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Show M'ADOO DECLINES TO ATTEND DINNER; POLITICIANS STIRRED By ARTHUR SEARS HENNING. (Chicago Tribune Special Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. -9. A political sensation was created tonight when it was learned that William Gibbs McAdoo. former secretary of the treasury and son-in-law of President Wilson, has declined the invitation of the Democratic national committee to attend the Jackson clay dinner din-ner hero on January S. , At thiR dinner most of the aspirants for the Democratic nomination for president presi-dent are lo appear and deliver speeches j which will show where they stand on national na-tional issues, utterances which will be construed as bids for support for the big Job. It will be the traditional opening of the Democratic campaign on the day tho national committee meets lo fix the time and place for holding the convention. Mr. MoAdoo is the only one of the po-tentipl po-tentipl candidates who has declined the invitation, and Democratic leaders are bringing great pressure to bear upon him to reconsider. Thero Is much feverish speculation In Democratic circles as to tlie significance of Mr. Mc A doo'e refus.il to attend tho party gathering. By some it is the thought that Str. Me A moo deems it too early to declare htnn-elf ; by others that be dislikes dis-likes participation in an affair in wh ich Wiliiam Jennings Rryan is likely to be ! the overshadowing influence, and by stiii ' others that the con-in-law feels it won id be unseemly to Join the ranks of the candidates where thero is any possibility of his father-in-law becoming a candidate for a third term. Among the candidates who will bc at the dinner are Attorney General A. Mitchell Mitch-ell Palmer, Secretary of Navy Daniel. Secretary of War- Baker. Governor Cox and retifl t or Pom ere ne of Ohio; James , W. Gerard, former amb.iss.nioi to Gcr- , many. Champ Chirk and Senator Owen of i Oklahoma. And Hryan, whose shadow is looming larger arid ItM-gcr on the horizon of Lkmiio- , cratic politic, and who, tt is not doubled. Is shaping his plans to eapture control of the convention, if not The nomlt a tion. will be thpre. He will deliver an address !u which he will define the Issues of the Approaching campaign as he views them. . and Instruct nM and summary aspirants what attitude they must assume on public ' fjuPHtioiiH if they expect to get within hailing distance of the nomination. It is not doubted that the tests of a vall-nhllity vall-nhllity laid down by Mr. liryan will be rigid, and It is just possible that no one but himself will bo found Qualified. Illinoisan in Race. PIERUK. S, D. Dec. r f . .1 a me 9 Q. Monro-'. Democrat, of Maywood, 11L, to-da to-da v filed an I ndi virtual nomlna t ;ng pet !-Hon !-Hon with the secretary of state to have ' bi-a name appear on the presidential prof-j crenee list at the March prima t Vs. Trie 1 Paramount Ip'uo nf his enmostieu will he j to "prevent coal, oil and transportation monopoly bv taxation." This make the fouilh enndidnte to file for president in South I al(ota. t Jovernor Frank O- Powden of Illinois. Jaine W. Germ d of New York n nd Sena tor Mls Poliidexter having fllM ns independent.. CHICAGO, Dec. in. jnrne-? O. Monroe, who filed an Individual nominating petition peti-tion ns a eandMH t for tho Democratic noml nation for president of the Pnited .Slates, is a la wyur of Maywood, III., a suburb of Chicago, Ho has been candidate candi-date Rt the Democratic primaries for governor gov-ernor and other state offices in Illinois on several occasion p. Walker Gets Busy. OMAHA, Neb., Dec. !V William .7. Bryan -will ppeak here January 12 on ''The Att Itude of the I temocrat lc Party for t'l'-'a." Friends of Mr. Bryan aid he nlnns a tour of nevoral weeks, in which lie will discuss tho league of nations, tho pea co treaty and other possible campaign cam-paign issues. XP,W YORK. Dec. 2f. TTm-rv W. Walker, who managed cnmp-'iigns of William Wil-liam Jennings Bryan for president, today left for ti lour of New York stnie jmd New Fnnlnnd for the announced pur-pono of interviewing old members of Bryan lea gues rej?a rd ing reviving t hose or ga 11 1 -sationn. Meetings nf the New York and New Jersey lea i leu will be ca lied soon. Mp. Walker said. Martin H. Glynn, former for-mer governor of New York, seems lo be favored as Bryan's runnlnu" mate, by old1 members of the New York league, no , cording to Mr. Walker. |