| Show KINGS KING'S LETTER LEITER ALMOST COST HIM NOMINATION I Inside History of the Wire Which Occurred Just Before Candidate for Congress Was Chosen Ju Judge King Kin rode In b by acclamation on a mighty wave WA of ot enthusiasm enthusiasm after a laudatory nominating speech p ch by Judge Powers at the thc Democratic Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic State convention yesterday It looked during the recess as If he might u not t be nominated ted And although the convention cheered whenever his name was waa mentioned It would not have taken much to have c stampeded the thc delegates delegates delegates dele dele- gates tov Judge Powers at an any time prior to tl Judge Kin Kings Kinds s nomination The trouble was WitS with Jud Judge King Kine himself It wa was announced prior to th thc the c convention n that Judge King had agreed to accept the nomination If It were ere tendered but after aCter the convention adjourned at noon the stor story got out that Jud Judge e 11 Ring King 11 had addressed a R. communication to Chairman Roylance of oC the State committee In which he declared that 11 he would not accept This Thi made m many n of the tho delegates angry and murmurings were ere heard on ever every hand The feeling wa was contagious and within an hour Judge Powers was being pl played crl as th the favorite te Judge Powers was In earnest In his declara declara- declaration tion that he hc did not want the nomination however er and he Immediately eh cast himself In the Cra fray and talked for King with more vigor than he had evidenced before But still the situation looked serious perlous and finall finally the letter was destroyed destroyed de do and the deserters from the King camp were brou brought ht back h by the asse as as- sf se ion was tru true at the time that no letter of declaration was as In existence existence existence exist exist- ence and an that Judge King would accept If nominated At one time It looked so o. o serious rlou for Judge King that one of ot hi his clo closest est friends who had been Imploring the delegates to respect the Judges Judge's wishes arid and select elect sonic some other other- c. c made a a. a quick switch and even went rent to the extent of requesting Judge 1 Powers to place Judge King In nomination before the cow convention which he did At the same time another friend of ot Judge King who had h been declaring that he would present ent the name nam of or Judge Powers to the convention expressed a sudden change of h heart and tnt although abundant opportunity was given II It was not necessary nl to gag 11 In order to prevent the presentation pre o of Jud Judge e Powers's nam name and nd I as not presented |
