The Washington times., 1924-07-08
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d majority under the most favor
able circumstances.
IN this situation the trading be.
gins. It IL helped by the excessive
WEAKNESS OF the delegates, the 81
nancial str1ngenciea Of many Of
them. and the well night unanimous
wall oe 1--WE want to 60 home.
The busiest man in New York to-
day was Tom Taggart Of Indiana.
He alone Of all the principal leaders
believes It Is possible to nominate
Ralston by tonight. The others
concede that the Hoosier Senator isl
the fastest looking dark horse In
the pasture, but they don't believe
Il possible to accomplish in one day
what McAdoo couldn't do In eight
days with nearly half the conven.
ton az q foundation.
Taggart was In conference with
various State leaders most OF the
night, picking up delegates here,
there, anywhere. He believes that
once Nalstcn can be built up 20
three or four hundred votes the
sailing win be easy. Tor the dele
gates are 50 weary ana the dead
lock between McAdoo and Smith 20
hopeless they viii go to any one
offering q chance OF escape from
Madison Square Garden.
Raiston closed the eighty-seven
ballot lust before midnight with
Yainty.three votes. Careful handing
md many hours Of tedious balloting
viii be necessary before there can
80 s nomination but Taggart never
tileless believes II can be accom-
plished.
welcomed Cox's Help.
Taggart's rival leaders. men with
whom he has played and fought in
many national conventions, do not
heiieye it viii be possible to get y
nomination before two or three days.
About wednesday night or Thurs.
Nay night was the guess today OF
Ed II. Moore, of Ohio.
Moore reflects to q considerable
axtent Of views Of former Governor
James Cox, the 1920 nominee, who
came 70 New York as the "tttular
leader Of the party to lend his good
offices in extracting the Democratic
marty from the mess into which this
convention has got itself by the fight
between McAdoo and Smith and the
Navagery Of the khan battle.
The entry Of Cox upon the scene
was welcomed by every one save the
McAdoo element. There Is little love
lost between the McAdoo and Cox
factions. It dates back to 1890.
coz has never forgotten that Mo-
Adoo and his ally here in New
York. William Jennings Bryan, held
fhamselyeg conspicuOusly aloOf from
the dust and labor Of the 1920 fight,
and left Cox almost alone to carry
The burden OF the battle.
The governors friends, however,
were unanifestly glad to see him.
There was e constant stream OF
callers in and out of his apartment
on the twelfth floor Of the Waldorf,
where one OF his first acts was 10
install 4 big radio set 80 he may
be kept in constant touch with what
Roes on in the Garden.
Cox, they believe, has q fresh
viewpoint on the issues and differ
ences which have been fought over
20 bitterly and with. such intense
hatreds here that the party has ben
brought to the verge OF disruption.
He has observed them from a-far.
and his vision has not been clouded
blythe smoke of actual participation.
McAdoO Men Glum.
McAdoo's managers were some
what gum today, but still outwardly
defiant and confident. Smith going
into the lead was bitter pill tor
them to swallow. In the hectic
maneuvering that preceded 1t, they
made valiant efforts to hold Kansas
4 a line so that Smith could not pass,
Z but Iowa turned a cold shoulder to
their entreaties and started voting
for x. T. Meredith, Secretary Of
Agriculture under Wilson, and Kan
eas went back to her first love, Gov
Crnor Jonathan M. Davis.
The McAdoo managers compelled
two polls Of the Kansas delega.
ton, however, before It was nc.
Oomptished. On the first they won
hut on the second they lost.
Davis L. Rockwell, chief of the
McAdoo general staff, was warning
his delegates today not to be "mis
led" by the new figures that placed
Smith ahead.
Blamcs Big Business.
1T Is q temporary shift in senti
ment only" he said. 1--WE can re-
cover those losses whenever we start
out to do 90.
big business and its opposition
20 Mr.. McAdoo is responsible fcr
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