Evening star., 1924-06-20
DEMOCRATIC HOSTS
RUSHING TO BATTLE
Scenting Fray From Afar, Conven.
tion Delegates Apparently
! Eager for Action.
RALLY TO FAvORITE SONS
Huge Demonstrations Planned for
McAdoo and Smith.
BY ROBERT II. SMALL.

NEW YORK, June 20.-Scenting the
battle from afar Democrats have been
rushing into New York far ahead of
their scheduled time of arrival. Word
has come that the arrival of various
special trains has been advanced in
some cases as much as a day. Every
body, apparently, wants to get in on
the fray as early as possible, and all
this would indicate there will be no
hurry to get away from New York if
the convention is long drawn out
The early arrivals have embarrass-
ed number of big hotels, particular
ly the Waldorf. where the national
committte has it's headquarters. Most
of the convention reservations were
made from Sunday. but thousands OF
delegates and visitors had arrived by
Thursday.
There were other conventions in the
city this week-New York is seldom
gest was at the Waldorf, the Retail
Credit Mems Association How to get
the credit men out and the politicians
into the same room space has been
a problem difficult to solve. Politics
always has made strange bed-fellows
but maybe the credit men have OBJ
jected. BY Sunday the tangle will be
ended and then everything Will be
set for the long grind
There are to be such tremendous
demonstrations when William Gibbs
McAdoo and Gov. AL Smith are placed
In nomination before the convention
the managers of the big show are
pulled off the same day or the same
session. 1t may be necessary to
have an adjournment in between
times to stop the cheering, the pa
rading and the general racket
Mr. McAdoo will be the first of the
big two to get before the convention
thanks to California coming so early
on the list of states.
The Smith managers are arranging
to be close behind, and the chances
are that Connecticut will yield to
New York when her name is called
Connecticut had figured on present.
ing the name of her favorite son
Homer 5. Cummings, but Mr.. Cum.
mingS has been selected as chairman
of the convention committee on reso-
lutions and has asked his brothers
of the Nutmeg state not to offer him
His wishes will be respected and. a:
Connecticut's second choice is A
Smith, the yielding will be simple
matter.
lndnhS 10 TeSlulIS III AID DdIud
Senator Oscar w. Underwood will
have the honor of leading all of the
other candidates to the convention
polls. The Underwood supporters
are very much in earnest and believe
there will be great deal of en-
thusiasm in the convention for their
favorite son.
Ohio has not asked any of hel
sister states to yield for an early
presentation of the claims of former
Gov. James Nj. Cox and probably will
wait patiently until her name is
reached on the list of states. The
Cox movement is being kept wholly
Buckeye affair up to this time
although substantial headquarters
have been 'opened for him in the
Waldorf Hotel. This headquarters
really is Ohio delegation headquar-
ters. The Ohio special train will
arrive Sunday morning and with ii
will come the famous Cox campaign
song, which resounded through San
Francisco from the opening of the
1920 convention until that early