Show mt w M Prolonged Balloting To Decide Candidate Candidate- Is Facing Convention By David Davia Lawrence ttO by The Salt L Lake Laic Herald DeraM S SAN CAN FRANCISCO June 26 Plenty of b ballots will vill be taken before the Democratic national onal convention chooses its candidates for President J and vice president It looks like a prolonged fight not perhaps as long as the tedious struggle at nt Baltimore in 1912 but with m many ny of the very ery very I same characteristics characteristics' and alignments Outward Outwardly the Wilson forces meaning thereby a n coalition of t the e Palmer Palmer Palmer Pal Pal- mer and McAdoo delegates and a goodly portion of the Cox Coi delegates are 1 in control of this con convention There is a 0 moro more or less influential but bul hardly powerful enough minority which differs with tho the Wilson adminis adminis- This minority fluctuates between between be be- tween Interest In tho the candidacy of or Vice President Marshall former S Speaker Champ Clark Robert I L L. Owen and a pronounced sentiment for tor wetness In Inthe Inthe inthe the platform no motter who tho candIdate candidate candi candI- date may be boo Bryan Brynn In CInAs by bT Himself Busch lf In a class by himself is William Jennings Bryan Bran who ho can control a big hiS vote ote on platform planks panka ks on tho the prohibition prohibition prohibition tion question but who cannot dictate a nomination either for tor himself or bod body else He Ho can veto any candidate whose record on the wet and dry issue is inconsistent with such platform planks as may mar bo be adopted That Isan is isas as an S far as ho can go and assuming that tho the platform will have been adopted when the balloting for tor candidates begins begins be be- gins Mr Mi tr Bryans Bryan's capacity for tor mischief really ends there Now the big delegations deles from New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Massachusetts New Jersey Tersey and ond Illinois are aro far tar moro moo Interested In a wet plank than han in a. a candidate chiefly because they bell beIl believe their state tl tickets can n thus thua be bo led to victory There is moreover considerable Wilson anti sentiment sentiment sen sea In some of ot those delegations The Cox managers have ha very cry shrewdly I a bid for tor this support on the grounds that by naming Cox whose whoso reputation Is that or of a wet it would be unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary to refer reter to tho the prohibition qu question question ques ques- tion at all au thus avoiding any quarrel with Bryan Cox Cl Clear ar of Administration Errors Error They have havo Insisted too that Cox Cor wasn't a member of ot the Wilson cabinet and would not be held responsible for forthe forthe forthe the errors of the administration SpeakIng Speaking Speak Speak- ing lag of or strategy however each camp haa has its own idea idon o of how the battle of or the ballots will be fought Quietly It is whispered by the tho Cox men that Palmer and McAdoo will get et Into deadlock a and nd Cox will b bo 00 slipped In as LB tho the logical Jl choice Over In tho the Palmer headquarters they talk about making a drive for tor the at attorney attorney attorney at- at torney general taking the lead and forcing tho Issue through the prestige of ot the tho long lead that Palmer will be shown to have e above his competitors Now the McAdoo strategists strates figure It out that the deadlock will wUl be between Cox and Palmer Palmor and arid that both will at appear ar a ap unable to get two Then It i IS reasoned will bo o tho the time for tor forthe forthe the forces behind McAdoo to come out In the open One would infer Iner from this that McAdoo delegates would on the first few tow ballots support Palmer or Cox as a's the case may be and perhaps give scattering votes tb to favorite sons only to shift at the psychological moment Continued on p page ge 4 I PROLONGED BALLOTING lAWRENCE PREDICTION Continued From Page e 1 L. and stampede the tho convention for tor McAdoo Mc- Mc Adoo when the drive does be begin In Out of ot this kind of ot business may u of ot course come tho the same sarno thing that happened at Chicago namely elimina- elimina 5 i tIon of ot the main contenders In favor tot of a dark horse Among these reserve or compromise candidates the names of ot Carter Glass Homer Cummings and Dond I Secretary Meredith have havo been men men- i Bub at present writing the momentum behind McAdoo Is growing iHo is hailed as ns the friend of ot labor a business executive who has demonstrated demon- demon strat d his ability In the big office of ot tho the treasury department and nd in managing managing managing man man- aging the tho transportation systems of ot Tho The Democrats Democrats Democrats Dem Dem- tho country during during- the war generally believe him their most capable man man but tho the possible use uso by bythe t the Republicans of ot the tho son-in-law son argument ar- ar gume t is advanced by opponents opponents' of ot McAdoo as 3 a reason for turning to other candidates The men behind McAdoo however howe arent aren't dismayed by that They seem t to have perfected a working organization It Is handicapped by the absence of ot that master mind In Democratic politics Daniel C. C Roper former commissioner of internal revenue who would have had this convention eating out of his band hand if It ho had come hero What is really needed cd Is not merely a a. strategist but a to gather gathy gath- gath y er cr in reserve strength for tho the final ballots How much of ot this the Nc- Nc 3 c- c jAdoo Adoo men havo have accumulated Is difficult diff I cult to tell teU One finds Texas solid soUd for I J McAdoo Wisconsin strong for tor him t I California solid Iowa divided New Now j York divided Lut but with western states 1 i Inclined toward tho the former secretary J i of at the treasury Opposition from Tammany Tammany Tammany Tam- Tam many will probably be an asset for tor j McAdoo At this writing ho he appears i to havo have the tho better of ot it His statement state state- Dent ment declining to make the race has j f rebounded to his his his' advantage The movement to draft him has taken on oni i an enthusiasm which has no parallel i 1 In any of the tho other camps Whether I or not It succeeds it has more ginger behind It and more moro appearance of oft t i l s spontaneity than anything else In this lOt convention th thus 8 far tar |