 Despite Beckham 's move to unseat McCreary in the Senate , the two were once again allies by 1911 , when Beckham supported the aging McCreary for the party 's gubernatorial nomination . It is unclear whether McCreary sought the reconciliation in order to secure the gubernatorial nomination or Beckham made amends with McCreary because he thought he could control McCreary 's actions as governor . In the Democratic primary , McCreary defeated William Adams by a majority of 25 @,@ 000 votes . 
