Evening star., 1924-07-03
Plan to Get Leaders to Quit
simultaneously Flat Failure

AS the convention went INTO tne
orty-eighth ballot McAdoo delegates
received a personal letter from their
urging them to stick for
a while.
In Connecticut Smith picked up
nine-tenths Of vote, making the
score a fiat 10 for himself and leav-
ing 4 for McAdoo.
The complimentary vote for former
Gov. Gardner in the Missouri dele
cation did not materialize and Nc
Adoo got the sc again on the forty
eighth ballot.
Forty-Eighth Ballot Futile.
In Pennsylvania's 76, still being
scatter ed, one was taken from Rob-
inson and given to Glass. Other
changes were scarce. 1t was a drasgy
proceeding, sustained only by the
grim determination of the Smith and
McAdoo people that neither should
gain the advantage.
The forty-eighth ballet produced
these results sf for the ,,.n ieaders' a9,. n.v,s
7o.5; Robinson. A; Underwood, 3S.o;
Ralston, 81.
On this ballot McAdoo lost one and
nine-tenths; Smith gained nine
tenths; Robinson lost one; Davis, Un-
derwood and Ralston were un-
changed.
Ralston Picks Up.
On the forty ninth ballot Senator
Ralston picked up five votes In Iii
nofs 1t was the largest bloc that
had been cast for him outside his own
state. The five were taken from John
w. Davis.
In Maine a half vote that had been
wood.
One Minnesota vote was switched
from Cox to Ralston.
The switch of the Mississippi dele
cation was another detection from
the McAdoo ranks The twenty dele
gates had been supporting the former
Treasury Secretary persistently since
they went to him yesterday.
Before the Mississippi twenty slid
into the RaIston column he had taken
five from John w. Davis in Illinois
and one from Cox in Minnesota.
Underwood picked up votes In
North Carolina, taking II from NC
Adoo and y from Davis OF West
Virginia.
Pennsylvania gave Robinson /,
taken from Davis of Kansas.
The totals for the forty eighth bal
McAdoo, 4ss14; Smith. s21: Davis
of West Virginia, 701a; Underwood.
3SEs: Cox. 81; Glass, 25: Ralston,
81; Robinson. A.; Ritchie. 1917: Davis OF
Kansas. 3; Walsh. /; salisbury. s;
Owen, 4. Total, 1,oss.
On the forty-ninth ballot Ralston
gained 26. Robinson ]: while the
losses were: McAdoo. 81: Smith. s;
Davis. 6, and Underwood. 2.
On the fiftieth ballot Nebraska took
one from Robinson and gave 1t to
McAdoo, and North Carolina took two
from McAdoo. giving one to Ralston
and a half each to Underwood and
Davis of West Virginia.
Oklahoma Challenged.
Oklahoma again cast its 20 fol-
Senator Robinson. but it was chal-
lenged by a member of the delega-
tion. who q demanded that the dele
gates be polled individually.
AS the poll of the Oklahoma dele
CATION proceeded it developed that
the row was over proposal to switch
from Robinson to Ralston. Senator
owen, among the delegates at large
still voted for Robinson, but a num-
bcr of others. including most of the
woman delegates, were for Ralston.
The final vote was Robinson 10
Ralston 9, with one absent. Under
the unit rule the 20 votes were cast
for Robinson.
The leaders stood as follows on the
fiftieth ballot:
McAdoo. 461.5; Smith, 32O.5: Raj
ston, 5s: Robinson. "A: Underwood,
425; Davis, "a. McAdoo lost ). Smith
was unchanged. Davis gained a half,
Ralston gained l, Robinson lost /,
Later the Kansas delegation waived
the challenge against it's vote. and
the 20 were recorded for McAdoo.
But members of the delegation said
ballot to swing to some other candi-
date.
McAdoo Begins Gain.
The McAdoo drive began to show
results on the thirty-fourth ballot,
when. after Tuesdays slump, his
total began the climb that took it to
505.5 on the fortieth. chiefly at the
expense Of the Davis column. He
had 5034 when the session adjourned
last night after the forty-second
ballot, which was in accord with his
managers desires to put him over
the 500 mark and then give the dele
gates a chance to think it over.
The Smith leaders meanwhile held
their reserves in check for service
later. Starting with 1925 on the
thirty-first-one less than he had on
the thirtieth-his total stood at 1856
on the forty-second. McAdoo workers
admitted that a number of votes
Smith captains. but predicted his
total would not pass 40, and said
they were ready to force him to ex-
tend all of his strength before they
called out the last of their own re-
serves.
Hc oIAllH lcdu0TS SccHcu u udt
the same idea, Franklin d. Roosevelt
their. general manager, saying that
while I'VE have conserved our
strength the McAdoo forces "have
expended theirs"' Neither Roosevelt
nor other Smith managers gave any
indication of their plans for today
contenting themselves with pointing
out that they had exercised care to
prevent too rapid development OF
their full strength and asserting
they would not have their run" until
Mr.. McAdoo has finished"
McAdoo Forces ~Dig In"
One McAdoo leader at the same
time described the position of his
camp as dug in," waiting "for the
after which "the real business of the
convention may begin"
With the storm that followed the
speech of William Jennings Bryan in
support of McAdoo, frantic efforts Of
the McAdoo workers and clashine
demonstrations, the third day of bal.
loting presented the most colorfu
spectacle of the week. The SHIFT OF
the two New York votes from Smith
to McAdoo gave the latter's follow.
they found cause for noise In the
Mississippi change and the return te
their fold of Missouri and Oklahoma
Smith rooters, meanwhile, took mos,
of their enthusiasm out in boos ane
cries of "Oil' and reference to ta1
refund case.
Speech Does No Damage.
The night voting disclosed no ma
terial damage to any one from the
violent storm kicked up by Bryan
Some McAdoo supporters feared the
effects for a time, but apparently
without real basis and the only re.
suit among the Smith delegates wa:
to knit them more closely together.
Increasing talk OF prospective e.
mating rule whenever a majority II
passed brought no authentic infor'
nation to support it from the McAdot
headquarters overnight and It re-
mained today In the status OF gossip
A number of delegates, however, nav
fnr cnrnath1nK ike ina