The Washington times., 1924-07-05
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Smith Completely outgener-
aIed BY McAdoo Forcss,
Senator Thinks
BY BURTON X. WHEELER,
United States Senator From Montana.
Copyright 1894. BY sIntornational
MNWn Harvl0a.

United States Senator From Montana.
Copyright, 1924. by sInternaticnal
News ServiCe.)
NEW YORK, July 5.---william
9. McAdoo win be the nominee Of
this Democratic national convention
or there viii be a deadlock until
adjournment.
This IL the situation, az / see n,
with the convention entering its
eleventh day and with seventy bal
lots taken without q result.
With Robert N. La Toilette norni.
mated on third party ticket, It
behooves the Democrats assembled
here 70 name their candidate and
do It quickly Every day that the
convention delays. every hour It
bubbles over religious or racial Is
sues. IL making votes Tor La Fol.
lette. One cannot help but feel
that the dilatory tactics and wrang.
ling are evidences that the Demo.
cratic party IL disintegrating. La
Fallotte IL getting a flying start
with q definite economic program
while the Democratic leaders here
fight for selfish advantages.
When the Ku Klux Khan Issue
was thrown into the convention, It
was done with q view OF eliminat.
ing McAdoo from the picture. That
ISSUE however, along with the
treatment accorded the McAdoo
forces here in New York, has had
the opposite effect.
McAdoO Far Stronger.
McAdoo enters this eleventh day
Tar stronger than he was on the
opening day. His deIegates have
become solidified and he has In
spired them with q belief that they
are crusaders In q righteous cause
against the sinister influences Of
the nation.
McAdoo has developed the only
real leadership in the convention.
and this, too, after a bad start.
Due solely to his magnetic person.
atty he has inspired his followers
to an almost idolatrous worship Of
him. They now firmly believe that
he will be nominated and that he
IL the only candidate qualified to
lead the Democratic hosts in, No
vember.
Some OF the meetings of his FOL.
lowers, especially women delegates.
resemble the old.time religious camp
meetings. An instance was record.
ed just yesterday when 100 McAdoo
women delegates knelt In prayer to-
gether after the Californian a6.
| dressed them. Some were openly
weeping and all prayed for q vic.
tory. These women, who can and
!! do vote in the convention, are de-
/ termined to stay here all summer to
nominate McAdoo and they exert q
tremendous influence on the men
/
| McAdoo's enemies marvel at his
ability to hold his forces in line.
Excepting for the first few days Of
the convention he has outgeneraled
the Smith Brennan combination in
| political strategy. His open letter
urging that Governor Smith be In
vited to address the convention
after the delegates voted down such
an invitation was q Tnaster.stroke
Of strategy. 1t forced the Smith
Brennan leaders to bar their own
chieftain, from the hail or accept q
favor at McAdoo's hands. They re.
jected the favor, OF course.
Smiths BIunders.
This action on the part of Bren.
nan, who made the objection to
Smiths appearance, further weak
OnoQ nI8 Wa14u6 AlAAOOnSO IA tHG
convention. It was but one OF a
long series Of strategical plumbers
on the part Of the Smith Brennan
group. The filling Of the galleries
with hoodIums. who insulted the
wives and friends Of delegates, was
one instance. Their failure to con-
centrate on q new candidate. after
It became generally known among
leaders and delegates alike that
Smith could not win, was another,
and It materially weakened the
Smith heritage in the convention.
They lost a chance to win then by
switching their support to q new
candidate, while delegates were luke
warm to McAdoo; now It IL too late.l
It would seem at this writing that
only miracle can end the deadlock
without the nomination Of McAdoo.
And when the record Of the con-
vention is studied, the Smith.
Brennan leaders can blame their
own uolifical aklIuidity