New-York tribune., 1920-06-28
n ew Impetus
Given Boom
For McAdoo
Thomas B. Love, Former
Assistant i'm Treasury.
Assures Delegates He
Will Take Nomination
Claim $50 Votes
On First Ballot
Friends Insist Candidate
Is Second Choice of
at Least 600 Others

SAN FRANCISCO, June 27.--
Friends of William G. McAdoo have
received what they characterize as
assurance that if nominated Mr.. Nc
Adoo will accept.
The definite statement that Mr..
McAdoo would accept was made by
Thomas B. Love, national committee
man from Texas.
Il say with assurance that if NOM
mated he will accept" Mr.. Love de-
clared in a formal statement.
While Mr.. Love declined to elabo-
rate, McAdoo supporters were unani-
nous in declaring that it might be.
taken as authentic. Mr.. Love j.
one of Mr.. McAdoo's close personal
friends, was an Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury under him and dun
ing the last year has been very ac-
tive in creating McAdoo sentiment.
Mr.. Lows statement follows:
The question is frequently asked
whether in view of Mr. McAdoo's sin
cere desire that his name be not pre-
sented to the convention he would &C
cept the nomination if made.
Il say with assurance that, if non,;-
mated, he will accept.
Predicts His Nomination
"The constantly increasing demand
for Mr.. McAdoo's nomination arone
arriving uninstructed delegates CON
vlnces me that he will be nominated
Texas will cast forty votes for him
from the beginning until he is nom:
mated"
Word that Mr.. Love was announc
ing that Mr.. McAdoo would accept the
nomination spread rapidly among the
delegates and displaced all other topics.
Up to that time the McAdoo boomer
had been working to hold their candi.
date in reserve and bring him ou.
at a moment when it appeared tha.
neither Cox nor Palmer could be
nominated. This policy, they explained,
had been forced upon them by Mr.
McAdoo's repeated declaration that he
would not accept the nomination.
Boom Given New Impetus
With Mr.. Loves statement, however
lot of new life was injected into the
McAdoo boom, and delegates who had
once declared for him, but later ex
pressed other affiliations in view o.
his declinations to run, declared there
would be a return of strength.
Mr.. McAdoo's candidacy has been
managed here by an informal commit
tee without organization and with the
intention of not having his name for
mally presented to the convention. The
plan has been to have no nominating
speech and no formal presentation Of
their candidate, but to nominate him
by Alabama casting her first ballot for
him. Then, according to their plans
the other state delegations were to
add their votes and make a showing
How many votes the McAd6o forces can
muster on the first ballot is problem
atical, according to their own estimates.
Some of his supporters have declared
they expect as many as $50 and that
they have information that enough
delegates favor him for second choicr
to run his ballot up to more than 500.
The minimum they expect him to poll
early in the balloting, they say, is
about $50"
Some Confusion Still Exists
Confusion which Mr.. McAdoo's tele
grams have caused in the public mind
is shared by his warmest supporters
mere. The last word from him was q
reiteration of his former declaration
that he would not permit his name to
be presented, but, his supporters sug-
gest, he never has said that he would
not accept the nomination if it came
to him.
The so-called McAdoo committee has
no chairman, secretary or other regu-
ing former Representative Bellamy. of
South Carolina, an old friend Of Presi-
dent Wilson's father, drifted in, said
he was for McAdoo, and subsequently,
although he was unknown 20 most
of the conferees, was chosen chairman
of the meeting. The other members
of the gathering were about fifty men
and women. who said they were in
terested in McAdoo's nomination.
Former Senator Salisbury, of Della.
ware, came out for vice-President
Marshall to-day as the most available
man for the Presidential nomination
He predicted deadlock, McAdoo, Cox
and Palmer.
an that event" he said. "the Vice
President occupies a position of great
advantage owing to his official position
and his well-known merit as a cam
paigner and public official. He would
make an admirable compromise candi-
date, and in case OF tie-up I thint
his chance will prove to be equal to
the best"
The Indiana delegation to-day dc
cided to present Vice President Mar
shali's name to the convention. Nj
Marshall IN 2 speech to hhe Hoosier
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