New Britain herald., 1924-07-02
FIFTH SESSION OF
 BALLOTING OPENS
Morning Start Sees Little Chance
 OI Early Break

Ns~ York, July s.-The democratic
 national convention today went into ih mn session of balloling for a
 presidential nominee with no definite indication of break in the deadlock
 between William G, MeAdeo and Al. fred E. smith,
 Called at i0ls0 q. m, eastern day. sght saving time, to begin he thirty first roll call, the delegates were still diNidided among ls candidates, a record Held for this stage Of a na- lion convention race,
 MeAdoo and Smith were. as before, In the lead, with John w. Davis well np In third place. out of the dark horse division, and Senator Raiston Of Indiana, although sixth in the voting OR the S0th ballot, a much discussed contender. James NJ. Cox Of Ohio re- tained fourth place. and Senator un- derwdod of Alabama. held the fifth.
 Confidence Expressed
 The managers of all the leading eontenders continued to express con- fdence after the S0th ballot. and kept on working into the early hours. What happened at their little conferences remained 10 be seen in today's events.
 Of the leaders. McAdo0 was the only one 10 show declining tendency through the fifteen ballots yesterday, while Davis displayed the greatest accretion of strength. The McAdoo workers, however predicted victory to- day and David l.. Rockwell, manager Of the Californian's campaign. insisted Our lines are holding and we have assurance from our delegations that they will stick to the finish"
 McAdoo Drops on
 McAdoo, who received 431 votes on the first ballot and climbed to 479 on the 18th, dropped below his starting point last night on the 26th when his count declined to 415 1-2, and ended the night with the same total.
 Smith, meanwhile, maintained his advance, netting IS votes on the day, which was S3 more than he had in the beginning, and George F. Bren- nan of Illinois. one of his leading sup porters, while making round of scalls" after midnight, predicted he would reach 400 during the early bal loting today.
 The Davis gain represented another 100 per cent climb.
 Starting with 6S on the 18th ballot, he ended with 126 1-2 as compared with the preceding days progress from Si to 61.
 The Ralston talk gained much when the Davis drift set William Jennings Bryan to working in | active opposition to the West Virgin ian. Friends of the Indiana senator, l who wound up with 3S votes-a gain i of two for the day and three alto- gether-wcre confident that Bryan's | second choice inclination lay in their despite his continued ad- herence to the McAdoo camp. The Davis boosters, however, admitted no chagrin over the Bryan fight against their man,
 Only three favorite sons were shaken completely out of the ballot ing and one-Senator Owen of Okla added to the list. Governor Brown of New Hampshire, and Sena- or Harrison of Mississippi, were drop ped by their respective delegations on l. he 18th ballot, and Governor Bryan let go of the Nebraska vote on the list. All of the Kansas votes, mean while, turned to McAdoo, but Cover ,or Jonathan M Davis of that state, continued to receive several undecid- d votes from Illinois and Pennsyl- tania delegates.
 In the surviving favorite son group John W. Davis having emerged into he leader classification--Senator Un- ierwood was the only one receiving widely scattered support at the end of 10 ballots. Starting with fl 1-2 votes ,n the 18th ballot, he ended with is 1-2, the same number he received ,n the 18th, and three less than he ,ot on the first.
 Switches By Several The McAdoo losses yesterday came hiefy from the switches of the Mis- ouri and Oklahoma units, and his workers, although plainly concerned .=-=t ".." -.-,-r -r-g 4'---