New Britain herald., 1924-07-03
LINEUP UNCHANGED
 AT NIGHT MEETING
Struggling Democrats Seem 10 Be Getting Nowhere

New York, July a,-The tightly deadloeked democratic national eonr Asnii0n set nuF today with a nfA
 hallollng recording on nur rnngs nn the steep and thus t0F steady ladder Il has heen climbing sanen Monday
 in search af a presidential naminre,
 The is ballots taken prior Co tnr days sessions haze served OnlE la place increasing emphasis on ihn chances hy each 0f ihe e0nltnding leaders, neither Oi whom has dlsr played any sign of disrHaraEemoni, in the MeAda0 camp more rfsnrNrs were claimed today despite the drive made yesterday, and lt was generally con- eeded that tine smith leaders had much strength m storage under other names,
 Called i0 begin their session at 10 a, m, eastern daylight saving time, the delegates still had before them q field Of lS names, with William C. MeAdoO, Alfred F, smith, John N, Davis, James NJ, Cox, Senator lndor- wood and Senator lialston tho rank ing six in the relative number 0f votes received on the isud test late lats night, The record Of A ballots at San Francisco in 1920 was only one step un, and that Of iG at lsal- timore in 1919 lay just beyond.
 The McAdno drive began to show results on the 3ith ballet. when, after Tuesdays slump, his total began inc climb that took it 10 505.5 on the 10th ballot. chiefly at the expense Of the Davis column, He had 5O3.i when the session adjourned for the night after the f2nd ballot. which was In accord with his managers desire In put him over the 500 mark and then give the delegates chance 10 think it over.
 The smith leaders. meanwhile, held their reserves in check for service later. Starting with S22.5 on the 31st --one less than he had on the SOth-
 smith Controls some
 McAdoo workers admitted that humber of votes merely awaited the call from fhe Smith captains but .pre- dicted his total would not pass 470 and said they were ready to force him 10 extend all of his strength before they called out the last of their own reserves.
 The Smith leaders seemed to have the same idea. Franklin D. Roosevelt, their general manager, saying that, | while we have conserved our strength" the McAdoo forces "have | extended theirs" Neither Roosevelt | nor other Smith managers gave any indication of their plans for today, | contenting themselves with pointing out that they had exercised care to ! prevent too rapid development Of . their full strength and asserting they ! would not have their run" until MT. McAdoo has finished"
 One McAdoo leader at the same time described the position of his | camp as dug in" waiting flor the other side to play their last trump" after which "the real business of the I convention may begin.'
 With the storm that followed the ! speech of William Jennings Bryan in stpport of McAdoo, the frantic ef- forts of the McAdoo workers and demonstrations, the third day of balloting presented the most col. crful spectacle of the week. The shift of two New York votes from Smith to McAdoo gave the latter's fol- lowers one of their choicest thrills, and they found cause for noise in the change and the return to their fold of Missouri and Oklahoma. Smith rooters, meanwhile, took most of their enthusiasm out in toos and