Convention Hits
Hotel Room Stage
Conference of Leaders at Wal
dorf Seeks to Select
Candidate.
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to vote according to Ms conscience."
This was an indirect thrust at the
unit rule, under which McAdoo has
been able to command the solid vote
of a dozen large delegations notwith
standing the fact there are many
Smith, Davis and Underwood votes in
those delegations.
Faces Superhuman Task.
The conference committee is faced
at the outset with a seemingly super
human task of determining whether
McAdoo and Smith have eliminated
themselves. If they have not. then
i plan must be worked out whereby
there will be progressive elimination
in tlie balloting next week. And it
was regarded as certain that every
candidate struck by the executioners’
ax is going to howl.
Also, it was recognized at once that
there is no way of compelling the
candidates to abide by whatever de
cision the conference reaches'. They
can always carry their fight to the
floor of the convention and rest their
fate with the delegatea themselves.
However, the delegates now are so
weary of balloting and so helplessly
deadlocked that the belief prevails
they will jpeept almost any kind of
a compromise that can be agreed
upoiA.
The feeling prevailed about the
Waldorf tonight, too. that in the tong
run, both McAdoo and Smith will be
eliminated.
McAdoo threw everything he had
into a terrific drive that started last
night and continued into the balloting
today, and the best he could obtain
was 530 votes, 20 short of a majority
and 162 short of two-thirds. He was
unable to hold the 530 and dropped
steadily downward.
Smith Reaches “Veto” Point.
Smith, during the seven ballots
taken today, pushed his total up to
, the “veto point,” or 367 votes. On
the 76th ballot he had 368, the high
est point he ha3 yet reached, al
though his managers have never yet
thrown all his reserves into thd fight.
They know within five votes, how
ever, what they can count on with
certainty and they have never figured
it more than 450, barring stampedes.
The Smith figures were swelled to
day by the breakup of the Ohio bloc
of 48 votes. Ohio voted the first 60
ballots for James M. Cox, and when
ho withdrew they switched over to
another favorite son, Newton D.
Baker, and went on voting.
When they broke today, Smith re
ceived 21.5 votes and the rest were
scattered among seven and eight can
didates—but none tor McAdoo.
Three distinct propositions were put
before the convention today, aimed
at progressively eliminating some of
the candidates and breaking the dead
lock. All failed.
Proposes Elimination.
The first, proposed by Ed. M. Se
mans. an Oklihoma City delegate, pre
dicted that the candidate receiving
the lowest number of votes on each
ballot after the seventy-second be
dropped, until only two be left.
This was howled down without a
record vote.
Then Ex Senator Gilbert M. Hitch
cock of Nebraska proposed that be
ginning with the seventy-fifth ballot,
the candidate receiving the lowest
number of votes should voluntarily
retire for the day until only five were
left and a choice would perhaps be
possible with the field thus restrict
ed.
The McAdoo forces favored it. as
they had favored Semans’ sillier ef
fort, but on roll call they could mus
ter only 496 votes for it, as against
489 V4 opposed.
Next came Judge T. H. Ball n(
Texas, with a proposition arranging
as did the others for the progressive
elimination of the lowest, until the
field narrowed down to three men.
But there was a kick in the end. It
provided that if, after five ballots,
none of this trio was able to emerge
with two-thirds, then the unit rule
would be abandoned.
This proposition so scared the Me
Adoo managers they passed the word
to kill it." And it Was accomplish
*d with neatness and dispatch.
The effort to move the convention
to Kansas City was overwhelmingly
licked. It was sponsored by still an
other Oklahoma delegate. A. H. Per
guson.
New Prominence.
Rising to a new prominence In
the floor fight that accompanied
these decisions, George E. Brennan
leader of the Illinois democracy, was
Everywhere about the convention hall
conferring with the Smith and fav
orite son leaders, and exhorting th*
delegates to stand firm against th*
new form of attack launched fron
the camp of McAdoo supporters.
It was further apparent that tht
anli-McAdoo forces were verging to
ward an air-tight organization when
a group of the Smith and favorit*
son managers met to consider th*
possibility of a compromise thal
would nominate a candidate by ieav
ing McAdoo entirely out of the reck
oning. Some of the conferees ap
penred hopeful of results in thal
direction before the day was over.
Madison Square Garden, New York
July 6.—While the McAdoo force*
were seeking unsuccessfully by for
mal resolutions today to drlv*
favorite sons out of the field of dead
locked candidates before the demo
cratic convention, the Smith sup
porters countered with an attempt t*
form a combination with the favorit*
son contingents In the hope of find
tng a compromise candidate, whe
could be put over.
Effort to clesr the field of favorit*
sons, was presented by former Sena
i tor Hitchcock of Nebraska. It pro
vided that after tlie 75th ballot th>
low man on each successive roll cal
be asked to withdraw until only fiv*
candidates remained. The with
draws Is would be effective for th*
current day only.
Thrown Out.
Previously the convention h»i
thrown out quickly and by a vlvi
toce vote a similar but more drastu
proposal eubmitted by Ed M. Semans
a delegate at large from Oklahoma
but when the question was put oi
Iht Hitchcock resolution, the t*
spouses seemed more encouragitw
A
and a roll call was ordered. The
Smith delegates and those supporting
the favorite 60ns voted almost solidly
against the plan, and the result was
486 ayes and 5S&V4 nays. Under the
rules a two-thirds vote, or 724, would
have been necessary for adoption.
Then A. H. Ferguson of Durant,
Okl., presented a resolution propos
ing that "as no pomination can be
made” under the present conditions,
the convention adjourn to reassemble
July 21 at Kansas City. A gale of
laughter swept over the convention
hall when the proposal was read. A
point of order was made against it
by former Representative J. J. Fitz
gerald of Brooklyn, hut Chairman
Walsh overruled it, and Mr. Fitzgerald
countered with a motion to lay the
resolution on the table. There was
a strong response on both sides when
the motion was put, and Chairman
Walsh pronounced it lost.
It developed, however, that many
of the delegates did not understand
what they were voting on and a roll
call was ordered on the clarified prop
osition to adopt or reject the adjourn
ment resolution itself.
Won't Drop Favorites.
After two ballots this morning the
convention received and promptly re
jected a proposal that thereafter the
favorite eon given the low vote be
dropped on each succeeding ballot un
til only two candidates remained In
the field. The plan was laid before
the convention by E. M. Semane o*
Oklahoma City, but It was Interpret
ed by many of the Smith and McAdoo
delegates as In reality a move to
eliminate the two leaders and was
voted down without a roll call.
Delegates In Daze.
As the sing song of the roll calls
succeeded one another today the del
egates literaly seemed to be In a
daze over It all. Responses to the call
of the tally clerks were shouted back
In weary monotones. The convention
seemed to be proceeding almost
wholly by force of habit.
This state of affairs led some of
the wisest of the party chiefs to
predict that any serious effort toward
compromise must be delayed at least
for over Sunday conferences.
"The delegates all are tired out to
day and In no frame of mind for
sensible reasoning,” said one of the
leaders. "A little rest and a Sab
bath of reflection will do them good.
We are not pressing them."
When it was suggested that ac
cording to all the accepted theories
of political strategy, a wornout con
vention would offer the best [wsslhle
field for a terrific drive by either side
toward a nomination, another leader
replied:
“Get Out Vourself.”
“That certainly would be the right
Idea of the situation, but psychology
has no more effect on this conven
tion that the prayers for peace
and unity that are delivered every
morning from the rostrum."
Efforts by various senatrial friends
of Underwood and Robinson to shift
the convention to them still were un
availing. The reply <jf the Smith
and McAdoo men remained the same:
“Get out yourself."
I-ast night the McAdoo managers
had gone into session early in the
evening for an all night session, if
necessary, to map out a plan of cam
paign- that would send their leader
over the top. They found there was
nothing to confer about.
"Hold your lines,” said everybody
about the table, and the meeting
broke up In less than 30 minutes.
The Smith men were feeling the
same way, and the favorite son pilots
Insisted that if there ever were a
lime when they should stay in the
field it was now.
Seventy-Seventh Ballot.
Alabama. 24: Underwood. 24
Arlzons. 6: McAdoo, 34; Underwood
1 4 • Davia. i<
Arkansas 19- Robinson. 18.
California 26: McAdoo, 2*.
Colorado 12: MV Ad no, 24; Smith, 4;
Davia. 24: Underwood. 1; Walsh. 1.
Connecticut 14: McAdoo. 2; Smith. 12.
Delaware 6 Saulsbury, 6
Florida 12: McAdoo, 10; Smith. 2;
Davia, 1.
Georgia. 28; McAdoo, 28.
Idaho 8: McAdoo. h
Ulinoja 58: Smith. SO: McAdoo, 16;
Davie, 5; Owen, 4 Robinson. 4
Indiana 30: McAdoo. 20. Smith. 10.
Iowa 26: McAdoo. 26.
Kansas 20: McAdoo. 20.
Kentucky 26: McAdoo. 26.
Louisiana 20: Davis, 20.
Maine 12: McAdoo. 24; Smith. 4 4
Underwood. 5
Maryland 16: Ritchie 16.
Va.«}«achusetta 36: McAdoo, 24: Smith.
334, Michigan 30: McAdoo. 104; Smith,
IS4: Davis. 5; Cox. 1
Minnesota. 24 Baker. 1: Underwood. 1:
Ralston. 1: McAdoo. 6: Smith. 15.
Mississippi. 20 McAdoo. 20.
Missouri. 36: McAdoo. 36
Montana. 8 McAdoo 7; Smith, 1
Nebrnska. 16; McAdoo. 11; Smith. 2;
Brian. 2.
Nevada. 6 McAdoo. 6.
New Hampshire. 8: McAdoo. 44
Smth 8 4
New Jersev. 28: Smith. 28.
New Mexico. 6 McAdoo. 6
New York. 90: McAdoo. 2: 8mlth. 8*.
North Carolina. 24 McAdoo, 17 4;
Davis 5; Underwood, 14
North Dakota. 10: McAdoo. 8; Smith, 8
Ohio. 48; Robinson 2. Bryan. 2; Glass,
; Ralston. 54; Davis. 7; Underwood, 8;
Smith. 14
Oklahoma. 20: McAdoo. 20.
Oregon. 10: McAdoo. 10.
Pennsylvania, 76 Ritchie. 4: Glasa. 1;
Underwood 4; Davia. 6; McAdoo. 25 4;
Smith. 394
Rhode Island. 10: Smith. 10.
South Carolina 18: McAdoo 18.
South Dakota, in Walsh l; McAdoo, 9
Tennesson, 24 McAdoo. 24.
Texas, 40 McAdoo, 40
Utah. * McAdoo. 8
Vermont, * McAdoo. 1; Smith. 7.
Virginia. 24: Glass. 24
Washington. 14 McAdoo. 14
West Virginia. 16: Davis. 16
Wisconsin. 26 Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1; McAdoo, 1; Underwood. I: Smith 23
Wyoming. 6 McAdoo. 3; Smith, 4
Alaska, 6 McAdoo. 1; Smith. 5
District of Columbia 6: McAdoo. 6
Hawaii. 6 McAdoo 1. Smith 1. Under
wood 1, Davis 3. •
Philippines. 6: McAdoo 3 Smith *.
Porto Rico, 6; Smith 1. Davis 5
Canal Zone. 6 McAdoo 6
DAWES RETURNS TO
HOME IN EVANSTON
Chicago, III., July 4.—(Ten. Charles
G. Dawes, republican vice presidential
nominee, after spending a week with
President Coolldge In Washington,
and friends In New York, returned
home today to prepare for the official
notification of hla nomination, to take
place lnte this month at hla Evans
ton home.
“A fine visit was all tho general
had to say of his stny at the White
House with the president when they
went over Important phases of the
campaign with William M. Butler,
chairman of the republican national
committee.
In New York, Dawes saw Owen D.
Young, his associate In the repara
tlons report.
Change of Heart.
Mrs. Roy Mahoney, 4802 South
Thirty ninth street, who had her
husband arrested Friday on the
charge of falling to support her and
their six children, suffered a change
1 of heart when he was arraigned In
■ Booth Bide municipal court Saturday
1 morning and pleaded with the judge
to not send him to Jail. He was re
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