The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-07-17
THE TICKET
For President
JOHN w. DAVIS
of West Virginia
For Vice President
CHARLES w. BRYAN
= AI.L.ix
Of Nebraska
By WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON

Convention Hall, New York-"Ala-
bama casts twenty-four votes for
Oscar w. Underwood" One hun
bred and two times the great hall had
rung with that shout. Seventv-seven
times up tc Saturday night, and it
started again on Monday morning,
for the committee that had been
named on Saturday for the purpose
of effecting some sort of a compro-
mise between the contending candi-
dates had been unsuccessful. and
there seemed to be no hope for a
solution OF the difficulties in which
the Democracy of the nation found
itself
But the break came at last, and
on the one hundred and third ballot
John W. Davis of West Virginia was
named as the standard bearer of the
party. The nomination was made
unanimous by reclamation. His Sc
lection marked the conclusion of the
greatest fight in American political
history. 1t was followed by the Sc
lection of Gov Charles w. Bryan Of
Nebraska for second place on the tick
ct, and the history-making gathering
was at an end, after being in session
for 16 days
The contest in the Democratic
convention broke ali records and all
presidents. The greatest number of
ballots that had ever been cast in a
political convention before was that
of the Democratic party in 1860 at
Charleston when 81 ballots were
cast at that city and the convention
was then adjourned to Baltimore
where two additional ballots were
taken resulting in the nomination Of
Stephen A. Douglas The recent con-
vention sets record that Is not
likely to be equaled at least not in
the present generation.
1t broke all precedents in that the
campaigns CT the leading candidates
were conducted by principals and not
by managers. Mr.. McAdoo and Mr.
Smith were both on the groun f. they
were within one hundred feet of the
entrance to the convention hall, and
within fifty feet of each other, and
from these points of vantage they
directed their own campaigns, and
were their own political strategists,
Back of it all lay the shadow of
the Khan The fight over the Khan
plank in the platform had engendered
an intense feeling on the part of the
two contending factions, the one led
by Gov. Smith and the other by Mr..
McAdoo. When on Monday, June 80,
the first ballot was taken it showed
MIR. McAdoo with the greater number
of votes, but with Gov. Smith con-
trolling directly or indirectly, at least
a good third of the delegates. Neither
of the two leaders could be nominated
unless the other gave way, or unless
one could break the seemingly solid
phalanxes Of the other. 1t waa under
such conditions that both took per-
sonal command of their forces in
stead Of leaving tha direction of the
campaign in the hands of their man
ayers.
contenders for the Nomination
Aside from the two leaders there
were, as serious contenders for the
nomination Senator Ralston, backed
by the solid Indiana delegation;
Senator Glass, backed by Virginia;
John W. Davis. backed by West Vir-
ginia; Ex-Governor Cox backed by
Ohio; Senator Salisbury, backed by
the six votes of Delaware, Governor
Richie, backed by Maryland: SEN
ator Underwood. backed by Alabama.
Other favorite sons that had been
entered in the big race dropped by
the way side, but those namei above
stuck for ballot after ballot, with
their managers expecting that some
one of them would eventually be
picked as the compromise candidate.
They realized the intense feeling that
had arisen between the opposing
camps of the leaders, and did not
believe it good political strategy to
side with either each one hoping
that in the end their candidate might
draw from both sides when the break
came.
Monday, July 7. was a day Of false
hopes At the close of the eighty
second ballot a resolution was adopt
ed releasing the delegates from any
instructions. and that was expected
to bring about break 1t did, but
1t did not result In nomination. 1t
brought the McAdoo vote tumbling
from 51l to 333 when ase convention
adjourned at night.
Tuesday afternoon McAdoo suffer
ed serious decline, his vote falling
to $40. Ralston and then J. W Davis
were tried successfully. each nearly