Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-02-08
VRG|N|AN STANDS
BY WHITE AS HEAD
OF THE COMMITTEE
c h a M p Clark, Minority
Leader of House, Also
Opposes RemodeIing.
TWO MORE JOIN CALL
FOR AN EARLY MEETING
Backers of Move Declare Need
OF Aggressive Front Against
Republicans.
McADOO'S FRIENDS DISCLlIM
They Insist Former Secretary Of
Treasury Wants Present Regime
to fsc Retained.
McADoo's FRIENDS DIsCLAIAI
They Insist Former Secretary Of
Treasury Wants Present Regime
to Bc Retained.
BY LOWELL MELLETT.


WASHINGTON. Feb. IA fighting
Democratic national organization.
whose purpose will he TO keep tho
Republican administration on the de-
icnsive tho next four years is tho
objective of the men behind the call
OF the torty-rinc national committee
members on Chairman White for a
meeting in ST. Louis. March l. Two
more names were added to the call
today by the way, making the total
hfty-one. and il is said that other
names can be had if necessary to
persuade White to call the meeting.
Champ Clark. minority leader in
the House, and Representative Flood.
chairman of the Democratic congress
sional committee. have indicated they
VIII oppose the contemplated reor-
ganization.
At the proposed meeting it Is the
intention 10 force the election of a
new chairman. This is frankly adj
mitted.' Open ntimntion was given
Chairman White IN the message
signed by tho forty-nine that this is
part of the purpose of the meeting.
and Monday the men who Initiated
the movement said this was the case.
Il. W. Wooiiey Suggested.
Possibilities for the chairmanship
are Robert w. Woollcy. who recently
acciihed rcappo tment to the Inter-
state Commerce Commission: Thomas
l. Chadhournr, New York lawyer. and
i'aniei y. Roper, iormer Assistant
postmaster General. and now head OF
new YORK manufacturing concern.
Leading the list Is woolIcy. Chad
bourne. despite his progressive ut
trtances and record is han,ilcaDpe.l
by his addrcss-Wall Street. Roper
Is unwilling. it is said. Woolley Is
neciared to be ready for the draft.
All three OF these men have been
known as McAdoo supporters. and tho
present movement is alleged bv
friends OF Governor James NJ. Cor
and Chairman White to be a McAdoo
movement
All McAdoo connection with the
effort. however, is discIaimed hv
those who have put it under way.
Ihey say that ii is simply tho idea
OF those who are in favor of vigorous
action the next four years as against
poiicy OF drifting. Their severest
'n"ietment against White is the
charBc mat he is willing 10 let
.ni"ss driit' for the present, at least.
hNery eHort, they say. was made to
persuade White to call a meeting of
'he national committee for feorgani-
Zation before the present drastic arr
.lon was taken White. they say.
insisted there was no occasion for
such meeting and no demand IF
SHOWN twenty signatures to a call
Tor the meeting, Ire is reported 70
nave said. he would issue the call
fhe result was Il wholesale dispatcb
OIL telegrams to all parts OF III.
country last Wednesday,. By SUNDAY
iorty-nine replies had been received
"utnoriZing Thomas b. Love, Texas
hatiohai committeeman, to atfix their
signatures TO the message to White.
10 "brtnE Brynn Into Foid.n
success OF tho present enterprise
means the bringing of w. j. Bryan
o'tck INTO the fold. He. several months
"so' minated his choice OF Woolley
ior national chairman. With the
hryan and McAdoo supporters united
NJ the ST. Louis meeting, there Is not
great deal of doubt that the men
styling themselves Progressive Dem
ccrats VIII be able to name tho chair
man.
AS part proof OF their assertion
that this is not 4 Mc.Adoo scheme tho
men engaged in II say that BRYAN
is sun possible candidate for the
Democratic nomination. Beyond that
they say that the records of the .las,
forty years In American politics
show that the candidate of 1924 il
more likely 10 be developed between
now and that time than 1t Is 20 be
McAdoo or any other man now prom
inent!y considered. In this conncc-
ton they point to the position OF
Oscar Underwood and quote him as
saying that the signs point to the
tariff becoming the issue of 1924 and
to his thereby becoming tho logical
leader. n
Seek to Make . RECORD.
More than to- tho nominee OF 1926.
however. the anti-whi,o forces cay &
they arc looking to makinS OF n
Democratic record In tho years be- i
tween. They want a close. co-apeYk-
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