San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-06
|RALSTON INTO
| THE RACE FOR
NOMINATION
Indiana Senator's Boom Is
Sponsored by Thomas
Taggart.
IS CLEVELAND TYPE
Governor Davis of Kansas
Also Added to Demo-
cratic List.
IS CLEVELAND TYPE
BY ROBERT T. SMALL.

\ "
indianapolis. Ind, April 5.-Ant
now the Senator Samuel NJ. Ralstoi
boom for the Democratic presidential
nomination definitely has been launch
ed. 1t has gone down the ways int
the troubled seas of politics with N
less parsonage than Thomas Tag
CART acting as sponsor. The fOrmel
senator and national committeeman
| was assisted in the launching cerc
monies by the members of the Demo
| cratic state committee, and it is sale
that from now on the good ship Rails
ton will proceed full ahead.
Senator RalstOn has given his as
sent to the movement here in hi
home county, but he has stated YER,
plainly that he does not want tn,
boom actively carried beyond thu
Hoosier borders. In other words, Mr.
Ralston prefers to remain a some
what reluctant receptive candidat,
and will not cOuntenance anything il
the way of n national campaign fol
the nomination. He was somewhat
disturbed recently by statements from
one of his friends that a nationa
organization was to be formed. Sen
ator Ralston believes the nominal ior
will be fought out on the floor of tn,
Democratic convention in New YOri
just as it has been fought out Sc
many times in the past and he j;
more than willing to abide by the
decision.
Will Have Indiana Delegation.
That Senator Ralston will get the
delegation of this state goes withou,
saying. There is a determination on
the part of his friends to put on the
delegation men nationally known in
the democracy so that their influence
at New York will be far greater than
the mere votes they will cast when
the nomination is being contested
Thsi same plan has been followed by
the supporters of former Governor
James NJ. Cox of Ohio. Men like
Judson Harmon, Newton d. Baker
and former Governor Campbell are
going to New York for Governor Cox
if he wins the primary fight against
McAdoo as most everyone agrees he
will. The McAdoo people r0going
to fight it out in Ohio. just the same,
for they say they have everything to
gain and nothing to lose.
Senator RalstOn has let it be known
that in the event he should be NOM
mated for President he would conduct
nothing but a front porch campaign
from his home here in indianapolis.
He does not believe in Grouping" or
swinging around the circle"
The senator is known out here as
a Grover Cleveland type of man and
he will make Grover Cleveland
mi ha &c Na1 "
Ralston is not sitting up nights wor-
rying about the nomination or the
possible campaign either, but he just
wants TO let his friends know where
he stands. He has said he doesn't
desire the nomination but would not
refuse it if rendered.
Would Be Quiet Campaign.
II the national race should resolve
itself into a Coolidge contest
one is inclined TO wonder where the
excitement would be. Mr.. Coolidge
has announced that he intends to re.
main in Washington. There wa.
some hope of getting him out to Colo
RADIO for the summer and early fall
but he believes the classic shades oi
the White House form the best cam
paign background that can be fount
anywhere in the United States ant
probably he is right. With Mr.. Rails
ton remaining in Indiana, the minOl
figures of the campaign would hav,
TO do all the busting out on tn,
stump. Mr.. Coolidge has the advan
tage in Washington of living within
the shadow of two of the great radio
broadcasting stations Of the east. Th,
Democratic nominee, if he docsn'
travel. will have to have equal facil
tiles provided for him.
Here is where the supporters o
Governor Al Smith come in. The.
say that not only is New York ,
center of radio broadcasting, but tn,
city itself-a Democratic municipalit,
is erecting an extremely powerful
station, all for itself, and Al unques
tionably could use it free.
The formal entry of Senator Rails
ton into the Democratic race occurred
on the same day that Governor iona
than Nj. Davis of Kansas was brough
forward by the Democrats of hi
| state for the presidential nomination
The launching of the two booms oil
the same day may have been NOR,
than a coincidence. for out here the-'
has been talk for weeks of putin;
in the field a ticket headed by Sen
ator Ralston, with Governor Davis il
second place. Both men are regardc,
as great vote getters. Governor Davi
is particularly strong with the farm
ers of the west and his boom hal
more than mere favor;te son senti
ment behind it.
Interest In Democratic Fight.
| Travelling through the Contra
West one finds the political interes
of the country is centercd at this tim,
almost wholly. upon the Democrati
party. 1t is accepted everywhere a
foregone conclusion that Mr.. Cool
idge will be nominated at Cleveland
The Democratic fight at New York i
quite something else again. The for
NAL entries for the big Madison
Square Garden handicap thus far ar
as follows:
William G. McAdoo of California
Oscar Underwood of Alabama.
| Al Smith of New York.
James NJ. Cox Of Ohio.
Samuel NJ. Ralston of Indiana.
| Jonathan NJ. Davis of Kansas.
The list is likely to be far large
than this in favorite son talent be
fore the convention is called to orde
on June "a. In the event that A
Smith should be scratched" it !
more than likely that New Yor
would enter Senator Royal Copelan
in his place. Governor Smiths sur
prising victory in Wisconsin wher
he did not even know he was in tn
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