The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-01-06
DEMOCRATS ARE SEEKING
A MOSES TO LEAD PARTY
Little Success Attending Earn
est Efforts of Advisors To
Find Standard Bearer.
BY GEORGE R. HOLMES
International News Service
Staff CORRESPONDENT


Staff Correspondent.
Washington, Jan. 3-The serach for
a Democratic Moses to lead the party
out of the wilderness of defeat that
was visited upon it in 1920 and 1924
is being pursued quietly, but never
theless with considerable avidity,
these days in Washington. And thus
far without much apparent success.
The dying session of the Sixty-ninth
Congress brought most of the active
party leaders to the capital, and the
discussions and conferences concern
ing 1928 have been frequent and pro-
longed. From time to time promi-
nent Democrats outside of Washing
ton have dropped in and participated.
The dinner given here a few nights
ago which saw the launching of a
boom for Governor A. Vic Delaney of
Ohio, was merely one example of the
winters schedule. There have been
other quiet little affairs which did not
attain SO much publicity.
Even the most sanguine Democrat
admits that the nearly three years
that have passed since the Madison
Square Garden holocaust but little
progress has been made in healing
the wounds caused there. And most
of the party leaders admit that the
next twelve months will have to see
more progress made if the 1928 con-
vention is not to see a repetition of
1924.
If the convention were held tomor-
row it is certain that the candidacy
of Gov. Al Smith would be presented
just as militantly as it was at Madi-
son Square Garden. And it would be
just as militantly opposed The
strength of William G. McAdoo may
not be as formidable as it was three
years ago, but it is just as assertive.
In discussing the situation a few
days ago a prominent Democrat poit-
ed out that only one of the twenty
odd Democrats whose names figured
in the 103 ballots at Madison Square
Garden could be considered to be def
nitely eliminated We're the convention
to be held tomorrow. Samuel NJ. Raj
ston Of Indiana, who at one stage Of
the fight could have had the nomina-
ton, has died. But all the others are
still available" and two names not
voted on in the Garden have been
added to the list:
The Complete List
Senator James A. Reed of Missouri.
Gov. Donahey of Ohio.
As for the rest of the list, here it
is:
Al Smith of New York.
Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
VIM. G. McAdoo of California.
Gov. Albert C. Richie of Maryland.
David F. Houston of New York and
Texas.
Gov. Jonathan Davis of Kansas.
Ex-Gov. James NJ. Cox of Ohio.
John W. Davis of West Virginia
and New York.
Charles W. Bryan of Nebraska.
Senator Pat Harrison, Mississippi,
Senator Carter Glass of Virginia.
Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas.
Senator Thomas ]. Walsh of Mon
tana.
Senator John W. Kendrick of Wy
oming.
Gov. George Silver of New Jersey.
Senator Ferris of Michigan.
Huston Thompson of Colorado.
Gov. Sweet of Colorado.
Gov. Brown of New Hampshire.
Somewhere in that list may and
probably will be the 1928 nominee,
for it comprises all of the available
timber now in sight.
Of course, it may be that in the
next twelve months there will rise
PhoeniX-like some towering figure
around which all the present discord-
ant elements of the party can rally.
But it is only rarely that Presiden-
tial nominees arise overnight; usually
they are built up by slow methodical
process, and then are "born" at the
psychological moment in a tired con-
vention.
If Messiah is coming for the
Democrats in 1928, most of the lead
ers here have failed to see him yet,
despite long and anxious watching
of the horizon.
Odds on bets can be had in profu-
sion that the 1928 standard bearer
will be in the above list.
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