The Sun and the New York herald., 1920-06-28
M'ADOO COUP WINS
WOMEN DELEGATES
Converts From Many States
Made at Quietly Planned
Night Meeting.
PALMER GETS OUT PAPER
| Meredith Boomers Say Secre-
tary Will Win and Rivals
Have No Show.
PALMER GETS OUT PAPER

Bv siiH Correspondent Of TnE suS AND
NEW YoRK HERALD.
SAN FRANcrBco. June 27.--The head
quarters Of the numerous aspirants for
tho first place on the ticket are booming
to-day. Nearly all Of them are located
In the st. Francis Hotel. on the second
third and fourth floors, As fast as state
delegations arrive they were visited by
scouts from the various campaign man
ayers.
A correspondent OF THE SUN AND
NEw YoRR HERALD, who talked with
most of the campaign managers this
afternoon, learned that no National Con-
vention in recent years has had so many
uninstructed and undecided delegates.
Hundreds are coming to San Francisco
with no idea who they will vote for.
They are eager to find out what 10 going
on. and what the other fellows think.
All are imbued with the same central
idea--to win the election In November.
and they want to nominate the man who
will stand the best chance OF election.
There are no animosities between the
candidates and there is no quarreling
among the delegates over their favorites.
II they have any.
With so much fresh material to work
on, the campaign managers and their as
sistants are being kept busy collecting
votes. The busiest folks in the whole
city to-day were the McAdoo boomers,
although Mr.. McAdoo is the only man
prominently mentioned for the nomlna-
tion who has no visible headquarters,
His headquarters are In the hats or Sem
ator Carter Glass Of Virginia; Robert
w. Woolley, Interstate Commerce Com
mission Ray Baker, Director of the
Mint; Mrs. AntoiDette Funk and several
other leaders on the McAdoo movement
This afternoon the McAdoo people ex-
ecuted strategic man@uvre they think
will bring them many votes. Very quiet"
ly Mrs. Peter Olesen, one OF the dele
gates at large from Minnesota, went
among the women delegates from other
States and arranged for a meeting OF all
Of them tonight. Fred B. Lynch, who
is at tho head of the Minnesota delega-
ton, is In favor of the nomination OF
Gov. Cox OF Ohio, but Mrs Olesen does
not propose to be bossed. She tacttully
suggested to the women from other dele
cations that this was a good time for
them to show their independence OF the
men and vote for McAdoo on the first or
at least on the second ballot. 1t Will be
fine thing, she insinuated, II the wom-
en- delegates to the convention could
have the honor of nominating Presi-
dent and, OF course. Mr.. McAdoo was
the man who should be nominated.
According to latest reports this coup
d'etat has been at least partially sue
cessful When the Cox and Palmer
managers heard OF Mrs. olesen's activi-
ties they surmised that some old hand
in the political game among the men
was at the bottom Of 1t, and they were
right. They are now trying to offset
what already has been accomplished by
the McAdoo men.
The Palmer headquarters started the
publication to-day Of a convention news
paper OF four pages, devoted editonally
and in its news columns to the interests
Aot the Attorney-G General IL is called
Convention Neios and carries red
streamer across the top OF the first
page reading, Palmer for President"
One would gather from reading its news
stories that everything that Is transpir-
ing in San Francisco revolves around
Mr.. Palmer.
Both the Cox and Palmer headquar-
ters are spacious ana filled with clerks
and visitors all the time. Attorney
General Palmer himself visited his
headquarters this afternoon and held a
public reception.
Walker Vlck. manager Of the boom
for Gov. Edwards Of New Jersey. has
his headquarters in the St Francis
Hotel, along with others, and is very
busy talking for the wet Governor. He
will not admit that Edwards would ac-
cept the ice-Presidential nomination,
but he says that is probably In the back
Of his head.
Secretary Of Agriculture Meredith has
enforced his announcement that he Isn't
a candidate by having the sign which
announced him as such taken down from
the front Of the st. Francis Hotel, but
al his headquarters It still is insisted he
will be nominated. Judge Hubert Utter
bach, chairman OF the Meredith for
President" Committee, has it worked out
that none Of the three outstanding men.
Cox, Palmer and McAdoo. can possibly
be nominated and that Meredith has the
lead on everybody else. Claude r.
Porter, Democratic candidate for United
states Senator in Iowa, will nominate
Meredith.