The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-22
MADOO FORCES s CLAIM 45O VOTES .i. ON FIRST BALLOT
klan Question One For { Convention To Decide, { Says Candidate

NEw YORK. June 21.-(By Asso- yciated Press.)-A minimum of 450 votes for William c. McAdoo on the first ballot in the democratic national Convention is the objective disclosed to- day by his campaign managers. .,
 The bulk of the first ballot vote will come from those state delegations in sktracted for McAdoo either through pri- lnaries or conventions. While averting Estimates in figures or names of states, his managers assert that the total will swell after favorite son votes have been cast.
 taDavid Ladd Rockwell. the McAdoo campaign manager, gave out today a list of states. which he chased as McAdoo by the unit rule or through primaries. gN How Delegates Are Listed IgThose listed under the unit rule and the vote of each follows:
 Iowa, 26; Missouri. 36; Oklahoma, 2Q.s Texas, 40; Georgia. 28; Tennessee, 24 South Carolina, IS; Kansas, 20 |; Nevada. 6; Washington, IA; Utah, g.; Idaho, g.; New Mexico, G.; Kentucky, 26: Canal zone, 2. Total. 2S2. fSolA StdLc% ny DFl- mary results were given as follows: x. North Dakota, 10; South Dakota, 10 ; North Carolina, 24; Florida, 12; Cali fofnia.- D :, Oregon. 10. Total, 92. To this total were added twelve from Illinois, three from Wisconsin and thirty from Pennsylvania, making a grand to- tai of 419,
 Interrupting his third day of confer \ ences with delegates and friends to make statement to newspaper corre- spondents, Mir. McAdoo declared that everything was moving very satisfac- sorily so far as we are concerned" He added that the outlook could not be hore favorable, comparing the spirit of lis delegations to that which prevailed tmong the Wilson supporters at Balti- fore.
 Stand Declared Clear
 aAs concerning the ku Klux Klan and prohibition issues. the main fighting I0ints in the platform declaration Mir. 4eAdoo said his views on those sub eets were 50 definite and we'll known" " nat they did not require reiteration at lis. time.
 Pressed regarding the Ku Klux Klan ftter. the former treasurer said that, fer all, was question for the con htion to. decide. Charging that op..
 
 convention atmosphere with propa-
 da. Mir. Rockwell struck at them in
 tten and oral statements.
 We have. the delegates they have
 talk" he said. The campaign now,
 l our standpoint, is the same as it in the spring. We went out then N ct the delegates and succeeded. We
 continue the same kind of campaign
 t into the ballotting.'
 |. his written statement Mir. Rock
 declared the "McAdoo swing is on."
 Foresees Election
 can say without the slightest hesi-
 ,n that the efforts of our foes al-
 iy have failed flat. My re-check of
 situation only strengthens my
 ywledge that the cause of progress ei democracy will win and that Mr. kAdoo will be nominated and elected - Mir. Rockwell stated that the '.ehief Hponef1ts" of McAdoo ''are the stand 4t leaders of the republican party AfS1ing that they regarded him as 'the N5nsf dangerous obstacle in. the way of A8publican success in the November cleo ta6ns." S E In February" he continued, these Raiders, in a panic over the disclosures 6E corruption at Washington among . High administration officials, sought to diRert attention from their own wrong doing by seeking to intimate that their scandal was bipartisan. They failed ' FHsallers today at McAdoo's headquar- tses, included delegations from Missouri, Kansas and Florida; former Senator Hitchcock, chairman of the Nebraska delegation; former Governors Stewart of Montana and Gilchrist of Florida. and Representative Garner of Texas, rank t1s ,democrat on the House ways and means committee.