Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-06-03
Champ Boomerang ThroWer
Exists in New York Camp,
All Eight Delegates to Vote
for EX-SeCretaryI Says.
Former Committee Chief
BY RALPH SMITH

ANG w LINN, N1dy o1--IAIll1-IM NIL
Adoo activity in New York has de-
veloped a champion boomerang
thrower in the camp of Governor
Al. Smith, from whose headquarters
the coalition candidates are conduct
ing an abortive campaign to dead
/ lock the Democratic national con-
vention and thus prevent McAdoo's
| nomination. Boomerangs usually re-
act to the injury of those who pro-
ject them, and the reaction to the
anti-McAdoo activity this week in
New York has been anything but
| hurtful to Mr.. McAdoo's candidacy.
| The day after the Montana presi-
Dental preference primary last Tues
| day, Governor Smiths campaign
manager announced that advices
from Montana indicated that dele
gates favora BILE to Governor Smith
had been chosen at the polls.
Franklin Roosevelt, the campaign
chairman, professed unusual graft
tication over the reports, because, as
he said, Governor Smith hadn't made
q campaign in Montana, and his
campaign committee hadn't expect
ed to get any support from that
state.
In the midst of all the jubilation
about the unexpected success of
Smith in Montana and the surpris-
ingly weak showing of McAdoo,
Thomas Arthur, former chairman of
the state Democratic executive COM
mittee, arrived at the Waldorf. He
was among the delegates elected at
Tuesdays primary.
McAdoo Made Clean Sweep
civilian McAdoo made q clean
sweep of Montana in our primary"
said Mr. Arthur. Our eight dele
gates will vote for McAdoo until he
is nominated. They received d man
date from the Democrats of Mon
tana that binds them irrevocably to
McAdoo.
'The alleged Smith delegate about
whom the New York papers are
making such a fuss is not a Smith
delegate at all. He did not carry a
Smith slogan under his name on the
ballot. but was the candidate of the
anti-prohibition forces and an ex-sa
loon keeper. His name is w. H..
Maloney, and in Butte he has al
ways been a violent and radical
liquor leader. Under his name on
the ballot he carried q slogan
against the Volstead prohibition act,
and made no mention of Governor
Smith However, he is instructed
for McAdoo.
'"There was no contest over the
question of instructions in Montana.
McAdoo was the unanimous choice
of our people. No other candidate
sought our Endorsement, although
we challenged the opposition, in
Guiding Governor Smith, to enter
our primary. We offered to defray
all expenses attendant thereon, but
neither Smith, nor Underwood nor
Ralston, nor John w. Davis could
be induced to file. We were anxious
for opposition because we wanted
to show the country just how highly
we esteem McAdoo in Montana.
Eight delegates were elected at
the primary Of them, seven car
ried the McAdoo slogan under their
names. w. H. Maloney. the eighth.
tailed the ticket and carried as his
slogan, Opposition to the Volstead
prohibition act.
600 Early Votes Seen
During the campaign, United
States Senator Thomas j. Walsh.
chairman of the oil investigation
committee at Washington, wrote a
letter to Montana, which was pub
lished, in which he said the wise
ones in Washington are making the
prediction that McAGoo will have
over 600 votes in the New York con-
vention at the start.
I'm Montana, the Democrats view
the contest as onesided. They re-
gard McAdoo as the only sure hope
of the Democratic party, and they
| look upon the other so-called candi-
dates as gestures. put forward in
the hope of dead.ocking the conven-
| ton.
ST do not believe it will be posi-
BILE to prevent McAdoo's nomination
at New York, and am absolutely
confident that he will be elected.
| He is the logical man and the only
man. 1t is the height Of absurdity
to talk of candidate whose prohibi-
ton record is questionable and it is
equally absurd to consider any reac.
tionary or near progressive. The
! Democrats of the west and south
demand Il progressive leader. and
McAdoo is the only man in the field
who meets the requirements.
"Tha people of Montana do not be-
lieve that LaFollette will make the
race as an independent candidate in
! the event of McAdoo's nomination
and that is a consideration that will
and should influence the New York
| convention"
Slipped Up in Florida
The delegates elected III Montana
were Senator Thomas J. Walsh, j.
| Bruce Kremer, vice chairman of the
national committee: Thomas Arthur,
ex-governor SAM V. Stewart. w. Is.
/ George, j. Burke Clements. Tom Nc
Tague and w. II. Maloney.
The Msntana boomerang followed
closely a faux pas about Florida.
Smith headquarters gave wide local
publicity to a statement that in the
convention Florida would yield &c
New York on the roll call of states
for the nomination of Al Smith. 1t
was announced in all seriousness
that since Florida was the only
southern state in which Smith had
! formidable following, Smiths mana
gers expected to avail themselves OF
Florida's alphabetical advantage on
the roll call and thus get Smiths
name before the convention at an
early stage of the proceedings.
| Since Smith is rot candidate IN
/ Florida. il is presumed here that the
New Workers expect to receive IN,
usual favors from Florida, in the
event Underwood should carry thai
state. 1t is the belief OF the Smith
! nanaCers in New York that event.