The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-02
BALLOTS COME IN ENDLESS ROW
 BUT NO CHOICE
lContinued from Page One

 Adoo floor demonstration wept when a ma iority', of their colleagues voted to leave McAdoo and carried the vote of the whole delegation over to Davis under the unit.
 The theory of the McAdoo leaders when. they left the convention hall to- nisht was that Missouri and Oklahoma and smaller groups who have pulled ayray from McAdoo. would come back again after they had failed to flnd any, other candidate to whom a two thirds majority could unite. :. If has been the manifest purpose Of the former secretary in case they failed to nominate him a rush of enthusiasm on the early ballots, to consolidate sufficient group of delegates contstltut- ing more than one-third of the con vention who would fight to the last ditch and exercise an effective vete against the nomination of another in hone by what means by laying foun- dation for a second wind climb to VIC tory. %,S sk
 The McAdoo total, however, already has, been pared to within less than 90 votes of the strength that would be needed to block the nomination ot an- other candidate. Those who contended tonight that McAdoo's opponents had effectually disposed of his candidacy were comparing his record here with that at san Francisco four years ago There he was the leader on the first ballot, with 266 votes. On the thir- tieth he had climbed to 40312. Now he is.well below his total on the opening ballot of Tuesday. Thirteen names remained before the convention when it adjourned tonight at the end of thirty ballots. situation which party leaders declared never had been paralleled in a national convention. In addition etos McAdoo, Smith, Davis and Underwood. who drew their votes from wide group of states, Ralston. Glass. Robinson, Salisbury, Ritchie, Cox and Owen had their state delega- tions solidly' behind them to pick up more material strength when the break up came,
 Thomas Taggart. pilot of the Rals- ton boom, continued to play his waiting game despite the promises of blocks of votes he said had been made to him. Only q scattered vote here and there had been added to the thirty from In- diana that have been cast for the sena- ator on every ballot. It has been Tag gart's avowed game not to make enc mics by the, encroaching on the dele gate reserves of others nor to ask for any votes for his candidate until the leaders definitely were out of it.
 Whehi a. recess was taken late today after the9 twenty fourth hallot until to- night, the leaders stood:
 McAdoo. 1885; Smith. sos; John W. Davis. 1295. and Underwood 39.5.
 This represented no change in any of the votes of the four leaders.
 Announcing that an adjournment would be taken until tonight Senator Walsk said the Ohio delegation would hold a caucus before the night session to decide it's immediate future course. The nine ballots taken during the day saw McAdoo's strength wane with the Reflection ofAthe Missouri delegation and that of John W. Davis increase. as he received the solid 36 votes from Mis- souri and some additional scattering ones from other states. Governor All fred E. Smith of New York held his own throughout the day.
 A conference of leaders in the North Carolina delegation with convention of- ficials on the right of the delegation to cease voting as unit for McAdOo agreed late today that under the state laws and the rules of the convention the individuals of the delegation may vote their will regardless of the primary result.
 Chairman Max 0. Gardner of the North Carolina delegation announced after the conference that the delegation wnnld stick with McAdoo for few more ballots. A number of the dele eates expressed themselves as favoranie to John W. Davis and break III me North Carolina ranks early in the nlght sexsi6n was freely forecast by members of the delegation, including some ol those who had been parties to the con ference. .,
 The first ballot was largely process hv which. the overnight developments were sounded; the staying powers ol various delegations were tested ana the managers took on new hopes or tears as the case might be.
 Porto. Rico on the first ballot gave Underwood 1 from the solid block of | it had been giving Davis.
 At the close of the sixteenth Dallo' the first of the day, the leaders stood
 McAdoo. AIS; Smith, 305.5; Davis G3.. Robinsofi. 46; Underwood, l.. These figures showed a net loss or for Nckdoo; no change for Smith. and . gain of , for John w. Davis. Rob ;nson had jumped from 20 to 46. On derwood gained ,. n.
 Connecticut made it {: Smith. F; Nc Adoo, ?; a loss of , for McAdoo tc
 Michigan made it: McAdoo. 123 Smith. I11a; John w. Davis, COX 1..ITnderwood, 1. McAdoo lost there Smith gained 9; John w, Davls gam ed 1.
 There were other scattering changes McAdoO Men Surprised
 The loss of for McAdOo on thls pal lot and the gain of for smith let or s., small Smith demonstration. Me Adoo leaders didn't look discourage' Mrs. McAdoo, as usual, sat III DO, hut their delegates looked surprised with penciI and paper busily Keeplh tbe score on her husbands political TOT tunes Into the eighteenth ballot LII clerk plunged with renewed vlSor.
 In Arizona John w. DayiS got one one taken from Underwood. Coloraao gay McAdoo half vote from hderWoou WOOL The state of the deadlock was snow W when Delaware again voted ner SIX W lo Saulsbury. Florida's 12 which had DeeI So;r1 soiidIv for McAdoo challenged eba casting for McAdoo again. Eh state was passed to be taken up late at the end of the. roll call. The put nose evidently was to show that tn State Stat was being held for McAdoo onl by the unit rule, with the idea :I tha \ it. would have some effect on the tde in the convention.
 On this ballot Massachusetts too the half vote which it had been DC slowing on4yarious others and adde it to Al Smiths lot.