The Washington times., 1924-06-23
WEST TO Stick.
WITH N ADOO,
PLEDGE
Candidate Tells Delegates
Privilege and Debauchery
Must Go
BY GEORGE e. DURNO,
international News Service.

and debauchery," William Gibbs
McAdop today greeted the delegates
from the Western States and exacted
from them a pledge to stick with
him in his efforts to secure the
Democratic Presidential nomination
ito the last ditch"
AS McAdoo launched into his at.
tack on the moneyed interests and
class rule some one in the crowd
yelled: Don't forget Teapot Dome,
Mac"
You bet I won't" McAdoo shout
ed, well soak the Republicans for
that dirtyyscandal from now to cleo
ton day."
Demand Spontaneous.
The demand for McAdoo was
spontaneous and impressive. Step.
ping from" the McAdoo special dele
gates from nine Western States,
headed by California and preceded
by two bands, paraded to the Van.
derbilt Hotel. McAdoo made his ap.
pearance on a temporary platform
built. out Of a first floor window
and before the demonstration had
subsidized traffic was completely
blocked.
The Californian again paid his
respects. to the hostile press Of
New York" He warned his au.
dience against statements that Nc.
Adoo delegates after the first few
ballots would go over to another
candidate.
Never" shouted the crowd.
"We're with you to the last ditch. "
THAT is right, my friends" Nc
Adoo replied. you didn't come
here to betray trust: you came to
dedicate one."
Cites Andrew jackson.
McAdoo called attention to the
candidacy of Andrew jackson near.
ly a hundred years ago, who, he
said, had run for the Presidency
''to recover the Government from
class rule"
HE paved the way to new tri,
umphs for democracy" McAdoo de-
clared. Again, today, the West
takes the lead to blaze a new path
for democracy. We are moving for.
ward to victory as certainly ais If 1t
were already recorded"
States represented in the throng
included california, Oregon, Wash
ington, North Dakota, South Dako-
ia, Colorado. Utah, Idaho and Ne;
vada, and Hawaii and the Philip.
pines. They marched up Fifth ave-
nue. to the strains Of California,
Here We Come" led by Miss Mar
1orie Day, of San Francisco, and
Senator Cyclone Bill Lyons of
Colorado. Banners carried were
emblazoned: ''California--for Wilson
in 1916-for McAdoo in 1924" and
"McAdoo Sure Victory" On the
platform were Mr.. and Mrs. Nc.
Adoo and Isidor Dockweiler, ma.
tional. committeeman from Cali.
fornia. They were accorded an ova.
ton lasting several minutes, follow,
ing which the crowd sang a McAdoc
song to the strains Of Maryland u
A poll Of the delegation showed it
Is solid for McAdoo. "McAdoo first
last, and every ballot" was the
slogan Of the Californians. They
said they have no second choice, but
anybody who will suit McAdoo as a
running mate will suit them.
The Californians plan to hold an
organization meeting tonight, at
which they said they would ratify
the following: John p. Carter, Los
Angeles, former collector Of internal
revenue, chairman; ]. B. Coulston,
Pasadena banker, secretary; r. M.
Fitzgerald, rules committee; David
Ewing, resolutions committee, and
John F. Quinn, credentials COM
mittee.
Regarding talk of abrogating the
two-thirds rule, the Californians
generally expressed this sentiment:
We don't need to change the
two-thirds rule-we can lick 'em
without doing it."
The Ku Klux Khan talk directed
against McAdoo has been started
and whipped up by the New York
and Chicago delegates and is not
the real issue, they asserted. They
seemed to be averse to specifically
naming the khan in the platform.
They were in favor Of a League of
Nations plank, however.