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Combine Fails to Get
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Utah announced that it seconded the
nomination of McAdoo.
Vermont passed and Virginia sent
Representative Flood to the platform to
nominate Senator Glass.
Describing Glass as the "warm sup
porter and close political adviser Of
Woodrow Wilson," Mr.. Flood told the
convention that Senator Glass's home
town, Lynchburg. Va, was a monu-
ment to his ability.
Flood Lauds Glass
Mr.. Flood reviewed the work of
Chairman Glass in the House of Repre-
s.entatives, the Treasury Department
and finally in the Senate, and ended by
declaring he offered to the party the ex-
perience and the capacity of "a brave
man whose Democracy will never wane
and whose patriotism will never be ques
toned"
Washington was called and passed
and West Virginia sent Governor Corn
well to the platform to nominate John
w. Davis, ambassador to Great Britain.
Governor Cornwell told the conven &.
tion that IL the campaign was merely
contest to keep control of the govern
ment for the Democratic party, "to keen
some people In political Office and put
others into Office, then am ready to
quit now."
The public record of Mr.. Davis, Gov
ernor Cornwell said, assured that If
nominated he would not be the can
didate "of any class, any section or any
group"
"You cannot afford in this conven-
tion,' said he, ito nominate man
merely because he is supposed to be
popular with one particular group of
people in the country at the sacrifice of
leadership. If you do that you make the
Democratic party sectional organiza-
tion."
Thrust at McAdoo Boom
The convention construed the gov
ernor's remarks as thrust at the Nc
Adoo boom. At the same time Governor
Cornwell, by indirect reference. de-
Tended the labor record of Mr.. Davis,
which has been attacked.
He closed with a, reference to the close
relations between the President and Mr.
Davis and the fact that during uegotia-
tion of the peace treaty the President
had kept Mr.. Davis "at his elbow"
Mrs. Julia Brown, of West Virginia,
seconded the nomination Of Mr.. Davis.
Mrs. Brown was dressed in a white
organdie. gown with corsage of roses
and looked like a debutante as she
stepped out to the speakers place.
Mrs. Brown, who before her mar
Eage was Ibetta Jewel, stock actress
in the East. began by telling the con
vention funny story which ran to the
effect that while man was asleep in the
Garden of Eden the Creator took his
brains to create woman. The men of
the convention took the thrust and
laughed heartily.
Meets Women's Ideal
"Women will select man." said
she, Whose past life can stand the
searchlight test and whose present life
measures up to women's ideals"
"This man." said Mrs. Brown. "is
not preacher. although in his life he
practices what preachers preach. He is
home bred and a wellread American
statesman.
Mrs. Brown made hit with her
audience and when she concluded the
band played "Oh. What a Pal Is
Mary"
Cox. McAdoo. Palmer. Hitchcock.
Cummings, Edwards. Smith. Meredith
and Owen had been formally placed be-
fore the convention before it recessed
last evening.
McAd0O Has Inside Track
Frankly admitting that McAdoo
seemed to have the inside track on the
race for the nomination the inner cir
Gle of old line Democratic leaders work
ed through the night devising means to
stop his nomination and find can
didate who could command the neces-
sary two thirds vote.
The answer of the McAdoo people to
the move for Clark was that If an inner
circle combination forestalled the nomi-
nation OF the former secretary of the
treasury, there would be disclosed an
other coalition which would produce a
Wilson backed dark horse who could
make enough accessions to win.
Managers for Cox and Palmer when
they figured in these discussions in.
variably demanded to be shown that
their candidates were out of the run
uing. Former Representative Carlin,
Palmer's chief of staff. refused to con.
cede that the attorney general could
not be nominated, and u. II. Moore.
of Youngstown, o., the Cox field mar
shal, said:
'"rhis may be a grasshopper conven.
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