Word: balloters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Harriman-Kefauver forces, beaten again, decided they needed an adjournment to rally their strength and prevent a ballot that night. Senator Paul Douglas, like a man possessed, shouted, "Mr. Chairman! Mr. Chairman!" In a hoarse, weird croak, he moved adjournment. When it looked as if Chairman Rayburn might let the convention dispose of the matter by voice vote, Douglas, his face contorted in frenzy, shouted. "Roll call! Roll call!" The roll was called, and the convention decided to stay in session...
Kefauver spurted ahead at the start. There were no major surprises. The favorite-son states stuck to their candidates. The Southern states held a solid front for Richard Russell. Result of the first ballot: Kefauver 340, Stevenson 273, Russell 268, Harriman 123½, Kerr 65, Barkley...
...second ballot, some favorite-son strength melted away, but there were no major breaks. Both Kefauver and Stevenson gained. The position at the end of Ballot No. 2: Kefauver 362½, Stevenson 324½, Russell 294, Harriman 121, Barkley...
...Catholic, one delegate brought up the divorce question. Another said Stevenson couldn't be blamed for the divorce, because his wife divorced him. Said the delegate: "Hell, half of our wives would divorce us if they could." A roar of laughter swept the caucus room. On the third ballot, Massachusetts cast 25 of its 36 votes for divorced Adlai Stevenson...
...overexcited about MacArthur's chances as a "compromise candidate." Publisher William R. Hearst Jr. himself gave credence to "an excellent authority" that Taft was getting ready to put his weight behind MacArthur. Even on the final day of the convention, when most newsmen were betting only on what ballot Ike would be nominated, Hearst's New York Daily Mirror covered its front page with: NOMINATE MAC IN TAFT MOVE TO STOP...