Evening star., 1924-06-23
DELEGATESSEEK|NC
BAND WAGON RIDE
Expected to Rush to McAdoo
as Soon as He Captures
Majority Vote.
GLASS WINNING SUPPORT
Bryan Objects to John w. Davis
Because CT His Connection
With Morgan.
GLASS WINNING SUPPORT
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

NEW YORK, June 23-Although
the balloting for nominations will
not come till Thursday or Friday.
number of things are developing as
the delegates of the Democratic ma
tlonal convention assemble which give
an interesting line on what is going
TO happen.
First of all, William Gibbs McAdoo
and Gov. Al Smith together control
more than 500 of the l,o9S delegates
The sO-called dark horses" OF whom
there is an abundance depend en-
tirely for their opportunity on d
breakup of the Smith and MC.Adou
forces. But preconvention strategy
does not move as fast now as it Will
when the balioting begins. and only
if every leader could appraise at their
true value the promises of support
he has been given would it be posi-
BILE to form definite estimate of
strength
To date there is a growing combi-
nation which has for its primary
object the defeat of McAdoo because
until he is eliminated there is little
chance of Smith or any of the dark
horses. So the entire field has been
combed for working coalition which
VIII operate constantly against
McAdoo in as many ballots as shall
be necessary.
Delegates Are Fickie.
The band Of the anti-McAdoo forces
having been shown his supporters
have redoubled their efforts to hold
their lines and even McAdoo himself
has been receiving delegates for the
last twenty-four hours arguing with
them in person about the need for
progressive candidate McAdoos
speech denouncing certain New York
newspapers for alleged unfair treat
ment is also part of the pre- conven-
ton strategy. the same representing
an effort to win friends on the ground
that the cards are stacked against
him
New York World with an editorial
supporting Al Smith, furnishing more
ammunition for the anti i-MCAdoo
combination. for while there are ii
number of delegates who are by no
means converted to the idea of nomi-
mating Smith, they have first to be
convinced that McAdoo should be de-
serted.
There is no doubt that McAdoo has
lost several delegates since last Sat
to believe he has picked up several
he did not have before. Whether
there is net loss or net gain is diff
ficult even for his own managers to
determine, but this correspondent
knows of at least two delegations
held for McAdoo under the unit rule
which will break away after two or
three ballots.
Delegates Want Reward.
This is to a great extent a band
wagon" convention. Many delega-
tions are looking cautiously about
refusing to commit themselves def
nitely in any direction but aiming to
cast their support where it will
stand the best chance of being re-
warded by the winning candidate if
he should be fortunate in the au-
tumn elections.
Some of the anti-McAdoo leaders
can show you on paper that they
have more than one-third of the
delegates assured to prevent Nc
Adoo's nomination, but it would ap-
pear that the coalition is not as
strong as it was four years ago in
San Francisco, as the leadership of
the anti -McAdoo forces is not yet
functioning smoothly
There are ever many delegates