Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-10
Tests of a Democratic
Candidate

The New York w ori
(Demooratic) analyses tn
qualifications Of MIR. McAdo'
as a SUCCESSFUL nomine'
from the Democratic party anC
finds him disqualified on a
least three counts, in the fol
lowing:
When the delegates at the
Democratic convention settle
down to the choice of can
didate they will look for a man
who can win. The ability to
carry more or less uncontested
State primaries and State con-
ventions this spring viii interest
them much less than the ability
to carry the electoral college
next November. Therefore, aft
er they have voted on a num-
Der of ballots according to them
instructions for this candidate or
that favorite son, the argument
which is bound finally to deter
mine the choice is capacity to
carry the national ticket, and
with it the State and Congress
sional tickets, to victory.
In sizing up the claims Of the
candidates, the delegates who
hold the balance in the conVen-
ton will apply, We believe, the
following tests:
1. Can John Jones go to the
people as the representative Of
clean government, without
apologies, without explanations
and without defense TECHNICAL
ties2 VIII he in his own per-
son, on his record, meet the
popular demand for q return to
higher standards Of public sery-
ice?
2. Does he in domestic af-
fairs stand for the interest Of
the Forgotten Man, for the av-
erage Woodworking citizen who
pays freight on all claims Of the
minorities2
3. Does he stand squareIy for
American liberty, for religious
freedom, DOR racial friendhnesss
as against al secret political so
cieties and organized bigotry?
4. Foes he stand for the
Democratic principle Of opposi-
ton 10 the extension Of govern
mental interference and its cen
tralization at Washington.
5. Does he stand for a policy
Of active and ungrudging coop
GRAFTON to maintain the peace Of
the world?
6. Does he understand the
business Of government and does
he know how to choose asso.
ciatess
Z. Is he popular and can he
win enough Eastern and Middle
Western States to make q ma
iority in the electoral college?
Among the leading candidates
there is one who meets some Of
these qualification admirably,
others not at all. Mr.. McAdoo
understands the business Of gov
eminent, and has without any
question the energy, the capacity
Tor decision, the ability to pick
associates and 10 retain their
loyalty. He il, we believe more
devoted to policy Of co-opera-
ton in foreign affairs than his
pre-convention speeches would
indicate. Although he has gone
very far in trading policies for
blocs Of votes, he is a progress
sively minded nan.
But on three counts at least
be is totally disqualified az a
candidate this year. He Is dis
qualified because.
/. He cannot make the out.
standing issue against the Repub-
licans.
2. bis devotion TO American
liberty is open TO question;
3. He cannot carry New
York, New Jersey, and probably
no other Eastern State, and he
cannot make up west Of The
Mississippi, enough votes TO off,
set this loss.
When we say that Mr.. Ne
Adoo cannot make the Issue
against the Republicans we d.
not charge him with any wrong
doing. We refer only to thu
obvious fact that he was Mr.
poheny's lawyer on a persona
retainer of $4,000 annually an6
on contingent fee Of $1,000,
600 if Mexican negotiations sue
eeeded; that he received fee o
S150,000 from the Republic FRO
and Steel Company for appear
ing before his own former treas
nry subordinates in a tax-refun'
ease which saved the compan,
$2,000,000. A man in this posi-
ton cannot, in our Judgment sue
cessfully convince the voters tina
he represents a return to high
standards of government.
When we say that Mr.. Me-
Adoo's devotion to American lib
erty is open to question we do
not charge that he is a mems
Der of the Ku Klux Khan. But
we regard it as hopelessly diff
cult for hin. to explain to Ameri-
cans, especially in the pivotal
North and East, that he is OPP
posed to the secret order whose
assistance -he has accepted.
When we say that he canno
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