Omaha daily bee., 1920-07-07
Chicago Man Forces Tammany
Hall Leaders to Accept the
Nomination of Franklin
Roosevelt as Vice President.
SCORNS CHANCES TO
PUT M'ADOO OVER
Forces Wobb|y Delegates of
Southern States Into Line,
Thereby Insuring Defeat of
Presidents Son.In-LaW.
By E. o. PHILLIPS.
hicago Tribune Omaha Bee Leased Wire.

Chicago Iribune-Omaha Bee Leased Wire.
San Francisco, July 6.-George
Z. Brennan and the Illinois sdelega-
lion nominated candidate for pres
ident. Brennan, as the new un-
cowned king Of democracy, is en-
titled to the hope that he will get
better reward from his nominee than
did Roger Sullivan with the candi-
date that he put over at Baltimore
in 1912.
To make the job 100 per cent,
Brennan today compelled Murphy
and Tammany hall to accept Frank
lin d. Roosevelt for the vice presi-
dency. The pro-administrat ton
forces charged, and the field that op-
posed McAdoo admit, that it was the
Chicago mans own handiwork that
brought about the ultimate conven-
ton result.
Brennan had his chance at 3
o'clock yesterday afternoon to nom
mate McAdoo. He scorned the
temptation, refused to talk to the
ENJOYS for the crown prince and
went to an upper chamber of the
convention auditorium with Charley
Murphy, where the plans and specl-
fications for the final hours of the
deadlock were prepared.
Takes Over LEADERSHIP.
At7 o'clock last night, 20 spokes-
men for as many states, met i'll Bren-
mans room at the St. Francis hotel.
Murphy, Taggart, Ed Moore, Fred
Lynch of Minnesota, Wilbur Marsh
Of Iowa, Arthur Mullen of Nebraska,
Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, and
Jim Nugent of New Jersey were
among those present. Men were
there to speak for southern states,
such as Georgia, Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Louisiana.
Ii was this conference that Brcn-
nan took over the real leadership OF
the combination that finally dictated
the ticket. He argued, hammered
and browbeat the wobbly brothers
from the south until enough pep had
been shot into them to make their
delegations stand out long enough
to insure absolutely the defeat OF
McAdoo. This conference adjourned
20 minutes AFTER the time set for
the night session of the convention
TO open. Brennan sat back, ordered
up some dinner and rested in SUI
preme confidence that his will would
be worked sometime during the
night. And it was. 4.
It was Brennan's original idea that
McAdoo could be stopped; Murphy
was not convinced that McAdoo
payrollers, the national administra-
ton satellites and the district attor-
ncys and others within Attorney
General Palmer's camp could be re-
sisted successfully. Tom Taggart,
as the democratic nominee for sena-
ter in Indiana. was always in hot
water.
Strategy Simple.
Brennan's strategy was simple
enough, now that it is all over. He
first lined up ABS votes pledged to
stand forever against McAdoo. Thu,
block could always veto the McAdoo
mamma tion as long as the two-thlrds
rule was i'll existence. This was ac-
complished successfully and thor
oughly and the combination was in
perfect running orders as long ago
as last Tuesday night. The next step
was to produce majority vote for
some one OF the anti-McAdoo can-
didates.
The first step to bring this about
was the agreement reached early III
the negotiations that any candidate
wko showed an actual majority of
the delegates should have the nomi-
nation without further ado. The
bitter experience at Baltimore where
Champ Clark secured a majority but
was refused the nomination. because
OF bryan's veto, was not 10 be re-
peated.
The task of centering upon an
agreed candidate was Immensely
lightened for the combination by the
tactics of Palmer and his managers.
Palmer voted with the McAdoo
crowd for recess Saturday after
noon, helped defeat the combination
in the only skirmish that it did lose
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