Word: delegatesâ
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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...hand. It was an assured matter that no candidate, not even McAdoo, would go to the Democratic Convention with half of the delegates instructed. Claims of greater numbers must be taken with a grain of salt. But in the Democratic Convention, with its two-thirds requirement, one third? 365 delegates???can impose a veto on the aspirations of any candidate. McAdoo is likely to control this type of veto against the Smith-Underwood group. The Smith-Underwood group is not unlikely to have a similar stop on McAdoo. The logic of the situation calls loudly for a dark horse, especially...
...part. Curtis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, came unexpectedly from Washington to deliver an address, at the instance of Mrs. Frederick Paist, his sister and President of the national organization. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, Jr., celebrated the convention by giving an international house-party for a number of delegates???including Countess Elsa Bernadotte, niece of the King of Denmark, and Mrs. H. C. Mei, head of the Chinese delegation. The organization, now in its 18th year, has 520,000 American members and an annual budget...