The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-30

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That majority should be able Ia
put into effect the unit rule.
Us Il Democratic doctrine that
can come here and defy my peoplef'
demanded Ferris. II deny the doc.
4rdne Il Democratic, thar 8 majority
shall not control and voice the entire
vote Of the State
Walsh ruled that the majority
b0uld enforce the unit rule, but that
3ho eight who have refused to vote
their votes had. to be deducted from
the entire vote Of the State. He
ordered the remainder cast for
McAdoC.
Floor managers Of the rival
candidates were busy among the
arriving delegates a. the Garden
filled. They were making last
minute alignmenta. strengthening
weak spots and Issuing final In.
struCti0ne.
Leaders Rush Plans.
Thomas Taggart, the veteran
plot Of Senator Samuel M. Raj
eton, was exceptionally busy on the
floor. He was seeing to It that the
anti.Slan people, had copies. OF g
telegram sent by the Indiana Sem
at0r to his friends asserting that
he Is mot q member Of the Khan
or any Of Its branches and stat
in9 that III nominated I shall
stand on the platform pf the New
York convention and insist upon
every citizen having his constitu-
tional rights scrupt1lously safe
guarded"
Taggart had many copies Of this
telegram made and circulated
The delegates, a. usual, were
blow In arriving.
The Georgia delegation enter.
tanned the arrivals with some bar
her shop harmony In the form Of
q new McAdoO song, which In.
formed everybody that McAdoo was
as good as in and that Georgia
was solid for the Californian.
It was the expectation when the
convention met that at least tan
ballots would be taken before an
adjournment was proposed.
Thanking McAdooe and Smith on
al sides were the slarpshootera Of
D dozen other ndidates John w.
Davis and Samuel NJ. Ralston par.
dculariy -keen-eyed and watchfully
waiting Tor the first signs Of e
break In the ranks Of the leaders
ana prepared to pick OF the waver.
ing ones.
Few. il any, Of the thousand.odd
delegates in the convention expected
tOday.s balIoting TO be decisive, Or to
produce 3 winner The leaders look
Cor today;s voting to- constitute q
general test OF strength. q period in
which McAdoo and Smith can get
each others range, and afford the
aharpsllooters IN the other camps an
Insight into the endurance qualities
Qf the pace makers. 80
Test Of Strategy.
The, McAdoo strategy Is to try for
b decision today. His managers,
while outwardly confident, not only
bf their strength but also Of the
ultimate triumph Of their cause, are
Aevertheless .nervously apprehensive
II b long engagement. They have
made little II any Roadway during
che ten days spent in New York. the
enemy's territory. and they are out
Tor. a decision If possible within ten
ballots.
The McAdoo tactics call for an
alignment Of forces, feeling.out
process for the first three ballots,
and then they plan to shoot with
everything they have from the
0ourth on, showing q rising Gre
ecendo OF strength on each ballot
until the tenth.
II they fail to nominate by the
tenth-and the general opinion il
that they viii fail, Then they are go.
ing to hang on grimly to all they
can and hope for the best.
Il is In this banging on that the
4cAdoo rivals figure he is weak.
They concede McAdoo lead on the
early balloting, even up to the
tenth. but they are confident that
after that delegates viii be dropping
away from him with regularity and
IN Increasing numbers. Therefore
their motto Is "Stick and he will
kade."
Claims by Managers.
NcAdOo's managers claim today
that the Californian win have ap-
proximately 400 votes within the
first three ballots. the exact number
depending upon the favorite son
showing; 500 by the fifth, and that
There win be steady accesSions of
strength on each succeeding ballot
toward the goal Of 782, the two.
thirds majority. M
TO reach this total OF 500 votes.
the McAdoo managers claimed the
following states: Washington, Ore.
got, California, Arizona, Utah,
Idaho. Montana, Wyoming, Colo
RADIO, Oklahoma, Texas. Missouri,
New Mexico, Nevada, Kansas, the
Dakotas, the Carolinas, Kentucky,
Minnesota, Iowa, Tennessee, Mis-
Bissippi, Louisiana, Georgia, Flor.
ida and the territories. These
states constitute q little short of
the majority.
The tactics Of the Smith man.
agers are no different from those
Of McAdoo handlers. They plan to
start easily, polling between 100
and ESQ votes in the early ballots,
and then show gradual accretiOns as
long as possible.
Their bedrock strength comprises
New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island, Connecticut. Yer.
m o mt, Massachusetts,, Wisconsin.
Minnesota, Alaska, New Jersey
and later on they are confident Of
getting Ohio, Louisiana, Maryland,
and parts Of Iowa, Colorado, Ne
braslxa, New Hampshire and Okla
homa.
Il win be noted that both Smith