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[ 1 TITANIC STRUGGLE . TOCONTROL PARTY Bryan’s Reading of Conserv- ative Out of Possibilities Stirs Rabid Backfire. McADOO FOR FINISH FIGHT v Davis L Hammered Down, But Backers Still Confident—Cum- mings May Get Tryout. BY FREDERIC NEW titanic in a furious 1 WILLIAM WILE. YORK, July 3 appr wrestle -Democracy’s ‘hes its end for supremacy ve and conserva- They are still locked in fierce, so complex and dden possibilities that no not even the shrewdest, can predict either the outcome or when it will be. Men have their views, their hopes, und their fears. One group says the long-expected “break” is at hand and will take place before this day is over. Another group is certain that the Fourth of July will come and go, ding the convention still dead- cked. Still a third group contends 14t the McAdoo and Smith forces are embittered and embattled that they prepared to carry the fight into another week, and still another, it strugsgle a tween its progre forces. Democrat, [y i are necessary. Within the past twenty-four hours i certain southern border state dele- ition pledged to McAdoo asked to released from its obligation It pieaded personally with the Califor- nian to assent to a step that might relieve the almost explosive tension which exists in Madison den. 1 will sanction " tions nor panics,” was McAdoo's iin perious retort If that attitude i maintained, the convention's end i not in sight Bryan's Speech a Factor. Ithough there is a widespread at- t 1o William Jennings Lryaw's dramatic intervention in the deadlock If of McAdoo from 1he platform Wednesday afternoon, it dominates convention thought. The speech was not so notable as a torical effort as for what ins and what it m ns to accomplish. Bryan was not in cross-of-gold form. He never was in danger of stamped- ing the convention, The sixty-odd which acerued to M, ollowing the an_episode, Californian’s total to an 00 and more, were the significant result of the com- stunt.” Its overwhelming was the bugle-blast it nded in the progre: stern warning t the McAdoo-Bryan fo in control of something rapidly ap. ng a majority, are determined the no. nation of a progres- andidate for I'resident. If they cannot nominate McAdoo, will be somebody who carries the Adoo blessing. The' lates on that s that the progressive allies will first try to nominate Gla: If Glass cannot be put over th turn to Ralston, If Ralston make the grade, they have Robinson of Arkansas in fi reserve. But for the moment the McAdoo-Bryan contingent laughs at the thought that McAdoo himself is beaten McAdoo Full of Fight. The Californian entered the Tforty- third ballot is morning with 503 votes. He was onl votes from : of the convention From his citadel «top the Vanderbilt Hotel, he sent word to Madison Square Garden that a can- didate in such a numerical position doesn’'t know the meaning of a single eyllable in the word capitulate There is one other Democrat whose name is qi tly cropping up all over the convention as this dispatch is written. He Homer Cummings of Connecti- cut, former Democ ic national chair- 1 1 and chairman of this convention's committee on resolutions. Although an casterner he qualifies as a_Drogressivi in the McAdoo-Bryan sense. He hi been a_devoted adjutant of McAdoo in w York, suppressing ambitions of his own that Cummings is known to Larbor and refusing to allow the Con- necticut delegations to make any use of his name. McAdoo would not veto a Cum- mings compromise nomination if it scemed the feasible escape from the deadlock. At the Californian’s “cheer- up” convention in Chicago in Iebruary, following the apparent an- nihilation of the McAdoo candidacy wfter the oil exposures, Cummings appeared at McAdoo's personal re- «quest and delivered the chief speech on his behalf. 1t was a powerful effort. It had much to do with the gathering's determination to stand by MecAdoo to the bitter end Stands Well on League. No one will have a stronger claim on the McAdoo estate, if and when it has to Le distributed, than Cum- mings. He happens to stand well with the league of nations element typified by Newton D. Baker, too, and With the other Wilsonian “liberals” in Madison Square Garden. 1f these ttatements explanatory of progressive plans and hopes seem to suggest that the conservative forces are already in rout, that would be an_ errone impression to create. John W. Davis of West Virginia is the conservative fortress which the MeAdoo-Bryan guns chiefly are anxi- ous to batter down. They think they Tave it _crumbling, if not shatteted, but the Davis battalion does not think 0. They are saying this morning that Davis only chance, from the outset, was that of a compromise candidate. x They feel his prospects, therefore, are every whit as good as ever they were, and will remain just as good, 0 long as the deadlock persists. That the Davis fortfications have been dented by the Bryan broadside is not denied in any quarters. More than vis' own fortunes are affected. n's big guns are certain to be unlimbered with equally scorching ef- fect against any other conservative candidate who may turn to be as fleet-footed a dark horse as John W. Davis had become. See Conservatism Needed. The West Virginian's friends are making no effort to whitewash his conservatism. With the La Follette third party menace mow a certainty, their argument is that it is incum- bent upon the Democratic party to nominate a candidate as the Repub- licans did, whom the country will recognize as & bulwark against rad- icalism. The principal pro-Davis contention is that “Morgan’s lawyer” is the only Democrat in the United States capa- ble of winning the independent Re- publican votes essential to Demo- cratic success. With Al Smith run- ning for governor this year, Davisites say that the West Virginia can carry New York against Coolidge in a land- slide. With a western liberal like Walsh of Montana, Huston Thompson of Colo- yado or any one of half a dozen availa- ble Democrats as a Davis running mate, backers of the West Virginian say his so-called Wall street taint would evaporate and be forgotten. Davis has resolutely refused to trade and haggle for convention support. A " friend who has been near him every day this week says that Davis’ tele- phome is ringing constantly, and. that neither deser- on additional votes mone gnificance the conven tion S ore is cannot Senator \ . < quare Gar- | Adoo on the ninth | majority | Jjust as replyin I am sorry, but the answer is no”; or, “Under no circumstances™; or, “I cannot consider it”; or, “My final an- swer is no” These pungent negatives are Davis' retorts to propositions to tie himself up in various directions in exchange for delegates. Two Mistakes to Avoid. Amid its gropings for ways and means of breaking the deadlock, the convention is haunted by two major fes first, that in a somewhat panic stricken desire to end the agony, It may nominate a ticket of cotorless mediocrity: secondly, that whoever is nominated, Smarting con- troversies, factional bitterness and appointed hopes will remain be- in such profusion as to make 4 campaign love's labor lost democracy An official of the national commit- tee said to this writer. “It looks as we would have to wage two sepa- rate campaigns thi: ar. The first ampaign will be gn to re- establish within our owa, ranks. campaign i fought 11 have to carry on the mpaign against the Republi party.” The official es- timated that two months will be re- quired, at least, to restore a united Democratic ront He believes it can and will be done, no matter what the convention does. That is getting to be a pretty gen- eral belief. At Baltimore, 1912, Wil- Son and Marshall were nominated after a hot fight and fort ix bal- lots. At San rancisco in 1920 Cox and Roosevelt were not nominated until after C'ox, McAdoo and Palmer had waged a terrific struggle. Four years ago, too, there were bitter quubbles over the platform. But leaders are recalling that neither twelve nor four years ago did the re- criminations and near-riots of the “onvention long project themselves into the campaign azainst the com- mon foe. MONDELL RERUKES DEMOCRATIC PARTY Calls Convention Riot and Farce and Scores Pat Harri- son for Keynote Speech. onstantly he can be heard tion in New York to a riot and a | rarce and rebuking its leaders for in- | appealing to | | voking prejudices and ipn.\\ion.\'. Frank W. Mondell of Wyo- | ming, who was chairman of the Re- ! publican national convention ju | held in Cleveland, in an address las ight before the Republican state committee of the District of Colum- | bia, at 1324 New York avenue, de- | clared that he is more convinced than | | would | ever that Coolidge and Dawes will be elected in November. Mr. Mondell contrasfed the New York parley with the one held by the | Republicans in Cleveland, sayving that | it is not to be wondered at when one | considers the nature of the keynote | speech delivered by Senator Pat Har- rison of Mississippi and the manner | of platform, or lack of one, as he pressed it He denounced the Mis sissippi senator for sounding a key- note of prejudicg, of mistatement, ex- aggeraiton and misrepresentation. i | Blames Pat Harrison. “It was Pat Harrison's speech that caused all the troubl that has sued,” Mr. Mondell declared. sounded a keynote of prejudice passion which has been quickly taken up by the New York convention, and what has followed 1 am sure one is proud of. Being responsi for the situation, he should be to pay the penalty by being picked as_ their presidential nominee, He starts the trouble and he should now | finish it. He is their logical candi- date. “Pat should not be taken seriously. He is just a bad boy from the cane brakes of, Mississippi, Who has never | grown to manhood. = All his life he | has talked to audiences where only one side was heard and where sound and sane argument was something unheard of and not desired Mr. Mondell then contrasted the two conventions. He said they were as dissimilar as black and white. “Our friends the enemy are enjoy- ing a riot and a farce in New York,” he smilingly said, ‘““vhile the Repub- lican convention was cenducted in the most orderly, fair and attractive manner.” Mr. Mondell said no matter whom the Democrats finally select in_New York, he is doomed to defeat. While discussing some of the leading candi- dates Mr. Mondell said all of them have been condemned by their own party and have otherwise been handi- capped. In this respect, he quoted some offthe nicknames, such as “Mc- Adoo, the arch-villain,” the “synthetic cowbo. Davis, “the Wall street hireling”” Ralston, “that poor old standpatter.” “After all, it doesn’t matter much whom they nominate,” Mr. Mondell continued; “it doesn’t matter much whom anybody else nominates. Cool- idge and Dawes appeal to the people; they inspire confidence and hope and they will be elected. 1 am one of those who are not alarmed at the rumblings of a third party. I think it would be an excellent thing for La Foilette to run in opposition. We could then herd all of those gentle- men who have been benefiting as Re- publicans and could keep them qut ot the party for all time. Hear Convention Reports. Samuel J. Prescott, chairman of the Republican state committee of the District, in calling the meeting to or- der explained that. besides hearing from Mr. Mondell, the object of this special meeting was to receive the reports of the delezates and alter- nates to the Cleveland convention and from E. F. Colladay, the Republican national committeeman from the Dis- trict, who was active in the conven- tion 'work. William T. Galliher and Thomas L. Jones, the two delegates, and James A. Cobb, one of the two alternates, each made a verbal report and each paid a tribute to the dignity and or- der that prevailed at the convention proceedings. T. Lincoln Townsend, whom the committée has selected to manage the newly organized Coolidge and Dawes Club, described the objects of this campaign organization and appealed to those present to assist in building up its membership. Among those present who pledged support to the local committee in the coming campaign were Mrs. Virginia White Speel, president of the League of Republican Women of the Dis- trict; Francis Wells, president of the Blaine Invincible Club and &ecretary of the Coolidge and Dawes Republi- can League, composed of colored voters, and Judge Mary O'Toole. —_——— MEXICO FREES AMERICAN. Action Follows Demand of Hughes for Release orr Formal Charges. DEL RIO, Tex., July 3—Dr. Fred M. Rose of Del Rio, held by Mexican authorities sincé Sunday at_ Villa Acuna on instructions from Mexico City, was released last night. 'Secre- tary of State Hughes had made strong representation to the Mexican gov- ernment to either release Dr. Rose or file specific charges against him. It had been stated.unofficially in Mexican circles on the border that Rose had been connected with gun .smngl.i:s to Mexican rebels. This Dr. dented, e | | Comparing the Democratic conven- | | i made | | | | | | | today’g voting, though here and there | which | merely THE EVENING GELEGATES REFUSE TOBE SWITCHED Stubborn Loyalty to Favorite Sons Expected to Require Sixty Ballots. McADOO MEN UNDAUNTED Drys Believed Solidified by Bryan. Walsk and Meredith Mentioned for Second Place. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. NEW YORK. July 3.—The endur- of the delegates to the Demo- cratic national convention knows no bounds. Most of them are so de- termined upon their own candidates that the convention probably will sit over the fourth of July and record number of ballots will taken. Little change was ance be anticipated for the McAdoo camp expected defec- tions. Oklahoma started the ball rolling by voting for Senator Robi son of Arkansas. Other states are inclined to compliment Robinson, too, and, the parlance of the conven- tion, after Robinson has had his ride” there will be a tendency to get behind Senator Ralston of In- diana to see what strength he may develop The tactics of giving favorite sons a chance are designed to batter down the two_leading candidates, but the principal effort is directed against the McAdoo states. Inasmuch as | Oklahoma left the fold to vote for| former Senator Owen, only to come | back to McAdoo last night, the sup- | porters of the former Secretary of the Treasury were not in the least perturbed today. } McAdoo Leader Undaunted. | 3 back | twenty the Mc- in “m have Oklahoma whenever we need their vote: said Thomas B. Love, Adoo leader from Texas. Certainly the fluctuations of Mis- souri and Oklahoma have not had the significance they would otherwise have if the vote were kept perma- nently in one place. ‘Talk of a conference of representa- tives of the leading candidates still continues, but Judge David Rockwell, the McAdoo manager, said today he only if Me- me proportion ch council & can Adoo were given th ot voting strength i he had delegates in the convention itself. This is only another way of saying that Rockwell would not com- promise, but would make another ef- fort to dictate the selection of Mc- Adoo From all this the reader can infer that the twoscore or more of ballots have been taken have not in the least worn down the two leaders and that it may take another twenty | ballots before either Smith or Mec- Adoo will concede defeat and be ready to talk compromise. Favorite Sonx Tenacio The real reason for the deadlock this convention, however, is not the tug of war between Mc- Adoo and Smith, but the tenacity of the favorite sons. Virginia favoring Senator Carter Glass, Arkansas with enator Robinson, Indiana with Sen- ator Ralston, Alabama with Senator | Underwood, Maryland with Gov. | Ritchie and Ohio with James M. Cox sist_upon sticking .to their own | without either of the | two leaders. Ordinarily in a con- | vention of so many ballots, the | favorite sons are deserted at any carly stage of the game because it | is apparent that their respective | candidates cannot get anywhere. In this convention, however, the strength of McAdoo and Smith' having for Several weeks been discounted, the favorite sons think they have a good chance. So they are wearing out the leaders and trying to make McAdoo and Smith delegates go to them. There is no cohesion between the favorite sons, but a common purpose holds them as tightly together as if they had an_iron-bound agreement to block Smith and McAdoo. May Ignore Majority Vote. The balloting already has exceeded the record of the Baltimore and San Francisco conventions, and probably will go to sixty balolts before there is a decision. The best proof of the character of the deadlock which is holding back a nomination is the vote on the forty-fifth ballot. The com- bined vote of McAdoo and Smith amounted to 802%, which leaves 295% votes among the favorite sons. Mc- Adoo, with 483, needed 249 votes to Teach two-thirds, while Gov. Smith, with 319, needed 413. The stritegy of the McAdoo forces has been to at- tain a majority, which is 550, hoping that the sentimental effect of such an achievement would bring the favorite sons into line and would furnish the necessary two-thirds. But there ap- pears to be a consistent effort to pre- vent McAdoo from reaching even a majority. Virginia is friendly, and so is Indiana, and while there is a chance they may break to McAddo during the day, the attainment of a majority will not be a vital factor. The Smith men say they will refuse to recognize it, and they have enough to veto it. Champ Clark had a majority for several ballots at Baltimore, but was ultimately beaten by Wilson, so there is precedent for ignoring a majority vote. Drys Believed Solidified. The fight has become to some ex- tent a wet and dry controversy. Wil- liam Jennings Bryan's speech has solidified the drys. Overnight hun- dreds of telegrams came to the dele- gates from drys urging them not to support a wet but to name a dry. Mr. Bryan's indorsement of Senator Ralston, Senator Robinson and Sena- tor Walsh of Montana, is considered significant. His attack on Davis and Smith has had an appreciable_effect. Incidentally, the chances of Senator Walsh of Montana and E. T. Meredith of Iowa for vice president appear to be growing, but with no_ daylight ahead on the presidency, the second place on the ticket 1s not getting much attention. (Copyright, 1924.) NS AT ) QUITS CHURCH COUNCIL. General Synod of Christian Re- formed Acts After Close Vote. KALAMAZOO, Mich, July 3.—The general synod of the Christian Re- formed Church today withdrew afil- iation with fhe Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. The vote was 36 to 29. The advisory committee last night urged the synod not to bring heresy charges against Rev. Herman Hoek- sema, Grand Rapids, and Rev. Henry Danhoff, Kalamazoo, at this time. It suggested that the synod . first de- clare ftself on certain disputed points in helping Plan to Get Leaders to Quit Simultaneously Flat Failure (Continued from First Page.) solid for Senator Robinson so long as he wished to hold it, but it de- veloped that the Arkansas delegation was not ready to join some one else. Mississippi, Missouri and Okla- homa had been held in the McAdoo column by slendér margins under the unit rule. Today's session yas called to start at 10 o'clock and® Chairman Walsh had announced balloting would begin promptly at that hour. It did not, however, and the delegate spaces sparsely settled when the hour came. The floor leaders and convention managers were looking tired and fagged and so was everybody else but the delegates who have not been doing anything so far but vote when their names are called. Convention Near Record. the outset of today's business sonvention was within two ballots the forty-four-ballot record at San Framcisco and within four of the fort lot record at Balti- more, which, so far, holds the ribbon for all Democratic convention his- tory, with the single exception of the convention of 1860, which nomi- nated Douglass by taking fifty-seven ballots. 1t was plain that a new record was to be made today in Madison Square Garden. s the clock moved to 10:30 Chair- Walsh of Montana began rap- ping for order and introduced the Rev. John . Heindel of the English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Jer- sey City, who offered the morning prayer. The clerk went back to the call of the states for the forty-third time. “Twenty-four votes for Oscar Under- wood” rolled in from Alabama as usual. The first change came in Florida, where the single vote which had been cast for Underwood went to Ralston. The Ralston people said they were ready to start their drive today after the “second ballot “if things look right.” The first breaks for the In- diana senator were expected to come from the middle west. Missouri, lowa and Oklahoma, where Thomas Tag- gart had “been’ making friends,” were being counted on by the Ralston people to contribute something. The Ralston people were claiming they had a hundred votes ready at once Nebraska took one from Smith and entered it up for Davis. The McAdoo people said they were ready to Ralston a run. Taggart, more taci- turn than ever, was hurrying noi lessly over the floor, saying a word here and there. Members of the old Indiana-lllinois-New York coalition seemed Yo be working in harmony again in New Hampshire McAdoo lost a half vote. which Smith picked up. North Carolina took a half vote At the man | from Glass and gave it to McAdoo. Results of Ballot. The vote on that ballot, the first of the day, showed the leaders standing this wa McAdoo, 483.4; Smith, 319.1; Davis, 71; Robinson, 44; Ralston, 31. This showed a net loss of 19 McAdoo, carrying him below the mark. It was a gain of a half vote for Smith, a gain of 4 votes for Davis and the gain of the whole state of Oklahoma for Robinson The drop in the McAdoo total, caused by the switch of Oklahoma to Robinson, threatened to have an ef- fect which might cost him some more, as Mississippi was threatening to turn back to John W. Davis if Me- Adoo did not at once make some sub- stantial gains As there was again no nomination, the roll call was resumed for the forty-fourth ballot. That was the one on which Cox was nominated in San Francisco four years ago. Glass Releases 24. lilinois, still scattering her among the field, took a vote Davis of Kansas and gave it to Sen- ator Edwards. the former governor of New Jersey vote s¢ today released the 4 Virginia delegates from their pledges to him, but the delegation de- cided to continue voting for him un- til_they could agree where to Eo. The forty-fourth ballot produced no nominee, as it did in San Francisco four years ago. The leaders stood McAdoo, 433.4; Smith, 319.1; Da- vis, 71; Robinson, 43; Ralston, 31. McAdoo, Smith, Davis and Ralston were unchanged. Robinson lost one. Taggart Still Holds Of. In the forty-fifth ballot the Tlli- nois_delegation took the vote cast previously for Fdwards of New Jer- sey and gave it back to Gov. Davis of Kansas. There was no other change in the scattering of the remaihder of the state’s votes. In Maine there was a change. Two votes were taken from Underwood and given to John W. Davis. Taggart, still working about the floor shaping up the Ralston forces, said: “I want them all to have their run.” Others said they were laying back to see what the others were doing. The most common expression among the delegates was: “We don't Know where to g0, Senator Owen of Oklahoma was asked by a friend for “the low down.” “Dissolution is rapidly approach- ing,” said the senator. On the forty-fifth ballot the lead- ers stood this way: McAdoo, 483.4; Smith, 319.1; Davis, 73; Robinson, 44; Underwood, 38; Ralston, 31. These figures showed a loss of 1 for McAdoo; no change for Smith; a gain of two for Davis; no change for Robinson or Ralston. Underwood lost 2. Baltimore Record Falls. The convention then went into the forty-sixth ballot and tied the ballot record with Baltimore, where Wood- row Wilson was mominated in 1912. At the rate the balloting had beén going it seemed headed for the fifty- seven-ballot record of the convention of 1860, which nominated Douglas. On the forty-sixth in Maine Davis lost a half vote and McAdoo gained half. & R ebraska McAdoo galned one and Ritchie lost one. North Carolina Ruud' indicating a movement for a change. McAdoo gained a vote fin North Carolina on_the recall; Underwood gained a half vote, taking them from Davis. On the_forty-sixth ballot the lead- ers stood: McAdoo, 486.9; Smith, 319.1; Davis, 72; Robinson, 4 Ral- ston, 31; Underwood, 38%. Virginia Refuses Switch. Having passed the Baltimore record, the convention went on to the forty- seventh ballot. It developed that Senator Glass, releasing his dele- ates, advised his friends on the gelegnllnn to vote for McAdoo. The anti-McAdoo men on the delegation in the majority contend that the delegation is instructed for Glass and he cannot release it. They declined to permit a break-up at this time. In North Carolina, Davis of West Virginia picked up a half vote from McAdoo. the forty-seventh ballot the lag;‘ers stood: McAdoo, 484.4; Brnhh: 320.1; Davis, 70.5; Robinson, 45; Underwood, 38.5, and Ralston, 31. McAdoo lost 3%; Smith gained 1; Davis lost %; Robinson gained 1, s aid Underwood; Ralston was 'un- e was a movement In the ouri delegation to give a com- :‘&:e:tuy vote_on the next ballot to former Gov. Gardner. That would involve a cut of 36 in the McAdoo strength, temporarily, at least. A proposal that the Democratic na- tional committee take affairs in hand and end the deadlock by getting McAdoo and Smith to withdraw simultaneously was blown up when it got as far as’ the Smith people. é" announced that they had dug in and were ready to- stay -until the from | McAdoo people were ready to give up the siege. McAdoo Insues Appeal. As the convention went into the forty-eighth ballot McAdoo delegates received a_personal letter from their candidate, urging them to stick for a while. In Connecticut Smith picked up nine-tenths of a vote, making the score a flat 10 for himself and leav- ng 4 for McAdoo. The complimentary vote for former Gov. Gardner in the Missouri dele- gation did not materialize and Mc- Adoo got the 36 again on the forty- eighth ballot. Forty-Eighth Ballot Futile. In Pennsylvania’s 76, still being scattered, one was taken from Rob- inson and given to Glass. Other changes were scarce. It was a draggy ceeding, sustained only by _the grim determination of the Smith and McAdoo people that neither should gain the advantage. The forty-eighth ballot these results for the leade: McAdoo, 483.5; Smith, 321: Davis, 70.5; Robinson, 44; Underwood, 38.5; Ralston, 31. On this ballot McAdoo lost one and nine-tenths; Smith gained mine- tenths; Robingon lost one; Davis, Un- derwood and Ralston were ~un- changed. Ralston Picks Up. On the forty-ninth ballot Senator ston picked up five votes in Illi- noi It was the largest bloc that had been cast for him outside his own state. The five were taken from John W. Davis. in Maine a half vote that had been going to Davis switched to Under- wood. One Minnesota vote was switched from Cox to Ralston. The switch of the Mississippi dele- gation was another defection from the McAdoo ranks. The tyenty dele- gates had been supporting the former Treasury Secretary persistently since they went to him yesterday. Before the Mississippl twenty slid into the Ralston column he had taken five from John W. Davis in Illinois and one from Cox in Minnesota. Underwood picked up 2 votes In North Carolina, taking 1% from Mc- Adoo and from Davis of West gave Robinson Virginia Pennsylvania 1, taken from Davis of Kansas. The totals for the forty-eighth bal- lot follow: McAdoo, 4831:; Smith, 321; Davis of West 'Virginia, 7013; Underwood, 381: Cox, 54; Glass, 25; Ralston, : Robinson, 44; Ritchie, 16%: Davis of Kansas, Waish, 1; Saulsbury, Owen, 4. Total, 1,098. - On the forty-ninth ballot Ralston gained 26, Robinson 1; while the losses were: McAdoo, 21; Smith, §; Davis, 6, and Underwood, 2. On the fiftieth ballot Nebraska took one from Robinson and gave it to McAdoo, and North Carolina took two from MeAdoo, giving one to Ralston and a half each to Underwood and Davis of West Virginia. Oklakoma Challenged. Oklahoma again cast its 20 for Senator Robinson. but it was chal- lenged by a member of the delega- tion, who demanded that the del gates be polled individually. As the poll of the Oklahoma dele- gation proceeded it developed that the row was over a proposal to switch from Robinson to Ralston. Senator Owen, amons the delegates at large, produced | still voted for Robinson, but a num- ber of others. including most of the woman delegates, were for Ralston. The final vote was Robinson 10, Ralston 9, with one absent. Under the unit rule the 20 votes were cast for Robinson. The leaders stood as follows on the fiftieth ballot: McAdoo, 461 Smith. .5: Ral- ston, 58; Robinson. 44: Underwood, 64. McAdoo lost 5, Smith as unchanged, Davis gained a half, Ralston gained 1, Robinson lost 1, and Underwood gained a half. Later the Kansas delegation waived the challenge against its vote. and the 20 were recorded for McAdoo. But members of the delegation said an_effort would be made on the next ballot to SWing to some other candi- date. McAdoo Begins Gain. The McAdoo drive began to show results on the thirty-fourth ballot, when, after Tuesday's slump, his total began the climb that took it to 5 on the fortieth, chiefly at the expense of the Davis column. He had 503.4 when the session adjourned last night after the forty-second ballot, which was in accord with his managers’ desires to put him over the 500 mark and then give the dele- gates a chance to think it over. The Smith leaders meanwhile held their reserves in check for service later. Starting with 3225 on the thirty-first—one less than he had on the thirtieth—his total stood at 318.6 on the forty-second. McAdoo workers admitted that a number of votes merely awaited the call from the Smith™ captains, but predicted his total would not pass 470, and said they were ready to force him to ex- tend all of his strength before they called out the last of their own re- serves. The Smith leaders seemed to have the same idea, Franklin D. Roosevelt, theirs general manager, saying that, while ~“we have _ conserved _our strength,” the McAdoo forces “have expended theirs”* Neither Roosevelt nor other Smith managers gave any indication of their plans for today, contenting themselves with pointing out that they had exercised care to prevent too rapid development of their full strength and asserting they would not have their “run” until “Mr. McAdoo has finished.’ MeAdoo Forces “Dig In One McAdoo leader at the same time described the position of his camp as “dug in,” waiting “for the other side to play their last trump,” after which “the real business of the convention may begin.” With the storm that followed the speech of William Jennings Bryan in support of McAdoo, frantic efforts of the McAdoo workers and clashing demonstrations, the third day of bal- loting presented the most colorful spectacle of the week, The shift of the two New York votes from Smith to McAdoo gave the latter’s follow- ers one of their choicest thrills, and they found cause for noise in the Mississippi change and the return to their fold of Missouri and Oklahoma. Smith rooters, meanwhile, took most of their enthusiasm out in boos and cries of “Oil* and reference to @ tax refund case. Speech Does No Damage. The night voting disclosed no ma- terial damage to any one from the violent storm kicked up by Bryan. Some McAdoo supporters feared the eftects for a_ time, but apparently without real basis and the only re- sult among the Smith delegates was to' knit them more closely together. Increasing talk of prospective ef- forts to abrogate the two-thirds nom- inating rule whenever a majority is passed brought no authenmtic infor- mation to support it from the McAdoo headquarters overnight and it re- mained today in the uu:u: :vl"nmv; e] tes 10" i A number of delegat le‘mnfi Tk that o happen all the week and have at- toibuted the absence of any definits move for such a change to the failure of either of the leading candidates to attain a majority. Davis Drops Back. i vis slump yesterday carr! m;'.“ze:’?,‘. 70 for the first time since the eighteenth ballot. Starting with 127.5 on the thirty-first ballot, he went to 128—1.5 under his high point Ton the thirty-second, and from there dropped steadily to 67 on the forty-second. while the McAdoo total mounted. Mississippi's /flop to Mc- Adoo and Missouri's return to that column by narrow margins in_the delegation crucuses were his heaviest blows. The Ralston supporters continued t.\eu-‘w-mn: game, having 30 votes | STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924. at the finish, exactly the number they started with Monday. Their activity showed signs of ' ingreasing, but Thomas Taggart of Indiana, manag- ing the senator's campalgn, said after adjournment he did not Know when they would try to put on a little more speed. He had, however, put in a busier day about the floor and had issued a statement gently setting forth the virtues of his man as a compromise candidate “better calcu- lated to_ unite the party than any other.” Reports also circulated about the fioor that Mississippi and Okla- homa, ihen in the McAdoo column, were ready to switch at u word from Taggart. The Arkansas and Virginia delega- tions stuck throughout the day to their respective favorite sons—Sena- tors Robinson and Glass—despite ef- fort to get them into the McAdoo line, and their leaders insisted they intended to stay out until the last ballot revealed their man, as the case happened to be, the winner. Ohio maintalned a similar attitude with Cox, and so did Maryland with Gov. Ritchie, while former Senator Sauls- bury held his 6 from Delaware. GEORGIANS DRAW BALLERIES WRATH McAdoo State Delegation Often Storm Center of Convention Outbursts. By a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, July 3.—The Georgia delegation in this convention occu- pies a somewhat similar position to that occupied by the Wisconsin dele- gation in the Republican convention in Cleveland, as a storm center. The Georgians, it appears, are to the galleries, packed with Smith fol- lowers and anti-Ku Klux Klanners, what a red flag is to a bull. At any time the Georgians can get a rise out of the galleries by rising in their seats and shouting to their opponents in the upper tiers of the hall. When there is a Smith demonstration the crowd on the floor congregates more thickly about the section allotted to the Georgia delegation than elsewhere, just as the Republican delegates crowded about the Wisconsin insur- gents at Cleveland. The Georgia dele- gation is supporting McAdoo, native son of the state, with reai fervor and enthusiasm. LTndemf in at least two of the dele- gations from western states 2 said that If Mcadoo could not. pu nominated they would be glad to swing in line for Senator Ralston of Indiana. They are the Oklahoma and Utah delegations. The Utah dele- gation has been voting persistently for McAdoo from the start. The Ok- lahoma delegation has been on and off the reservation. To the western- ers Ralston seems a better bet than other dark horses. He is a farmer, and regarded as somewhat progres- sive. La Follette Also Near 70. Should Ralston be nominated by the Democrats and Senator La Fol- lette run on a third ticket, two of the prominent candidates for the presidency would be nearing the threescore vears and ten mark. Sen- ator Ralston is sixty-seven years old and Senator La Follette is sixt nine. The Republicans, with Cal Coolidge, would have the “baby” of the presidential nominees. It would be somewhat of a coincidence that the much discussed and criticized Senate of the United States would be offering two of the three candidates for Chief Executive. Speaking of age, William Jennings Bryan, who has much to do with the proceedings of the convention, has the advantage of both Ralston and La Follette, although he was the nominee of the Democratic party for President twenty-eight years ago. Col. Bryan is sixty-four years old. TENSE DELEGATES HOLD FIRM FRONT, BUT RESENT PRODS (Continued from First Page.) that on each succeeding ballot the low man should be dropped out, which would end_in narrowing the contest down to McAdoo and Smith making thereby a real duel and show their genuine 1nstead ol tuew flaged strength and weakne Mississippi’'s break to Ralston was not a mere gesture, Senator Pat Har- rison said this afternoon. “Our dele- gation intends to stick to Ralston to the end,” he added. “We think he ought 16 be nominated.” There is a rapidly spreading spirit of indignation and protest among the delegations against the personal inter- ference of McAdoo and Gov. Smith in the proceedings of the convention and the dictatorial attitude they assume toward delegates. McAdoo has his headquarters in a hotel near the hall and Gov. Smith is at the Manhattan Club on’ another street opposite the hall. They send for delegates to solicit their votes, and are said to “bawl out” those who leave them. Fret Over “Nagging.” One ‘prominent delegate said today that the delegates are fretting over the nagging of these two candidates. “Gov. Smith’s place Is in Albany and we think he ought to be back in the governor’s chair, while McAdoo. sught to leave town on the next train. They are both hurting themselves by their methods,” said one irate delegate. After three ballots had been taken the keen edge was taken off the anxiety and expectation of a possi- ble dramatic climax early today, and delegates settled down to the pros- pect of still another long day of skirmishing. Tremendous _pressure has brought upon MeAdoo to qult It said that even his closest friend and reputed financial backer, Barne: Baruch, advised him to let his in- structed and unit rule delegates have their head and try to break the dead- lock. McAdoo, it is said, gets furious at these suggestions and becomes more obdurate. Smith Seem Neatr Peak. Smith is believed to have reached nearly the peak of his strength and will be content to try to keep the nomination from. going to McAdoo. In that policy he will be supported by the big states of Illinois, Indiana, Pennhsylvania, Ohio and New York until it is possible to agree upon a compromise candidate. Last night McAdoo made frantic efforts to increase his lead. Bryan had stirred the delegates to mingled emotions with his impassioned ap- peal in McAdoo's behalf. He sent personally for Senator Robinson to ask him to withdraw and turn the Arkansas votes into the McAdoo column. - He ‘also asked Semator Swanson to deliver the Glass Vir- ginia delegation to him. J 2 o \ McAdoo leaders were disturbed by the report that if he falled to make an showing on the early THIRD PARTY SEEN AIDTODEMOCRATS Leaders in New York Believe La Follette Would Cut Into G. 0. P. Votes. 1912 SITUATION CITED Spokelmefi Hold, However, Demo- cats Must Name Pro- gressive Candidate. By a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, July 3.—Circumstan- tial reports from Washington today that Senator La Follette of Wiscon- sin in going to run for the presi- dency on a third party ticket, no matter whom the Democrats may nominate, caused considerable in- terest among the Democrats meet- ing here in national convention. Most of those who woula express an opinion as to the effect, of the candi- dacy of La Follette in November in- sisted that it would benefit the Democrats. “It may bring about a situation analgous to that of 1912, when a third party was formed, with Roose- velt at its head,” said Senator Key Pittman of Nevada. “The Democrats have written a progressive platform. La 7 sllette probably will carry four of the northwestern states, states which the Republicans might carry otherwise. What will be the effect of his candidacy in the states of Ne- braska and Kansas is more difficult to say. If the Democrats nominate here a progressive, as they did in 1912, when they nominated Woodrow Wilson, I believe that the party would have a good chance to carry those two states, with La Follette getting a considerable number of the progressive Republican votes there.” Representative Ayres of Kansas also took the view that a progressive Democrat would have little to fear from the nomination of Senator La Follette. He said, however, that if La Follette did not run e believed that some of the northwestern states which La Follette is expected to car- ry might well go to the Democratic column. “What Democratic candidates are considered progressive enough to make such a race, provided Mr. Mc- Adoo is not the nominee?’ Mr. Ayres was asked. Ralston, Robinxon, Progressives. He mentioned both Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, who has been leader of the Democrats in the Senate, and Senator Ralston of Indiana, Both of the candidates, by the way, are included in the list of eligibles announced by William Jennings Bryan in his address to the conven- | tion yesterday, concerning the nomi- | nation of McAdoo. | Another progressive from the west | being mentioned as satisfactory is | Senator T. J. Walsh of Montana. If he does not get first place on the | ticket, an effort will be made to have him in second place. Daniel C. Roper, one of the McAdoo managers, insisted that the candi- dacy of La Follette would not injure the Democrats if Mr. McAdoo were nominated. Bryan is of the opinion that it is absolutely essenital to nominate a progressive like McAdoo in the event La Follette runs, if the Democratic party is not to be snowed under. He said today that with Cool- idge and the Republicans carrying the fight to the polls on the part of conservatives and big business it would be futile for the Demoerats to nominate a man who also was con- sidered conservative. | Seex Help for McAdoo. Mr. Roper said that his candidate for the nomination would make an extremely good showing in Illinois and Ohio and that he believed if a third ticket were in the field Mr. McAdoo would carry both these states. It was his opinion, he said, that the farmers and the industrial workers with Democratic leanings would give their support to Mr. Mc- Adoo and that the Republican ranks would be split by La Follette. Senator David I Walsh of Massa- chusetts, one of the Smith leaders, said: “No one can_tell what will be the effect of the La Follette candidacy upon the Democratic party until this party nominates its ticket.” It has been the contention of the Smith supporters that Gov. Smith is a real progressive, and is So regard- ed, particularly in the great indus- trial states of the east. They do not believe that he-can be Deaten in those states. Some surprise was expressed by Democrats that the La Follette group should maintain that the Democratic platform as now drafted is not suffi- ciently progressive. Col. Bryan and Senator Owen of Oklahoma both declared that it is a splendidly progressive platform. LR RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. Chinese Premier Out, But Cabine! Remains. By the Associated Press. PEKING, July 3.—President Tsao Kun has accepted the resignation of the premier, Sun Pao-Chi, which was tendered yesterday. Dr. V. K. Wel- lington Koo, the foreign minister, is carrying on the duties of the premier- ship and the members of Sun’s cab- inet are retaining their portfolios temporagily. him. John W. Davis' vote had awindled to 67 on the last ballot last night, and early today Davis was re- garded as a negligible factor in the proceedings. 2 Deep silence fell upon the hall as the clerk commenced to call the roll on the forty-third ballot. Every one was on tiptoe of expectation of pos- sible changes from last night. The first notable change was a loss to Mc- Adoo of twenty votes when Oklahoma went over to Robinson of Arkansas. Michigan passed on the call while the delogation was canvissed and then reported McAdoo fifteen, a loss of one, and Smith fiftéen, a gain of three. Florida took one from Underwood and gave it to Ralston. Illinois stood [Pat on last night's vote. Smith lost one in Montana and half a vote in New Hampshire, McAdoo getting the other half. New York showed no changes. He also gained one and a half in North Carelina. So the first ballot of the day con- cluded without any signs of the threatened landslide, the change in Oklahoma’s vote having been ex- pected. e During the forty-fourth roll cal emhttr’al of McAdoo invaded the Virginia delegation, beseeching the transfer of the Carter Glass votes to McAdoo. It was reported Senator Glass was willing to lend the votes to Mr. McAdoo for a few ballots, any- how, but there is strong opposition to McAdoo in the delegation. HOTEL INN TR 604-610 9th N.W. Tooma, §8 weekly; §10.50 3 fi 33 ballots. todsy Oklahoma would 1eavo: s, 50 sor cvut mese: Ravms Tike Mothar's b) Rival Forces “Dig In” for Third Week of Convention, But Hope for “Break” Soon ) N | ; Sale ofa Century" Stay In Town See Tomorrow's Star, Page 5 Come In and See for Yourself —just why Electrol Automatic Oil Heaters are going into so many local homes. 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