Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-29
Claim Delegates Will Flock
to Their Candidate
After Few Ballots.
ADMIT HE VIII. RUN
THIRD IN FIRST VOTE
"eAdoo Claims ESQ to $50 Delegate,
Q" First and Second Ballots, With
'V Others Favorins Him. a. s,o-
ond choiee-Tammany Undecided
A' to Attitude Toward Candidacy
OF Wilson's son-in-Lsw.
By Associated Press.

sy Associated Press.
san francisco, June 20. Snchi
headquarters as William e. McA doc
Will have at the convention ware ~
ened here today. They consist Of
ehree rooms rented by personal
friends Of McAdoo, and are n !.
used solely for conferences. No one
Is In charge Of the rooms. nor I. :
publicity campaign from them be,ne
planned. Conferences nightly. nar-
iaps. will be held by McAdoo.s sun
porters during the remainder Of the
convention.
tentative arrangements for tns
McAdoo committee that is to work
in the convention have been prac.
tlcally completed. Under the leader
snip OF Samuel B. Amidon, OF Wich-
ita, Kan, q steering committee con-
slstlng OF a halt dozen first lieuten-
ants and one man or woman from
each state has been perfected. Prac-
tically all members Of the COMMITTEES
are delegates and will kork on the
convention floor.
Claim Many Delea atse, a
No claims are being advanced BY
tho McAdoo supporters as to the NUM-
Der OF votes on the first or subse.
quent ballots. Reports made by men
on different state delegations. how
ever, claim anywhere from zbU 10
$50. These figures represent the max
4y,f,~
number Of second choice" votes In
sight are said to number more than
800.
Mr.. McAdoo's friends say he may
run third in the balloting on early
votes. They expect Palmer to lead
because he has q tremendous COM
plimentary VOTE that would be cart
for him on the first ballot. Cox may
run second. they said. and after that
the break will run toward 'McAdoo.
The Tammany delegation IL hav-
ing a hard time deciding what to do
regarding McAdoo. It will cast its
early votes for Governor Smith, but
will not make a hard fight for him
because he is being srooned for
Tammany's candidate for mayor Of
New York at the next election.
Indiana delegates say they will
stick by Vice President Marshall a.
long as he is in the field, but II he
should be withdrawn. McAdoo's
friends say they will get number OF
Hoosier votes.
Millionaire Backing McAdoo.
It was a woman under the spell OF
her first great convention who told
yesterday who it is that is center1ng
his efforts to aid the campaign OF
her favorite candidate, William Gibbs
McAdoo. She says it is Fred g. Bon
flls, part owner Of the Denver Post
and Kansas City Post, who during
the last few years has anassed q
fortune, estimated at millions, thru
his oil lands in Oklahoma and his.
coal lands In Colorado.
"Mr. Bonfils would not be In
sensible to the honor of an office like.
say, minister to France" she said.
''In fact, when ne visited the White
House for few days, not so long
ago, he is said to have expressed
that wish"
Mr.. Bon1ls is from French fam
lily, a very good one, and he loves
France. Besides, he Is said to be
worth $39, ,00O, 900. He has, since the
yer, on beautiful hill, and equipped
it with theater and other luxurtes.
One Of Mr.. Bonf1ls' editors, DR..
Rurris Jenkins, Is going to make
the nominating speech for McAdoo.