Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-16
BY ROBERT r. SMALL
,soIal Correspondent Of Great Falls Tribune
,nrrinht 400 Pu The GREAT Ealls Tribune.

Copyright. 1922. By The Great Falls Tribune.
Washington, Oct. 15.-The friends
of William Gibbs McAdoo are today
quietly organizing to root for him in
the presidential nomination OF LIZ
From all sections of the country mes
sages confirm the news. Mr.. McAdoo
has the nearest approach to a political
machine that is possible. In the mem
orable language of the Hon. William
Jennings Bryan, it is said. almost a
million men would spring to arms over
night for the former secretary of the
treasury. There is no longer any
question but that the possibility of OBJ
tanning the presidential nomination In
1924 has had q great deal to do with
Mr.. McAdoo's decision to move from
New York to California. In 1920
Boss" Murphy of Tammany hall
blocked the nomination of Mr.. McAdoo
at San Francisco. At that time Mr..
McAdoo was a resident of New York.
If he couldn't command the votes Of
the delegates from his home state, bis
supporters realized he never could be
put across.
He was, denied many appointing nts.
Murphy blamed the influence of McAdoo
at the White House for his turn
down at the hands of President WIZ
son and no amount of ~mismanaged
work by the McAdoo friends with the
boss could ameliorate the matter.
Must VIII In West
There was nothing else to it. Mr..
McAdoo moved to California. Now his
friends are saying that New York is
no longer a pivotal state, anyway; that
if the democrats win they must win in
the west as Wilson did in 1915. At
that time Wilson lost New York but
won California. The McAdoo support
ers say he will go and do likewise.
There is no question. his friends say,
but that the ability of Mr.. McAdoo to
put a smoothly working machine into
operation all over the United States
in a comparatively short space of time
will have great weight with the dele
gates to the next democratic national
convention.
Governor Cox faced a woeful lack of
national organization in the democratic
fight of 1920 and many of his sup
porters were inclined to blame the Nc
Adoo adherents for this complete
breakdown in party machinery. The
only machine, potentially speaking, that
the democrats had in 1920 was com
posed of administration officeholders.
These o~fficeholders to a man were for
Mr.. McAdoo, and, if he had been nom
mated there Is no doubt but that they
would have welded together an effect
i've machine in lottle or no time.
1t has been a total loss, sunk with
out a trace.
Only Logical Leader.
Already it is being argued by the
McAdoo interests that Mr.. McAdoo
alone Of the available democratic ma
terial is in a position to rebuild the ma
tional machine and wage an effective
campaign against the well-oiled repub,
ents say that Governor Cox has nc
national following; that he had no op.
p~ortunity to build up q national fol.
lowing such as Mr.. McAdoo had as
head of the treasury and director gen,
eral of railroads during the term Of
government control an operation.
While it is true that Governor Coz
may not have the national following
attributed to Mr.. McAdoo, he never
theless has many warm and Influential
personal friends who already are tax
ing are taking cognizance of the Nc,
Adoo moves and getting ready to com
bat them.
The McAdoo boosters expect for
mer President Wilson to place his In
fluence behind his son-in-law, although
in the same breath they say there vii
be no "crown prince" cry against Nc
Adoo in 1924.
The same boosters point to the fac
that although Governor Cox returned
recently from Europe, where he wen
to investigate the operation of Leagu'
Of Nations and European conditions
Woodrow Wilson has expressed NJ
desire to see or talk with the democra
tic standard bearer in 1920. 1t i