New Britain herald., 1924-07-05
McAdoo Forces Fail To Change Rules To Fa. vor Their Candidate, Smiths M a nagers Baking All Attempts.

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 Madison Squal, oarden, New York, July 5.-Governor Smith reached a new high mark in the balloting for presidential norn- inee in the democratic conven- tion today when Ohio, breaking up her block of 48 votes that have been going to favorite sons, gave Smith 201s and McAdoo none. Another handful of votes was taken from McAdoo in Michigan and given to Smith.
 The standing of the leading candidates on the seventy-fourth ballot was as follows:
 McAdoo 510, Smith 364.
 This was a loss of IS for Nc .Adoo and a gain of 29 for Smith. Davis received 7S1a, gain of 1212.
 The leaders stood this way on the seventy-ffth ballot:
 McAdoo 513, Smith 366, Davis 7s1s.
 This was an increase of three for McAdoo and two for Smith with Davis unchanged.
 Change of Rules Fails i Having lifted their candidate 10 new high record, but sailing to bring him even within stl3sking distance of l the nomination. tha McAdoo ms anasers in the democratic national convention interrupted the ballot for a nominee today with several futile attempts 70 change the parliamentary situation to their own advantage.
 On each successive proposal the anti -McAdoo forces operated with sur prising solidarity and in some cases the McAdoo people were unable to muster more than a small part of their own voting power for the pro- posals submitted by their leaders.
 smith Goes Up
 The first consequential shift of votes on the balloting for a nominee came on the seventy-fourth ballot, which was the fourth to be taken at today's session. Michigan, which had been voting twenty five for McAdoo, and five for Smith. changed to nine and a half for McAdoo thirteen and half for Smith, six for Davis and one for Cox.
 Scattering it's vote for the first time Ohio, which had voted solidly first for Cox and then for Newton D. Baker, passed out twenty and half votes to smith and distributed the others over wide field of favorite sons. In the break up McAdoo did not get single Ohio vote.
 The soldid block of 4S votes locked up in Ohio for Cox and then for Baker had been regarded by the Me- Adoo and Smith managers as one of the principal stumbling blocks to a development of the real standing of the convention as to McAdoo and Smith. The absence of any McAdoo votes in the lineup once the block was lrokcn, appeared to have had the ef- feet of, leaving the situation very much where it was. The gain of 20 seemed certain to lift smith to a new high water mark, but as he still re- mained far behind McAdoo the dead lock only was frightened.
 smith Forms Alliance
 While the NIcAdoo forces were seeking unsuccessfully by formal reso- lution today to drive favorite sons out of the field of dcadocked candidates before the democratic convention. the smith supporters countcred with an attempt to form a combination with the favorite son continEcnts in the hope of finding a compromise candi- date who could he put over
 Those in charge of the candidates of John W. Davis, Robinson of Arr kansas. Glass of Virginia and others in the faYoritc son class went into the conference wit hthe smith managers. who seemed ready to concede that the time had come for compromise, pro- ,idcd the doors wre closed beforehand to any possibility of the choice falling on McAdoo
 Some of those who took part in the discussion were very hopeful that a selection soon would be made and the convention freed from .he deadlock that has held if helpless through a week of ballotiug.
 Try to Withdraw Others.
 The effort 10 eliminate the favorite sons by formal resolution was renew ad in q different form by former Sem itor Hitchcock Of Nebraska, who presented resolution providing that after the 75th ballot the low run on ,ach ballot should withdraw.
 The process of elimination would go inder the Hitchcock resolution until i've candidates remained in the field. ind the withdrawals would be effec- i've for the current day only.
 The ballot on the Hitchcock resolu- ion resulted as follows: Ayes 496. iayes s9S1a.
 The votes of seven hundred and wentv-four delegates would have