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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1924. m Details of Balloting in Democratic Convention Showing Late Trends Total Number of Delegates, 1,098; Necessary to Nominate, Two-Thirds of Those Present and Voting—732 on a Full Ballot. SIXTY-FIFTH BALLOT. SIXTY.SECOND BALLOT: 1 STATE J. W. Davis Cox J. W. Davis Underwood Baker SIXTY-EIGHTH BALLOT STATE. Underwood | Underwood Arkansas 6 Caltf.. : Colorado 313 3 Conn. 410 Delaware i Florida. Georgia. Idaho ne.... Maryland . Mass. ... Michigan Minn..... Miss. 2 Missouri, Montana. Nebraska 1, Vermont, 1; Vir 18; Tllinois, 4; Minne- sota. Total, Ritchie—>Md. Owen—I1liBois. Saulsbury—Dela: —illinol, —S. D., Total, 1635 JTotal.” 4. SIXTY-THIRD BALLO STATE. J. W. Davis Ralston Underwood Alabama. .. 6 Arizona.. Arkansas .. Calif. ... Colorado. M HEHY Delaware .. 2 Florida.. | Georgiu. 2 Louisia’a Maine. .. Maryland .. Mass. ... chigan Minn Miss..... .. Missouri. Montana, Nebraska Oregon.. 10 § Vermont. Virginia Seattering—Total, 112%. Robinson—Ark. 18, 11l 4; Mion. 1; total Owen—Illingis 4, Oklshoma 20; total Ritehie—Md. 16, Pa. 15: total. 16%. sa A 2 total. 4. . Philippines 2; total,’ 3. o SIXTY-FOURTH BALLOT. STATE. ox Underwood » Maine.. .. Maryland . Mass. Mich Minn, Miss. 5 Missouri. 36 Montana. Nebraska 12 Nevada, . N. Hanfp. N. Jersey. .. i N. Mexico . York Oklaho'a. Oregon. Penn.. Rhode Is. S. Carol'a S. Dakota Tenn. Texas. Utah...... Vermont. Virginia. ‘Wash. W.Va.. .s Wisconsin 6 Wyoming 6 Alaska. .. 6 D. of Col € Hawaii Seattering Tot: 104%. binson—Arizona, 1; Arkansas, 18; Illinois, innesota, 1. Total, 2: Owen—Tiinots. 4; Okia re. suu—?_n“. § Philippines Bryaa—Iilin ; Nebraska, Walsh (Mass.—Mich,. 215, Ralsop—Floride, 1. Total, 1. Alabama. . Arizona.. Arkansas .. Calif..... Colorado. Conn...... Delaware .. Florida.. Georgia.. ldaho.. .. 8- Hlinois. | 0 Indlana.. ¢ Towa. Kan Ken L'uisiana Maine.... Maryland 6 Mass. ... Michigan Minn Miss.. .0 6 Missouri Montana, Nebra'ka 6 Nevada.. N.Hamp. N. Jersey. .. 6 N. Mexi.. York.. N. Car... N. Dak... Ohio. Okla. Oregon .. Penn R. Island. Carzi.. .~ - S. Da Tenn Texa Utah..... Vermont. Virginia. Wash.... 5 W. Va. Wyoming Alaska... 6 D. of C P. Rico Ca'l Zone. Seattering—Total, 5. Owen—TIL. 4. Okl total, 24. Mitn. 1: total, 23. total, 1613, Cox—Minnesota 1. SIXTY-SIXTH BALLOT. McAdoo Smith J. W. Davis Underwood 24 Alabama. 6 Ariz..... Ark. Cal N el Conn.... Delaware .. Florida. . Georgia.. Idaho. RS Indiana Iowa.... nsas. . isiana .. Maine. ... Maryland .. Ma: Mich, Minn Miss. Missouri. Montana. Oregon. . Penn..... R.Island . . Car. S. Dak 24 Tenn. 40 Texa. 8 Utah. 8 Germont. 24 Virgin 14 Wash. 16 W.Va 26 Wis. 6 Wyo! 6 Alaska... D, of C:. 5 Hawai Philip. § P 76 10 18 10 Scattering—Te : Okiahoma, 20 L 18; Tl total, 22, ; Minne- 16; Peansylvan total. 6. ; Philippines, Bryan—Nebraska, 2; total, 2. SIXTY-SEVENTH BALLOT Underwood 6 Arizona.. Arkansas. .. Callf...>. 26 .. .. Colorado. 2% 3 "4 .. Conn 2% 10% 1 . Delaware .. .. .. - Florida. .. 1 Georgia s Idaho. . 25 1ilinois 30 Indiana 10 Towa % Kansas o Kentuc'y 26 Louisiana . Maine.... Maryland. . Mass.. Michigan. Minnesota Mis Missouri. Montana. 6 Nebraska Nevada. . o4 -t W s - u-;‘* oo HDR- 1 TR el KaBuil ¥ ) Oregon 5 Penn Hawaii Philip'nes Potto Ric. Ca’l Zone Totals... 490 336% 75% 54 46% 25 HESTOIS | tal, 24 Alabama. .. .. 6 Arizon: 3%.. 18 Arkansas .. .. 26 California 26 . 12 Colorado. 3% 3 14 Comn..... 2 11 6 Delaware .. .. 12 Florida... 10 '1 28 Georgia. 28 .. 81daho ... 8 58 Tllinois... 14 30 Indiana.. 20 26lowa .... 26 20 Kansas . %33 L 71 1% 1% 6 15 20 30 Michig: 24 Minnesota 20 Miss 16 Nebraska 10 6 Nevada.. 48 Ohio. . 20 Okla.... 10 Oregon. 76 Penna. 10 Rh. Island 18S. Car. 10 8. Dakota 9 24 Tennessee 24 40 Texa. 40 24 Virginia 14 Wash. 16 W. Va.. B 26 Wisconsin 3 23 . 6 Wyoming.. % 4% 1 6 Alaska 1 .. 6 Dist. Col. 6 Hawaii... 1 6 Philippines 2 6 Porto Rico .. 6 Canal Zene § Total 488% 336% 72% 67 461 Seattering—Total, 71. Owen—Illivois 2, Oklshoms 20: total. Robinsoa—Arkansas 18, Llisels 2, sote 1 - Ko Haulsbiry—Delaware 6. Rryan—Nebraska 3. Valsh—Seuth Dakota 1. Will Rogers—Arizona 1. M. A. Coolidge—Massachusetts %. 22, Minne- SIXTY-NINTH BALLOT. 3| Underwooa 24 Alabama. 6 Arizona. 18 Arkansas. . 26 California 12 Colorado. 14 Conn.... 6 Delaware. 12 Florida. 28 Georgia 81daho. 58 Tllinois. . 30 Indiana 26 Iowa. 20 Kansas. .. 26 Kentucky 20 Louisiana 12 Maine.... 16 Maryland .. .. . 36Mass.... 216 333 30 Michigan. 25 5 .. 24 Minnesota 6 36 Missouri.. 8 Montana. 16 Nebraska. ¥ Jersey Mexico 18 8. Cai 10 S. Dak. . 24 Tennessee 40 Texas, . 8Utah. $ Vermont... 24 Virginia 14 Wash. 16 W.Va. .., 26 Wisconsin 6 Wyoming.. 6 Alaska 6 Dist. Col. 6 Hawali. 6 Philippines 2 € Porto Rico .. 6 Canal Zone € .10 24 40 . 335 64 56 38 25 Scattering—Total, 50. Robinsop—A 18, Illimeis 2, Minne- sota tal. 21 Ritchie—Maryland 16, Pesnaylvania %; to- SEVENTIETH BALLOT. —_— J. W. Davis Underwood Glass SEVENTY.FIRST BALLOT. ¥4 .8 | Underwood ES Glass bR 58 Illinols 30 Indiana 26 Iowa 20 Kansas . 26 Kentucky 20 Louisiana 12 Maine ... 16 Maryland 36 Mas 30 Michigan. 24 Minnesota 20 Miss. .... 36 Missour! . 8 Montana. 16 Nebraska. 6 Nevada .. 8 N. Hamp.. 28N, Jersey . € N. Mexico 24 Tennessee 24 40 Texas .... 40 8 Utah . 8 8 Vermont . 1 24 Virginia.. .. 14 Wash....' 1 16W.Va..., .. 26 Wisconsin 6 Wyoming. 6 Alaska .. “6 Dist. Col. 6 Hawail .. € Philip'ines § Porto Rico .. 6 Canal Zone Total. 528% 334% 67 561373 Scattering—Total, 45%. Robinson—Arkanses 18, Tilinols 2. Minnesota 1; total, 21, Ritchie—Maryland 16, Pennsylvamia %; to- tal, 16%%. Sfaulsbury—Delaware 6. Owen—Tlinols 2. Bryan—Nebrasks 2. Walshb—South Daketa 1. SEVENTY-SECOND BALLOT. 24 Alabama. 6 Arizona.. 18 Arkansas .. . 26 California 26 12 Colorad 2 1¢Conmn. .... 6 Delaware 12 Florida. 28 Georg! 81daho 58 Illinois 30 Indiana 20 Kansas .. 20 26 Kentucky 26 20 Louisiana .. 12 Maine .. 16 Maryland 36 Mass. 30 Michiga: Minnesota 6 Miss. ....20 36 Missouri. 36 ontana. 7 16 Nebraska. 11 6 Nevada .. 6 Hamp. Jersey . 10 Oregon... 76 Penna. . 10 Rh_.Islan. 18S.Car... 10 S. Dakota 10 24 Tennessee 24 40 Texas $Utah. .. 8§ Vermont.. 24 Virginia.. .. 14 Wash.... 1 16W.Va.... . 26 Wisconsin 6 Wyoming. 6 Alaska .. 6 Dist. Col... 6 Hawaii. .. 6 Phillp'ines 6 Porto Rico .. 6 Canal Zone 6 §2732 334 65 57% 37% 25 Seattering—Total, 49%. 1, Robinson—Arkansas 18, Titinois 2, Mianesota :_tota Ritchie—Maryland 16, Penmsylvania %: tal. 18! Saulsbury—Delaware 6 ‘Walsh—Connecticut 1, South Dakota 1; to- tal, i * Gweo—tilimots 2. Bryan—Nebraska 2. Total. to- SEVENTY-THIRD BALLOT. STATE. McAdoo J. W.Davis Dl et o * n M 12 Florida .. 28 Georgia. 8 Idaho . 58 Llinois. 30 Indiana. . 26 Towa . 20 Kansas .. 26 Kentucky 20 Louisiana 12 Maine 30 Michiga 24 Minnesota 20 Miss. .... 8 Montana. 16 Nebraska :l\\;evm e 28 N. Jersey 6 N. Mexico 90 N. York.. 2¢N. Car. .. 10 N. Dakota 48 Ohio . 200kla. . 10 Oregon . 76 Penna. . 10 Rh. Island 188. Car. .. 10 8. Dakota 19 24 Tennessee 24 49 Texas .... 40 6 Philip'ine € Porto Ric. . Camnl Eo: Scattering—Total, 70% . 16%. |sota 1: 6. Owen—Iilinois 2, Oklahoma 20; tetal, 22. n..m';m;imglm. 18, imois 2, Smm- total, 21. :m:u—hmut 8 Femwinala %; I-fl.—-‘?—l!.!l.l Minne- wota 1: total, l‘.‘.‘..pfl.,ini 16, Pesasyivanis %; to- aaisbary—Delaware 6. Rryan—Xebrasks 3. Owes —iibinen 2. 24 Alabama. § Arizona. . 13 Arkansas. 26 Calif..... 12 Colorado. 14 Conn. ... 6 Delaware .. 12 Florida... 28 Georgls L oest o I wP{Underwood Lili(Glass 30 Michigan 25 24 Minnesota & 15 20 Miss. ....20 36 Missouri. § Montama. 7 16 Nebraska. 10 € Nevada.. 6 s N. Hamp. 4 28 N. Jersey .. 6 N.Mexico 6 /.. 90 N York. 2 86 .. 2 10 48 Ohio. 200Kkla. . 10 Oregon.. 96 Penna. 10 Rhode Is. = - 33% 25 Seattering—Total, 50%. Mebisgea—Arkensms 18, Illiscis 2, Minfesota :-: % 16, Praseyivasta %: to- [Z] 70 Seithe. |1 Sy B s ; - A J. W. Davis.. 6 62 6l Underwood ‘Ralston Glass. Owean. Robinson Ritchie. Saulsbury. ... C. W. Bryan.. T. J. Walsh. Ferris. 54 39 1 2 2¢ 16 6 24 e 23 .. 16 6 4 ;492 495 400 4887, 50 S8 3361; 3385 336y “ 2 2 336/ 2y; A 2 22 21 335 64 67 B 3y 3 % 2 21 3341, 4% 16 21 V4 16%; 6 46 25 22 21 16 6 3 2 sé CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS NEW YORK, July 5.—A departure for settling the ordinary convention rows without having them come to the floor to interrupt businesws has been instituted by Chairman Waish, who is holding daily court in a room under the platform with the aid of Representative Clarence Cannon of Missouri, the convention parliamen- tarian. In this courtroom numerous ocon- troversics over the unit rule in del gations and contests involving alter- nates have been disposed of quickly and easily. Such contests, when brought to the floor, are among the things that make life hard for the chairman of a convention, but they seem to dwindle when considered be- hind the scenes, especially, as one delegate put it after having his case |settied, when the members of the con- | vention have confidence in the fair- | ness of the chairman. “My idea of inertia_and indolence incarnate said a floor manager hastily elbowing his way through a throng in the Garden basement, “is @ fellow who comes to a Democratic national convention and then sits { the cellar to get the returns by radio. itorial delegate who had ob- servea his first Fourth of July on the mainland by absenting himself from the convention hall all day, culled from his experiences & sugges- tion which he proffered as & certain key to the history-making deadlock. “We're through the seventieth bal- lot, you say?’ the patriot inguired of an’impromptu gathering on Sth ave- GUe several hours after adjournment. ‘Well, I'll tell you the way it looks to me. They'll o right on tomorrow to the seventy-fifth, and then they nominate with the spirit of seventy- ix. een invocations with which (he convention. sestions have been opened. three of the clergymen have been Lutherans, two Catholics, two Jewish, two Episcopalian, two Bap- tist, one Presbyterian, one Christian Scientist, one Methodist and one Non- Sectarian. lustrating the wear and tear on nemvos from the monotony of ballot- ing, one hefty sergeant-ati-arms tried to induce a delegate to wear his badge. The delegate promptly in- vited the sergeamt to put him out, and gained immediate moral support fro ma small colleague in a let's- everybody-fight mood, who demlndeld that the big fellow “try to put us all out.” The sergeant grumbled and moved away, but soon the clerk, safe on the speakers’ stand. announced that all delegates were requested to wear their badges. New York EorldA which cham- pi;‘;lh:d the candidacy of Gov. Alfred . Smith at the beginning of the Democratic national convention, calls in ar editorial today for a compro- mise to end the deadlock. 5 “If the party is to be saved.™ savs the World, “the first duty of all men who consider its interests above their own is to compel the withdrawal of Mr. McAdoo. When this is done—and only when this is done—does a sec- ond duty arire. That is to heal the wound in the party by acceptirg the withdrawal of Gov. Smith. Their third duty is to choose a vigorous candidate who surmounts the bitter- ness of this struggl e Mothers' Democratic Club of the New_ York Nursers and Child's Hospital was still deadlocked today on its paramount isswe—the finding of a candidate to receive the name of the Democratic party's presidential candidate. Another baby arrived last right, but, like the nineteen others born since the club was formed June 20 under a pledge to name its first boy after the Democratic nominee, this twentieth junior member was a Eirl. “But.” smiles each of the seven — e | SEVENTY-FOURTH BALLOT. - 24 Alabama. 6 Arizona. 18 Arkansas 26 Calif 12 Colorado. 1¢ Conn. ... ¢ Delaw 12 Florida. 28 Georgia.. 8 Idaho. 8 Xllinois. . 30 Indiana 26 lowa. 20 Kansas. 26 Kentucky 20 Loulsiana 12 Maine ... 16 Maryland 36 Mass..... 30 Michigan 24 Minesota 20 Miss. .. 36 Missouri § Montana. 16 Nebraska 6 Nevada.. g N. Hamp. | Mex.. York. STATE Underwood Robinson W e s L oo ‘Hughes is reported to Temalning hopeful members, wonder- ing what her boy's name will be, ‘what differerce does it make”'—or words to that effect. For tnose interested in supersti- tions. .there were thirteen banners in the parade which the Smith adherents staged with the aid of the galleries in a brave effort to laugh off the dis- heartening turn_ The “We want Smith: we want Smith” from the up- per galleries fell as harg as a ham- mer on iron upon the fars of the delegates, but they've heard it so long now that they never bat an eye. There is no doubt that New York generally found the convention in its second week more of a blight than a blessing. The gathering took on the atmosphere of a visitation from an unwelcome mother-in-law. New York could not do too much for the con- vention at first. But the metropolis did think the 'guests would Know enough to go home when the party was over. But the delegates have remained on and on and have serious- 1y interfered with the big city’s rou- ine. It was thought the convention was EOINg to help business, but it has all but killed the theatrical attendance. Everybody has been staying home evenings "listening-in on the radio. ‘ever has there been such a per- sistent, long-distance, _continuous radio “attraction. Naturally, New Yorkers have been interested in the fate of their native son, Al Smith, and this has kept thousands on “the air” that would long ago have passed up the Garden performances as dull routine, When a non-partisan was organized to bring the Demo- crats here this year it was announced that the city would invite and expect the: Republicans in 1928. The Pro- lflnged Garden party in Madison Square may cause a material revision of these pians. . Will H. Hays, former chairman of the Republican’ national committee, and Frank A. Munsey, stalwart Re- publican and denouncer of all Demo- cratic ways and means, were on the committee to bring the Democrats to the metropolis. If they have been seen grinning up their sleeves lately, who can blame them? committee The convention is not only interfer- ing with some lines of business here in New York, but a few of the dele- gates are receiving word that affairs are pretty much demoralized at home. I have an office force of more than fifty people,” said one of the Ohio delegates to the writer. “Since this convention has been in session and I have been in New York the gang at the office have chipped in and bought a radio. They keep it going all day long at the office und gather around the loud speaker to fight it out. If I don't get home soon I won't have any business left” The announcements made from the stand by Mrs. Izetta Jewell Brown of West Virginia have been the bright spots of the convention since Miss Anna_Case ceased to lead in song. Mrs. Brown, once a noted actress, has @ wonderfully trained voice, and it is nothing short of marvelous to hear her impart to the seventieth ballot the inflections of emphasis and the tonal qualities of perfectly delivered stage lines. Chairman Whlsh always has made a hit with the frowd every time he has led Mrs wn to the microphones. She even has imparted a symphonic atmosphere to a complete roll call. The peculiar construction of Madi- son Square Garden has made it pos- sible for the galleries to interfere with the proceedings more than would be the case at any other con- vention hall in the country. In the garden. the galleries extend entirely around the building without an in- terruption. The stage has been placed almost in the center of the hall. Therefore the galleries have com- pletely surrounded the speakers and clerks and delegates. Probably there never will be another convention laid out on such a plan. It seems better 10 have the stage at one end or one side of the hall. Delegate® and alternates to the Democratic national convention, tired men and women, today filed into the cheerless, barnlike Madison Square Garden. ~ Just across the street the two men who are pulling the strings which make it necessary for these weary delegates to meet and meet again, and ballot and ballot again and again, were rearranging their lines for the day’s operatings. Mr. McAdoo_sits in_a room in the ©old Madison Square Hotel, with his secretaries and errand boy managers about him. Gov. Smith takes up_hi: Dost next door in a room of the Jux urious headquarters of the New York democracy, the Manhattan Club. «Their two wives come in faithfully to their neighboring boxes in the Gar- den itself. Mrs. Smith usually with some of her children, Mrs. McAdoo usually with her sister. Margaret Wil. son. But the convention refused to Jet either of the candidates come across the street and enter the con- vention hall to address the delegates. The floor and campaign managers of the rival factions run back and forth between their chiefs and the conven- tion. But they spend most of their time right here on the floor, because here ‘is where it is aparently going to be settled. As long as they can hold their two lines of delegates in- tact each is sure the other is stopped. It has been the custom of the New York delegates and also some of the others, including the Californians, to wear the state delegation badges rather ‘than the regulation badge which is the official insignia entitling one to_the privileges of the floor. J. J. Hughes, sergeant-at-arms, promulgated a rule yesterday that only the official delegate badge would be recognized. _Announcement of this was made from the piatform, special reference being made. to the state badges as not being the proper insignia. However, ‘even before the announcement was made, he was in the center aisle himself, seeking to ciear it. It has been almost impas- sable since the opening of ‘the con- their criticism of Mr. sergeant-at-arms; went to Mr. Nixon and toid him he would have to leave the floor unless he could show a dele- Zates badge. Nixon pointed to the New York state badge, and Mr. Hughes, it was said, was unduly forceful in making -the statement that the New York badge was no good and that unless Mr. Nixon had a delegates bnd‘: he would hn):“:o get out. Just then some one - tioned that Mr. Mack also Was wearing ealy one of the New York o8 en I'll ‘put him 6u§.‘ vt;m. Mr. -|Summary of Yesterday’s Ballots Rickard, ‘Bunked’ Again, Loses $1,000 Each Day of Convention Garden Lessee, Already Out $35,000, Be gins to Doubt Wisdom of Generosity to Democrats—Has BY ROBERT T. SMALL. NEW YORK, July 5.—Much pity has been lavished upon the poor delegates of the Democratic national conven- tion, who have had to spend from $10 to $15 a day for the privilege of re- maining in Manhattan and contribut- ing to the greatest political deadlock in all history. But their plight is as nothing com- pared to the predicament of one sin- gle New Yorker not in any way offi- clally connected with the pestiferous convention. The convention has been costing that individua! exactly $1,000 a day while it has lasted, and heaven knows it has lasted longer than any one dreamed. Old observers were con- fident the assemblage would go into a second week, but they could not have predicted that it would go en- tirely through the last half of a fort- night. Rickard In Victim. The New Yorker who is being so beautifully stung is none other than Tex Rickard. the famous prizefight promoter, mentioned more or less prominently in the Daugherty inves- tigation at Washington, and under indictment for alleged infringement of the federal laws in the transpor- tation of prize-fight pictures from one state to another. On the stand in Washington Mr. Rickard piteously ex- claimed that he was “bunked” in the picture deal by persons who had told Compromise (Continued from First Page.) wood, 37%: Glass, 25; Robinson, 21; Ritchie, 161:; Sauisbury, 6; Owen, 2; Baker, 56; Bryan, 2; Waish, 1. Total, 1,097. Absent, one. Smith Loses Ome Vote. On the seventy-first ballot the lead- ers stood as follows: ssMCAflw' 528.5; Smith, 333.5; Davis, McAdoo's vote was unchanged from the last ballot, Smith lost one and Davis gained one. After a conference the Colorado delegation again distributed its votes almost impartially among the leading contenders. ‘The leaders stood this way eon the seventy-second ballot: McAdoo, 527.5; Smith, 334; Davis, 65. McAdoo lost 1, Smith gained 12 and Davis lost 3. Both Leaders Gain. The result of the seventy-third bal- Iot showed the leaders standing thus: McAdoo, 528; Smith, 335; Davis, 66. It was 2 gain of one-half for Mc- Adoo, a zain of 1 for Smith, and a gain of 1 for Davis. Won't Leave New York. After a proposal to adjourn the convention and reconvene on July, 21 at Kansas City had been voted down, 1007 to 825, Thomas H. Ball, a dele- gate at large from Texas, presented the plan for elimination of flvorn:) sons in a slightly different form. Hi: resolution provided that the low man should be dropped on each ballot un- til only two remained: that five bal- lots then be taken: and that if no nomination resulted. the unit rule birding state delegations be dissolved and the delegates vote their personal convictions. The candidate having the majority then would be declared the nominee. A point of order against the Ball resolution was overruled by Chairman Walsh, The efféct of the resolution would be to abolish at the same time the unit rule and the rule requiring two- thirds to nominate. From many parts of the floor there were objec- tions and questions, and William Jennings Bryan and others sought to have the proposition put into a form where separate parts of it could be voted on senarately. Another objection was that the na- tional convention had no authority to dissolve a unit rule imposed on any state delegation by its state con- Yention, but Senator Walsh with a loud bang of the gavel overruled that contention. After considerable discussion and confusion the chairman also held | that the proposal to vote on ceparate parts of the resolution individually was out of order. “Neea” Swamp Proposal. When the question on adoption of the resolution finally was put its | supporters were drowned out by an avalanche of “noes” and the conven- tion went on to its seventy-fourth ballot for a nominee for the presi- dency. _Scattering its vote for the first time, Ohio, which had voted solidly for ‘Cox and then for Newton D. Baker. passed out 201 votes to Smith and distributed the others over a wide field of favorite sons. In the break-up McAdoo did not get a single Ohio vote. The solid bloc of 43 Votes locked up in Ohio for Cox and then for Baker had been regarded by the McAdoo and ith managers as one of the principal stumbling blocks to a development of the real standing of the convention as to McAdoo and Smith. The absence of any McAdoo votes in the line-up once the bloc was broken. however, appeared to have had the effect of leaving the situa- tion very much where it was. The gain of 20 seemed certain to lift Smith to a new high-water mark. but as he still remained far behind McAdoo the dead- lock only was tightened. Smith at High Mark. Gov. Smith reached a new high- water mark in the balloting when Ohio gave him 20%. Another hand- ful of votes was taken from McAdoo in_Michigan and given to Smith. The standing of the leaders on the | seventh-fourth ballot was as follows: McAdoo, 510; Smith, 364. This was a loss of 18 for McAdoo and a gain of 29 for Smith. Davis received 781z, a gain of 121, The total given to Smith was only 3 votes short of the number that would be necessary to veto the nomi- nation of another under the two- third rule unit. Party leaders scurried about to con- ferences as soon as the convention adjourned at 12:20 this morning, but their ideas were so diverse and their jobjectives appeared so fundumentally opposed that few of the delegates, ‘lr\ld[ll\s off to bed, saw much likeli- hood of a solution. They were hope- ful, but they had grown wary of ex- pecting. After nine Fourth-of-July ballots, the leaders remained in practically the same positions they have occu- hout the week. Each had to concede that its maximum strength had been called out, or that its lines had shown signs of crumbling. On the contrary, both claimed to be more solidly intrenched than ever. McAdoo reached his highest point of the week with 530 votes on the sixty-ninth ballot. and held 528% on the seventieth, 20% less than & ma. Jority, and 202} less than two-thirds of those present and voting necestary for a nomination. .Snmh'u VIB'J fluctuated thron‘h’:l:'t. the day within & narrow renge, as it has done throughout. Starting Left Party Flat. him they could get Congress to put through a bill legalizing the showing of the Carpentier-Dempsey films. And now poor Mr. Rickard has been “bunked” again. When New York was planning on bringing the Demo- crats here, Mr. Rickard came mag- nificently forward and said: “Take my Garden for the show; take it without let or hindrance: take it free, gratis, for nothing: take it and tear it to pieces; do with it as you wiil; but bring the Democracy to the tents of our city so that they may look upon our faces and our dwelling places amd see that we are not all that is wicked and sinister.” Makes One Condition. Then, with a grandeloquent atti- tude. Mr. Rickard added: “There is but one condition I shall make. The expense must be mine.” Well, the expense has heen his. has been costing him $1.000 a day to keep the Garden open. He has not complained out loud, but he has taken a few friends inio his confi- dence and let it be known that for some time past he has had a keener interest than any one outside of the ultimate candidate in getting this deadlock over and done with, Mr. Rickard is the lessee of the Garden, but when it is closed it cosis nothing to maintain. Above all the rest of his vicissi- tudes Mr. Rickard contributed some- thing like $35,000 in cash to the en- tertainment fund for the Democra Now he has become & lifclong Re- publican, Tt (Copyright, 1924.) Smith Forces Offer to Give Candidate Vote at 338%, his highest sixty-second bailot, it on the seventieth. The field of favorite despite the withdrawal of Senaior Ralston of Indiana and James M. Cox of Ohio, and with the elimination of Chairman Walsh from the complimentary cate- gory, still held nine names and rep- resented 234 votes on-the last ballot of the night session despite the frenzied drive launched toward the end by the McAdoo forces. John W. Davis retained third place with 67 yotes, a gain of 6% for the day, and Wewton D. Baker, who, de- spite his protests, received the Cox strength after the latter's with- drawal, was fourth with 56. Senator Underwood of Alabama received 31, Senator Glass of Virginia 25, Senator Robinson of Arkansas 21, Gov. Ritchie of Maryland 161z, former Senator Saulsbury of Delaware 6, Gov. Bryan of Nebraska 3 and Senator Owen of Oklahoma 2. Many Plans Offered. Elimination of the favorite sons to force a conclusive struggle between McAdoo and Smith until one is nomi- nated or both are convinced that they are out of it, was the basis of many of the suggestions advanced as means of bringing a decision in sight, but no one knew the process by which such a maneuver could be accomplished. It was urgued that by dropping the lowest candidate from cach succeed- ing roll until.only two were left, tha leaders, if still deadlocked after a certain number of ballots, would be convinced that the only solution in their withdrawal, and they then could agree upon or let the conven- tion find a compromise nominee. Another plan that was kept resolution form in several pockets proposed abandonment of the two- thirds majority and unit voting rules and a third—less seriously consi ered—involved the acceptance by the two leading candidates, after a set number of ballots, of first and sec- ond places on the ticket. A proposa! that McAdoo and Smith be asked to withdraw got no farther than a laughing refusal by the convention tn suspend the rules long enough to give it consideration. the 3343 figure, on ended ‘at sons, in Scheme Stops Short. Leaders of the favorite son groaps spread out in the more or less neutrai ground between the McAdoo and anti- McAdoo lines were talking after ad- journment about a plan to get promi- | nent supporters of each side together in conference for a discussion of com- promise proposals, it this, like the other schemes, stopped short of ac- tion. The storms through which the con- vention passed late vesterday aftei- noon and early last night, when a proposal to bring all of the candi- dates or their representatives before e convention and another to hear “the Governor of New York" were lost amid riotous scenes, appeared on consolidate the opposing forces and increase the tension which found ex- pression in the quick suspicion which all suggestions aroused. Anti-McAdoo leaders insikt’that the 530 votes he received on the sixty- ninth ballot, largely through the ve- turn to his column of Oklahoma's 20 and the acquisition of 25 instead of his usual 7% Michigan votes, repre- sented -his maximum strength. Adoo managers. on the other hand. insisted they had seen evidence of a crumbling tendency in the Smith lines, but the NeW Yorker's workers asserted their cause had been helped by the manner in which the Cali- fornian’s friends had “insulted” their champion by refusing to hear his ad- dress, which, they said, would have been a conciliatory prenouncement Not even a letter from McAdoo fol- lowed by a proposal by Gavin McNab of San Francisco, one of his leaders, to reconsider the 'decision against in- viting Gov. Smith to appear, ¢ change the attitude of the New York- er's opponents, and David Ladd Rock- well, the Califrnian’s manager, cited this as showing that the decision had indicated merely an unwilling- ness to interrupt the voling Ralston’s withdrawal in the face of his supporters’ insistence that he stay in the race did not, in the opin- fon of many of them, climinate him from consideration as a dark horse. and it was freely predicted that his name wuuld be back on the ballots before long. The senator's move had little effect on the balapce be- tween the contenders, Thomas Tag gart, left in_control of the 30 In- diana votes, dividing them .20, to Mc- ‘Adoo and 10 to Smith. When last night's session opencd Chairman Walsh read a comnmunication from W. G. McAdoo. It was read by unanimous consent. “The convention today voted quite properly agaiust a proposal to invite all candidates to address it the letter said. “Subsequently a proposal to invite the Governor of New York to address it was rejected by a vote of the convention. Mr. McAdoo wrote he was sure. the action was bacause of the disposition to conclude the business. But it con- cluded with a suggestion to his triends in-the convention that they invite Gov. Smith to make an address. Gavin McNab then, on behalf of the California_delegation, asked that the vote by which the convention refused to invite Gov. Smith be reconsidered He propostd a unanimous consent that Gov. Smith be invited to speak at 10 o'ciock. . His proposal was ruled out on a point of order. i The motion to adjourn is always in order, and a'voté on it couldn’t be dodged. By a heavy majority, how- ever, the convention decided to re- main in session and go it & little longer.