Evening star., 1924-07-03
FRIENDS SAY BRYAN
MADE BAD MISTAKE
Speech for McAdoo Held OnIy
to Have Made Lines of
Hatred Harder.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
Bitterness Over Religious Issue
. Seems to Make Compromise
Impossible.
NO RELIEF IN SIGHT
BY q. GOULD LINCOLN.
Stan Correspondent of The Star.

NEW YORK, July 3.-The Demo
cratic rational convention today en-
ters upon it's tenth day since the ses-
sions began still deadlocked. The
number of ballots required to select
a candidate promises to exceed the
record set by the Baltimore conven-
tion which nominated Woodrow Will
son in 1912 on the forty sixth ballot
and that set at San Francisco four
years ago when James NJ. Cox of Ohio
was nominated on the forty-fourth
ballot
The fact that the Democrats have
succeeded in naming their candidates
in spite of the two-thirds rule after
present convention that it will ulti-
mately reach a decision.
But in no Democratic convention
since 1850 has there been such bitter
ness shown as in the present conven-
ton, due principally to the religious
and klan issues that have been
raised. William Jennings Bryan
peace advocate, has sought in vain to
smooth the troubled waters. The op-
ponentS of his candidate. w. c. Nc
Adoo insist that he is seeking to
throw too much oil on the party.
Made Lines Firmer.
Even MIR. Bryans friends and ad-
mirers-some of them-admitted to-
day that his effort to turn the con-
Nention to McAdoo at the session yes
terday afternoon had been "A mis-
take-that it had resulted in adding g
frmneSs to the lines of demarkation
in the party ranks.
The commCner failed utterly to
stampede the convention to McAdoo.
The names on the list of possible
nominees who would be acceptable to
him were received with Indifference,
with deriSion or with cheerS-thoush
II must be admitted that the only
two who were cheered, were Senator
Thomas J. Walsh of Montana. and
Senator Samuel RalSton of Indiana.
Made Turbulent Scene.
One thing is certain-Mr Bryan
precipitated more turbulent scene
in the convention than he did in 1912.
when he delivered his speech in Bal
tImore denouncing the New York
delegation. and declaring that as an
instructed delegate for Champ Clark
he could no longer support him be-
cause of his alliance with Charles F.
Murphy and Tammany Hall. He was
heckled by the opponents Of McAdoo.
who wanted TO know about Mr. Nc
Adoo'S employment by L. L. Doheny
now under Indictment in the oil lea Sc
cases, and who shouted in rhythmic uni
son from the galleries "Oil. oil, oil
II was recalled today that when the
balloting began in San Francisco four
years ago Mr.. McAdoo led on the
nrst ballot, just as he did here. In
San Francisco. however. he had only
266 votes on the first. whereas here
he had 431l votes.
On the first ballot in California
Palmer was second with 256 votes,
Cox third with 134 and Al Smith
fourth with 109. Cox passed McAdoo
with 430 votes to 372 on the twenty
second ballot. Later McAdoo went
eighth ballot Palmer released his
delegates, who swung to Cox for the
most part. giving him 54012, and
from that time on Cox kent the lead
+. l.. Doheny, the indicted oil mil
1ionaire, prominent at the last Dem
Ocratic convention in San Francisco,
one time employer of w. G. McAdoo,
yesterday received one ballot for the
Democratic presidential nomination.
North Dakota as an ironica1 outburSt
against the candidacy of Mr.. McAdoo
The delegate who cast the vote was
+. J. Hughes. Mr.. Hughes said after
ward:
II Thought it would be a good thing
to vote for Doheny once and see the
family united referring to the fact
that others of the delegation were
voting for McAdoo.
are Richie, RaIston and Robinson"
all regarded as in the dark horse
class. Two of them have received
the Endorsement of William Jen-
nings Bryan in his list of eligibleS
given to the convention yesterday.