The Washington times., 1924-07-04
.SHOUTERS HAVE
HAD INNINGS
IN \. ].
They Give Way Now 20 Those
Who Whisper Behind
Closed Doors
BY EARLE O. REEVES,
InteEnAalonal NeWn aerviea.

NEW YORK. July 4.-The
shouters have had their inning.
They have roared for days In Madi-
son Square Garden ana sent echoes
through the ether ana into the
homes Of some ftkteon millions,
who, y 10 estimated, listen in On
They have roared and rot no
where. Their chiefs have pronlsed
startling things-in strongly worded
Northumberland then watched the
deadly procession or ballots PASS by.
And now come the whiaperors-
and they may get somewhere. For
certainly the situation needs q bit
OF Arranging"
The whisper runs through che
almost deserted corridors Of the wal
dorf in the early hours Of this an.
hlversary OF our national lnde-
pendence that somewhere the wRais-
perers are gathering-tha big whis.
perers, the men who say little and
saw much wood after the more vo-
cal element has finiahed--and that
history may at the very moment oe
this writing be repeating itsalf.
Taggart Busy.
Tom Taggart-so runs the tale
has stage managed this bofcre.
breakfast session Of gOod party men
who may be amenable to cold rea.
son. The superficial elements Of the
convention Wont listen to reason.
The favorite sons won't have their
day Of glory and be content to 70.
tire; they insist on sitting tight In
the hope that the lightning WIN
strike. Pledged delegations refuse
to concede that voting for q man
sixty times absolves one Of Q pledge
to vote for him. Colby calculated
manipulation OF the small blocks Of
ballots that can be manipulated 70
give the appearance Of q swing TO
Davis, or Smith, or McAdoo, or Ralw,
ton fail to convince delegates OF
anything ct ell.
So some Of the boys who know
they cannot run seventeen candi.
daciea--and win the White House
are reported to be gathered together
in one Of those historic ''behind
closed doors'' concIavos that settle
political destinies.
&eNo0NkS
peacemaker--and the pacefnalker.
Furthermore this IL reported 20 be
line Of talk which the TagRaxt
henchmen have handed out, and
which, presumably. goes before the
general staff:
'Ralston u the Man"
Smith cannot win the nomination.
McAdoo cannot win the nomination.
The favorite sons have not fired
tnations-yet. All, or almost
all. are smeared by the animosities
developed during this bitter oonvsn-
ton. Ralston should bo the man
to be picksd-for reasons sufficiently
advertised heretofore. But G you
have any real objections 70 him,
why not some other nationals
known Democrat--aome one, Dr.
erably, who Is entirely outside eli
this inuss. There 10 Tom Marshall,
for instance. Advertised, trade.
marked, sound. progressive, trained
by the Vice Presidency ana 8 Iogi.
cal heir to the mantle Of Woodrow
Wilson.
All this 10 whisper" some
whore the chiefs, with vest pockets
full Of long cigars, are supposed to
be meeting as this II written, with
the affable Hoosier leader the chief
whisperer. Object: The finding OF
. winning candidate and the ending
pr this Democratic convention before
frost.
In the middle Of the night, after
some sixteen hours OF convention
Ing, the writer was unable to locate
the hotel room which may 70 down
in 1924 political history.
Take II or leave It. Il 10 at least
= plausible whispers -