Evening star., 1924-06-03
'NMITH ONLY BARRIER
10 M'AD0O TRIUMPH
Bitte4a a,ess Between Rival Demo-
craticAIroups Promises Stirring
ClA sh at New York.
DELEGATN' LOYALTY, PIVOT
Californian SAen Likely to Dom
mate Convention From Start
DELEGATA' LOYALTY, PIVOT
BY RoBERA T. SMALL.

BY RoBERA T. SMALL.
NEW YORK, June k3.-Bitterness he
tween the McAdoo and Smith forces
In the Democratic party has reached
point which promises anything but
peaceful clash when the opposipp
iactions meet in Madison Square Gar
den on June "a.
me AeAooe supporters recognize in
"hat they choose to call the AL Smith
oioc their only organized opposi-
'ion at the convention. They believe
ehat If they could break down the
'hhlth forces the rest would be easy
anu tne former Secretary of the
iie@sory might be nominated on
some OF the early ballots.
Smith Only Real Opponent.
The men in charge of the Smith
Doom are the ones who are CRYING
ne Snail NOT pass" and it will be
up to them at the convention itse,f
TO rally the scattering opposition m
the aspirant from California Except
Tor the Smith orga anization. there is
virtually nothing. Some ten or twelve
states will advance faTorite sons hat
mere Is no cohesion among these
aes. no pian of action, no genera
understanding.
Gov smith is the only outstanding
ngure for the nomination, other than
VT. McAooo, who has attempted to
eere,op str.n, something like cohesive
chg.s.l Yhs MeAdeo :. people felt that when
many Hail. died several months ago.
ene smith boom would suffer a severe
coliapse. But such has not been the
case. Other and younger hands have
machine politician" pulling thu
strings behind the governor, youns
rankin d. Roosevelt, an ipdepend.
ent democrat, is in charge and he has
raiiled number of states to the:
Smith standard.
Much Negotiation Needed.
1t will be up to the AL Smith bloc"
to thwart if possible the determine
ton of the McAdoo forces to take
complete charge of the coming con
vention. The "faverite son" state
may join in this movement, but to se,
anything like an effective opposition
together will require a great deal o.
negotiation and understanding be
fore the convention actually begins.
There is feeling in Democratk
circles that former Gov. Cox Of
Ohio. the standard bearer of the par
ty in 1920, might have collected =
considerable block of delegates to be
used against McAdoo IL he had per
mitted his name to be used in severaI
states, particularly those adjoining
. h. n p.,t
Cox was adamant in his determine
tion to confine his preliminary forces
to the Ohio delegation and to leave
the rest in the lap of the gods:
At the present writing. 1t would
seem that the opposition to Mr. Nc
Adoo is relying heavily upon the as
sumption that many of the McAdoo
delegates are not loyal" The Nc
Adoo managers have had to meet this
ST. ment almost at every turn. Ap-
parently it is based upon the fact that
in many states there was 40 opposi-
ton offered to Mr.. McAdoo in the pri-
maries and therefore the elections
went more or less by default In
other states. it is claimed, the IN
dorsement of McAdoo was luke
warm to say the least.
McAdoe strategy seen.
The McAdoo adherents are perfect
ly well pleased to have the opposi-
tion proceed on the theory that the
MoAdoo delegates will not stick. They
believe they will. The very fact that
the McAdoo forces had their own
unopposed way in SO many statez
leads to the belief that the delegates
in these states must have been of the
hand picked variety and in this
process great care must nave oeen
tr inc LOYALTY
men who will help make the preSi-
Dental nominee.
Upon the loyalty of the McAdoo
delegates will depend the entire
scheme of the organization OF The
national convention. Unless a goodf3
proportion of these delegates refuse
to take orders from the McAdot-
leaders right from the start: 1t ap-
pears today as if Mr. McAdoo VIII
nominate the convention from the
temporary chairman, concludes his
keynote address.
Two-Thirds Rule Barrier.
This does not mean that McAdoo
will have sufficient strength to void
the continuance of the two-thtrds
rule. That rule is tradition In
the party conclaves and none OF the
state delegations was Instructed To-
vote for it's abrogation.
Mr.. McAdoo still faces the task OF
winning over two-thirds or All tne
delegates before he can become the
marty leader His friends say he VIII
do it and do it easily. HIS opponents
saw 'he cannot pass. Ihls VIII pe
the situation right up to the time the
convention assemblies.
Copyright. 1924