The Washington times., 1924-06-28
Candidates ARE
HOLDING OLD
LINES
McAdoo and Smith Still Lead,
With Davis, RaIstOn, and
Others Trailing
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duce q winner in the scattered field.
Rather. they expect a feeling out
process that win get rid Of, a num-
Der Of complimentary and favorite
son votes. and settle the conven-
tion down to the real test Of
strength between McAdoo and the
formidable forces that ara opposed
to him.
Confer During Night.
There were conferences on every
floor Of the Waldorf during the
night between tho leaders. State
managers. heutenants. and the gen.
eral hoi polloi Of candidates entour-
ages. They resulted In littis ex-
cept q tightening OF lines already
laid down. Rumors and reports Of
combinations and "Ieals'' were
afloat. but It was apparent that
nothing can be fixed up until suffi.
cient ballots are taken to afford tho
leaders some insight into the con-
vention temper.
Tom Taggart, the skilled veteran
Of many conventions, was 1.-The
busiest man In New York. He has
advanced his man, Ralsron, to a
point today where the prep0nderant
opinion among neutral observers Is
that in the long run, after many
ballots, the convention win be forced
TO come to him as the only man
VINO has kept out Of the bitterness
ana hard feelings developed by this
epochal Democratic gathering
Taggart has maintained friendly
relations with both the McAdoo and
anti-McAdoO forces. 1t has been a
ttcklish. almost super>human job,
but he has done it.
Davis Doing Wen, Too.
Davis managers, less experienced
than the veteran Hoosier pilot, have
done their best to follow in his foot.
steps and have done surprisingly
well at it. They, too, claimed to-
day that either McAdoo or Smith
could come to the West Virgininu
without embarrassment.
The McAdoo people are expert
encing their bumps. There were re.
ports today Of serious rift between
the entente cordiale that supposedly
has existed between the forces of
McAdoo and those of Senator Carter
Glass OF Virginia. It began when
Virginia's twenty.four votes were
cast against the McAdoo leaders In
Thursday nights test Of strength
vote on the question of adtonrn.
ment. Had the twenty-four votes
from south OF the Potomac been
cast with McAdoo instead OF against
him on this test, McAdoo would
l have won.
Recall Vote for Glass
McAdoo's handlers. the same men
who directed the fight of San Fran.
CISCO -FOUR years ago, recalled with
some bitterness than in that con.
vention Virginia stubbornly voted
Tor Glass through all those forty.
four ballots, and these recollections.
coupled with the very evident seri-
BUSINESS OF the Glass demonstrat ton
yesterday, made them dubious to.
/ Gay about ever getting Virginia's
strength in this convention.
| !. The truth Of the matter appeared
to be that Glass adherents believe
he has real chance, and they are
not going anywhere very early.
And what Is true Of the Virginia
situation is true, in greater or lesser
degree, with q number of other
States having favorite sons--States
that McAdoo had confidently counted
upon early in the game, counted
upon to bring him that rising ores.
cendo OF votes that appears to be
so Impressive in a tense convention.
The bitterness between the Nc
Adoo and Smith camps has heart.
ened every candidate in the list, no
matter how lowly, and instead of
going. one way or another after O
Few ballots there appeared to be
an excellent prospect today of the
favorite sons sticking along for some
time.
Smith Gets Few Votes.
The Smith candidacy admittedly
mas picked up some delegates in
the hectic week Of campaigning and
maneuvering here, but the numbers
are believed to be negligible. Some
Wavertng ones have been drawn to
the New York governor because OF
sympathy with him in the religious
issue which has been Injected into
this fight; others perhaps because
OF the persuaveness Of his man.
ayers.
Figure Combinations.
But, so certain are the railbirds
that neither McAdoo or Smith can
ever command the two-thirds nee
esSary to nominate, that they are
already beginning to speculate on
combinations alston and Smith.
Davis and Walsh. Ralston and
Walsh. Davis and Dever.
/ In Smiths camp there IL a good
deal Of quiet speculation on RAJ.
ston and Smith. The Governors
handlers Indignantly deny--for dele.
gate consumption-that he would
ever, ever, ever take the Vice
Presidency, but privately they re.
mark about Senator Ralston's age,
and then they wonder whether Il
would be so bad after all.
Such ticket, they figure. would
appeal to the agricultural West.
Ralston having been kept in over
| alls on his farm a thousand miles
away from Madison Square Gar.
den, and Smiths popularity In the
industrial, camp and Catholic
Northeast il too well known to
need speculation. They just won
der. and wait for developments.
MRS. RENE CARRILLo