New Britain herald., 1924-07-05
EXCURSION STEAMER
 BURNS TO WAIERLME TWO ARE KNOWN DEAD
GATHERING PLAGUED
 BY FAVORITE SONS
All Efforts to Shake Them Off Fails-Many Plans
 Proposed

Madison Square Garden, July h.-- 4 resolution to eliminate favorito soni from the balloting one by one unti
 only five candidates for the presidency
 remained in the running failed 10 fe'
 ceiye the necessary two.thirds today 1 in the democratic national convention Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norman
 Mack, leaders of the Smith candidacy
 for the presidential nomination. called general conference today of all
 managers of favorite son candidates. Some of those attending the meeting believed an agreement might he per fected by which q candidate accept- able to all would be supported by their united forces.
 Elimination of the faNorite sons to force a conclusive struggle between mated or both are convinced that they are out of it, was the basis Of many of the suggestions advanced as means of bringing decision in the democratic convention today. but no one knew the process by which such a mancuver could be accomplished.
 It was argued that by dropping the lowest candidate from each succeed ing roll until only two were left. the leaders, if still deadlocked, after a certain number of ballots, were to be convinced that the only solution lay in their withdrawly and they. then could agree upon, or let the conven- tion find, compromise nominee.
 Another plan that was kept in reso- tuition form in several pockets pro posed abandonment Of the two-thirds majority and unit voting rules, and seriously considered--in- voved the acceptance by the two lead ing candidates, after a set number of ballots. of first and second places on the ticket.
 A proposal that McAddo and Smith be asked to withdraw got no farther than laughing refusal by the con- ontion to llsp"nd tl rules lons. enough to give it consideration.
 Leaders of the fayorite son groups
 
 ground between the McAdoo and anti McAdoo lines were talking after ad- ournment about a plan to get prom ncnt supporters of each side together II conference for a discussion of the | proposals. but this, like l he other schemes, stopped short of lction.
 The storms through which the con .ention passed yesterday afternoon | md last night when proposal to ,ring all of the candidates or their | representatives before the convention 1 md another to hear the governor of | Iew York" were lost amid riotous , cenes, appeared only to consolidate he opposing frees and increased the enson, which found expression in the uick suspicion with which all sug- estions aroused.
 Anti McAdoo leaders insisted that he $50 votes he received on the 69th is column of Oklahoma S 20 and the cquisition of o5 instead of his usual ia Michigan votes, represented his ,aNimum sti ength. McAdoo man gers, on tae other hand, insisted hey had seen evidence of a crumbling endcncy in the Smith lines, but the ew Workers workers asserted their ause had been helped by the man. CT in which the Californian's friends ad "insulted" their"c champion by re- lsing 10 hear his address, which, ley said, would have been conci!ia- ,ry pronouncement. Not even | letter from McAdoo fol- wed by q proposal by Gavin McNab San Francisco, one of, his leaders, |
 reconsider the decision against n- ting Governor Smith to appear l 'uld change the attitude of the New orker's opponents, and David Ladd ockwell, the Californian's manager, ted this as showing that the de- :, sion had indicated merely an un- |, illingncss to interrupt the voting. Ralston's withdrawal in the face of |, S supporters, insistencc that he stay n the race did not, in the opinion of VI any of them, eliminate him from + as dark horse, and it IS freely predicted that his name \ ould be back nthe ballots before |, ng. The senator's move had little h ect on the balance between the con- + nders, Thomas Taggart being left in tl ntrol Of the Indiana votes and divid- E 2 them, 2C to IcAdoo and 10 to g nth. NJ