Evening star., 1924-02-27
Politics at Large
BY N. O. MESSENGER

Reports continue that the campaign
J Of William q. McAdoo is being aban-
doned by some influential democrats
who had hitherto supported him. and
this, too. in the face of the fact that the
McAdoo private convention" in Chi
cago recently had SO enthusiastically
dominated him." One such rumor
! is that Bernard NJ. Baruch, a financial
prop of the McAdoo forces, had put
the bung back in the bar'I.
Judge David Ladd Rockwell of
/ Ohio, the general manager for Mr..
NlcAdoo, stoutly denies the suggestion
that the McAdoo campaign is tagging
| ana insists that, on the contrary. 1t is
! getting increasing steam, SO that soon
they will have to keep a deckhand
perched on the safety-valve. He doubts
that Mr.. Baruch has Jumped the job"
and thinks he is only on vacation.
! Recently Mr.. Baruch was reported as
taking the position that the disclosure
OF his connection with the oil interests
had finished" Mr.. McAdoo.
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widespread belief that Mr.. McAdoo's
usefulness to the party as a potential
nominee has been destroyed are guess
| ing that possibly the McAdoo forces
are continuing their support OF him
just to keep intact the bloc of dele
/ gates they expect to have. so as to
turn them over to another candidate
or their preference and to keep them
! from being absorbed by rivals not to
their liking. Thus, if Mr.. McAdoo could
not get the prize he might be infiu-
entail in its bestowal.
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! There is talk around the Capitol that
! Mr.. McAdoo may be recalled to the
witness stand before the oil investiga-
ton committee to tell more about his
fees he did receive during his law
practice and those he expected on a
contingent basis In that event it is
thought that he will be asked about
the alleged enormous fees his firm took.
as Representative Foster asserts were
paid.
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! Democratic circles are vastly stirred
and interested over the vigorous drive
Senator Reed of Missouri is rnalsinp
! against Mr.. McAdoo. Senator Reed
mas been speaking in Illinois and Mis-
souri, ana MS remarks were in large
+, part addressed to Mr.. McAdoo's actiy-
| tiles in the law immediately after he
F.. retired from the cabinet. Senator
! Reed asserted that four of the retired
cabinet officers who served the oil
! ana other interests were employed
| for their Influence" rather than their
| legal abilities.
; Senator Reed resented the entry Of
Mr.. McAdoo into Missouri in search
of delegates and he is now carving
/ his own fight into McAdoo territory
II is thought by the politicians that
Mr.. McAdoo will go personally into
! Missouri with torch and sword, and
"a lively time is expected by ALL
What is back of James NJ. Cox s
! campaign for democrats presiden-
tial nomination"' is asked by the pol
, iticians. You cannot find any con-
| siderable belief that he can win il
and they are wondering what he is in
! the game for, or for whom. He for
mally filed his candidacy with the
secretary OF state last Monday and
! the hunt for delegates is on.
one suggestion is that he is not
/ very sanguine of the nomination. but
| tnat he Is seeking to build up a bloc
of delegates for the league of ma
tlons plan to bring pressure on the
platform committee to get Il strong
league plank adopted if possible.
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Somebody suggested that George
| White of Ohio might be a compro-
mise candidate. He was a former
chairman of the democratic national
committee and very popular in Ohio
and elsewhere. Mr.. White shied vio-
lently at the idea. pointing out tina,
he is an oil man"
| Then he went on to explain that he
was of the quart can variety" His
wells produce as much as three bar
| rels day, upon which his daily prof;
| is 81. But oil is oil.
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Senator Johnson OF California is
reported as highly gratified with the
reception he received on his western
trip and is full of fight and confidence
/ He is going to enter delegate states
In certain districts in Pennsylvania
where he will make d bid for the
progressive groups which supported
Roosevelt and himself in past and
which have since been nourished by
Clifford Pinchot.
Senator Johnson's supporters are
to be active in New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania and Maryland. Later he is to
make speeches in Michigan and in
southern Illinois.
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Some republicans are complaining
Of what they say is the failure OF
republican members on the oil in.
vestigating committee to press tC
party advantage when occasion offers
in the testimony and there is oppor-
tunity for directing the questioning
They say that the democratic mem.
bers never hesitate to do so and that
| moreover, they have remarkable
| scent for occasions.
Republican senators, it is alleged
often pass up" some mighty fine
| openings.
The republican national committee
though, is not overlooking any bets
and does not hesitate to swing the
partisan battleax and scalping knife
upon every occasion. The committe ee
is now going after" Senator Walsh
of Montana on his former advocacy
of leasing the oil lands, citing the
Congressional Record to support its
assertions. Only the other day the
committee got a rise" out of former
Secretary of the Navy JoSephus Dan.
iels with a similar assertion.