The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-04-29
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vAsHINGTON, D. C,-Flat, an
". ar,eot that 697 delegates-l42
O'D ,bsn enough to insure his nom1-
llo ',so on the first ballot--already have
1', ~ rsmed for Coolidge is made by
pe.n NJ Butler, who has been
.n r,ti the presidents pre-conVen-
tiQ @, c@aip "li be LOO delegates at the
In linton. so that SIS will be a ma
Forty n.y., .ylvania, on Tuesday, recorded
en- smashing victory for the
Fnol TN which was accumulated by
pfe'lg goies+ of Governor Clifford Pin
t ne u ior delegate-at-large by Ralph
E Doorar Strassburger by vote OF Z
T. r / reaching here is to the
In lnt0t hat friends of Secretary OF the
E5ec, W., Mellon, all over the state,
I t.1d n drive to punish Pinchot
ellll' That thew regard as his unwarrant-
u and vicious attacks upon Mr.. Mel
~ and Of the whole Coolidge ad-
Ininistration &c 4ho cor,
~ oi'' his attack has been particular
sPa's Scented bv Pennsylvania republi-
.''r --sov of whom believe firmly
C 5s Cayernor Pinchot's zeal object
l's 60 10 besmirch Mellon, and
G t%5 him Coolidge, that Coolidge
lnvd not be nominated and that Pm
.b Da might slip in on radical dry
'"''' Sees No Chance for Smith.
m tle democratic side Of the fence
,o g hss been no clearing of the sit
,,t;or 70 such an extent as to put any
pae man far out in the lead Tor the
rss;dertiaI nomination at the New
III convention. Senator Samuel l..
p9lstor of Indiana, continues slightly
tbe lead among the observers here,
rho do not believe that either Nc
doc mr. Underwood has very much
finance
These Washington observers simply
dismiss Governor Smith, OF New
MI with the comment that no mat
sar how MANY delegates he wins or
how much strength he demonstrates
is jnconceivab1e that the delegates
Erom the south and west would ever
ronsent to his nomination; first, be-
Fapse he is branded as wet and, sec
Ind because they regard this as a
particularly unfortunate year in which
q precipitate a religious fight.
Senator Royal S. Copeland, of New
Hork continues to lead in the talk
about the democratic vice presidential
Nomination. with an excellent chance,
h the view OF most observers here, OF
landing the big prize in the event that
Tor some reason Ralston should slip.
As respects the democratic situa-
lion, the primaries in Pennsylvania
and New Jersey during the past week
marked very considerable addition
10 the number of delegates who will
be for Governor Smith, of New York,
BONE Of them from the beginning, and
BONE OF them in the final test of
Strength.
All Are Anti McAdoo.
In Pennsylvania seventy-six dele
gates were elected, practically all OF
whom are implacably anti-McAdoo.
Just how they will distribute their
otes in the convention cannot be
oretod But they probably will be
4 rst Tor Smith and afterward for I'm
erwood or for whatever other candi-
Fate or candidates are taken up by the
Smth leadership after Smith fails.
In New Jersey on the same day 70
delegate, were elected to the demo
Eratic convention. They all are for
Governor Silzer as a favorite son. Al
Ter Governor Silzer it is expected this
New Jersey delegation will favor I'm
erwood or Smith rather than Nc
Rdoo OF anybody like McAdoo.
The end OF the week therefore, saw
very considerable addition to the
ntl- McAdoo forces, and no striking
edition to the number of delegates
for McAdoo.