Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-05
M ADOO CAP TURES
IOWA AND KANSAS
CONVENTION VOTE
Party's Victory Sure # Pro-
gressive Principles Are
Pushed, Declares Iowan in
Keynote ConventionSpeech

DAVENPORT, Iowa, April 3.-An
Iowa. delega ton to the Democratic
national convention favorable to Nc
ACoo was apparently assured today
when nine Of the eleven congress
sional districts in pre-convention eau
Gus named delegates who favor the
election of Clyde L. Herring, of Des
Moines, McAdoo's Iowa manager, as
national committeeman.
Other presidency candidates had
numerous supporters also. Several
county delegations included men or
women who desired an instructed
delegation for Governor AL Smith,
of New York; Oscar w. Underwood,
Of Alabama, or Governor Jonathan
M. Davis, of Kansas.
Mr.. McAdoos national campaign
manager, Judge David Ladd Rock
well, of Ohio, and representatives of
Mr.. Underwood were here in the in
terests of their candidates.
Endorsement for vice president and
United States senator also were in
prospect, with E. T. Meredith, OF
Des Moines, former secretary OF
agriculture, and Major George j.
Berry, of Tennessee, the contestants
in the vice presidential race, and
Dan Stech, of Ottumwa, former state
commander of the American Legion,
mentioned as senatorial candidate.
State Chairman E. J. Fueling
called the convention to order short
lv after 10 o'clock. District caucuses
had been held earlier and the greater
part Of the morning session was
taken up with the keynote address
OF J. Ray Files, of Fort Dodge, Dem
ocratic candidate for governor in the
last election.
Mr.. Files declared victory Ter the
party is assured if it will erect
standard to which the forces of prog
ress can ADHERE" and devoted his
address largely to an arraignment of
the Republican national adminisTa-
ton. His only recommendation to
his party urged it to guard care
fully against adoption of "a reaction
airy program with which to meet the
reactionaries," and he pleaded that
the Democrats should not lower the
standard raised under the leadership
of Woodrow Wilson"
1.-The sordid record of corruption
and betrayal of the Republican adj
ministration has staggered the pub
lie conscience" he asserted.
The speaker criticized the admin
istration program for the relief of
business in general, declaring the
second richest man in the world had
been selected to brins about nor
malcy with a vengeance. The first
act, he said was TO Geprivo the treas
ury of $500 100000 by repeal of the
excess profits tax.
KANSANS FOR MADOO AFTER
GOVERNOR is ELIMINATED
HUTCHINSON, Kan, April a.
The Kansas delegation will so to the
national Democratic convention
suportinpg Governor Jonathan M.
Davis as first choice for the presi-
Dental nomination, but not bound
to stick by him longer than the ma
jority deems eXpedient.
Followers of William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, who had been at odds with
Davis presidential hackers, threw
their support to the governor at the
state convention here yesterday on
the favorite son Endorsement. bring
ing unanimity on this point, Nc
Adoo leaders declared, however, the
Kansas votes would so for their can
didate at New York after Governor
Davis had been accorded the usual
complimentary ballot.
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the
delegation, said it was well known
that four-fiftls of the diegates
chosen were McAdoo supporters.
McAdoo leaders summed up the
result by declaring that Governor
Davis got Endorsement, but McAdoo
got tE~ votes"
The McAdoo forces claim that of
the sixteen district delegates fifteen
will be friendly to their candidate
and that the eight elegates-at-large
each of whom will cast a vote at New
York, are about equally divided be-
tween Davis and McAdoo.
Davis followers smiled their denial
of the McAdoo claims without put.
ting forward any themselves.
Sam d. Amidon, of Wichita, Nc
Adoo leader, was reelected national
committeeman unanimously. Mrs
Florence Gardner Farley, Wichita,
was reelected national committee.