Evening star., 1924-04-01
McAdoo's Victory in Georgia
Reviewed by Nations Editors

The first real test in a presidential
primary between William Gibbs Nc
Adoo and Oscar w Underwood came
with the decisive victory Of Mr.. Nc
Adoo in the Georgia primaries This,
however. is not regarded by many
editors as a complete vindication for
| Mr.. McAdoo. But for the most part
they agree that it at least puts him
forward again and is Il big boost
declining hope.
The Detroit Free Press sums up the
opinion when it says. 'Georgia's vote
need not be taken as representative
of what other more conservative
southern states will 90, but it will
certainly add something to the per-
plexities of those democratic leaders
who are wondering how they can at
the same time keep peace in the
party and bury Mr.. McAdoo too deep
for resurrection The Atlanta
Journal is confident that 'cast for
McAdoo. the states vote will count
definitely, potently. perhaps decisive
iy, and, beyond Il doubt, for progress
and for victory" The Savannah Press
is sure that THE expression register
ed is emphatically the voice of the
people," for the people have re-
viewed his record and registered his
merits, and the answer has been
Overwhelmingly that McAdoo is the
man" 1t means. according to the Mil
waukee Journal. "a victory for pro-
gressivism over more conserVa-
tive candidate, and ii indicates the
way folks are thinking in the south,
where BourboniSm in the democratic
party has its roots; furthermore, the
vote for McAdoo and La Toilette in
aGuE 1,
the feeling against reaction" These
are but two states, it is true, con-
tinues the Portland Express, but
they are representative of two
wholly different schools of political
thought. and Mr.. McAdoo hasn't been
nominated as a result of their action,
but that would appear to have rem
dered it timely for the political book
makers to revise their odds" The
Utica Observer dispatch indorses this
opinion.
Although admitting there is nobody
the republican party would rather
have nominated than McAdoo, the
Cincinnati Times-Star declares the
result in Georgia is disheartening. 1t
proves that Mr.. McAdoo is a host to
be reckoned with in the democratic
national convention" The Sioux City
Journal believes "the Underwood fol-
lowers will be compelled to admit one
thing following the Georgia primary,
which is that the voters down there
either never knew of Mr.. McAdoo' S
big oil fees or did not care whoop
about them" The Kalamazoo Gazette
holds the same views, and insists fur
ther that while the outcome in Geor-
gia Cannot be regarded as vindi-
cation for McAdoo, it will enormously
tighten the load which his firms sale
of it's legal talents and Washington
influence to the Doheny interests i'm
posed upon it." The Scranton Times
feels "the McAdoo victory in Georgia
may have a decisive effect in other
states which it was at first believed
would be found backing the senator
from Alabama" The Little Rock Ar
kansas Democrat thinks the results
should not come as bombshell to
any persons outside the Underwood
camps" and "Mr. McAdoo has a far
greater chance to lead the democrats
to victory if he is the presidential
nominee than has Mr.. Underwood"
The result of the Georgia election, in
the opinion ~of the Duluth Herald,
doesn't mean that McAdoo will win
two-thirds of the delegates to the
democratic convention, but it does
mean, however, that McAdoo probably
will have a substantial majority in
the national convention, and that if
he and his friends can't win the nomi-
nation for him, they will be able to
see that it does not go to anybody
they don't like"
The Memphis News-Scimitar believes
that McAdoo's apparent abandonment of
the league of nations is reflected in the
Georgia result and declares, '1nforma-
ton coming from Georgia indicates that
this was an important factor in the con-
sideration of the voters in determining
for whom their delegates would be in
structed." The Birmingham News sees
no special significance in the Georgia
result, saying, Between state pride in a
native SON and Klan and anti-klan,
with extreme prohibitionists lined up
with the native-son crowd against an
outsider, the result was not astonish-
ing"
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The Louisville Courier-Journal de-
clares, His availability or unavail-
ability has in no way been affected He
| is no more and no less available than
] he was before his victory in Georgia"