The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-07-05
McAdoo and Smith Reach
New High Levels During
Two Days Fight.
CONFERENCE ARRANGED
BETWEEN ALL LEADERS
New York World Claims Both
High Men Should With
draw from Race.

| MADlSON SQUARE GARDEN, July
5.-The Democratic National eonven-
tion adjourned this afternoon after
the seventy-seventh ballot until IL
o'clock Monday morning
The seventy-seyenth ballot gave
the leaders the following
McAdoo 513, Smith 367, Davis 76H.
Underwood AN, Cox 1. Glass %.
Ralston 61s, Robinson 81. Richie
16h, Walsh 2. Salisbury 6. Owen
A. Baker 1, Bryan A. Roosevelt 1.
The party chiefs at a consultation
formed plan to call representatives
of all Presidential candidates into
a conference. The plan will be laid
before the Democratic National Com.
mittee
Deadlock Continues
Still obdurate to peace proposals.
the convention struggled on with
nominations when it convened this
forenoon with no material change In
the standing of the leaders having
been effected.
Like two fighters in the ring, weary
almost to exhaustion and pummeled
into blind logged resistance after
over seventy rounds. Smith and the
McAdoo forces went drearily on
with the voting before an audience
long since inattentive
After two ballots today, the con-
vention promptly rejected the pro-
posal of Ed. M. Slemans OF Oklahoma
City that the low man after each
ballot be dropped until only two
remained In the voting.
Counter Proposals
George NJ. Brennan. of Illinois.
refused unanimous consent for the
delegates seem to feel that when
Smith and McAdoo were left alone
with each side able to lock up over
one third of the votes both would
have to quit. The convention laugh
ed down the resolution to adjourn
after the 18th ballot and reconyene
at Kansas City on July 81.
The convention rejected a resolu-
tion offered by Senator Hitchcock.
of Nebraska. to eliminate all but five
in the voting today.
Seventy. Third Ballot
The seventy-third Ballot gave
McAloo SOS. Smith 335. Glass 25
Robinson 21, Ritchie 16ia Walsh 3
Salisbury 6, owen 2, Bryan ;. Baker
81 John Davis 60 an9 Underwood
9SK.
Calls For Compromise
The New York World which has
championed Gov. Smith from the be
ginning of the convention. called for
a compromise in its leading editor
ial today saying:
"The first duty of all men Is to
consider the interest of the party
above their own and compel the
withdrawal of McAdoo."
After that "heal the wound of the
party by accepting the withdrawal
of Smith"
The editorial added: THE third
duty is to choose a vigorous candi-
date who surmounts the bitterness
of this struggle"
Seventy-irst Ballot
Smith reached new high mark on
the seventy-fifth ballot when Ohio.
breaking block OF IS which had
been going to favorite sons, gave
Smith 27 and McAdoo 8. Michigan
took handful from McAdoo and
gave them to Smith On the 7ffh
ballot McAdoo had $40. Smith S6f,
Statements Last Night
When the convention adjourned
last night at 1920 o'clock to meet
at 1890 this morning, David Ladd
Rockwell. McAdoo's Field Marshal
said the failure of the convention
to extend an invitation to candidates
to address the convention merely in
dicated anxiety of the convention to
conclude it's business and no further
Significance should be attached to
the matter
Friends of Gov. Smith announced
that had he been permitted to adj
dress the convention he would have
brought some message of conciliation