The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-11-17
DEMOCRATS SCAN
1924 PROSPECTS
SEE IN ELECTIoN JUST CONFLICT
ED EXCELLENT OUTDOOR FOX
VICTORY TWO YEARS HENCE


with one element or the other % Ihe
party are giving consideration -
president ial prospects iCf WI l~iS
outlook for Democratic success w.
years hence is quite as S39d aS any
Democrat could ask, and advance
signs heralding the Involuntary re
tiremept OF the present natlonal \"
miniStration made that event appeal
quite as certain as was the deleal ~
the Democratic ticket. headed DIV 'oN
ernor Cox. wei! in advance ul tlc'-
tion day TWO years ago. II Is Situa-
tiou inviting enough 10 nale any Dem
ocrat possessing Prcsidentia! aap'ra-
lions perk up considerably
Democratic Presidential talk III
Washington at present centres dfouhu
William g. McAd)o. The former Sec
rotary Of the Treasury IS fortunate
enough TO have a coterIe OF aciNe
friends already at work in HIS behai'
II is no exaggeration to say that
McAdoo organization is already IN lhe
field in all the principal States anu.
in the language Of the polltlclahS'
..NcAdoo is the man To beat
Next to prominence among pFoape'-
tive candidates IS James II. 'oA' oi
Ohio Some of those who are oppose"
10 Cox take the position that his over
whelming defeat two years dEo
eliminates him. but there Is nc us
counting the tact that Cox has a dNh"-
mic personality and force that VIII
not down. His friends feel that ll;
defeat bv such an unprecedented p!i-
rality at the last Presidential election
was not due to his own weakness as
yote-getter. but Was accounted for 10y
conditions which had been created be-
fore he entered the field anu over
which he had no control
Cox.was much in demand in the re
cent Congressional campaign, beng
sought as a speaker for MANY States
and performing wherever he went III
his usually capable manner
4 third potential candidate looms
on the Eastern horizon in the person
of Governor-ele AZ Smith. OF New
York Democrats everywhere have haa
their attention rjveted on the New
York State election and the wonderful
fight made by Smith has almost over
night converted him from State to
a national figure.
II is true. Of course. thar Smith IS
in different position from the o'hef
Presidential prospects. lndSmuch rs
he will be in oflic" during the inter
vening period and his record there
may make or break him. Those WEo
know him best and are acquainted WIN
his capable administration of analrs
heretofore in the tImpire State. do not
anticiDate any plumbers hat will de
crease his popularity.
From the Middle West comes the
tin that that section will not be with
out representation in the Presidential
sweepstakes. 1t is understood that
friends of Seuator-clcct Samuel NJ
Ralston hope to bring their man sui
fcientlv into the national limeliGht
when he takes up his quarters on Cap
itol Hill to at least have him number
cd among tie dark horse possibilities
The management of the RalSton boom
if il is protected. will be in the hands
OF tom" Tageart. than whom there
are few smarter politicians in the
United States RalSton was the Demo
cratic white hope" in a State where
the Democrats looked hopelessly de-
feated two months ago, and while HI
friends do not claim for him the in
tellectual hrillianCe Of som Of the
Democratic aspirants. they say ne mas
a personality that will take" at
Washington and elsewhere, and that
behind him is 4 political record So
clean that it is not aSsailable.
There are. OF course. many other
prospects, notably the brilliant John
W Davis. OF West Virginia; but Davis
has never given announcement 70
tkC Sc who have forsecn the posSibli-
" OF capitalizins his reputation :
American Ambassador at the Court
q! St. James or as Il leader OF the
American bar. The abrupt manner in
which Davis has declined several IL
vitationS from representative organ
iZationS to address then since he re-
turned from abroad has left the de
cided impression on political obscr-
vers that he is ut least not sc * y :;
the office" in the usual way
McAdoo's friends say he will no; hc
handicGppcd by "crown prince" ro.k
if he enters the 1924 contest His re-
luct"Ecr 70 permit his name to 90 b =
fore the San Francisco convenfInl
VS. due. they say. 10 his perception
nt the damage which would he GaEe
20 hl| candld2CN by the uniCEndtd
charge that President Wilson VAS try
ing to foist his son-in-law upon the
country as his successor.
Those on the inside OF the McAd0o
circle at that time knew that this
charge was SO far removed from the
facts that the true situation would
make an extremely interesting story
bud they left these reyealmentS for
history to make Being wise man po-
liticallv, to3. McAdoo knew that 1920
was not destined to be a Democratic
year. but enthusiastic friends insisted
on placing his name before the Demo
cratic convention. Moreover il is
known that he felt the necessity oi
remaining in private life long enough
t. recuparHe, financially and phys
cally ("
The chief obstacle in the way OF
McNdoo's success two years hence
will be the implacable enmity when
Tammany Democrats feel tor him
growing chiefly out OF the patronage
disputes OF the Wilson regime. No
Ado2 is now a Californian. and it is
possible there will be enough Western
delegates recruited to his STANDARD a
No