Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-24
WEEK MAY NOT SEE
NOMINEE SELECTED.
MANY FIGHTS LOOM
BY ROBERT 4. SMALL
Copyright, 1924 bv the Consolidated Press
Associa tion-Special Leased Wire
to 'he Atlanta JOurnal.l

NEW YORK, June 2l.-AS the
delegates gather here for the Demo
cratic national convention there is a
general feeling that the coming
week will not witness the naming OF
the presidential ticket. This is to be
an open convention and it has been
=. impossible up to this time to fix a
program for anything more than the
opening ceremonies.
At Cleveland, it was possible to
foretell, almost to the exact moment,
the time of the nomina ton of Pres
ident Calvin Coolidge. Here there is
no way to tell at this time VINO will
be the nominee or when ne VIII be
named.
The Democrats are an on
trammeled lot and generally the
delegates take the conventions into
( AhRir own hands and run them &C.
toHfangly; .,o o - - ,
whole lot of battles even before the
grand battle of the ballots Begin.
Some of, the older hands at the
Democratic wheel are doubtful if
even the first ballot for the presi-
Dental nominee can be taken before
next Saturday. Others think the
voting may go over until the follow
ing week.
Bitter Battles Loom
There is to be the Battle OF the
ku Klux Khan plank.
There is to be The battle o. the
vets and drys.
There is to be the battle uf the
two thirders and the majorityites.
As all of these battles have II po-
tential influence upon the prospects
of one or another of thelead;ng pres
fdential aspirants, they will be
fought out in common with all the
bitterness that will mark the fight
on the floor for first honors IN the
ticket.
The rules committee which will
hear whatever fight is to be made
on the 92-year-old tradition that a
candidate must be chosen by two
thirds vote of the delegates present
at the convention; and the resolu-
tions committee which will hear the
pros and cons of the various plat
form planks, will be appointed some
time Tuesday, but will not get to
work before Wednesday. This is due
to the fact that the OPP ming days
program has been somewhat upset
Ordinarily the temporary chairman
of the convention would be chosen
and would deliver his keynote"
speech soon after the national chair
man called the first session OF the
convention to order. It has been de-
cided this year, however, that the
= opening session at IL a. M. shall be
more or less Of a perfunctory affair
with the big blow off to come Tues
day evening when Senator Pat Har-
rison, of Mississippi, as temporary
chairman, delivers his address. The
evening has been chosen for this per-
Torrance because of the better radio
transmission. Also the evening will:
be more of a gala occasion. The al
dience will not be tired with the pre-
liminares. Senator Pat will face q
fresh assemblase when he let's go
his opening guns. While the rules
and platform fights are proceeding
in common, the convention will be
virtually at a standstill. The COM
mittce on rules also deals with the
matter of permanent organization,
and while Senator Thoma J. Walsh,
of Montana, the man who unearthe1
the famous $4,000 900 "Doheny
loan" to Secretary Fall, has been
decided upon as permanent chair
man, his selection must be ratified
by the committee yet to be appoint,
ed. Furthermore, the permanent
chairman can not organize the con-
vention until the rules are pre-.
scribed.
Rules Fight on Floor
There has been talk that If the
committee on rules decides 10 up.
Hold the timeworn precedent of
necessary two-thirds vote the be-
levers in majority selection of
candidate, may take their fight to
the convention floor. This would
further delay the actual convention
l proceedings. There is a. chance that
kthe rules fight will be complicated
wy move to abrogate the unit rule
4 in the convention--the rule by
which all members of a state delega-
ton must vote as the majority die
.ates, and the vote of TIE stats be
cast en- bloc. This rule applies now
only to delegations which have re
ceived unit rule instructions from
their state conventions
So much bitterness has developed
over the ku Klux I@>ian or religious
elements in the convention that the
platform fight may also I've taken to
the floor OF the convention. The
platform must be adopted before the
voting for the nominees begins.
Therefore there seems 80 be good
reason 20 believe that great deal
or fire works must be exploded be-
fore the long drawn out balloting be-
gins.
This situation really is to the lilI-
ing of the anti McAdoo delegates.
They are DESTROYS of forming a hard
and fast alliance against the man
|. from California who admittedly is
leading the procession of candidates
at this time. Something of pre-.
hninary organization Of this sort
has been formed. but the delay in
reaching the ballotinG next week
will give the anti-McAdoo forces
their opportunity to Set together on
what they hope will be A working
basis, The McAdoo managers are
right in saying it is their candidate
against The field ct this time. Tie
delay in going to Che post will give
the field an opportunity to maneuver
and the coming days will be filled
from dawn TO dawn with conferences
and CONCENTRATIONS. The Democrats
don't care much for sleep They gen.
q orally nominate about 2:1t a, m.
Both the McAdoo and the Smith
factions have been throwing out
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