Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-06-28
ANYBoDY'S FIGHT.
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generally known to the people at large,
and that is Davis of West Virginia.
His home friends and delegates are
booming him Justify, but too many are
compelled to ask who is Davis2" to
impart assurance to his campaign.
M'Apoo LOOMS LARGE.
The most perplexing element IN the
situation is the growing strength OF
McAdoo, despite the fact that he Is not
| formally candidate. His tentative
declaration will not be accepted, especially
| by many delegates from the West, not
withstanding the lcng and deep rooted
"ant-Wall Street proclivities OF that
section. II is difficult to understand the
extreme frendliness of the West for the
former Secretary of the Treasury.
Robert p. Hawley of Douglas, Wyom-
ing, one of the delegates from that State,
was most enthusiastic in support oi
| McAdoo. and said the Wyoming dele
CATION would vote for him solidly. lie
| said the reason for McAdoo's popularity
| in the West was the enthusiasm and appre-
| ciatlon he won in his personal manage
ment of the Liberty Loan campaign and
| the inspiring speeches he made wherever
| he went Mr.. Hawley said his addresses
/ stirred the people to energetic and united
| action and won their admiration TO an
extent that had not been equalled by
any man since Bryan, who, IN his palmy
days, swayed thousands of Democratic
voters, even against their better judgment.
And so, unless he shall suppress his
enthusiastic friends, now so prominently
/, in evidence, here, by withdrawal SO
pre-emptory as to be conclusive, McAdoo
will continue to be a formidable COM
petitor, andt here is no intimation thus
far that he proposes to order his friends
to stay their hands.
cox FOLLOWING Is PERSISTENT.
The most active and aggressive of all
booms is that for Governor James Nj.
Cox of Ohio. His workers are on the
move all the time, but that his campaign
is making progress is not apparent. IL
islonly certain that he has following and
is likely to hold on to it tenaciously as
J long as hope may beckon on.
With so many uninstructed and open
minded delegations, it Is not possible to
| make any estimate of the real strength
of the three leaders.
McAdoo Palmer and Cox, beyond
| their respective totals of delegates in
structed for them, and in the fight for
increases, each Of these three leading
candidates Is hampered by bitter, open
| opposition.
|
! PENNSYLVANIA Democrats and finds cool
reception from many delegates who look
with almost holy horror upon the mere
| suggestion of resorting to the overwhclm-
! ingly Republican State of Pennsylvania
! for the Democratic candidate for Presi-
! dent, and il is small wonder. There Is
| q large belief here that Palmer is virtually
eliminated, in fact beaten before he
starts"
AIcAdoo is opposed by Tammany,
| and while this fact increases, not dlmln-
| ishes, his popularity and draws more and
more of those who "love" him for the
enemies he has made, it is an opinion
that threatens TO halt him short of the
home stretch He docs not seem to
| loom up as another Cleveland, who
could put the boot to Tammany and ride
| over its squlrming PROSTATE body TO
| victory at the nomination and at the
election.
Governor Cox meets with the open and
vigorous opposition of Mr.. Bryan, and,
of course of those who stand with the
only peerless leader" in his present
effort to transform the Democratic party
into the old Prohibition party and make
it an ally of the Anti-Saloon League.
| The efforts of this opposition threaten
| to prove serious stumbling block 20
| Cox.
CHANCE FOR DARK HORSE"
! In this situation it is only natural that
| minds of the uninstructed delegates
| incline strongly to the belief that the
nomination of any one Of three leaders
! is practically impossible, and that some
other candidate, reql or tentative, viii
serve as center of attraction and force
/ a break up among the followers OF the
! leaders not deadlock in the convention.
/ 1t is believed that is what the convention
will do and possibly in short order.
URGE vIcE-PREsIDENT MARSHALL.
But who will prove the center of at
/ traction, the magnet that Will draw the
/ votes? There are several candidates
other than the three leaders, but the
average man here finds it difficult TO re-
call all of them offhand. There are two,
/ however, who are in plain evidence and
! towards whom all minds naturally revert,
| Nice-President Marshall and John w
| Davis of West Virginia. The Indiana
| delegation, at a meeting yesterday after
! noon, resolved to unitedly support Mr.
| Marshall, and last night was busy spread
I ing the Marshall gospel most industrious
| IL. The West Virginia delegation IS
making the most of the Davis campaign.
Now who can predict what the conven-
| ton will do in the end? Others than
Marshall or Davis may prove strong
magnets for votes. 1t is up TO the con-
vention No boss sits at home nearly
5000 miles away and directs this great
national political gathering, the cOnven-
| ton will make the decision.
| 1t may take one of the leaders. IL
+ may make one of the field a winner
| And in the latter event the gentleman
| from Indiana seems the most promising
| This, however, IS not to be taken as a
/ prediction, for it is not. But one mans
1 opinion is as good as another mans at
this stage of the game.
BUILDING THE PLATFORM.
So far as platform building in the pros
pective has gone, there is no change in
| the belief heretofore generally entertained
that the League of Nations will be in
dorsed and its ratification without invali-
| dating reservations earnestly demanded.
As to the wet" and dry" fight, both
contestants will be defeated, if not in
| committee then in convention. Unless
all signs fail, there will be no declaration
either for f'booze" or cold water. If any
action is taken in respect of this great
! bone of contention, it will be in the form
of some reference to the subject as one