Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-06-30
M'ADOO CR|NC|zES
HIS FOES TACTICS
Charges Use of Entertain
ment and Money to Defeat
Him, in Speech at Rally.
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
Candidate Says Opponents Will
Wear Selves Out-Warns
Liquor Interests.
CONFIDENT OF VICTORY
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASsOcidteu Iress.
NEW YORK, June 30.-William G..
McAdoo, addressing a rally held last
night in the interests of his candi-
dacy, declared that the liquor inter-
ests, as we'll as big business" and q
Subsidized and corrupt press" are
seeking to block his nomination as
the Democratic presidential candidate.
He also charged that "bootleggers
and their allies, spending money in
unlimited quantities." We're attempt
ing to corrupt some of the McAdoo
delegates with a view either of
swinging their support to some other
candidate or keeping them away
from the convention hall during the
balloting, which, he predicted, is apt
to be drawn out
Emphatically forecaSting victory
in the end and declaring his follow
erS control enough votes to prevent
the nomination of any one else. Mr..
McAdoo urged his audience, made up
of delegates and alternates support
ing him, to spurn false hospitality
and remain in their seats in the con-
vention hall throughout the battle
which got under way today.
Asks No Quarter.
our ranks cannot be shattered by
entertainment and threats of starVa-
ton, said Mr.. McAdoo. CROOKS,
grafters and the predatory interests
are attempting to destroy our gov
eminent We know the evil forces
We have to fight. We ask no quarter
and we will give them none
The liquor interests, with palo
hireIings and attorneys, are helping
TO direct the fight against progress
sive democracy. Do you wonder they
don't want me in the presidency
They have vision and imagination,
and know that if / am in the White
House prisons will yawn for their
kind
Warning delegates to beware of
Greeks bearing gifts" Mr.. McAdoo
said his friends should be on their
guard for propaganda in the gulse OF
entertainment, designed to advance
the candidacy of some one else.
Victory Predicted.
rs hospitality designed to advance
a candidacy of the right kind?" he
asked. rs entertainment offered to
some of you Of kind you wouldn't
care to talk about when you get
home the right sort? Devices are
being used to keep my friends out
of the convention hall, demoralizinE
our ranks and bring about a victory
for evil.
I'D rather not be President than
resort to some of the tactics being
employed to injure me-
Looking ahead to the balloting, Mr.
McAdoo said his maximum strength
would not be apparent on the first
ballot Naturally, he added. there
will be fluctuations, and opponents
will throw votes to him on one bal
lot, only to snatch them away on
the next, in an effort to discourage
his supporters.
There probably will be many
heats in this race" he continued
We must remain in every heat. Our
foes will shift from candidate to can
didate in an effort to wear US down
and in the end conclude that we have
the initial strength to make 1t GER
tain that no one can take victory
from us"
Warns of Galleries.
Urging his supporters to take their
lunch and remain on the job until ad.
journment, Mr.. McAdoo urged then
to pay no attention to hostile gal.
leries
this way" he added. They can't in.
timidate us
Previous to Mr.. McAdoos speech
David Laid Rockwell, his campaign
manager, asserted that reactionary
bosses in the Democratic party wer'
in league with the Republican
leaders and big business to bring
a0tut McAdoos defeat.
There never was time when the