THE 'SUNDAY OHEGO.N1AX, POltTLA.ND, JANUARY 18, 1920 W SI 'S "El IS SLOW IN WOUGH COMING Democrats Eager for Third Term Renunciation. SUSPENSE GROWS PAINFUL Party's Plans for Coming Cam paign Hang L-argcly on Chief's Action, Hence Perturbation. (Louis Seibold is a political -writer for the New York World. The fol lowing expressions regarding the re cer.t rrft within - the democratic lute and the discussion of probabilities of de velopment in their relation to Mr. Wil son -and Mr. Bryan may be regarded, therefore, as views from within.) BY LOUIS SEIBOLD. (Copyright by the New York World. Pub lished by Arrangement.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The one question that most disturbs demo cratic politicians is not "How much damage can William Jennings Bryan do with the bricks he has made?" but "When will President AVilson an nounce his purpose to retire at the end of his present term?" Mr. Bryan's capacity for making trouble in his party, while generally conceded, is assayed far below the value placed on it by himself and his scattered supporters. . The president's opportunity to give his party a chance to adjust itself to the new con ditions consequent on his retirement is esteeemed of far 'greater impor tance. , Not one leader in 20 believes th president will aspire to a third term; not one in 100 admits the possibility of Mr. Bryan becoming the nominee of the party to succeed him. The par amount interest In the democratic sit uation, therefore, concerns the date and not the character of the presi dent's statement regarding his per sonal plans. . . Some DlKappolntment iotet. A few of the leaders, expected that he would take himself out of the presidential contest in his letter to the Jackson diners last week, and there is considerable., disappointment that he did not do bo. Persons who are supposted to reflect Mr.- Wilson's view of political matters furnished what they described as his reason for not doing so. It was -substantially that such an announcement would .have impaired his influence on congress in his fight to promote the ratification -of the Ger man peace treaty and the league of nations covenant. It was said that as soon as the fate of the treat- is finally settled if it is settled before the presidential election the president will eliminate himself from the con test and leave the field to others. Koth the explanation and reason have provoked a dispute as to the accuracy of the prediction and th wisdom of such a course. Not all the democratic leaders are in sympathy with the president's motive in with holding his renouncement of further presidential aspirations. That fact was revealed by the apparent favor with which some of them received Mr Bryan's opposition to Mr. Wilson's acceptance of the republican chal lenge to make the treaty the chief issue of the coming campaign. Bryan Purpose Scented. The Nebraska leader's piotes against such a step was the only fea ture of his highly emotional address that provoked any manifestations of approval. It served to definitely es tablish the attitude of the majority of the leaders as favoring the course of the president in every respect save that. Many .of them frankly confessed that they did not believe it would be wise for the party to take the treaty - fight into the campaign because of their conviction that the people want HiKiinseri of as soon, as nosslhlA un der the most favorable conditions that the president can secure. These men do- not credit Mr. Bryan with entire sincerity in-his opposition to the plan urged by. the president. They are quite certain that the thrice defeated candidate sensed the hostil- ity of the people generally to a con tinuation of the treaty battle- and singled out what he believed to be the weakest spot in the president's armor. It is their conclusion that during, his long hiUernation Mr. Bryan has been making war medicine out of the most available material at hand. It was quite evident to the guests of the two dinners that ' the', endemic Nebraskan was grievously disap pointed at his failure to. arouse -only indifferent interest in the new set of "policies" he advocated, and that he bitterly resented the hostile sentiment to prohibition that was obvious to everyone. IS'ebrafekan Still Factor, " Failing to recruit sympathy for the other features of his programme, he centered his fire on the president's at tempt to line up his party for a cafn paign fight over the treaty. Mr. Bryan said in substance that ne was not to oe regarded as a can didate, and most of the democratic leaders concur in this view as far as he is personally concerned. .Mr. Bryan s record as secretary of state in the administration is held by the majority of party leaders to have cieariy estaDiisnea nis total incapac . ity for executive responsibility.: Most of the leaders who are return ing to their homes with a canfused impression of party conditions hare, therefore, eliminated Mr. Bryan from their presidential -calculations, thoughJ they recognize the fact that he can exercise an important influence on . the campaign. That tnis estimate is justified to some extent is manifest from the ac tivities of some of the men who have .been planning to succeed Mr. Wilson Until Mr. Bryan came to' the surface the other night, few of the. dozen men who are not averse to answering call to the White House regarded him as important enough to pay any attention to. W'llMOn Word Awaited, Since his declaration' that he is go ing to take a hand in the game o making the next democratic nomine there has been a lot of quiet pussy footing among them. They evince less desire to' secure the indorsement the administration, more ' ambition to take the middle ground. It is as sumed by most of the leaders thai Mr. Bryan will oppose the nominatio of kny man closely connected wit the Wilson administration. chief former Secretary McAdoo (who is als th soivrin-law of the president) an Attorney-General Palmer The men that reflect the. Bryan view do not entertain the slightes floubt on this point. . Consequent! half a dozen men who were eager t 'turn up as the residuary legatee Mr.-Wilson are balancing between the two wings until the president de Clares he will not be a candidate to succeed himself. - Speculation regarding the characte of the president's decision is the out standing feature of the situation. On the one hand the president is credited with a desire to bring about a condi tion that would compel his renomina tian a referendum ' on. trie' league of nations.- On the other hand, he is held to be concerned only as, to the success, of hfs league of nations plan, and his course in remaining an Un certain factor in the presidential con test is commended. President In CritlclMed. Mr. Bryan's friends and a few lead ers who are opposed to bjm in other makiris uiii.ici Lite. I' "lucii l tor IB noring the stand adopted by the party on the third term issue. The presi dent's supporters contend that his course is fully justified by his fight with the senate, and is defended on the ground that his withdrawal from the presidential contest now would spell the certain rejection of the peace treaty. The men that hold this view believe that as soon as the fate of the treaty has been finally decided Mr. Wilson will announce his desire -to retire from politics. They earnestly hope for this in order that the party may secure the impersonal advice of the president in formulating a campaign programme. Back of this hope is the knowledge of the events that re sulted from an almost similar situa tion toward the close of Grover Cleve- land's second administration. . Mr. Cleveland kept his party in a : state of suspense for many months after an announcement of his desire to retire was expected. ' He held up many important appointments -almost as many as there are now vacant for weeks in order to control the selection of delegates to the nomi nating convention at least that was the charge of his critics.. Suspense Becomes Painful. The uncertainties developed during this period encouraged . the radical wings of the party to get together, and when Mr. Cleveland did make his belated announcement the :conserva tives found themselves at a "disad vantage. The demoralization result ing produced Mr. Bryan as the; can didate and Hie split in the party that culminated in the overthrow of the democratic party. There are many leaders who are not concerned over the ambitions of aspirants for the nomination, but who believe the president should co-ope rate with them .to prevent a recur rence of such a catastrophe. These men wan$ him to win in his fight for the treaty, and will help him In any way possible, but they hold that some sacrifice should be made by Mr. Wil son to head off Mr. Bryan and the radical elements "from committing the party to the blunders of the '96 cam paign. .. In the meantime they predict an ejergetic campaign by Mr. Bryan and the commission of just such blunders as the natural consequence of the existing state of affairs. Therefore they express the hope that Mr. Wilson may soon secure a satisfactory agree ment with the obstructing senate and issue his expected statement of re nunciation of further presidential ambitions. of any business, large or small,, should have his office present a modern, substantial appearance, if he would' command the respect and confidence of his following. Let us know your office needs. Desks, Tables, Chairs, Filing Cab inets (Wood and Steel), Globe Safes, G-W Sectional Bookcases We are sole agents in Portland for the Globe-Wernicke com pany of Cincinnati and carry their complete line in stock. We are also agents for several other well-known makers of office furniture. The J. K. Gill Co. Booksellers, Stationers, Office Outfitters. Third and Alder Sts. Ill s 3 NEWSPAPERS SUSPEND WINNIPEG DAILIES ARE OUT OF PRIM PAPER. JAP'S FINE IS REDUCED Hood . River Oriental' Gets Back $350 When Sportsmen Protest. HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) Because of recent anti-Japan ese agitation And to eliminate possi ble resjjltant criticism on the score that the heavy fine smacked of Berse-cutioiii,- Justice of the Peace A. W. Onthank, who yesterday afternoon as sessed total fines of $450 and $12 costs against H. Xakamura. Japanese rancher, for Violation of game laws'; reconsidered the case today and re funded all but $100. Nakamnsa was held on two counts, one for killing a China pheasant out of season, and another for failure to secure a permit for carrying fire arms,, required of all aliens. Mr. Onthank hastened to amend original sentence when members of the Hood River game protective as sociation complained, of the severity of the fines. . . United States Federal Trade Com mission Is Checking Up Distribution in America. on Leuision to Get $300,000 Hotel.. I.EWISTOX, Idaho, Jan. 17. (Spe cial.) At a meeting of leading citi zens Thursday night, it was an nounced that a group of locaL men had obtained subscriptions amounting lo $100,000, which will assure the construction or a hotel building to cost $300,000. Plans for the issuance of bonds to the amount of $150,000 have been made and stock to the amount of $50,000 will be sold outside of the city. WINNIPEG, Man., Jan. 17. Winni peg's three daily newspapers sus pended today on account of a paper shortage. The papers issued joint news bulletins on sheets posted at the postoft'ice and news stands." WASHINGTON. Jan-. 17. On appli cation of Attorney-General Palmer. The federal trade commission has sent newsprint manufacturers, jobbers and publishers questionnaires, response to which will aid it in determining the manner in which the terms of the final decree in the so-called news print paper case are being observed The commission in particular will attempt to develop whteher the manu facturers have actually produced the daily tonnage of newsprint paper; how much of the tonnage has been sold to Jobbers, dealers or consumers, and at which prices; and whether the job bers, dealers or other middlemen in re-selling to the small publishers of the country have observed the maxi mum commissions fixed in the agree ment. tered into between the Lewis county commissioners and C. D. Cunningham and V. H. Abel, appointed special prosecutors of the I. W, W. charged with murder in connection with the armistice day murders in CenValia. whereby the attorneys will receive not to exceed $5000 for their services. 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