Evening star., 1922-09-24
ELECTIONS In NOVEMBER !:
BEAR ON WHITE HOUSE
Candidates May Be Made or Unmade in
Voting for. Senators and Members :
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of the House. /.

I tion Of 1920 former Gov. Cox OF Ohio,
| who won the nomination: A. Mitchell
Palmer and former Secretary OF the
Treasury McAdoo were the most
seriously considered. until Mr.. Nc.
Adoo withdrew himself from the race.
Gov. Cox adopted the league Of ma.
tions and the entrance Of the United
States into that association of nations
as the principal issue Of his cam
paign. Will he attempt to revive that
issue and be again a candidate for
the democratic nomination? The In
dications are that he will. That Mr..
McAdoo will be strong contender in
1924 seems likely, too. at the present
writing. So much for the candidates
for honors two years ago.
Among the democrats who did not
figure in the race conspicuously in
1920 is Senator Pomerene of Ohio. II
he wins the reelection to the Senate
this fall-a third election to the upper
house-he may be serious factor in
the next democratic convention. Ohio,
because of its geographical location
and its large population. is a favorite
state from which to select presiden.
tial nominees. q.
Ohio may have another candidate
for the nomination. however, in for
mer Justice Clarke of the United
States Supreme Court, although he
has publicly declared he does not
tion.
Geographical Considerations.
For many. many years the candi.
dates. for President and, of course.
the Presidents themselves. have been
selected from a comparatively small
area Of the entire country. They have
come from the middle Atlantic states
and Illinois and Ohio. New England
has not figured, nor has the south,
nor the great west beyond the Missis-
sippi. 1t is conceivable that the de-
mands Of these sections may become
SO serious at the next conventions
there may be a change in the loca.
tion Of the nominees. Two New Eng
landers who stand forth prominently
in their party ranks today are Calvin
Coolidge, Vice President. and Senator
David L Walsh, both OF Massachusetts
and both former governors OF that
commonwealth The enthusiasm with
which the last republican convention
nominated Mr.. Coolidge for second
| place on the ticket was an outstand-
| ing feature Of the convention. Sena-
| tor Walsh has become more and more
power on the democratic side Of
! the Senate. -. =
| If the south is to be called upon to
nominate a candidate for President. it
will be. of course. a democrat. And
no other southern democrat today has
| the commanding national position
| held by Senator Oscar Underwood Of
| Alabama. Senator Underwood il the
| democratic leader of the Senate. In
| former years he was the democratic
| leader Of the House of Representa-
| tives. A unique record of party lead
ership in itself. He was a contender
| for the democratic nomination in 1919
and received more votes for the nom-
| ination that any other candidate,
barring President Wilson and the late
Champ Clark.
! south Mny Come Into Own.
| 1t is a common saying today that
| there is no longer a north" and a
south" in this country, that the sec
tions have been knit together again
by. two wars. just as they were di-
vided by one. If that be the case, Il
does not appear reasonable that the
democrats Of the south, where the
party has been consistently In power
for years, should longer be denied an
opportunity to nominate a presiden-
| tial candidate. Senator Underwood at
the convention in 1912 received the
votes of delegates from a number of
the northern states. including some
! from Massachusetts,, Connecticut. ver-
mont and Maine. on various ballots.
There crops up from time to time
talk of a new party-the old parties
are outworn, it is said. But go far
there has been no serious move.
Should there be, however. 1t would
not be surprising If Senator Borah
of Idaho were put forward as a stand.
ard d-bearer. He is a national figure
today, though he comes from one OF
the sparsely populated states of the
far west. He has personality. strength
and magnetism. and would make an
Incompatible campaigner.
/ Senator La Toilette of Wisconsin,
who has just been renom;nated for
the Senate by an overwhelming ma
jority,- also might be considered for
the head of a third party. He made
a bid for the progressive leadership
| in 1912, but was forced to yield to
Theodore Roosevelt. e
| and renacfivfa ra1fef n the PraSjdonf