The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-22
NEW YORK CONVENTION
. TO HAVE MANY THRILLS
WILL BE MOST STIRRING AND
DRAMATIC NATIONAL SPEC
TACLE IN SEVERAL YEARS.
SMITH AND M'ADOO TO SCRAP

SMITH AND M'ADOO TO SCRAP
Each Will Have About 400 Out of
1,l28 Delegates, and Politicians Are
Certain They Will Block Each 9th
er's Nomination for President
Frank R. Kent, Washington CORE
spondent and political writer for the
Baltimore, Sun, send that paper, under
New York date line, the following
interesting contribution to the political
literature Of the day:
This New York democratic conven-
ton is going to be peach. 1t prom
Uses to be the most stirring and dra-
matte national spectacle seen in Amer
lica for years.
A few months ago the two leading
candidates were McAdoo and Under
wood 1t was conceded the fight was
between them. Since the Georgia pri-
maries Mr. Underwood has dropped
back He is not out OF it, but he has
slowed down.
AS things stand today there is no
question the two big forces in the con-
vention will be those behind McAdoo
and those behind Governor Smith.
Theirs will be the main bout Between
them they will have 800 of the l,l28
delegates, and the fight will be a
worldbeater.
STRENGTH ABOUT EQUAL.
The chances are their strength, af-
ter the complimentary stuff is over,
will be about equal Each will have,
it is estimated, Approximately 400
votes on the final test If anyone
thinks this New York crowd is not
bent on the effort OF its life to name
its candidate all you have to do is to
| talk with a few of the real leaders
On the day nominations are called
there will be on the floor and in the
galleries from 5000 to 5000 of the
reddest and hottest of the hundreds
of thousands of red-hot Smith men in
J New York 1t is the present Tammany
purpose, as has been stated before, to
stick their teeth in and not let go un-
til pried loose They propose dem
onstration that will eclipse all previous
ones. 1t is also their purpose ito
pulp demonstration for Mr. McAdoo
when his name is mentioned-but OF
different kind.
The second the California gentleman
who presents Mr. MeAdoo's claims
uttars his name froin thousands OF
lustv threats all over the hall there
will come a chorus of "oil, OIL oil, oil,
oil, oil" They think they can keep
that up for some time-"a couple OF
DAYS. if necessary" one leader says.
The plan is no secret to the McAdoo
managers. 1t makes them pretty hot
and they say that, when the Smith
demonstration starts, there will be an
other chorus and not weak one, eth
er. 1t will run like this" Murphy,
Murphy, Murphy Murphy, Murphy,
Murphy"
1--WE are going to nominate Smith
because he is the best man" say the
people back of him. IF you think.
say the McAdoo leaders, that the
democratic convention, in the shadow
of Tammany Hall and a stones throw
from Wall street, is going to let New
York name a wet Catholic Tamnany
man as its candidate-try to do It.
That is the fight.
THE LOGICAL OUTCOME.
Altogether it looks as If pleasant
time would be had by all. The logical
outcome. of course, is that McAdoo
and Smith will kill each other off just
as Frank Lowden and Leonard Wood
did at Chicago four years ago. Things
will be said and done in the conven-
ton that will render both OF them
unavailable. But it will be fight to
remember.
McAdoo's real friends here do not
think he will be nominated, but they
are sure Smith will not be, either.
They concede McAdoo has had "A fatal
blow, but they point with PRIDE to the
amazing political vitality of the man.
ANY other candidate who had suffered
his shock would have ben dead long
ago. They know he cannot break
through now The steam is gone, but
they are determined to beat the Tam
many candidate
OF course this Smith McAdoo elm
nation battle is the big opportunity
/ for the other candidates-and they all
know it. The convention will be the
scene of the widest wire-pulling ever
known. The trading will begin not as
| it usually does the day nominations
are made, but the day the delegates
arrive. Some of it is being done now.
LOOKING FOR LANDING
The reason for this is that most of
the McAdoo leaders know their candi-
date cannot make the grade. They are
going to stick to him to the last ditch,
but they are not going to lie down in
the ditch with him. The clear-headed
ones know they have to break some
time and they are looking for the right
landing place.
Anything may happen in the con-
vention. Any one OF the seven or eight
men in the list of possibilities may be
nominated. Any one of half a dozen
combinations may be made. The logic
of the situation, however, does force
the Smith, Underwood and Davis
forces together. That will be the group
which will organize the convention.