Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-07-08
M'ADO0 DROPS TO new LEVEL
AS RALST0N GAINS; SMITH DROPS
Several States Line Up with
Indiana Senator as Real
Drive Gets Underway
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
July 8.-The beginning of a slide to
Ralston of Indiana shook up the
long deadlock today in the Demo-
cratic national convention. y
In succession the Indiana senator
picked up the solid votes of Okla
homa, Missouri, Nevada and Kansas
besides various smaller groups, rais-
ing his total to point approaching
that of the two leaders.
Meantime the McAdoo strength
had been pounded to q new low
level and Smith was about holding
his own.
There were many signs that de-
spite desperate efforts by the Nc
Adoo managers the McAdoo column
was tottering and might fall in total
collapse. How many of the McAdoo
supporters might eventually go to
Ralston. however, was problematf-
cal. Some of them were bringing
out Cummings of Connecticut and
other favorites.
The McAdoo floor leaders were
hastily summoned meantime to q
conference with their candidate and
two of his close advisers at the lie
tening post quarters across thu
street from the convention hall
Some of his warmest supportetf
were urging Mr. ~ Adoo to forf
mally withdraw and seek a. c5fnnro-
mise that would give him q saw Il,
the selection of a compromises nom !
| inee.
Despite the plain evidences OF i
shakeup in the entire situation, the
changing of large consignments OF
votes was accompanied by little of
the tumult that usually attends such
movements in national conventions.
For the most part the delegates 1t
very calmly. week of work in the
hot convention hall, and the constant
hum-drum of the roll calls had turn
ed almost to routine what ordinarily
might have been a stirring spectacle.
Each succeeding gain for Ralston
was cheered by the Indiana delegates
and few others in other parts of
the hall Joined with them. but there
were no prolonged demonstrations
and almost the only activity on the
floor was the scurrying of the cam
paign managers from delegation to
delegation in an effort to bolster up:
their lines. Taggart was working
everywhere, and was surrounded all
ways by group of state leaders who
were asking him a thousand and one
questions. The McAdoo managers
were trying frantically to hold what
was left of the once dominating Nc
Adoo forces, and the Smith meK
likewise were clinging tenaciously to
their delegates.
A bitter row developed in the Ohio
delegation. w. w. Durbin, one Of
the delegates-at-large, was working
to run up the Ralston total in that
state.
After his name had been formally
before the convention for 81 ballots
David +. Houston got his first votes
on the ninety-second roll call. Two
were cast for him in Illinois.
After the ninety-second ballot
motion was made from the Texas
delegation for adjournment of the
convention to reconvene at time
and place to be fixed by the national
committee. The proposal was booed
from many parts of the hall, and
amid shouts of "sit down" and
throw him out" the motion was
ruled out on a point of order.
As the calling of the ballot went
on word came that the adjournment
plan with time for a conference in
the meantime had been agreed to
by the leaders.
AS the ninety-third ballot was be-
ing completed negotiations were on
for an adjournment until 8 o'clock
tonight with a conference in the
meantime to which the others hoped
to get the. McAdoo people. Empty
chairs were being voted all over the
convention hall on this ballot.
Called TO order at IL o'clock to-
days session began with an invoca-
tion by the Rev. Francis Potter, Of
the West Side Unitarian church, New
York City, Followed by the singing of
the Star Spangled Banner by the
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