Evening star., 1924-07-05
Smith Forces Offer to Ciue
Compromise Candidate Vote

at s3ss. his highest figure, on the
sixty second ballot, ii ended at 334L
on the SEVENTEEN.
The field of favorite sons despite
the withdrawal of Senator Ralston of
Indiana and James NJ Cox of Ohio,
and with the elimination of Chairman
Walsh from the complimentary cate
resented 234 votes on the last ballot
of the night session despite the
frenzied drive launched toward the
end by the McAdoo forces.
John w. Davis retained third place
day, and Newton D. Baker. who, de-
spite his protests, received the Cox
strength after the latters with
Underwood of Alabama received 37N,
Senator Glass of Virginia IS, Senator
Robinson of Arkansas 81, Gov. Ritchie
OF Maryland 1872, former Senator
of Nebraska 8 and Senator owen of
Oklahoma ..
Many Plans Offered.
Elimination of the favorite sons to
force a conclusive struggle between
McAdoo and Smith until one is nomi-
mated or both are convinced that they
are out or 1T. was the basis OF many
OF the suggestions advanced as means
OF bringing decision in sight, but no
one knew the process by which such
maneuver could be accomplished
1t was urgued that by dropping the
lowest candidate from each succeed
ing roll until.only two were left. the
leaders, if still deadlocked after a
certain number of ballots, would be
convinced that the only solution Law
IN thelr withdrawal, and they then
could agree upon or let the conven-
tion nnd compromise nominee.
1 hotner plan that was kept in
proposed abandonment of the two
| thirds majority and unit voting rules,
and third-less seriously consid-
ered-inyolved the acceptance by the
| two leading candidates, after set
| number of ballots, of first and sec
| ond places on the ticket A proposal
| that McAdoo and Smith be asked 10
withdraw got no farther than a
| laughing refusal by the convention to
| suspend the rules long enough to give
| it consideration.
Scheme Stops short.
Leaders of the favorite son groaps
| spread out in the more or less neutral
ground between the McAdoo and anti
McAdoo lines were talking after ad-
journment about plan to get promi-
nent supporters of each side together
in conference for discussion of COM
promise proposals. >It this. like the
other schemes, stopped short of ac-
ton.
The storms through which the con-
vention passed late yesterday after
noon and early last night, when
proposal to bring all of the candi-
dates or their representatives before
the convention and another to hear
i the Governor of New York" were lost
amid riotous scenes, appeared only to
consolidate the opposing forces and
increase the tension which found ex-
preston in the quick suspicion which
1
Anti-McAdoo leaders insiStlthat the
$50 votes he received on the sixty
ninth ballot, largely through the re
turn to his column of Oklahoma's 30
his usual 7h Michigan votes. repre-
sented his maximum siren 9Th. Nc
Adoo managers. on the other hand,
insisted they had seen evidence of
| crumblng tendency in the Smith
| lines, but the New Workers. workers
| asserted their cause had been helped
| by the manner in which the Cali
| fornian's friends had "insulted' their
| champion by refusing to hear his ad-
| dress, which, they said, would have
| been a conciliatory pronouncement.
| Not even a letter from McAdoo fol-
| lowed by proposal by Gavin McNab
| of San Francisco. one of his leaders,
to reconsider the decision against in
viting Gov. Smith to appear. could
change the attitude of the New York
|
| well. the Califrnian's manager, cited
| this as showing that the decision
had indicated merely an unwilling
| ness to interrupt the voting.
Ralston's withdrawal in the face
of his supporters insistence that he
1 stay in the race did not, in the opin-
ion of many of them. eliminate him
| from consideration as dark horse,
l and it was freely predicted, that his
name wuuld be back on the ballots
4 haF
had little effect on the balance be-
| tween the contenders, Thomas Tag
| gart, left in control of the 80 In
diana votes, dividing them 90 to Nc
| Adoo and 10 to Smith.
When last nights session opened
Chairman Walsh read d communication
| from w. G.. McAdoo. 1t was read by
unanimous consent.
| 1.-The convention today voted quite
properly against a proposal to invite
ali candidates to address it," the
letter said. Subsequently a proposal
to invite the Governor of New York
to address it was rejected by vote
| of the convention.
Mr.. McAdoo wrote he was sure, the
action was because of the disposition
to conclude the business. But it con-
cluded with a suggestion to his
| friends in-t the convention that they
invite Gov. Smith to make an address.
| Gavin McNab then, on behalf of the
tSdltIOTnla aSlSSAtiOH, dShcu kHNl ths.
vote by which the convention refused
to invite Gov. Smith be reconsidered.
He proposed a unanimous consent
that Gov Smith be invited to speak
| at 10 o'clock. His proposal was ruled
| out on point OF order.
The motion to adjourn is always in
order, and a vote on it couldn't be
lodged. BY heavy majority, how
ever, the convention decided to re-
main in session and 30 1t o little
longer.