Who will be the Republican and Democratic Parties' nominations for
President in 1924 ? The question is already beginning to excite attention in the United States. Should President Harding decide not to seek a second term of office, there are many who believe that Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, now on a visit to Europe, stands a good chance. But prophecy as to Presidential possibilities is a very uncertain pastime. It is very often the unexpected that happens at the National Conventions, as it did when Mr. Harding was nominated at Chicago three years ago. For the Democratic Party, two candidates frequently mentioned are Mr. William G. McAdoo and Mr. Henry Ford. The possibility of a Ford candidature excites mirth in American political journalists, and Mr. Mark Sullivan, in the New York Tribune, refers to the bon mot which is going the rounds that "McAdoo shows a curious apprehensive nervous- ness about being run down by a Ford." The " Henry Ford-for-President-Club " was formed at Dearborn nearly a year ago, and there are now some 150 clubs throughout the country. Whether the 7,000 Ford agents and 7,000,000 users of Ford cars will become supporters of the Ford candidature is a question that troubles the political experts. The followers of Mr. Ford wear badges bearing the words " We Want Henry." The Literary Digest states, however, that when Mr. Ford was asked about his Presidential aspirations he refused " emphatically to commit himself."
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