The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-08

Smith and McAdoo. Ohio gave slightly changed alignment, but thu vote was scattered among seven can didates with Smith getting almost hal of them.
 The breaks in Virginia and West Vir ginia delegations. where McAdoo go some votes for. the first time, gave tn, AcAdoo people on the floor a chance for some cheering.
 In North Carolina, McAdoo lost tw, alld a half; Underwood gained it. Johl W. Davis gained one also.
 The roll call developed little, but 1 challenge of the vote of the Cana Zone, six; which had been voting fo ALcAdoo under unit rule.
 Zone Splits Vote
 On the poll three of the Panam; Canal delegates cast their votes fo McAdoo and three for Smith. Tn, challenge contended that there was nt unit rule imposed by the home eonven tion and that the delegates should b, permitted to vote their convictions. Tn, chair had ruled last week that the dele gation was voting as a unit.
 E. M. Robinson of Ancon, giyeI i permission to address the convention argued that the delegates were bound to vote for McAdoo. Chairman Walsl reversed his previous ruling and order cd the Canal Zone vote recorded thre, i for McAdoo and three for Smith.
 Then between ballots the convention heard m announcement that former Governor Campbell of Ohio was cele brating his eighty-first birthday. Te his place in the Ohio delegation tht Texas standard was cared with bou quet attached to it.
 A resolution was offered by Former Governor Gilchrist of Florida. It pro posed that the rules be suspended fol i the adoption of resolution, which il turn would adopt the proposals em bodied in the report of the conferees or the over-Sunday negotiations.
 Proceedings Held Up
 The proceedings were held up for moment while McAdOO leaders confer red on the platform. A delegate wante, the resolution read again, but it de veloped the official stenographer ha, disappeared with it. The reading wa postponed until the end of the mex ballot.
 The call of the roll then went on fol the seventy y-ninth time.
 Ed NJ. Seamens of Oklahoma City then offered resolution proposing tha II be expressed as the esense of the con vention that the delegates vote on tn, next ballot only for the two leadin, candidates. John J., Fitzgerald o5j Brooklyn objected and on a viva voct vote the noes had it overwhelmingly Once more the majority of the con. vention expressed itself in favor of q prolonged fight.
 Missouri Goes To Work
 Missouri's 36 votes slid to Senator Glass on the eightieth ballot, desertins the McAdoo column, where it had been voting undert he unit rule.
 Aside from this flop, the only feature of the voting was a redistribution in Nebraska, which cost McAdoo three and a return of the Virginia delegation to the Glass fold in full force. Ten ot 'Virginia's 24 had been going to Me Adoo.
 After the eighty-third ballot had been completed, Chairman Walsh read a tele gram from President Coolidge. convey ing his thanks for the telegrams of sym. pathy over the illness of his son. sent to him earlier in the day by the conven tion. The Presidents message said
 ''Ehe gracious act of the democratic national convention in rendering tC Mrs. Coolidge and myself its sympathy in the illness of our son is profoundly appreciated. wish you would express to the convention our deepest grati. tude. x
 Row Over Kentucky Vote
 4 row arose over the vote of Ken. lucky. Judge H. R. Prewitt of Mount Sterling, Ky, took the platform and argued that the delegation had fully complied with it's instructions to sun. port McAdoO as q unit and that both the obligation to Mfr. McAdoo and the unit rule should be disregarded on flu. ture ballots. Governor Fields of Ken. lucky replied to him, insisting that the delegates must stay in the McAdoc column as a whole as long as that can. didate's name is before the convention
 Chairman Walsh overruled Judge Prewitt's plea and the entire Kentucky vote was recorded for McAdoo.
 Back of the maneuvering of forces on the floor there was in the air as the night session went forward more talk of an assault on the two-thirds and on the unit rule.
 As the hot and tired delegates filed into the hall, they dicovered a new source of Encouragement. A Hawaiian quartet was in place with ukeles, ready to sing. It was broiling hot in the garden, but the brass band apparently didn't mind. It blew itself clear through the overture from William Tell, with the score absolutely uncut.
 At s:43 o'clock (eastern daylight time), Chairman Walsh began rapping for order. The Rev. E. L. Powell of Louisville, led in prayer.
 The Hawaiian quartet sang "A Fond Farewell'' and the clerk went back tc calling the roll. It was not indicated whose delegates the Fond Farewell applied to.
 The first slide of the evening was Indiana, going back to Senator Ralston Her thirty had been going twenty tC McAdoo and ten to Smith. In addition to that, Florida had given the Indiana senator two and-lllinois had given him two.
 Michigan then threw in twenty tc Ralston and gave ten to Smith. The vote had hitherto been scattered.
 Mississippi stuck with the twenty she had given Ralston during the day and that made RalstoQ's total so far "A votes. Missouri. however, stayed with Carter Glass for her thirty-six.
 Nevada's whole six went solid for Smith. They had been held under the unit rule for McAdoo.
 At the end of the eighty-fourtbi ba