Omaha daily bee., 1920-06-27
M'ADOO IS MOST
FORMIDABLE OF
ALL CANDIDATES
Re-Enters Race Under Leader
ship of BurIeSon-MarshaIl
FORCES to Front as Dark
Horse Possibility.

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it was noted as significant that
Marshall and Bryan were in con-
ference for more than an hour today
Altogether an alliance between
Bryan and anti-administration forces
to nominate MARSHALL is viewed as
more than likely to materialize at the
crucial stage of the balloting.
Much Favorable Comment.
1t was not long before it was
known generally that plans to put
Marshall over were afoot and favor
able comment on the vice presiden,
as possible nominee was heard in
more than score of delegations to-
night.
KEEP your eye on Marshall" said
former Governor Dunno of Illinois
II do not believe that either Cox
or McAdoo can win and you will
find this view of the situation rather
prevalent. You also will find that
there is strong trend toward Mar
shall as compromise. One of the
most significant facts is that you
hear much praise and absolutely no
criticism of Marshall wherever the
delegates gather. He seems accept
able to almost everybody"
Second in importance only to the
Marshall move was the development
of maneuvering in favor of John
w. Davis of West Virginia, ambassa-
dor to Great Britain. Davis appeared
to be a favorite dark horse in and
about the precincts of the national
committee whenever the possibility
of deadlock on Cox and McAdoo
was mentioned. Although Davis
has been regarded as a candidate the
McAdoo and other administration
supporters might fall back upon in
the hour of defeat in the first line
trenches, the Davis talk today was
confined by no means to admlnistra-
tion quarters.
Meredith Drops Out.
The chief objection to Davis is that
he is virtually unknown not only to
the country but to his own party.
1t also was urged against him that
he opposed woman suffrage while a
member of the house.
Secretary of Agriculture Mere
dith, for whom the Iowa delega-
ton will vote at the beginning of
the balloting, took himself out of the
field of candidates today in formal
statement in which he said in part:
Il am attending the convention
merely as a delegate at-large from
Iowa. | appreciate more than |
can say the friendship and conf
dence expressed by Iowa friends in
their suggestion of my name to the
San Francisco convention, but |
am not in any sense candidate
for the nomination. | am perfectly
happy as secretary of agriculture,
and if | may continue until March
4 next to serve the entire people
of the nation by encouraging ag-
riculture and by urging proper sup
port of it through adequate appro-
priations to the Department of Ag-
riculture, I will feel that | am work
ing in field in which can be
most effective"
Attorney General Palmer appar-
emily is slated for early elimination.
Palmer's principal handicap is his
urpopularity with organized labor,
arising from the injunction of the
striking coal miners for which he
is blamed, although the move was
authorized by the president.
Cox Strong.
Governor Cox is destined to roll
up a big vote for the prize and
make by far the strongest bid for
the nomination in the early ballot
ing. 1t will take a prodigious eff
fort, however, on the part of his
adherents, to put him over and pri-