Word: mcadooing
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...Smith. A third seconded the nomination of McAdoo...
Kentucky yielded to Oregon, and a woman delegate seconded the McAdoo nomination...
...this time it was late in another afternoon. The McAdoo men wanted an evening session to get the nominating business out of the way in hope that a few ballots might be taken before the platform, and hence the Ku Klux Klan issue, came before the delegates. The Anti-McAdooites wanted to adjourn for the day. Senator Walsh called twice for "Ayes" and "Noes" but could not decide. A roll call was taken and adjournment was made until the next morning by vote of 559 to 513. This was the first defeat of the McAdoo leaders; but conspiring against them...
Montana sent up Mayor Maloney, of Butte, to second Smith. He was too hoarse to speak and Chairman Walsh was obliged to announce what Mr. Maloney would have, if he could have been understood. Then Sam V. Stewart of the same State seconded McAdoo on behalf of "seven-eighths of the delegation...
...delegates rose in demonstration. Texas, Georgia and other delegations, pro-McAdoo and pro-Klan, kept their seats?as was to be expected since there were a good number of Klansmen among them. Then he went on to second McAdoo. At this, those who had been cheering sat down abruptly, and those who had been seated arose shouting...