Evening star., 1924-07-04
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until the last drop Of blood runs out
of me" was made by w. G. McAdoo.
contender for the Democratic presi-
Dental nomination. in an address to-
day to a hundred women who called
at his headquarters.
Denies SeInshness.
'I have no selfish interest in this
fight" Mr. McAdoo told the women.
The very life Of the Democratic par
ty is at issue. The fate of democ-
racy is involved"
Mr.. McAdoo declared the conven-
tion was deadlocked by two factors.
The first he said. was the thought
entertained by the supporters of the
favored sons that Gov. Smith might
quit" The second was the belief in
certain quarters that 1.-The McAdoo
forces will quit"
The opposition to US is highly or
ganized. But they will go down in
defeat just as the highly organized
forces in Europe went down to defeat
before the united soldiers of democ-
racy," he continued.
I'VE have not only to fight the sim
lister influences in our own party, but I
also every sinister influence in the
Republican party.
BE calm and confident in your
strength. What does SO or 1853 ballots
mean? If it goes 1913 ballots it means
We are much nearer our goal"
Mr.. McAdoo characterized the wom-
an forces in the McAdoo ranks as
"a force Irresistible and undefeata-
BILE"
Cheers Bncker~ On.
Go into every delegation and put
II would deadlock anything to fight
for principle and purpose" he con-
cluded. 1T is our duty to make the
favorite sons see their cause is hope
less. l cheer you on, Christian SOL
diers."
After the address the women or
ganized plans to continue their fight.
1t was decided that in parties of five
they would call on women in all state
delegations not voting solidly for
McAdoo in the interest of the McAdoo
candidacy.
Arrangements also were made for
the McAdOo women to march in a
body from McAdoo's hotel to the con-
vention hall. accompanied by singing
GLORY, Glory, Hallelujah."
Meets Rail Union Leaders.
After McAdoo had left the room
and all the business had been trans
acted the women were led in prayer
by Mrs. Ella J. Flanders of Missouri.
Mr; McAdoo later met with some fifty
railroad labor leaders behind closed
doors for more than an hour
Ho!lins Randolph, chairman of the
Georgia delegation, issued a state
ment criticising the stubborn. un-
reasoning opposition to the choice of
the progressive Democrats.
Eleven eastern states. with 800
delegates out of 1,o9s, have dead
locked the convention The moving
force behind this drama is the Re-
publican party, as the eleven states
are Republican and their delegates
are merely pawns on the Republican
check erbOa I'd
Standing on si1ty-Firxt,
As matters stood at the end of the
slxty-first ballot early today, McAdoo
had 469.3 votes, as compared with 500 4
on the last ballot Wednesday night; AL
fred h. Smith had 1855, as compared
with 3lS.6; John W. Davis had dropped
from 81 to 80 and Senator Ralston. after
advancing from 80 to 81 on the fifty
nth, fifty-sixth and fifty seventh bal
lots. was back to 37ls.
James NJ. Cox of Ohio retained 81
votes. Senator Underwood of Alabama
had ~. Senator Glass of virginia Is.
Senator Robinson Of Arkansas 90, Sen
ator Owen of Okla ahoma "a, Gov. Ritchie
or Maryland 16la. former Senator Sauls-
bury of Delaware and Gov. Bryan of
Nebraska -
The McAdoo and Ralston columns
were the only two in which material
fluctuations developed during the nine
teen ballots taken yesterday, and these
were brought about almost entirely by
the shifts of the closely divided units
from Mississippi, Missouri and OKLA
homa.
Test of Endurance.
1t was clearly a case of each cam
paign manager trying to outwait the
other, and the delegates, growing
steadily more restless, were unable
to decide which way to steer if they
should throw their captains over
board
Suggestions that both of the lead
ing contenders withdraw to open the
way for a, compromise nominee were
described as absurd" by David Ladd
Rockwell. the McAdoo manager, and
as impossible" by Franklin D.
forces Each claimed reserves and a
determination to wait until the other
camp was exhausted.
Proposal to Change Rules.
A proposal to amend the rules to
eliminate the low candidate on each
ballot until only three remained
aroused considerable discussion, but
no one seemed to know just how it
could be done.
At one time former Senator Hitch
cock drafted n resolution providing
such a course, and said he would sub
nit it today unless some indication
of break in the deadlock developed
A little later ]. Bruce Kremer, ma
tiona1 committeeman from Montana
and a McAdoo floor leader. was on
his way to the platform to make a
similar proposal, but was dissuaded
by William Jennings Bryan.
The commoner previously had
counseled delay in presenting a reso-
luton prepared by Gavin McNab of