Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-16
PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES

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| WASHINGTON. Jan. 16.--On the
Democratic side OF the political Nam
street leading to the White House
there is a great array of dis
| tingushed men who aspire to even
greater distinction. 1t cannot be
called a procession, for a procession
needs must have a leader and at this
time it is utterly out of the question
to give first place to any one OF the
| Democrats who + presidential pos
| sibilities. One man looms up. how
ever, as the tallest of the prospective
candidates-William Gibbs McAdoo.
When Mr.. McAdoo left President
Wilson's cabinet n December. 1913,
it was stated that he was impelled
to do SO by the necessity of repair
ing his personal fortunes which a
been sadly depleted during his long
same time it was we'll understood
that he was getting ready to make a
| hid for presidential hOnors.
That the legal profession must be
highly remunerative is indicated by
the fact that Mr.. McA6oo was ready
to make that bid within two years.
| He was a candidate before the
Democratic national convention at
San Francisco in 1890.
But that bid appeared to be a
half-hearted one, He was in the
running, but it did not seem that
he was making a real race of it. 1t
looked more like a preliminary can
ter. Mr.. MeAdoo had been rated as
a man of sagacity from the date of
his entrace into national politics, and
in 1920 he was generally credited
with sufficient acumen to realize
that that was not going to be a
good year for a Democratic prest-
| Dental nominee. In other words, he
| did not want to head his partys
ticket when there wasn't ven a fair
chance of winning the election.
Be that as it may, Mr.. McAdoo
was lot nominated. He displayed
sufficient strength to show that he is
at real factor in Democratic national
affairs, and then he proceeded to do
q little more repair work on his per-
sonal fortunes. incidentally, 1t may
be said, he has given abundant evil
| dence that he has not been neglect
ing his political fortunes and is now
ready to make a real bid for the
presidency in 1924.
Wilson's Political Heir
Is McAdoo to be political heir OF
Woodrow Wilson?
That was one Of the interesting
Questions during the 1920 prelimin-
aries and it is non the less interest
ing now, especially in view of the
reports of Mr.. Wilson's continued
Improvement in health and the
manifestations of his active interest
in public affairs. The former presi-
dent is still a power in his party and
~apparently one to be reckoned with
in the 1924 fight
AS is well-known. the ties between
Mr.. MeAdoo and Mr.. Wilson + *
ceedingly close. Mr.. McAdoo was
Mr.. Wilson's personal representative
in the Democratic national organiza'
ton in 1912, and during his almost
six years of service in the Wilson
cabinet, he ranked all his colleagues
in intimacy with his chief. Further
more, he married Miss Eleanor Will
son in 1914, thereby becoming a
two-fold member of the president
family.
1t is to be expected that Mr.. Nc
Adoo resents the suggestion tina
preferment may come to him be
cause he is MI. Wilson's politica
heir. Benjamin Harrison never
liked the t%ntinlation that he wa
wearing his grandfather's hat; Will
lam Howard TaftS gcflallty dlsap
,peared when 1t was limited that h
attained the presidency as Reose
velt's legatee. and Robert Lincoln
gave up the idea of a political careel
l because he could never escape betnI
/ known as his distinguished father
son. 1t is human nature to prefe
to achieve honors strictly on one
own, and Mr.. McAdoo is nothing
= not human.
Another possible source of irrita
= ton to Mr.. McAdoo in the matte
? of his relations with Mr.. Wilson, j
the former president well-knowl
disposition and ability to keep a ma
, guessing as to how and where h
! stands with him. Mr.. McAdoo ha
2 had some experience in that con
neetion, If interesting gossip cur
{ rent in Washington Is to be credited
Kept On Anxious Seat
After the 1914 election, ~accordin
to one stePy, Mr., MeAdeo was kep
on the anxious seat until the yer
9 eve of the Wilson inauguration, be
fore he received the slightest au
e Ithoritative intimation that he wa
Ito be rendered a cabinet portfolio. II
lmade no secret OF his desire to b