The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-05
NO NOMINATION
 SEEMS ANSWER TO DEADLOCK
Anything May Happen, But Apparently Moth
 ing Will, Says Corey
By HERBERT COREY

'. NEW YORK, N. T., July Amy thing may happen. That is the best prophecy I can make at the moment of {. writing, with the preyiso. that is prob .sably will happen, and that it will be the worst possible. So far as can see always remembering that no one can possibly see as far as the hour of go- !, ing to press--no nomination will ever be made by the democratic convention.
 This sounds like the chattering of . person who spends his business hours plunging his head against padded wall, know. But it may work out just that way.
 An inspired, bandmaster at Madison Square Garden played the afternoon audience out to the strains of "What'H I Do?" No one laughed, the fun was foo sour.
 ,1I The Real Situation
 z The situation is just this :: McAdoo has 400 votes, or such matter, which will stick by him until rust forms on the hinges of the pearly gates. Smith has almost as many. Either can pre- vent the nomination of the other. Neither will give way to the other. There is a third body of delegates fol- lowing various favorite sons. Ralston and Cox got out of the way during the fifteenth session, but the others held on. If miracle happens and both Smith and McAdoo withdraw, they figure the lightning may play their way. Hence there is no reason for them to get out, until their tired fol- lowers get them by the slack of the pants and throw them overheard. There is frightful lot of loyalty go- ing to waste at the Garden. None of the, followers seem to take. this simple and effective means of ending an i'm possible situation. c @stt1.
 Hence the one hope that the conven- tion may ever end-although it may have ended before this reaches print is that every name now before the con vention be jettisoned and fresh start be made with new ones. Smith and McAdoo alike have feuds with some of the. favorite sons because they have played cards for the benefit of their own hands. This. hope. as, it stands, isn't worth a nickel for the reasons stated. The sixteenth session, then, be- gan with the same old list, minus Cox and Ralston, and no end in sight.
 Offered Sporting Plan
 Smith had been, willing to make a sporting proposition. He asked the convention to give him the right to ad- dress it this evening, when it is under stood he would have proposed to with draw if McAdoo would do the same. That would leave the way open to nomination and. a finish. The privi. lege was refused him by the McAdoo votes, with the natural consequence that the passions of the Smith follow CTS rose higher than ever. That they will withdraw him now, leaving the way free to McAdoo, is simply unthink- able. And even if they did, enough votes to block off McAdoo remains.
 So there you are. Anything may happen, but so far as one can see noth- ing will This would be the most sen sational happening possible, for if because of the antagonisms of two men and their followers, the demo- cratic party were to adjourn without making nomination-well, any one can see where that would leave the democratic party. No wonder the band played-"What'n Dol"