The Washington times., 1924-07-07
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BY SONS
ALONE:
hopes For Quick End to Ses-
sion's Low as Delegates
Consider Proffers
By WILLIAM HARD.


NEW YORK, July 7.--McAdoo
approached the convention today
with the claim Of being the real
champion deadlock breaking lock-
smith.
His managers and partisans
were out early among the dele
! gates trying to persuade them
that the McAdoo plan for drop
ping the lowest candidate on each
successive ballot is the only sure
fire plan suggested by any candi-
date for making it absolutely GER
tain that this convention will some
day end.
Tho anti-McAdoo managers were
obliged to admit that their plan
for simply releasing all delegates
from all instructions would by
no means ensure the ending Of
the convention.
Rounds In the Fight.
The diplomatic dueling situation
between the pro-McAdoo ana the
anti.McAdoo factions was thereupon
seen to be as follows:
The anti-McAdoo faction fired
nrst. Fifteen candidates came FOR.
ward in the great. grand Central
Son1erence OF leaders in the dark
| hours OF the night and signed their
names to piece of paper offerinr.
60 release all their delegates from
all Instructions ana obligations to
vote for them.
These fifteen candidates wera
Smith, Of New York; Underwood. 81
alabama; Davis, of West Virginia:
Glass, Of Virginia; Ralston, Of Indi.
ana; Cox, of Ohio; Robinson. Of
Arkansas, real runners, and the fol.
lowing me.too also-runners: Brown.
OF New Hampshire; Houston, Of
New York; Silzer, Of New Jersey:
salisbury, Of Delaware; Richie. Of
Maryland; Ferris, OF Michigan; Bry.
an, Of Nebraska, and Davis, Of
Kansas.
Plan PinIed McAdoO. s
Their shot reverberated through,
the, hotel corridors and i pinked.
McAdoo. At first he seemed to be
seriously woundeA.. A.
The offer OF the fifteen candidates.
to release their delegates seemed
magnanimous and lofty and self
sacrificing.
The failure of McAdoo to offer
to release his delegates seemed self.
ish and churlish and unsporting.
For quite a while. as the weary
night wore on into the next weary
day, McAdoo seemed to be lying on
the ground with big hole in him.
Then suddenly he leaped to his
Feet and fired snot which went
right through the forehead Of the
anti-.McAdoo faction and temporari.
" blew it's brains out.
It happens that the number OF
delegates actually pledged by in
!structions to the fifteen candidates
who had offered to release their
delegates is along about one hun.
: dred. 1t happens that the number
Of delegates bound by instructions
to McAdoo il along about four
hundred.
McAdoo was being asked to
emancipate four hundred slaves in
recognition of the willingness Of
his rivals to release one hundred.
II was q strong request. It was
20 strong that it smelled. Yet It
had to be granted.
Delegates Ire Aroused.
The delegates with the exception
Of the Christian soldier contingent
Of McAdoo and the anti-klan CON.
tingent Of Smith-were getting rest
lA0A And RAnANy - I'd e.
leader who might seem to be acting
In any such way as to prolong the
battle and the bloodshed.
The Christian soldier contingent
Of McAdoo viii stay here and shed
blood all summer.
The kan.the-klan contingent OF
Smith would stay here without any
fatigue till all the leaves were off
the trees in order to send william
Gibbs McAdoo home without the
nomination.
It Is an error to say that the
whole convention Is tired. These
two contingents are not tired.
Their feet may drag. Their knees
may sag. Their shoulders NAV
stoop. Their eye-lids may droop.
Their bodies may be wrecks. They
themselves, however, in their in.
sides, In their stalwart stubborn
souls, are Just as fresh and
fanatical as when they first went
over the top into this battle two
weeks ago.
Both Cam Stand Pat.
So far as they are concerned,
Smith can stand pat and McAdoo
can stand pat.
McAdoo thereupon held a night
review Of his Christian soldiers, and
there was praying of prayers and
singing Of hymns while McAdoo
prepared the shot which he was
about to fire at his fifteen chal.
lengers.
He had to fire it for the follow
Ing reason: The Christian soldiers,
while quite numerous. are not num-
erous enough ever to make a ma
jority in the convention
In order to get a majority, It il
necessary to attract several hun
dred worldlings.
The most attractive thing that
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