Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-05
WILL NEVER QUIT,
NJ ADOO DECLARES
To HIS DELEGATE
Leaders of All Factions as
Firm as Ever Against
Compromise
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
Especial Leased Wire to The Journal.)
Downright. 1924


MADISON SQUARE GARDEN,
New York, July civilian Gibbs
McAdoo sent word to the delegates at
the Democratic national convention
today through his floor managers
that he would never withdraw his
name from the presidential contest.
The bitter-end attitude means that
the McAdoo forces will be able to
retain at least ESQ votes as block
against someone else's nomination.
So long as the McAdoo men persist
in this stand, there are two or three
favorite son delegations which will
not swing to any other candidate. A
deadlock for several days more is
the only prospect.
Tom Taggart began his drive for
Senator Ralston, Of Indiana, but
since it had the appearance of an
anti-Mc1Adoo attack, the McAdoo
lines stood fairly solid and the con-
sensus of opinion is that Ralston
will reach his peak tonight ana
probably will not go much further
than did Davis, of West Virginia, yes
terday. The elimination of any candi.
dates who start a drive and fail to
get even a third Of the delegates
seems to be taken for granted here.
Tr.A ri
Smith-cannot break down the ia
vorite SO ndelegatlons any other way
they are saying they approve these
drives. The McAdoo men declare, for
instance, they ultimately can get
back the lost delegations which have
gone from them in today's balloting.
Virginia Refuses to Shift
The Virginia delegation which was
expected to go to McAdoo on the adj
vice of Senator Glass polled them
selves and a majority insisted on
votirg for Glass, so the "a votes con-
tinue to be cast for Virginias IA
vorite son.
Missouri, Oklahoma and Missis-
sippi are the states which have been
doing all the shifting in this con.
NSuliOH DuI lile lWO Principal O1ONho
-McAdoo and Smith-remain all
powerful and neither side is con-
WINGED as yet of defeat. Until that
happens there will be no nonina-
ton
The endurance OF the delegates
knows no bounds. Most of them are
so determined on their own can1i-
date that the convention will proba-
bly, sit over the Fourth of July, and
record number of ballots will be
taken.
Little change was anticipated for
today's voting, though, and the Nc
Adoo camp expected OBJECTIONS. Okla
homa started the ball rolling by vot-
ing for Senator Robinson, Of Arkan-
sas. Other states are inclined to
compliment Robinson, too, and. in
the parlance of the convention, after
Robinson has had his ride" there
will be tendency to get behind
Senator Ralston, of Indiana, to see
what strength he may develop.
These tactics of giving favorite
sons a chance are designed to bat
ter down the two leading candidates.
but the principal effort is directed
against the McAdoo states. mas
much as Oklahoma left the fold to
vote for former Senator Owen, only
TO come back to McAdoo last night,
the supporters of the former secre-
tary of the treasury were not the
least perturbed today.
Confident of Both States
1--WE can have Oklahoma back
whenever we need their twenty
votes" said Thomas B. Love, the
McAdoo leader from Texas.
Certainly the fluctuations of Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma have not had
the significance they would other
wise have if the vote were perma-
nently kept in one place.
Talk of conference Of represen-
tatives of the leading candidates
still continues. but Judge David
Rockwell, the McAdoo manager, said
today he would enter a conference
only if McAdoo were given the same
proportion of voting strength in
such a council as he had delegates
in the convention itself This is
only another way of saying that
Rockwell would not compromise,
but would make another effort to
dictate the selection of McAdoo.
From all this the reader can in
fer that the two.score or more of
ballots which have been taken have
not in the least worn down the two
leaders, and that it may take an
other twenty ballots before either
Smith or McAdoo will concede de-
feat and be ready to talk compro-
mise.