Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-08
M'ADOO SUPPORTS
CONVENTION PLAN
TO END DEADLOCK
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Adoo, a gain of three for Smith
and loss of IL for Davis.
The S0th ballot left the leaders in
this position:
McAdoo, 1915; Smith, 1878; Glass
6S; Davis, 1875
The ballot carried McAdoo below
the 500 mark again.
Sympathy for COOlidges
At 11:26 daylight saving time
Chairman Walsh raped for order
The Rev. William l.. Phillips, as
sistant rector of the Little Church
| Around the Corner, offered the in
vocation.
Charles r. Wilson, of Hunting
ton, w. Va, asked unanimous con
sent for consideration of a resolu
ton to express the sympathy OF
the convention to President OanC
Mrs. Coolidge in the critical illness
of their SON
1t was adopted by a rising vote
after applause.
Then CHAIRMAN Walsh asked
unanimous consent for the report OF
himself and Chairman Hull on the
over-Sunday deliberations. There
was no objection and the report was
read by the secretary.
1t recited that the conference haG
been held and that document testi
! flying to the action of the fifteen
minority candidates in releasing
their delegates had been presented
The text of the agreement was in.
cluded in the report and read to the
convention. 1t previously had been
| published
McAdoo Plan Read
Then, as part of the same report
the clerk read McAdoos letter and
counter proposal which included the
| abrogation of the tWo-thirds rule and
the unit rule, progressive elimina
ton of the low candidate on succeed
ing ballots and including the right
of delegates remaining to cast the
votes of those who have gone home
McAdoo's letter as read was the
same as previously published except
that it contained the phrase ANY
plan for breaking this deadlock
which does not accomplish the pur.
/ pose will disappoint the expectations
of the convention"
The McAdoo proposal was rejected
| the report said, although some of the
representatives of the fifteen ex-
pressed willingness to assent to some
! features of it,
AT the conclusion of the reading
McGavin McNab, of California, asked
| to know about previous rulings OF
the chair regarding the unit rule. A
| delegate from Texas wanted to know
| if 1T was true that Mr.. Houston
| had released his delegates"
Then Bruce kremer, of Montana
a McAdoo man, moved the suSpen.
sion OF the rules so both sets of pro
,posals could be referred to the rules
committee for report. Newton D
| Baker and William Jennings Bryan
both claimed recognition of the chair,
Senator Walsh ordered Kremer's
motion read again for the clear in,
formation of the delegates. Then
the chair recognized Mr.. Baker.
BallOting Is Resumed
Mr.. Baker developed that re-
| port of the rules committee favorins
a change in the rules could be adopt
| ed by a majority of the convention
instead of a two-thirds majority.
Chairman Walsh agreed that that
was correct.
On an aye and no vote, the motion
to suspend the rules and refer the
proposals to the rules committee, the
noes had it, without roll call.
With that, the convention went
back to calling the roll of the states
for balloting.
1t started as usual with. ALA
B-M-A, "a votes to UNDER
WOOD"
There was no change in the vot-
ing until Colorado was reached and
there McAdoo gained a half vote,
Smith lost one, Davis lost a half. In
.orida, Smith lost one. In Illinois
Smith gained five and McAdoo was
unchanged. McAdoo lost a half vote
in Maine
Michigan Changes
Michigan rearranged its vote en-
tirely, going back to Ferris with It
and giving Underwood g.
1t took s IL from McAdoo and
5 IL from Smith. Robinson got =
from Minnesota.
1t was obvious through the first
bauo; o. today-the 18th of the SEES
sion-that if the delegates were
looking for a place to go" they
still were looking for it.
Nebraska quit Governor Bryan en-
tirely on this ballot and gave to
Senator Walsh, Of Montana, the two
votes which had been hanging for
him there. Ser ator Walsh also pick
ed up three in New Hampshire, TAX
ing them from sSmith and McAdoo.
| Ohio gave a slightly changed align
ment but the vote was scattered
among seven candidates with Smith
| getting almost half of them
The 10Th roll call developed lit,
| tie but a challenge Of the vote of
the Canal Zone, six, which had been
voting for McAdoo under a unit
rule.
On poll three of the Panama Ca
nal delegates cast their votes fol-
McAdoo and three for Smith. The
challenge contended that there was
no unit rule imposed by the home
convention and that the delegates
should be permitted to vote theil
convictions. The chair had ruled
last week that the delegation was
voting as a unit.
E. M. Robinson, of Ancon, was
| given permission to address the con
vention.
Split Vote Approved
Robinson argued that the dele
gates were bound to vote for Nc
Adoo Chairman Walsh reversed hi;
previous ruling and ordered the Ca
nal Zone vote recorded three for Nc
Adoo and three for Smith.
/ Then between the ballots the con
vention heard an announcement tina!
former Governor Campbell, of Ohio
was celebrating his S1st birthday
To his place IN the Ohio delegation
the Texas standard was carried with
a bouquet attached to it.
Ed NJ. Seamens, of Oklahoma
City, then offered a resolution pre-
posing that it be expressed as the