Gunnison news-champion., 1924-07-18
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Other, in Limelight
Aside from The two leader. there
we're. ~ ,-r.nr- contender, 'nr the
nomination. SENATOR Ra','un- hacked
by tie solid ln.aHna delegation Sen
Ht"r ',ls-s hsrsrI hy Virginia John
" Thyl, GerE~d by W-sr virginia 4.
~ Governor Cox backed hy ohio /.
senator SALISBURY backed hy the siI
votes - delaware Governor Richie
backed b. Maryland: senator Under
WOOD backed by Alabama Dihcr
fHaurl'c sun. inst had been entered
N the biz race dropped Jy the way
s1I-. but those named Hhpv" stuck 'nr
ballot after ballot. wlth their managers
"IT-r'iHE that some one ~ them would
eventually D." picked as the c"mprn-
mise rnndldi-. They realized the in
tease feeling that had arisen betW --r
the opposing camps Of the leaders,
and dId not believe Il good political
strategy to side with s!ther. each one
hoping that In the end their candi.
date might draw from both side. when
tn. break came
ON III. part OF tn. two leaders -.
cry plan known in political campaign
ing was used To Influence delegates
There wns mn abundance Of the usual
demonstrations. long and noisy. There
were dire threats and earnest plead.
ings To attract support. Those dele
cations that were not directly in
structed. or not definitely consulted
to some one candidate. would occasion
ally switch to or from one or III. 9th
er Of the leaders This was especial
Is true as II applied Ia Mr. McAioo.
and because Of this his vote fluctunted
from little over 900 to as high ns
80. Governor Smith. vote remained
more nearly stationary Mt between 3i5
and S6s, hut that and others that
would go TO him on a break. wEs
enough 10 prevent nomination OF
amy other candidate.
on Wednesday afternoon Mr..
Bryan. asking for consent to explain
his vot. as member OF the Florida
delegation, attempted to stampede tn.
convention for McAdoo. but Il did not
succeed. and the monotonous round of
ballots continued without material
change. on Friday afternoon. after
so ballots had been taken. an effort
was made to suspend the rules and
permit the leading candidates TO ap-
pear In person before the convention.
II WIS opposed largely by the McAdoo
delegates and failed of the needed
two-thlrds vote. Then Franklin ID.
Roosevelt asked that the convention
extend an invitation TO the Democrat
lc governor OF New York to address
the delegates Again II meant n sus-
pension OF the rules, and while the
move was cleverly made, and re-
rusHl would put the convention In the
position OF being dlscourteous to Its
Democratic host. It. too. was voted
down. Without such an invitation no
candidate could get a personal hear
Ing. Friday evening Mr.. McAdoo sent
letter To the convention asking that
the delegates give unanimous consent
for Governor Smith to address them.
Several objections were made, and the
consent was not given. Again clev-
er political move had failed
Outside OF the convention hall the
leaders OF the party, those not I'm
medistely connected with the candI-
dscy OF the two leading candidates,
were making strenuous efforts TO
break the deadlock and patch up the
differences the fight had aroused
They pleaded, they commanded, they
tried 10 get the other candidates to
withdraw that the leaders might soon
determine Just where they stood in n
final analysis, but without saccess
And then on Friday afternoon Sen
ator Ralston wired Withdrawal OF
his name, and his delegation split %
for McAdoo and 10 for Cox. A little
later Ex-Governor Cox did the same
thing. and the Ohio delegation
switched over to ex-Secretary Baker.
A solution had not been found
on Saturday the Ohio delegation
dropped Baker and split between va
rious candidates, giving Governor
Smith 81 votes. the others going to
those in the "also ran" class.
Gave Credit to Democrats
1t was very evident that the keynote
speaker. Senator Pat Harrison OF Nils
sissippi. was not fnvorably impressed
with the Republicans and what they
had been doing during the past three
years, and he did not hesitate to say
70 in plainly understandable terms.
In the main be centered on the vsri
ous investigations and what - saSd.