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...sprinkle of rain fell; thunder stamped in Heaven; the webbing went up. 'They're 'rorf," shouted William Gibbs McAdoo, Marshall Field, Knute Rockne, Harry F. Sinclair, Walter J. Salmon, many Elks, Knights, a haberdasher, a sculptor, 75,000 assorted odd fellows and their ladies...
...Last week, the issue was joined. Mr. Van Patten told newspapermen that the trial would bring out awful revelations concerning the Democratic Party, would show how Jesse H. Jones (originally a McAdoo man) had knifed the campaign, would explain why Messrs. Davis and Bryan were not elected. "He [Jones]," said Van Patten, "balled up the campaign more than any other man. He is the man I want to get my hands...
Another conjectured reason for the failure of the Democratic Party is "betrayal" by William G. McAdoo. Of ten western states that at the Democratic Convention were listed as McAdoo states-California, Idaho, Iowa. Kansas, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington, North Dakota-Mr. Davis carried not one; in fact he ran third in all of them except Kansas. "Is not McAdoo holding out on us," some Democrats cried at the time, "trying to prove that he is the only man who could carry the West...
Looking ahead four years, one sees few leaders among the Democrats who now show signs of ability to lead the Party out of the wilderness. Mr. McAdoo, back on the Pacific, is already reported to be lining up his forces for a new attack in 1928-the first step of which, it is said, will be an attempt to remove Clem L. Shaver as Democratic National Chairman. In the East, Governor Al Smith has a claim because he rewon his state by 100,000 votes and ran some 900,000 ahead of Davis. In the Middle West, Governor A. Victor...
Then came Hallowe'en with pumpkins and practical jokes; and after Hallowe'en, election day. Warren G. Harding and Hiram W. Johnson, William G. McAdoo, Oscar Underwood, Henry Ford, who began the contest, had departed the field. The ship subsidy, the World Court, the bonus, tax reduction?great issues earlier in the fight?were lost or had dwindled into insignificance for the most part...