Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-16
MADOO TO GO INTO CONVENTION
WITH $50 TO $50 DELEGATES;
ODDS 2-TO-1 HE'LL 5NEVER WIN
Smith and Underwood to Have
Second Blocks of Votes AT
Opening of Gathering
MANY DARK HORSES SEEN
Ralston, Glass and Davis Look
ed Upon AS Leaders in Dark
Horse Class Candidates
Bv HARRY B. HUNT

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WASHINGTON, June 16.-En-
tries in the Democratic presidential
handicap, for the White House
sweepstakes, will get away in four
groups.
First will come the pole horses,
McAdoo, Smith and Underwood,
carrying the bulk OF the instructed
delegates.
At the heels of these leaders will
run the first-string dark horses,
Ralston of Indiana, Davis Of West
Virginia and Glass of Virginia.
Behind these, at the getaway,
will come the secoud-string of dark
horse possibilities-Robinson of
Arkansas, Walsh, Of Montana,
Homer Cummings of Connections,
Richie of Maryland, Hull of Ten
nessee, Baker of Ohio and David
T. Houston of Missouri, former sec
rotary of agriculture and of the
treasury.
Then comes the field, full
score strong, the most varied col
lection of steeds that ever took the
turf in presidential race.
Copeland of New York, hygenic
expert and disciple of Physical fit
ness.
Sweet Of Colorado, Philantropic
multi-millionaire.
The Bryan team, William Jen-
nings, now of Florida, runner-up in
three historic campaigns, and
Charles, governor of Nebraska.
Edwards of New Jersey, former
governor, now senator, wet and
proud OF it.
Daniels of North Carolina, form
er secretary of navy.
Meredith of Iowa, former secre-
Tary of agriculture AMI publisher
of farm periodicals.
Jonathan Davis, the dirt-farmer
governor of Kansas.
Wheeler of Montana, nemesis of
Harry Daugherty, who looks like
Coolidge but is not SO cautious.
Murphree Of Florida, educator,
sponsored by W. J. Bryan.
Harrison of Mississippi, Demo-
cratic keynoter, keen and caustic
batter of the G. 0. P.
Parker of Louisiana, governor,
ex-Bull Moose.
Vic Donahey, governor of Ohio
and father of 10 children.
Hearst of New York, multi-n2il-
lianaire publisher.
Pat Neff, popular scrapping
governor of Texas.
Promerese of Ohio, ex-senator,
dignified and funereal.
James f. Cox, also of Ohio, who
carried the Democratic colors in
1920 but was outdistanced at the
finish.
Woodbridge Ferris, senator
from Michigan, white-haired and
scholarly.
John B. Kendrick of Wyoming,
who rode range on his own cattle
herds before going to the Senate
Joseph Silzer, anti-prohibition
governor of New Jersey.
And Huston Thompson, long
legged progressive, chairman of the
Federal Trade Commission.
So there they are. Pay your
money asd take your pick.
Although McAdoo will enter the
convention with the largest single
body of delegates, variously claim
ed at from 450 to $50, odds OF 2
TO / are readily found that he new
er will be able to round up the 1873
votes necessary to give him tae two
thirds required for nomination.
Smith will hold the next largest
block of votes at the getaway
probably in The neighborhool of
400:
Underwood will hold third place
on the early ballots, with about
loo.
When the pace set by these three
particularly by McAdoo asd Smith
have left them winded without
either gaining an advantage for the
home stretch, then the first string
of darkhorse entries is expected to
pull to the front.
These are, as indicated, Ralston
of Indiana. Glass, of Virginia and
Davis of West Virginia.
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