Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-09-16 | Page 5 | Move to Abolish Two-Thirds Rule Gaining Ground

i IM MOVE Vf m t IWO IWO- RULE RUl NING GROUND Success of Majority Vote in Democratic National tn Convention Predicted 1 SUPPORT IS is PLEDGED if I Party Leaders Generally Declared in Favor of Change hange at 1928 1928 Mc Meet t f. f CHICAGO Sept 16 AP Suc AP-Suc- Suc Success within the theD cess e of ot the movement D Democratic party to abolish the two thirds thirds rule for national nominations nominations' nomi- nomi nations nations' was predicted today by the rational national committees committee members of j Iowa A who have been leaders inie Ine in since Its inception ie e campaign ea early Jarly t this his year vear year l Clyde lyde L. L Herring of ot Des Moines an and I Mrs Madge O ONeill O'Neill Nelll of Columbus Colum Colum- D bus s Junction Ia la the Iowa members mem mem- b bers bm issued a statement showing sho ing igat 48 members of the national l committee have pledged themselves i i the adoption of majority rule In in 7 future conventions and l ing g that an overwhelming majorIty majority major major- ity of the tho convention vote of 1928 would be behind the movement on the basis of this figure P PARTY LEADERS INDORSE since the agitation for the tho non- non adoption of the two thirds s rule began be- be beg begin be be- g gin gan n In the Iowa committee last January nuary the statement said it had hadIe Ie jeen h Indorsed by bv such national n party leaders as John W W. Davis 1924 standard bearer William 1 5 McAdoo Norman Korman E E. Mack New lOrk national committeeman A A. A Greathouse fo Indiana of ot the national commit commit- ee and c-and and Senator Thomas J J. J W Walsh if f. f Montana chairman of the 1924 n The Iowa committee members member bean bean bean be- be an an a a. canvass canvas after the Demo Demo- cratic state committee had bad In Instructed Instructed Instructed In- In them to work for majority rule Responses were obtained from the national committee members members members mem mem- bers of virtually every state Tho The proportion favoring non non- adoption of the two-thirds two rule In 1928 is overwhelming the statement statement statement state state- ment said Out of 57 who deft definitely gave their opinions 48 favored fa fared favored fa- fa red the majority rule and on only nine were willing to see this child of hate the hate the two thirds rule a tru true relic of barbarism continue barbarism continue t to bind the hands of of Thomas Jeffersons Jefferson's Jeffersons Jeffer Jeffer- sons son's party part APPEARS DOOMED On On the basis of state representation representation representation In 1928 that Instrument of to boss s control would have only 12 favorable le votes out of ot a total o of 1098 in the convention The statement then lists a large number of party lead leaders rs nad Democratic Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- stata state organizations which have indorsed the majority rule movement an and names the followIng following following follow follow- follow follow- ing states from which favorable re responses responses responses re- re have been received from one or bota members of the national committee Alaska Arkansas California Connecticut Indiana Iowa Kentucky Maine Massachusetts Massachusetts Mas Mas- sach Michigan l Minnesota Montana Nebraska Neva Nevada a New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota ota Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Virginia Virginia Vir Vir- ginia Washington Wisconsin W Wyoming Philippine Islands Canal Cana Zone