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SWITCH. They took over the lobby, seemed so excitable that when Scranton arrived, he went in the back door against the possibility that he might be bopped over the head by a placard. Dirksen, Goldwater and Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Charles H. Percy huddled for a while before the candidates addressed the delegation separately...
...candidacy had gotten, said confidently, "This just means that I have more delegates than I thought I did-maybe 690, something along in there. But I'd like a few more; then I'd say I was over the hump." Later Goldwater was even more confident. "Scranton just hadn't been moving," he said. "He needed a big break, and the only state where he could possibly get it would be Illinois. We had expected to get 40 of those delegates. We got 48. Three others we know we have, so that makes 51-and five...
Despite his setbacks, Bill Scranton kept up the fight. Said he to a newsman: "There isn't much time remaining, I know, but I have been told by professionals that I am further along at this time than Willkie and Eisenhower were before they were nominated...
...Scranton even managed to put the best light on his Chicago defeat, saying calmly: "I came to Illinois with the calculation that 54 delegates would vote for my opponent. Our plan for the visit was to begin to demonstrate to the delegates at first hand that a vast majority of Republicans in Illinois, as elsewhere, prefer my candidacy. Dick Nixon said on television in Chicago last week that if ten Illinois delegates did not vote for Goldwater-watch out. This was what I was watching for also-then we would be on our way. Ten did not vote...
...Step. This week Scranton planned a second assault on Illinois. No matter what Ev Dirksen might say about polls, Scranton figured that he had some new ammunition in a state wide survey calculated to create second thoughts among delegates. According to Scranton, Illinois Republican and independent voters preferred Scranton over Goldwater, 65% to 35%. Moreover, when the two men were matched against Lyndon Johnson, the same voters picked Johnson over Goldwater, 38% to 25% (37% were undecided), while they favored Scranton over Johnson, 33% to 24% (43% were undecided). This was one of the first times since Lyndon took office...