Evening star., 1924-07-03
REFUSE
T0BE SWITCHED
Stubborn Loyalty to Favorite
Sons Expected to Require
Sixty Ballots.
McADOO MEN UNDAUNTED
Drys Believed Solidified by Bryan.
Walsh and Meredith Mentioned
for Second Place.
McADOO MEN UNDAUNTE[
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

NEW YORK. July 3.-The endur-
ance 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 be
taken.
Little change was anticipated foy
today's voting though here and there
the McAdoo camp expected defec-
tions. Oklahoma started the ball
rolling by voting for Senator Robin
son of Arkansas. Other states are
inclined to compliment Robinson, too,
and, in the parlance of the conven-
ton, 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 Undnunted
We can have Oklahoma back
whenever We need their twenty
votes" said Thomas B. Love, the Nc
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
would enter conference only if Nc
Adoo were given the same proportion
OF voting strength in such council as
he had delegates in the convention
itself This is only another way Of
saying that Rockwell would not COM
promise, but would make another eff
fort to dictate the selection of Nc
Adoo.
From all this the reader can infer
that the twoscore or more of ballots
which have been taken have not in
the least worn down the two leaders
ballots before either Smith or Nc
Adoo will concede defeat and be ready
to talk compromise.
FavOrite Sons Tenacious.
The real reason for the deadlock
in this convention, however, is not
merely the tug of war between Nc
Adoo and Smith, but the tenacity of
the favorite sons. Virginia favoring
Senator Carter Glass, Arkansas with
Senator Robinson, Indiana with Sem
ator Ralston, Alabama with Senator
Underwood, Maryland with Gov.
Ritchie and Ohio with James NJ. Cox
insist upon sticking to their own
two leaders. Ordinarily in a con-
vention of so many ballots, the
favorite sons are deserted at any
early stage of the game because IL
is apparent that their respectlye
candidates cannot get anywhere. IN
this convention, however, the strength
of McAdoo and Smith having 1or
several weeks been discounted, the
favorite sons think they nave sooo
chance. SO they are wearing Out tne
leaders and trying to make McAdoo
and Smith delegates go TO theL.
There is no cohesion between the
favorite sons, but common purpoie e
holds them as tightly together as II
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 ballots 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 So2h, which leaves 2s5 Y
votes among the favorite sons. NC
Adoo, with 4S3, needed 249 votes 10
reach two-thirds, while Gov. smith,
with 319, needed Alb. The strategy
of the McAdoo forces has been to at
tain a majority, which is $50, hoping
that the sentimental effect of such an
achievement would bring the favor1te
sons into line and would furnish the
necessary two-thirds. But there ap-
vent McAdoo from reaching even a
majority. Virginia is friendly, and so
is Indiana, and while there is chance
they may break to McAddo during the
day, the attainment of a majority will
not be vital factor. The Smith men
say they will refuse to recognize 1t,
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 solidined.
The fight has become to some ex-
tent a wet and dry controversy. Will
liam Jennings Bryan's speech has
solidified the drys. Overnight hun
dreds of kilograms came to the dele
gates from drys urging them not to
support a wet but to name a dry.
Mr.. Bryan's Endorsement 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 is not getting
much attention.
Copyright, 1924)
QUITS CHURCH COUNCIL.