Word: deadlocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Among the Democrats, another deadlock was visioned, similar to the one of 1924 when Smith and McAdoo fought through endless ballots until John W. Davis was substituted as a compromise candidate. In the event of a stalemate being reached between the supporters of Roosevelt and the powerful opposing bloc it is not unlikely that Newton D. Baker will be the compromise candidate. At present, Smith seems out of the running while Roosevelt is continually recruiting strength from all over the country...
...editors revealed nearly as many predictions of Baker's election as of Roosevelt's. Prominent party politicians, while discreetly silent in states where Mr. Baker's own withheld permission is necessary for their appearance at Chicago as official delegates, are known to harbor a secret desire for the fateful deadlock which will compel the nomination of a compromise candidate. And though Mr. Baker will go in to the convention with scarcely a pledged vote in his behalf, a succession of ballots would bring his name so significantly forward that the nomination might easily be within his grasp...
...successful dark horse on the other hand is usually colorless. He is the man without active enemies, without a striking record in national politics. He is essentially a compromise candidate brought forward when a deadlock has been reached between more outstanding aspirants. Consider James K. Polk in 1844, Horation Seymour, Democratic nominee in 1868, James A. Garfield in 1880, and Warren G. Harding...
...Plain, blunt John Nance Garner stuck ostentatiously to his Speakership. Governor William Henry ("Alfalfa Bill") Murray with Oklahoma's 22 votes in his pocket stumped the Mid-West with violence and passion. Maryland's Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie charmed well-bred audiences while hoping for a convention deadlock to make him the lucky compromise candidate. Newton Diehl Baker went about his private business as if he had never heard of the Presidency...
...Harvard skaters. The scoring punch of next year's captain was of great reenforcing value to Coach Stubbs' team throughout the Harvard schedule of games. In the first game with the University Club, Saltonstall's sharp shooting in the closing instants of the game broke a 1 to 1 deadlock that hung over the evenly played contest, and gave the Harvard team a 2 to 1 margin of victory. The captain-elect was the heaviest man on the squad this winter, weighing 185 pounds...