Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-03
DAY Of BALL0T|NC A
FUT|LE;DELECATEs
STICK To FAvOR|TES
CaIifornian's Friends Elated
as '"Home State" Front I
Is Penetrated

The vote of the leaders on thu
38th ballot was: Underwood. 80 IL;
McAdoo. 444; Smith, 321; Davis, OF
West Virginia, 1O6.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
New York, July with thirty-sev.
en- ballots failing to find Demo
cratic nominee, the national conven.
ton halted a weary day of voting in
the midst of the 3Sth roll call to
hear a plea for harmony by William
J. Bryan.
The first break in the big block CT
ninety votes which constitutes the
cornerstone of Governor Smiths
strength came on the thirty-seventh
ballot.
Two members of the New York
delegation cast their votes for Nc.
Adoo and started the supporters of
the former secretary of the treasury
on another big demonstration.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, campaign
manager of Governor Smith, and
chairman Of the New York delega.
ton, broke the unit rule himself at
San Francisco and consequently In
this convention he gave instructions
that delegates were to vote as they
personally desired.
Leaders Vote Fluctuates
On the six Ballots before the
thirty-seventh, the McAdoo and
Smith totals had fluctuated consid-
erably. The McAdoo forces won over
Mississippi early lin the ballotins
and that with gains elsewhere car.
ried his total to 444 or within 81 OF
his high mark on the fifteenth bal
lot.
On the thirty seventh ballot the
leaders stood:
McAdoo 444; Smith 321; Davis
1O7. On this ballot McAdoo gained
5 IL; Smith lost and Davis held
his vote.
On the seth ballot the leaders
stood: McAdoo, 4SS IL; Smith, 1928;
Davis, 107. McAdoo lost one vote,
Smith lost half vote, while Davis
total was unchanged.
On the 35th ballot the leaders
stood:
McAdoo 4395; 1926; Davis 107.
McAdooi lost five and a half; Smith
gained -; Davis was unchanged.
On the 34th ballot the leaders,
stood: McAdoo 445; Smith 81; Davis
1O7 1-2.
All three leaders on the thirty.
third ballot showed losses because
Michigan took away her thirty
votes which had been divided among
them, and cast them once more fof
Senator Ferris, her favorite son. In
this ballot the leaders stood:
McAdoo, 404.5; Smith. 310.5; Davis,
121.
The ballot cost McAdoo II, Smith
il il and Davis T. Ralston remained
at 80.
On the thirty second ballot the
leaders stood: McAdoo, 415.5; Smith.
321.5; Davis 1913. McAdoo was I'M.
changed; Smith lost one and Davis
gained half vote.
At the conclusion of the thirty.
first ballot the leaders stood: Nc.
Adoo, 4155; Smith, 1925; Davis.
McAdoo was unchanged; Sml1h
No
1875.
Rabbits Prayer Applauded
Just as the clock moved up to
eleven Chairman Walsh began gav'
cling for order. 1t was quickly SO.
cured and prayer was offered by
Rabbi Newman, of Temple Israel,
New York.
Rabbi Newman prayed earnestly !
and at length. When he concluded.
a McAdoo delegate in the Missouri
space shouted: Great prayer"
With that the clerk plunged into
the ever-present JOB Of calling the
roll of states. The days business
was opened as usual with twenty.
four votes for Oscar Underwood
from Alabama. 1t recalled, among
the old-timers, the famous cali for
Underwood on the forty-six ballots at
Baltimore, given on the rising in
Election by former Governor Brewer.
The first change ca1ns in Colo.
rado where McAdoo lost one to John
V Davis
Unce more Illinois was not ready
> come to a decision and scattered
her vote among the field. The same
division held over night.
The McAdoo strength held good
overnight in Iowa and under the
unit rule the twenty-six went to Nc
Adoo again as did the twenty from
Kansas and Kentucky. The twenty
for John w. Davis in Louisiana held
good over night. Massachusetts,
made no change and Maryland's six
teen were still holding good for
Richie. Michigan was not ready to
change her vote.
Davis Holds Mississippi
Neither was Minnesota. Then came
Mississippi, on which the McAdoo 4
people had been working furiously
over night. The twenty for John
w. Davis held good, however. The
McAdoo forces had failed to make
a dent in the Davis strength there.
The same was true in Missouri. The
Davis line held.
North Carolina took back the
single vote it had been giving to
Smith and added it to McAdoo
Pennsylvania again scattered her
IS. There was no change there.
South Dakota transferred it's loose