The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-07
NJ ADOO MAPS
. OUT PLANS TO
CLEAR NAME
Confers With Adherents Re-
garding His Testimony Be-
fore Senate Committee.
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orally known to the public at large
ana had been charged against him
In the Senate Public Lands Commit
tee.
His friends drew attention today
to the fact that this employment
was at the time no secret at all
They pointed out that It was fully
4 known then and that then 1t passed
without criticism. They insist--in
many cases--that q full and bold
statement by Mr.. McAdoo will clear
the air and give him once more q
chance politically to breathe.
Mr.. McAdoo since his arrival in
Washington has been in conference
with Daniel G. Roper, ex-collector
Of Internal Revenue and regarded
as his closest political adviser, and
also with Judge Rockwell, Of Ohio,
who is his immediate political man.
ager in this campaign, and who &C.
| companied him here from Chicago,
and also with Richard Jones, Of the
State of Washington, who likewise
is here, and who has direct charge
of certain aspects OF Mr.. McAdoo's
political interests.
COnsuIts Other Adherents.
Numerous other McAdoo adher-
ents were in town and consulted
with him personally or else. being
out of town and back home in their
States, were heard from by wire.
It became apparent that most Of
the McAdoo following was deter
mined not to desert its candidate
| IL at the last moment by an heroic
effort of his own his position as an
available leader Of the Democratic
party could be saved.
Distinguished local State Demo.
cratic leaders such as Clyde Her
ring of Ohio, James H. Moyle Of
linas, Bruce Sterling Of Pennsyl-
vania, William L. OConnell Of iii.
nois, HOllins Randolph of Georgia,
and Tom Love of Texas, reported
themselves as unwavering In their
loyalty to McAdoo IL q support Of
him was still feasible and IL his
testimony before the Senate Public
Lands Committee established him
as a fighting going candidate.
Senator Dill, Democrat, OF the
State Of Washington, and lead
ing champion Of Northwestern so.
| called "radicalism," had already
made a speech defending McAdoo
against his present attackers.
Some Take Gloomy View.
Other former supporters of Mo-
| Adoo declared, on the other hand,
that although the attacks upon him
were in their opinion entirely UNI
| just he would never be able eff.
fectively to answer them in the
fofa ~
against all petroleum companies and
against all association between such
companies and public men, whether
in office or out of office. They
despaired Of combating this sus.
picion and they were inclined to
advise McAdoo to retire from the
Presidential race.
Listening to these various con-
trary sorts Of advice, McAdoo spent
the day preparing for his appear
ance before the Senate Public
Lands Committee and determining
the details Of his course Of pro.
/ cedure.
1t became known II 1t it was
thought by his friends hat he had
been roughly treated by DOheny in
DOheny's testimony before the com.
mittee and that he, accordingly,
! would have no reason for not
handing out a lot Of rough treat.
ment to Doheny in return.
I These friends anticipate Mr.. Nc.
Adoo's testimony tomorrow by
bringing forward the following view
| OF Mr.. McAdoo's recent behavior:
Break with DOheny.
When Mr.. McAdoo read in the
newspapers about Mr.. Doheney's
| first testimony regarding the one
hundred thousand dollars which he
loaned to Mr.. Fall, Mr.. McAdoo
! refrained from attacking Mr.. Do
heny in view Of the professional
relations Of lawyer and client which
had existed between them.
Then Mr.. SDoheny, nevertheless,
when he returned to the stand,
and when he testified regarding
Mr.. McAdoo's formerly well.known
employment by Mr.. Doheny's oil
companies, put that employment in
the most unfavorable possible light
and also exaggerated by one hun
bred per cent the amount of Mr..
| McAdoo's annual retaining fee. Mr..
McAdoo accordingly can now have
, no personal reason for treating Mr..
Doheny gently hereafter.
While such views were being CIR
culated and while Mr.. McAdoo's
friends were some Of them advising
him to fight and 60 forward and
were others Of them advising him
to lie down and quit. he himself
provided Washington with it's first
instance Of an accused witness in
this inquiry who could not patheti.
cally be described an a nerve
racked" or broken" man. Wash
ington has been wondering If a
witness would arrive with his nerve
all with him; and this witness to.
day, whatever may happen tomor-
row, seemed to be McAdoo.