The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-04-15
TUMUL TY
SENSATION
REVEALS It
Wilson Message Proves to
Be Big Political Sen
satiOn of Day
BY GEORGE r. HOLMES


lSTAFF CORRESPONDENT I'll. N. sERvicE1
WASHlNGfoA, Aprh i5--Wllliam
Gibbs McAdoo expects to be a can
didate for the Dem ocratlc nomina-
tion for the presidency OF 1928.
Back of that simple fact. already
well known to Democratic leaders
here, lies one OF tho contributing
causes for Woodrow Wilson's spec
tacular break with Joseph P. Tu-
multy. for twelve years his secre-
tary and most devoted follower. sc-
cording TO neutral Democrats to-
day.
The manner In which the inpor
Gently worded "messsgs from WIZ
SON" was presented to the Jefferson
Day banquet by Mr.. Tumulty Great
ed the impression. Intentionally or
otherwise, that the former president
was endorsing the nomination of
Ex-Governor Cox. II was the desirs
OF Mr.. Wilson to scotch" this inn
preston quickly and effectively. re-
buke his former secretary for pre-
suming TO speak for him politically.
and at ehe time even up an old
score" which his lozg illness had
IeTelOIote pItNeTLe0.
SORRY FoR sfIsUNDEHsTANDFN
Mr.. Tumulty had nothing TO add
today to his statement that he was
sincerely sorry for the misunder-
standing that had arisen between
himself and his former chief. Mr,
Wilson likewise had no more to
say. The quiet about the secluded
home in S. st. was more pronounced
than usual. Friends OF both men
said the matter could be considered
a closed incident" 1t continued.
however. TO be the Political sensa
ton OF washington.
Some Of Mr.. Tumuity's friends at
trihuted the sensational action OF
the former president today TO this
"petu1ance OF q sick man" At this
S st. house. however. inquirers were
informed today that Mr.. Wilson was
in better health than usual. that he
would take his customary outing
today and that he would occupy his
usual seat in local vaudeville
theatre tonight.
WILSON TO SUPPORT HIM
It Is the gossip Of inner Demo
cratic circles In the capital that Nc
Adoo's sudden removal of his Of
fetal residence from New York 70
California is closely connected with
his presidential aspirations in 1924
and that two years hence he will
have the support OF his father-in
law. which was lacking In 1890. He
Is said to have wanted to get -as
far away from Washington" as pos
sibfe, in the rneantine,
Afr. Wilson kept hands cn" in
1920. but according to hia Gloss
friends. he was very well pleased
when the San Francisco convention
selected James NJ. Coz instead Of
VIM, G. McAdoo.
WHAT THE MAGPTEs SAT-
Sick. though he was. and desirous
OF endorsement OF his pet policies.
he nevertheless had political acu-
men enough so that that his Gauss
was lost in 1920. long before tn.
election and ia. did not desire TO
see his son-i1-lav go down IN ths
Democratic crash OF that year. He
had his eye onsie24, &c the Political
magpies OF the capital are to be
believed.
Two years hence. 1fr. Wilson be-
lieves II will be a different story.
according to those who. ba.ve talked
to him. BY that time the popular
clamor against tho League OF Ma
tions will, in large measure. have
died away. md lie sincerely beiieves
that the people generally will have
become more reconci1ed to this
country's closer association with the
other nations os the world through
the medium of the League OF Ma
tions
ALooF FROM soUABBIEs
Both Mr.. Wilson nnd Mr. McAdoo
are keeping conspicuously alocf
from party squabbless at~this time.
even though their friends are not
Two years more obstention Will
bring them up to 1924 with rec
ord of four years neutrality. Mr.
Wilson will have been so long re-
moved from the White Heuss, and
Mr.. McAdoo so long away from Mr.
Wilson and out OF the government
service at that time that their
friends believe the cry OF Crow
Prince" and "dictation by admins
tration" can no longer be raised
against McAdoos candidacy.
The few intimates Of the former
president who are more or less reg
ular callers at the S. st. home say
that Mr.. Wilson has but ono ambi-
see his policies yindicated
and the United States in the League
Of Nations, participating with other
nations in the rocky climb to per
petual peace. He eagerly seeks
every scrap of information bearing
on the subject
In this. ambition he is quoted.
rightly or wrongly, as believing
that Mr.. MeAdoo is the logical man