The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-06-23
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Sidelights Of the
Convention


today viii caucus later. Mrs.
Kellogg Fairbank will have no
opposition as woman member Of
the national committee.
Mrs. Delegate gets up earlier
than Mr.. Delegate. Reportorial
activities disclosed that fact to.
day. Senator Whooseis and Sen.
ator Whooseat, the important per.
sonages on various delegations,
were still asleep ct q reasonably
late hour. They had hard nights,
1t was explained. The Mrs. Dele.
gates, however, were up, had had
breakfast and were ready for
caucuses and shopping.
Michigan's thirty delegates
arrived today and announced they
would stand solidly behind their
candidate, Senator Woodbridge ".
Ferris, until released-presumably
by him. He viii be nominated
by Alvin Cummings Of Lansing
"a delegate at large. In the
event 1t Is decided the Senator
has no chance to be nominated, it
il estimated that McAdoo will
get fourteen votes and Al Smith
ten. The rest will be scattered.
Governor Grown, Of New Hamp.
shire, will be nominated by the
delegation Of his state and sup.
ported during the early balloting.
No agreement has been reached
as to who will receive delegations
support when 1t is decided Brown
cannot be nominated. Indications
are that scattering votes will be
cast for Underwood, Smith and
former Justice Clarke of the
Supreme Court.
AL Smiths claim to a majority
Of the Massachusetts delegation
seemed justified when the dele.
gates arrived in town today. Ac.
cording to leading members Of
the delegation, Smith will receive
thirty.four Of the states thirty
six votes on the first ballot with
McAdoo receiving the remaining
two. The delegation will organize
tomorrow with Senator David /.
Walsh in control.
Spokesman for the Maryland
delegations declared today they
prepared to stand for Governor
Ritchie-"all down the line"
The Colorado delegation in
caucuses decided to cast it's en-.
tire vote for Governor W. A.
Sweet on the first ballot. After
that the delegation will be split
approximately. Smith, 6: Davis. 4;
McAdoo, 2. Doctor B. L. Jeffer-
son was named chairman, Ches-
ter B. HorA member Of the reso.
lutions committee, and Julius
Aichele, member of the rules
committee.
Nearly all Of the Kentucky dele.
cation had arrived today for its
caucuses tonight. Twenty-four Of
the twenty-six votes are pledged
to McAdoo so long as he remains
a candidate. The other two, in
the ninth district, were instructed
for Senator Oscar Underwood OF
Alabama. Under Kentucky rules,
the delegation must vote as q
unit.
Without dissenting vote the
Texas delegation in caucus today
organized as follows:
Member of resolutions commit.
tee, Alva Bryan, Waco; rules COM
mittee, w. L. Thornton, Dallas,
permanent organization, Thomas
III. Ball, Houston; credentials, Mrs.
Rurrell Buckner, Dallas; vice chair
man, John N. Mathis, Houston,
and Mrs. Claude Carter, San An
tonic: floor leader, Mike T. Lively,
Dallas.
On the committee to notify the
nominee the caucus named J. M,
Boyle, Of Houston and Mrs. Mar
shall Hicks, of San Antonio; to
notify the Vice Presidential nomi-
nee, H. Hamilton, Of Stanton, and
Miss Florence Sterling, of Hous.
ton.
The caucus voted to support AL.
win Owsley, Of Benton, for vice
president. Owsley viii be nomi.
mated by Alva Bryan.
o. L. Kinsley, Of Bexar county
presented a resolution asking, for
repeal Of the transportation act
Of 1920; it was referred to Alva
Bryan. This Is the Texas delegar
NAOAL OAAAy ISSOkULlOus
Ticket difficulties took up most
Of the time.
Nebraska named former Senator
Gilbert M. Hitchcock as member
of the resolutions committee at its
caucus today. The delegation will
urges a progressive platform. The
delegation will vote for Governor
Charles w. Bryan on the first
ballot, after which there will be
q split.
McAdoo will secure three or
four votes, Governor Smith will
receive a few more than McAdoo,
but the delegation has no pro.
nounced choice, it was stated.
The Wisconsin delegation to the
Democratic national convention,
enthusiastically supporting ZAP
Smith for the Presidential nomi-
nation, arrived in New York
aboard special train.
The delegation was met at the
station by a committee from the
governors office, and was es.
corted to their headquarters in
the Pennsylvania Hotel by a de-
tail Of mounted police.
The strains Of the famous
marching song, ION Wisconsin"
resounded everywhere the Wis.
consin delegation went.
This delegation started a most
enthusiastic demonstration for
Smith.
Joseph Martin, Democratic ma
tional committeeman from Wis
consin, who greeted the delegation
declared that wisconsin will vote
rs strong" for an anti.Klan
plank in the platform and will
fight for the nomination of Smith
Ito the very end"
There were only three McAdoo
delegates in the crowd, 1t was
stated