The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30
FIGHT OVER MISSOURI
VOTE BRINGS FIRST
row On FLOOR

and McAdoo lay claim to Mime
sofa and Louisiana.
Smith apparently has All but q
few votes In Minnesota. despite the
MoAdOo claims. and Louisiana is
for Underwood IN the early ballot.
ing with it, future course undecided.
Before Battle Conference.
Just-befoFe -the-battle conferences
were In progress in all the principal
hotels Of Manhattan isle over the
quiet Sunday that followed the furi-
GUS Khan battle IN the convention
Saturday night.
Some Of these conferences con.
tinued Throughout Sunday night, and
one sof them, at least, produced q
formidable movement In the direc-
ton of Senator Thomas j. Walsh
of Montana, permanent chairman OF
the convention and the prosecutor
of the famous oil scandal.
Walsh Is advantageously sltuateiA
He ID q Westerner, and ID condd-
erred progressive" but above all
else he is a Catholic and stands well
with both the McAdoo and SMITH
leaders. HeSis in favor with the
McAdOop peoYle because. he consist.
emily advocated the nomination Of
McAdOo during the primary fight.
ing this spring. his religion makes
him stand well with the bitter anti.
khan following In Massachusetts and
New York.
It Is not expected, however, that
the Montana Senator win be q. fac
tor In the early b0lIoting. The con.
ference that brought forth his can
dtdacy participated in by some. Of
his senatorial colleagues, also decid-
ed Il will avail them little or moth
ing to bring him forth until the Nc
Adoo-Smith deadlock has become an
actualitsr. He win be held in re-
serve.
RaIstDn Loses Strength.
The Ralston candidacy seemed
today to have suffered somewhat
over the week and as q result Of
the bitter khan 4iglrt-liow much
90 can only be determined by the
actual halloting.
Ralston's chief strength has bsen
that he has stayed away from New
York and held himself strictly aloof
nom all the bitterness engendered
In New York over the platform
battling, into which was drawn the
ugly spectre. Of religious contro-
versy.
But Saturday night. when the
battle between Kan and anti, Khan
had reached g. point where il
hinged upon two or three votes:
Tom Taggart's Indiana DELEGATION
voted only five for naming the
Khan IN the platform and twenty.
i've against It. 81 Fl
This caused considerable eurprise
and chagrin to the Brennan.Smith.
Guffey,MOore contingent, who have
always figured that they could
count on Taggart to come In with,
them In the long run.
But Taggart refused to come.
FIRST Brennan, then Moore. went
to the gray.haired Hoosier veteran
ana asked for sufficient votes. Just
-FOUR or five to put over the kan
plank. Taggart shook his head
ana blandly told the anti-klan group
that his delegates were voting their
convictions. They pleaded with
him. But Taggart was adamant.
Angcred AT Taggart.
Their resentment over Tagsart's
course naturally embraced Ralston's
candidacy, and some hot words Of
the "just you wait" variety were
exchanged on the subject.
AS the balloting began today,
however, there was considerable
speculation over a Ralston.Smith
ticket. The Governors handlers, of
course, continued to maintain for
delegate consumption that Smith
will not accept second place on the
ticket, but irrespective of these
claims the talk Increased.
Some of the Governors friends
were pointing out privately hat
there Is nothing more politically
ahead Of Smith in New York State
except the governorship which he
apparently can hold indefinitely
and isn't keen about It, or the
Senatorship, which does not appeal
to him greatly. He would nave
to oppose for the Senate Jimmy
Wadsworth, the Republican leader
Of New York, and It would be a
real fight.
Could Be Persuaded.
Therefore, II "Al could be per.
suaded to accept the Vice Presi-
dency his friends figure everything
would be. IL not actually lovely. at
least all right"
Senator Ralston is sixty.seven
years old. Far younger Presidents
have been succeeded In the White
House by Vice Presidents.
With the balioting starting today,
the controversy over the two
thirds rule began to raise its head
again.
The convention already has de.
cided to stick by the two-thirds'
nominating rule, but there was talk
In the McAdoo camp today that
when deadlock Is reached, and II
McAdoo has shown himself able
to command q majority Of the con.
vention-550 votes--a move win be
made from the floor to change the
rule. Such move would precipitate
q fight that would rival, IL not ex-
coed the khan battle, for ferocity.
Despite the anticipated. deadlock,
the belief generally prevailed today
that q nomination can be secured
by Wednesday night.
Taggart gave expression to this
belief today when he said:
BY Tuesday night we win know
who cannot be nominated, and the,
conferences win begin. that win pro.
duce q nominee within twenty.fcur
hours"
DeplOres Hardlng's Death.
After the first ballot, William r.
Bryan was recognized to present Q