator James
E. Watson, once again Is the object
of serious consideration. He will be
to the fore as chairman of the plat
form committee.
Hoover Gains Strength.
Herbert Hoover, when the narrow
ing-down begins at Chicago. will
bear watching. too, as Republicans
concede who not 50 very long ago
wer epooh-poohing his prospects.
The Organization" Is probably
as opposed to Hoover's nomination
today as II all along has been. But
T. L.
winner" at Chicago. 1t is cog
infant of the intellectually immense
independent vote that has not yet
made up its mind even whether 1t
is going to support a Republican or
Democrat at the polls. 1t Is cog
infant that-with Gen. Wood elimi-
nated-Johnson and Hoover are the
only men before the convention with
a genuine. demonstrable popular
following. II johnson. because of
dered. has thrown away his chances
, for the prize. the convention of
heart whole and fancy-free dele
! by naming the man who, next to
I Johnson. Is surest of a great wave
Of popular support.
Mccormick Likely Chairman.
Senator Medill Mccormick. of I'LL
nois. now Is looked upon as a Ak.
| ture for the permanent chairman
ship of the convention. The party
managers have come to the con-
, clusion that a Lodge temporary
! chairmanship win be neatly bal
anced. geographically, politically
and from the standpoint Of a senior
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selection OF the brilliant young Chi
cagoan as permanent presiding ON
Ger. A variety of Senatorial opin-
Cormick's appointment, including
that of Senators Penrose. Brandegee
Kenyon, Borah, Moses and McNary
The Pennsylvania leader is an ar
dent supporter of the Mccormick
Craftsmanship.
Agree on Demoeratic Name.
In the Republican camp, on thu
eve of convention hostilities in botl
parties, there is complete satisfac
ton over what Is regarded thu
probable nomination Of william G
McAdoo by the Democrats. The G
o. P. leaders smile over that pros
pect because in addition to ham
mering the Wilson administration
stubborn treaty policy, they intenC
to train all their guns on the Dem
ocratic party's responsibility for tn,
high cost of living. They believ,
McAdoo, for their purpose, best in
Icorporates Democratic responsible
ty for the nations existing eco
nomic distress.
They want to show that imitation
of the currency. railroad chaos. de
lpressed Liberty bonds and othel
things that are rotten in the stat'
lare due to Naturalization of thu
government since 1917. The Repub
lIicans. gather. may also have some
thing to say in their platform ant
Throughout the campaign about tn,
lfoolhardiness of the Wilson-Mc
lAdoo regime in too prematurel!
doing away with the Food Admins
tration, the War Industries Board
the Fuel Administration and othe
departments that kept things on Al
teven keel between 1917 and 1926
The Republicans feel they can plea,
iplausibly that it was Democratic
short -sightedness that let loos
upon the country, unnecessarily, tn
lhordes of profteers who have beel
'flching the peoples pockets dur
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