The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-09

header at the Polo Grounds Saturday mittee and E. T. Meredith as prospec- tive recipients of the McAdoo strength in the convention, although it was de sired to avoid the appearance of an attempt to name the candidate.
 It was decided that while Chairman Hull would be stronger candidate in the convention, Mir. Meredith would be stronger candidate before the country because of his interest in az riculture and his agricultural connec- tions. There was one story that Mir McAdoe and his campaign manager wells proposal to pass on the Me Adoo strength to Senator Walsh of Montana, but some of those close to Mir. McAdoo denied it.
 Word Spreads
 Although Mir. McAdoo's letter wa, not read to the convention for a hall hour after it arrived because the cast ing of <the ninety ninth ballot was ir progress, word of its contents got abroad around the hall.
 Mir Rockwell, the McAdoo campaign manager, went around the delegations telling them about it, and wherever ht went, the impression quickly spread that Mir. Meridith was being considered the heir of the McAdoo voting strength. In fact, votes for Meredith began to appear all over the house, and Iowa, his home state, went back to him solid with its 26 votes, mile the Iowa delegation smiled broadly.
 Bitter Tears
 There were bitter tears among the women McAdoo delegates who have marched and shouted and waved flags and sung songs of conservation" for the last two weeks.
 When the clerk had concluded read ing Mir. McAdoo's letter there was a move for adjournment, but it was de- feated by heavy vote. The expressed sentiment of the convention was to re- main in session and do something.
 The Smith people before letting go their lines wanted to ponder over the language of Mir. McAdoo'S letter and satisfy themselves as to how certainly it took Mir. McAdOo out of the race. The McAdoo people, on the other hand, said Mir. McAdOO's action had no rela- tiOn to the earlier proposal of Cover nor Smith and they did not profess to know whether the governor would also quit the race.
 The convention, accordingly went into its one hundredth roll call to develop actually how the situation was to be changed by the release of the McAdoo delegates and the earlier communica- tion of Governor Smith.
 The first big McAdOo state to be d-California-still voted 1872 of her 26 for McAdoo and gave few to Walsh and a few to Meridith. Idaho,s eight McAdoo votes went to David F. Houston. Meridith took 12 in Illinois. So far, for the most part, the Smith vote was standing pat.
 Montana, Senator Walsh's home state gave him seven of her eight votes. Then Nebraska replied with eleven for Meri- dith. New York, as if nothing had hap. pened, voted two for McAdoo and Se for Smith. North Carolina brought Josephus Daniels back into the field giving him all of her 24 votes. Okla hOma, too, returne dto a faVOrite son Senator Owen. Various states were dribbling in small blocks of votes fol Meridith, Davis and Walsh.
 Georgia, birth place of McAdOo, gave him her 28 votes again, this time iI a chorus; Kentucky attempted to break l was delayed by a challenge.
 NEW YORK, July S.-(By AssO. ciated Press )-After more than a week of furious warfare over McAdoo and Smith the democratic national conven. tion has begun at last a sober and chas- tened search for compromise candi- dates for the presidency.
 For q time today it turned it's at- tention to Senator Ralston of Indiana, but was told definitely he would not accept. Then at a night session and in many conferences among the leaders it reveiew again the claims of John w. Davis, Senator Robinson of Ar kansas, Senator Glass of Virginia and several others who have remained in the back ground of the long and bitter fight between the two leading con- tenders.
 To Find A ISan
 Despite the uncertainty of the situa- tion, however, the leaders appeared con- vinced that at last the convention had determined to go out and find man who could he nominated. They said only time and trial of strength on the convention floor could tell where the choice might fall but they appeared CeTlHIH tue ucSISiVh NOuiN INV DS ANA'e delayed.
 This sentiment was echoed generally by the delegates themselves. Worn and discouraged by the fury of the Smith McAdoo fight, many of them were in frame of mind to go to whatever candidate might be brought before them with any promise of general support. What seemed to matter more than all else was to get it over with, climb aboard trains for home, and have done with the nightmare that will make Madison Square Garden thing of ter TOT in their memories.
 Whatever the att:tude of the cam paign managers there could be no mis- taking the conviction of the delegates that both McAdoo and Smith are through. Privately the members of many delegations admitted that the only remaining issue was selection of d man who would not antagonize either of the factions that have made tine convention battle-ground from its very beginning.
 Leaders Busy
 Coinciding with the inner desire of the convention itself, several strong forces were working for compromise. One was represented by Senator Walsh of Montana, the convention chairman who left his gavel in the hands of a substitute and called on Mir. McAdoo and Governor Smith to urge the futil- ity of further struggle. He saw the candidates nt their r SC z. : I@t;.S