Evening star., 1924-06-24
HOOSIERS FORMALLY
ANNOUNCE RALSTON
Indiana Delegates Select Spokes-
man to Place Governors Name
Before Convention.
PLEDGE HIM THIRTY VOTES
Decision Reached Comes as Sur
prise and Meets Opposition.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK, June 24.-Hoosier
delegates put Senator Ralston of In
diana, actively into the presidential
race here yesterday.
AT meeting marked by great en-
thusiasm. the delegates decided to
have Fred Van Nuys, former United
states attorney for Indiana and
Ralston law partner, put the sena-
tor in nomination, and to cast Indi-
ana's thirty votes for him from then
on"
Decision to place Ralston's name
formally before the convention was d
surprise to delegates generally and
did not meet with the approval os
many of the senator's friends outside
the Indiana delegates. Powerful in
| fiuences Immediately began to argue
with Thomas Taggart, who is N ac-
tive charge of the senator's cam
paign, to dispense with the nominal
ing speech. Taggart listened atten-
lively to the arguments against a Tor
NAL nomination and tonight his al
titude was described as half con
WINGED"
Seek to Reflect Dignity.
Indiana leaders declared that Il
any speech were made it would be
short and devoid of oratorical flour
| ishes. Their hope is TO make the
| senator's position before the conveu-
| tion as dignified a possible.
! Optimism over the senator's chance
were expressed by the entire Ind
| gart insisted that RdlSton IS the sec
| ond choice of more state delegationa
| than any other man and that he VIII
| begin to pick up votes as soon as
the states have paid their compA
ments to their favorite sons. Taggart
| thinks that large blocks of votes will
come to his man if it becomes ap-
parent, as he believes it will, that
| neither Smith nor McAdoo can be
nominated
Open declaration of the Indiana
delegation for Ralston put TagGart IN
| position to stand of supporters Of
other candidates further.
Scouts Meet Rebuff
Attempts to interest Taggart IN
giving Ralston second place on the
ticket were unavailing. The McAdoo
followers have hoped for some time
that this result might be accomplish
ed, but their scouts got no encourage
ment from Taggart. He said that he
did not believe the senator would be
particularly interested in the vice
presidency. In fact, he thought Raj
ston rather preferred remaining q
senator.
Old political observers saw in Tag
CARTS position today the final break
ing up of the old Indiana-New York
Illinois com mbination which worked so
effectively at so many Democratic
conventions in the past In answer
to all inquiries about the combina-
ton and all other possible conoi-
nations, Taggart simply relterates
that he is for Ralston to the end.
Will Play waiting Game.
No effort will be made to roll up
a huge vote for Ralston on the early
ballots. They are quite willing TO
wait for the drift" which they say
is coming. Active canvassing OF dele
cations in Ralston's behalf will start
after the temporary chairman has
made his speech
A jollidcation meeting over getting
| the senator actively into the race was
held tonight at dinner given by
TaggAt He invited the entire In
| diana delegation and all the other
| Hoosiers he saw around town.