The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-24
Mark Sullivan Sees
McAdoo's Sincerity;
Predicts Deadlock
~ MARX SULLIVAN.
Special Dispatch to the lntclligencer.

Special Dispatch 10 The 1ntcllgenccr.
SAN FRANCISCO. cal. June IS
Here at the convention headquarters
we are puzzled by the dispatches which
apparently reflect opinion throughout
the country. That McAdoo's wlthdrawaI
, was not sincere. but was merely the
,, last word i'll political subtlety at me
convention is being asserted we take
the Withdrawal as having Jccn made
in complete good faith. Being here
We are able to see minute and intimate
evidences that Mr.. MChdoo meant II
TO be final Neither do we belicr" II
was done to further some one else
, chances, nor for any other political
purpose. We take it here as merely
an irrcNoCablc personal decision coming
at the end OF a long period or Nacllia-
ton. or course it is easy TO puild up
hypothesis showing II was mcrel!
the best way OF getting ths n9mina-
ton. II Is true that under the circum-
stances, as they now exist, II MT. NC
Adoo really wanted to get nomiha-
ton. In the situation as II now ies'
his withdrawal would have. been the
best way to go about T. 4 man lar
less acute in politics than Mr.. McAdoo
can readily forCSee jam between
Palmer and Cox.
McAdoo Sincere.
Nevertheless, the Judgment here is
that MCAdoo'S withdrawal is IN good
! faith and final. The reasons he gives
out last month it has been apparent TO
all OF US that McAdpo was torn between
ambition and the wish TO get together
a competence for his family. Con-
I Germ about Il competence weighs more
than is commonly realized with men
: of McAdoo's age and circumstances
, who find themselves in public life de-
pendent upon q salary inadequate 10
the unacceptable expenses attendant 10
! their offices. This was the Same rea-
| 4 To- Lam inv fh.N
| treasury eighteen months ago. Then as
now folks who pride themselves on
having penetration into other mems S
! motives doubted Mr. McAdoo's candor,
but very close observers knew then and
now tha: the facts are as ne stated
| then. Stories now widely circulated in
| print. that Mr. McAdoo has made n
| fortune in the eighteen months he has
been practicing law are guessing. The
I practice of the law does not yield a
fortune in eighteen months, but in the
| nature of that profession II takes years
4 for these cases TO ripcn into reasonable
profits. That is the situation in which
Mr.. McAdoo finds himself. He has pre-
tence: he is in position to go on and
acquire it. But nomination Tor the
Presidency would undo all he has built
up. He has an increasing family by
his present wife and BY his first wife
young that he would undoubtedly wish
to be in a position to help them II they
should need II.
HIS wife o Factor.
McAdoo himself has been In vacil-
Iatins mood throughout the entire
, campaign--one day on and Off again
] the next day. He has been torn be-
\ tween the alternatives of ambition on
the ono hand and the prospect OF u
comfortable competence on the other.
Very probably his wife has thrown her
| influence into the balance In favor OF
| the present decision. The common way
| OF looking at such matters is unable ID
! understand why any woman should
| forego the opportunity to be mistress
! of the White House. But II you had
been in the White House as a daughter,
| IL you had seen your mother die there
and your father broken in health and
. otherwise given cause for acute unhap-
| piness you would understand the other
! side Of it. Omitting. the consideration
| Of duty. the sane and wholesome point
/ OF view which aims toward the most
| intelligent management Of one indi-
viduars personal life would lead Mr..
! and Mrs. McAdoo toward just tho de-
cision they have taken in favor of the
comforts of a competence ana those
/ that so with private llfc.
! the course Of the convention are. OF
course. obvious. 1t leaves Palmer and
! Cox the chief contenderS with their
| relative strength such as to make
probable a 'tug-of-war much moro rigid
/ and long drawn out than the one which
arose between Wood and Lowden at
| Chicago.