The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-28
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Montana Senator Thinks Bit
{ ter Attacks Have Helped
Cause Of Californian
BY BURTON K. WHEELER,
: Copyright, 1894, by international
News Sorvfce.l

BY BURTON x. WHEELER. 1
!. Copyright, 1924; BY International
Omitted States Senator From Montana
NEW YORK, June 2S. The
Grand Democratic Presidential
Endurance Race starts today with
The winner certain to be nominal
~ BY exhaustion.
II is no longer q choice Of per-
sonalities, Of public records or 81
issues but purely a test Of en-
durance. The man who holds his
followers longest in line will be
The nominee. The last twenty
four hours, however, has devel-
Cped distinct swing back to Will
Na4n G. McAdoo after earlier
movements had gone toward
"dark horse" favorites.
Need For Direct Vote.
The big reason taught by these
ehnatic conditions is the urgent
need for the nomination Of Presi.
dents by direct vote Of the people.
Amy one opposed to the direct pri-
mary ought to attend this conven.
Aion,a where the delegates founder
around like lost sheep without a
herder. The sheep dogs. political
IN breed. are here but. instead Of
protecting the herd, are driving
the delegate.sheep into a wilderness
Of discord and leaving them to the
mercy Of Wall Street wolves.
It is a pity that the platform
committee, with this spectacle be.
fore their eyes, should have lacked
the vision to place q plank in
the platform pledging the great
Democratic party to q direct presi.
Dental primary. The people Of
this country. recalling the czaristic
methods employed at Cleveland
and the utter lack Of leadership
here. should demand Of the next
Congress the enactment Of law
directing the nonninatin Of presi.
Dental candidates by the people
themselves.
McAdoOs Confident.
As for convention news. the Nc.
Adoo forces are more confident
today on the eve OF the first ballot
than at any time since the con.
vention began. The bitter fight
against McAd0o has strengthened
many Of his lukewarm delegates
INTO q compact fighting unit, be.
cause they feel he is being perse-
Guted by his political foes.
One OF the leaders OF Democracy
IN the South, who has his own
eayorite SON candidate, told me
Today that he was SO disguised with
kne constant bitter attacks on Nc.
Adoo that he felt like swinging his
State delegation from the faVorite
son to the Californian. He added
that he had talked to other fav.
ortte son. managers who felt the
same way. In fact, found this 4
pretty general sentiment through.
out the various headquarters which
previously had been either luke.
warm or partially hostile to
McAdoo.
Smith Boom Dead.
As / have written before, the
Smith boom is dead and cannot be
resurrected. The general sentiment
that the Smith leaders and fol.
lowers committed q series Of tao.
tical plumbers In the method OF con-
Quoting his demonstration in the
onventton. His roOters not only
Antagonized delegates but their
wives and friends in the galleries,
as well, sending the latter away
. NrfffAvsINs 49,
tllustrious candidate. Smith can
well exclaim Save me from my
J friends" but It il too late now.
It Is a tragic end to great
boom because with his great execu.
tive record, az governor Of New
York and his magnetic personality,
q well handled pre-convention cam.
paign might have easily nominated
Al Smith and elected him to the
presidency!
At this writing. the anti.McAdoo
forces are still unable to concen.
trate on q man to beat McAdoO.
This also helps the Californian's
prospects, Of success. Delegates
everywhere are asking, who can
!, make 81 better race, than McAdoo''
before agreeing to discard him.
The anti.McAdoO leaders have been
unable 70 answer the question thus
tar.
Three Leaders IN Race.
There Is Increased talk for John
w. Davis, Senator Thomas J,
walsh, Senator Joseph T. Robinson
and Senator Samuel M. Ralston. II
one Of these men win, 1t win be
solely because of his endurance quail
tiles In q long drawn-out race Of
ballots.
While chaos seems to exist today
among the leaders, Sunday win give
them q breathing spell for under
cover negotiations. / am informed
that there win be conference Sun
day Of about twenty-five national
leaders OF the Democratic party in
y order to center their foIlowings
upon a compromise candidate and
TO unscramble the many perplexinn
\ situations in this convention.
understand that Ralston and Smith
will be represented along with most
Of the favorite son candidates. Nc
Adoo may or may not send repre-
oentatives.
The winner probably win be nomi
mated by this conference.