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Some historians will insist that Mr. Roosevelt's nomination, which, it since appears, was equivalent to election, was inevitable anyhow, that he had more than a majority on the first ballot and that he held his ground on the fourth. But the inside story of the Chicago Convention, known to those who participated in it, will not bear out the assertion that no matter how the cards were played the result would have been the same...
...fact is that Arthur Mullen, floor manager for Mr. Roosevelt, took an adjournment at the psychological moment. There were possibilities of desertions on the Roosevelt side and had the balloting continued without interruption there is no telling what might have happened. The Anti-Roosevelt groups were certain that they would make gains on the next ballot. But the recess of several hours permitted a reorganizing of the battle lines. During this interval the New Deal was born in a deal that brought McAdee and Garner into the fold and made the necessary two-thirds...
...complete list of all nominees will be published in the CRIMSON on Monday, February 26. The voting will be done by ballot in the Union at lunch and at dinner on February...
...child-like in its simplicity. That all the wealthy people in California would allow themselves to be peacefully legislated out of their property in a few months presumes just a bit too much on the softening influence of California sunshine. Sinclair's name may appear on the Democratic ballot in the primaries this August, but no doubt Harry Chandler and William Randolph Hearst will find means to ensure his getting no more than the fifty thousand votes he has been accustomed to win as a perennial Socialist candidate. It really is unfortunate, too, for an attempt to work...
Huey Long had hundreds of his opponents' voters scratched from the ballot lists...