The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-01


gained votes in Connecticut and 2
in Michigan McAdoo dropped from
AIS TO 471l2 Ralston lost the vote
he had been receiving from AIichi-
gan and dropped 70 80.
There was little change on the
eighteenth and nineteenth ballots
On the nineteenth ballot Florida
broke its unit rule voting and voted
II for McAdoo and 1 for Smith. 1t
had been voting II for McAdoo.
Today's Situation y
Today's balloting got under wa
with the general situation something
like this
l. McAGoo new has considerable
more than a third Of the convention
vote apparently so tied that he can
absolutely prevent the nominate n
OF Smith. This number is said So
be around 500 votes
2. Smith Is striving to establish
a die-hard vote amounting to on
third OF the convention so that Ne
can assuredly stop McAdoo. Smith
total during today's balloting
expected to reah S5O--beyond vince
1t is doubtful how far he can climb
8, John w. Davis. In third place
is In an excellent strategic position
He has many second-choice pledges
among the delegates. and his pop
ularity generally Is shown by tn
fact his votes Monday were seal
tered through a dozen States.
There are two things that NAV
have a very important effect now On
the result and both favor the Nc
Adoo opposition.
First, McAdoo delegates from
the Western States are leaving the
city tonight or tomorrow, and in
leaving are compelled to leave their
proxies in hands not so eager to
name McAdoo. While these prox-
les can be tied up for time by
McAdoo friends, II is obvious they
can't De held to him forever.
The second fact is the combined
psychological affect Of the inevitable
breaking OF the unit rule In some
States, and the gallery demonstra-
II.
voting solidly for McAdoo under the
unit rule may have many delegates
for other candidates in their line
up. Once they abandon the unit
rule. even the slightest turn to
Smith will bring down a din from
reigns spreme.
Galleries Are Felt
Any one who has sat through a
week Of this quadrennial hippodrome
knows how the delegate basks in
the smile Of the cheering galleries;
how ne dotes on standing on his
chair and under the eyes OF thou
sands utter something-anything-
that will start a cheer from those
49, 900 threats.
There are many delegates who
would like to make the announce
ment of a vote that would rock these
galleries and perhaps start a swing
to one candidate or the other. There
in appears to rest the one big chance
of a stampede to Smith.
Because, therefore, 1t is necessary
first to stop McAdoo's continued
gains, the Smith forces are trying
to absolutely hobble one-third of the
delegates. Then theirs will be q
waiting game--waiting until a suf-
fcient number of McAdoo men leave
town or until the delegates are suf-
hciently weary to be susceptible to
stampede. It is easy to understand
why the Smith people are saying,
there will be no nomination before
Thursday evening"
Neither McAdoo nor Smith has
reached the peak of his strength,
yet. McAdoo has votes in Arkansas
New Hampshire and Virginia al
least which he can count on in
pinch. Smith has between sixteen
and twenty more votes in the I'LL
nois delegation that Brennan is saw.
ing for the psychological moment,
and there are additional points of