The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-04

vote, Smith was unchanged, Davis gain ed 31a and RalSton gained 5.
 The poll of the Nevada delegation but under the unit rule AfcAdoo took the 6.
 The fifty-sixth roll call went all the way down the list of states to North Carolina before there was a sin gle change from the previous ballot. Then the Tarheel delegation, which had been giving few scattering votes to Underwood and Davis and the bal ance to McAdoo, created a moment s diversion by throwing it's entire vote of 24 into the McAdoo column. The net result was gain of three and a half for McAdoo.
 One To Glass
 Pennsylvania took one away from Davis and gave it to Glass of Virginia. The leaders stood this way at the end of, the fifty sixth: McAdoo 430, Smith 3205, Ralston 97, Davis 5S.5.
 It was a gain for McAdoo of 31a and a loss for Davis of four, with Ralston and Smith unchanged.
 Seeks Relief Fund
 tldt lldAAy VI tlC embarrassed financially by their unex- pectedly long visit to New York, will go home before there is a nomination, Will liam J. Bryan tonight brought forward q proposal to raise a general expense fund out of which to pay the expenses of those who are in distress. He sub mitted his plan to David L. Rockwell, the McAdoo campaign manager. who oVNroua1 f. and nrnnarnI ko Iov ik ko fore the national committee. Mir. Bry- would be raised, but said he would guarantee it would be forthcoming if his suggestion was adopted.
 The Fifty-seventh The leaders stood as follows on the Smith 320.5; Ralston 97; Davis 5S.5. There was not single change in the totals for the four contenders.
 Party chiefs confessed themselves completely bewildered by the situation and although they discussed many plans to get the convention out of its troubles, they were able to agree on none. The growing tensity of the situation which made delegates and campaign managers restless and irritable, was relieved be- tween the fifty-eighth and fifty-ninth ballots by what the convention ac- cepted as a tonuch of rare humor.
 ''NOthing Doing
 Reading from an announcement sent by a New York patriotic society. the secretary invited the delegates to attend a Fourth of July flag raising at sun rise, and gale of laughter swept over the assemblage while some one shouted back, Nothing doing"
 1t was the apparent purpose of the leadersit to hold the convention in session most of the night, or at least until the midnight hour of the adjournments of the past three nights had passed,
 The first important break of the night session came on the fifty eighth ballot, when Louisiana left John W Davis and voted her full strength of 20 for Mayor Martin Behrman of New Orleans.
 A moment later Michigan, which had been casting 15 votes for McAdoo and 15 for Smith, voted 25 for Smith and { for McAdoo.
 The Michigan shift set off another demonstration by the Smith forces, who had sat silent throughout the last de cade of ballots while their candidate was barely maintaining his standing The banners of the Smith states were clustered about that of New York 1T the center of the hall and once more the vast assemblage was swept by 6 tempest of cheering.
 Failing to get possession of theil state standard, the Nebraska delegates who have been voting for the New Yorl governor, carried over to the New Yorl section a home made standard of theil own. inscribed, Al Smiths Nebraska contingent"
 On the insistence of NJ. F. Healy, tn, blind party war horse of Iowa. thu Iowa standard was carried into thu group, which soon began a parade around the Garden with an American flag torn from the wall decorations carried at the head.
 "We Want Smith
 The Michigan standard was takeI into the procession by Representative Clancy of Detroit and the cheering