The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-01

tNVeS, as a candidate.
 Ell was understood that efforts were be&1tg made to get in touch with MT. ClNfk to learn if he would accept the n&GRin atfon if rendered, and that among skote who the combination would hope tS.&plfst in it's support is William J. H4H4h. who encompassed the defeat et@piurk at Baltimore in 1912 after a hf334rity had voted for him and forced tA& Examination of Woodrow Wilson.
 Hfyan's acknowledged veto power over any candidate through the op- eration of the rule which requires two thirds of the delegates for a nomina- ton made his support to the plan a factor sought by its managers. Con- ferences among the old-line leaders were going on actively Immediately after today's session of the conven- ton and they made it plain in their private expressions that they were going, to any possible lengths to beat McAdoo.
 Those forwarding the plan were using as one of their arguments fir Clark as the strongest man to put tlp against McAdoo, that the party really owed a nomination to the former siyexker in payment for it's action in BalHhore when it deprived him of the pzixa. after repeatedly having given h hi@2a majority-something which nd&1f had been done before in the his- tdFY sof the party.
 0pponents to McAdoo went into ac- tie& without delay after the bowling dGu&0n 0nstration given him by the con ,S4&fon today when presented against fl kWill, as his champions said, and lvs saie argument that ha. saon3d be f&Xfted for the service of the na-
 furthe. statement ito the con- < H&4p& that A1cAdoo assurediy would
 JX<pt the nomination if it came to l3{Bs provided a further shock to the oIU.Nne party leaders. To each other | professed imperative need for pSyfnpt and forecful action if his nomi- E35&5on were to be prevented.
 4The first concern of those Op-
 29Ged to McAdOO was to hold the
 Inner and Cox lines long enough M find q candidate to whom they
 &3sId swing n twO-thirds vote be- 4S4e there were my of the threat-
 Gtb0d defections to McAdoO. which
 tsvas feared would start him on
 AWaVe tOWdE1 t4G mOmlnatAOms
 SMITH SECOND CHOICE
 N2Ation of Governor Smith of New Yoi0 as possibility for consideration by thGe1hner leaders, if they failed to cen- tef36n Champ Clark, was heard fre- qlteatly. It Is not secret that the Tam many delegation came to San Francisco with no intention of holding to Smith for many ballots, and with breaking up of the unit rule, many of the New York deelgates were expected to go eventually to Cox or Edwards.
 Rather than push Smith too hard, the Irlan of the Tammany managers, it !s said. was to run him again for governor of New York, and then hold him in re- serve for their candidate for mayor or New York after a second term at Albany. 'tIrhe demonstration which swept the con- lvention today, after he had been placed in nomination by w. Bourke Cochran, was not accounted wholly for smiths nomination.
 Nevertheless, it seved the purpose ot |puiting the convention in very friendly |aud happy mind toward the New forN froye-nor, and there were possibilities oi &t heinz centralized in the situation sud- 5Se~Y presented when the party leaders #ecided to make an effort to beat Me ENloo. !41rort tonight to conceal his concern at E. iump in the McAdoo boom or to deny r. t If was loaded with threatening pos
 5uities from their viewpont
 NJ 4rha night. after a grilling day m the YEA antion hall. far from being spent in saw much planning and rounding up J2z orces. Some old-time leaders agreen V rfhe boast so frequently made on .ne lE ention floor as jibe at the repup. 1535Y that the democratic cahoioae. 11d not be made in hotel room ~
 ,., was in danger of belng cnaI
 bv the impending developments
 who were willing to speak franN,
 Although not publicly. acknowledsea Aat thev had an uphill fight on the"