The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-07-11
POSSIBLE presidential
CANDIDATES APPEAR
TALK OF PROSPECTIVE TIM
Der IN BOTH THE PARTIES
HEARD AT WASHINGTON.
MANY NAMES MENTIONED
Whether Harding Will Be Candidate
Again Matter of Much Speculation
Among G.. o. P. Politicians. Vets
Want Weeks Other Possibilities.


WASHINGTON, d. C.-Possible
nominees for the presidency in 1924
are beginning to get the lirnelight in
both major parties and in the outer
shadows from which third party may
emerge.
Whether President Harding will be
a candidate for denomination is a mat
ter of considerable speculation among
republican politicians. Up to this time
it has been assumed that he would
seek second term, but some Of the
confdants of the president have been
heard of late to express doubts on the
subject.
The factional fights in the republic
can party and the rows over patronage
are said to have got on Mr.. Harding's
nerves and to have caused the presi-
dent to calculate in a moment of ir-
ritation that four years of the white
house would be about all he could en-
dure. The party leaders are confident,
however that in due time the presi-
dent will become a candidate for re-
nomination.
Many Probable Candidates.
That there will be other candidates
of importance for the republican NOM
nation is not doubted, the men whose
names figure chiefly in political specu-
lation being Secretary of State Hughes,
Secretary of War Weeks, Secretary
of Commerce Hoover, Senators Cap
per of Kansas, Watson of Indiana,
Lenroot of Wisconsin, Willis of Ohio,
Johnson of California, Albert J. Bever-
idge of Indiana Frank O. Lowden of
Illinois, Clifford Pinchot of Pennsy1-
vania, and Gov. Miller of New York.
If Mr.. Hughes should consent to
become a candidate there is no doubt
that he would be formidable contest
ant He is the big man of the Hard
ing administration and his success in
handling foregn affairs and the states
craft he displayed in the arms confer
ence have redeemed the loss Of pres
tige he suffered from his defeat for the
presidency in 1916 Hughes has come
back, everybody hereabouts says.
The light wine and beer advocates
see in Secretary Weeks champion to
lead them to victory in the campaign
to liberalize the Volstead act. Bever-
idge and Pinchot have come out for
the denomination of President Hard
ing. Gov. Miller might be a candidate,
but only in the event of his reelection
this year. Senator Capper denies he
has amy intention of seeking the pres
idency and never will have; Mr.. Hard
ing has made good president and /
will support him in 1924"
Democratic Aspirants.
William Randolph Hearst is regard
ed as a probable contender for the
democratic nomination and formid
able one if he should be elected gov
ernor of New York Senator Pomerene
of Ohio, is certain to be prominent
aspirant if reelected in November.
Cox, despite his disastrous defeat two
years ago, has intimated a desire to
run again and McAdoo is reported to
be busy already lining up the inhu
ence that will control the delegates to
the democratic national convention.
Bryan is yet to be heard from.
If neither the republican nor the
democratic nomination should be suf
progressive to suit the radicals
a third party is likely to materialize
and to constitute considerably more of
a factor than any third party in this
generation, except in 1912. Senator La
Toilette OF Wisconsin, has champion
ed the aim of organized labor to over
come the supreme court decision that
unions are sueable and is widely dis
cussed as a logical leader of radical
party. The senator is preparing to
force the issue by proposing consti-
tutional amendment providing that
congress may override a decision hold
ing a law unconstitutional.