Gunnison news-champion., 1924-07-18
Most Remarkable Political
Gathering in History of the
Nation-Contest Contin-
ued Through Sixteen
Days and Nights.
THE TICKET
FOR PRESIDENT
John W.Davi, of West Virginia
FoR VICE PRESIDENT
Chas. ". Bryan, of Nebraska
q, welGnT ! PATTERSON

Cuu,~n..ra Hall. N"w York Ala
bsms .7r'- ru o - four votes
tUr Ds-ar W a.~rs n.u.L." For
pus hundred ana ,.rrc ,.mc. The great
hail had -unE .Irh hal shout Sew.
snty seven f,ra~- u.. tu SH'grtab night
.rf u started sga.u uu Monday morn.
Ing 'or ff" rn.. .'f-" that nad been
named uu Ss.u-rn, r.r the lurlr'-e 81
r~rr,lnI .a..r s..-f = rOnpr'in'.s
between rr" ..urenl.rs raHt.tHtss
hsl bryn ur-a.-r--fIl and there
,criu.a rn 70, % .op- for a solution
Of 'hr H.H.u.rI"r 300 whlrh the bvlunC.
rGsy " rl- narlmn found lisel,
But rhs break came a, last. and On
~. one hundred ami third ballot John
" Davis of Wc-' Virginia was named
.. the standard n-sr-r Of n" party
U- s~l.r'Ion marked tho conclusion
= the Creates, a.Hl 20 American I,"lr
Irnl history Il vss followed hy ia"
selection ~ Gu, charles " Bryan Of
S~nra.sa ,rr ~.rnnd place on m"
ticket. anH The i.s'ary making gather
ius uns ar nm rsI after being In -"s-
sion frr 3" HHF-
MonIny. July :. Uhs a day Of false
iop.s A. the rios" ~ the eighty
s..oud burlo, % resolution was ADOPT.
- releasing 'h" Delegates from any
Instructions. md that Was expected
t. bring about break Il DID, but
Il dld NOT result In nomination II
brought N" MrAino vote tumbling
From III ~ TIKI uhea the convention
adjourned az night.
TUESDAY nrnu.hf no ray uf hope.
In the afternoon Governor Smith and
Mr MrAdoo got together. but Mr..
NrAd,n refused nr that time to re
lease his Delegates, and Governor
Smith would not Withdraw 20 long MS
MIR Mckd0O remained In the race. The
rruitless haIlorIng continued through
the day session and up [" tho ninety
ninth. completed at 2:li Wednesday
morning Al that time Mr.. MCAdoo
released hts delegates, and on IN" one
hundrcdih hal!n, his vote dropped To
$50. After that ballot the convention
adjourned until noon on Wednesday
In AL effort to gct together on som"
dark nurse.
The one hundred and first. and the
one hundred and Second ballots did
not Indicate ANYTHING NOR" than the
elimination " both smith and McAdoo
from the race Alabama. leading the
rolI call ~ states, continued TO cast
Its ~ votes fur Underwood, but there
va. drln in both ballots TO Davis,
On tn. one hundred and third ballot
Alabama again started on with "2i
votes ror Underwood" but 1t WAS soon
demonstrated that Davis was going
strong BEFORE the ballot wus com
pleted he had more than a majority.
And then the delegations began chang
Ing their votes in order 10 get into
the hand wagon BEFORE the result
OF the ballot wa, announced Il was
moved to make the nomination by ac-
tlamstion. and II went through with a
~hoop. TO be followed by a demonstrs-
ton lasting several minutes.
The night session OF Wednesday,
following the nomination OF csndi-
Date for the Presidency. was In the
nature Of Democratic iovefrast II
was addressed by Governor Smith.
Governor Cox. the Democratic nomi-
nee, Mr. Davis. and several others AT
midnight the convention recessed for
one hour at the end Of the recess one
ballot was taken for the vice presi-
Dental nomination. and the conven-
ton adjourned shortly before three
o'clock Thursday morning.
The contest in the Democratic CON
cedsnts. The greatest number OF bal
lots that had ever been cast In a DO
lltical convention before was that Of
the Democratic party In 1860 at
Charleston. when 81 ballots were cast
In that city, and the convention was
then adjourned to Baltimore where
two additional ballots were taken, re-
sulting in the nomination .ot Stephen
A. Douglas The recent convention
sets a record that is not likely to be
eQualed at least not In the present
generation.
1t broke all precedenis in that the
campaign Of the leading candidates
were conducted by principals and not
by managers. Mr. McAdoo and Mr.,
Smith were both on the ground: they
were within 100 feet OF the entrance
to the convention hall. and within 80
feet Of each other. and from these
points OF vantage they directed their
own campaigns and were their own
political stategists
Back Of IL all, lay the shadow Of
the Khan. The fgh, over the Klan
plank in the platform had ersendered
an intense feeling on the part Of the
two contendlnS factions. the one led
By Governor Smith and the other By
Mr.. McAdoo, When on Monday. June
%. the nrst ballet vas taken, II