Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-07-01
DARK HORSE HOPES
RISE NDEAD[0GK
Break in Smith or McAdt,o
Lines Now Held Only Cues"
ton of Hours.
DAVIS IS OUT IN FRONT
Convention Gives West Virginian
Sincerest Ovation of Second
String, But Bryan Has Say.

BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
NEW YORK, July 1.-Forward, the
dark brigade. noble half-dozen. the
hour of the horses of dusky hue is at
hand! Their gathering hoofs. signal
ing imminent approach. can be dis
tinctly heard, even above the roar of
the rear guard battle which those
sturdy steeds. McAdoo and Smith, are
waginE.
At exactly what hour. whether it
will be Smith today or some time to-
morrow. or perhaps not until Thurs
day. the leaders will drop back, no
man knows. If either McAdoo or
Smith knows, he has not impaired the
knowledge to his supporters. Their
only information is that both the
pect their forces to die in their
tracks. Although there have been more
than enough ballots to convince dis
passionate observers that neither Of the
leaders can win. they themselves are
not yet ready to surrender.
Bitter End Fighters.
In both camps there are delegates,
and in certain cases whole delega
ing to swing their allegiance to can
dfdates with a real chance to win
But William Gibbs McAdoo and AL
fred E. Smith are masterful per-
cohorts in line almost tyrannically.
They insist upon loyalty to the bit
ter end-no matter how bitter. Each
is determined that the other must be
the first TO hoist the white flag Both
are confident that to the one who
holds out the longer, eventual victory
will come.
That is the tug-of-war stage in
which the contest now is. McAdoo
and Smith, the respective anchor men
of their teams, have their toes dug
deep in the ground at Madison
Square Garden, and are urging their
teammates behind them to hold no
less fast. Presently the tug-of-war
It can be called the hotel room stage
Tt is the stage at which authorized
spokesman of McAdoo and Smith will
come together with the Taggarts
the Brennans. the Hagues., the
Moores and other bosses of high and
low degree. and face facts
Trading Stage Near.
The facts they'll have to face are
that unless the Democratic conven.
ton Is to spend the rest Of the sum-
mer in the worlds most expensive
metropolis, the deadlock must be
break it, in whose interest to break
it-those are the questions. which
will be decided when the hotel room
stage of proceedings Is reached. Tina
may be a matter only of hours.
Many hearts will be broken along
with the breaking Of the deadlock
and many hopes sent glimmering
But New York is crammed witt
Democrats. men and women. who fine
their funds running out with the re
lent1essness of the sands of time
thanks to 55-cent cantaloupe and 50
a-day rooms. 1t is a sordid thought
but the Democratic nominee for tn,
presidency is going to be named
without much further delay, becaus,
delegates can t endure the financia
strain of another week in Mammon'.
All New York is waiting for 9TH.
break" to come. That is to say, al
but McAdoo and Smith themselves
Delay is said to be due to the cfrcun
stances that in neither camp is Their,
to tell the giants that doom await
them, no matter how long put on.
May Have Shot Their Bolts
Before today's balloting is ended botl
McAdoo and Smith, it was predicted
would unfold what every one believe
to be their utterly extremely high waite
Strength. Each talks OF Still unSappel
reservoirs OF votes-of reserve force
that have not yet been called up. Blu
the universal consensus Is that tn
Californian and the New York governo
have shot their bolts.
In what direction their strength is t,
be distributed now interests the con
vention vastly more than their respec
tive boasts of invincibility. 1t need
here to be observed that neither Meade
nor Smith is at all in position to de
liver his votes as If they were mar
ketable droves Of sheep. Having faith
fully done their duty to their favorttes
hundreds Of the seven or eight hundret
McAdoo-Smith supporters are certar
to give rein to their own fancies.
They will climb into the band
will not in every case do so of thef
own volition. Hundreds will act Il
accord with the decision taken in tn
hotel rooms hereinbefore mentioned
There will be enough Of these shep
herded and directed votes to put over
the candidate whom the hotel-roor
ccnferees decide to make the child o
Democratic destiny this year.
Davis Gets Ovation.
In the midst of Mondays ballotin
1T was At the night session, alon
about the fateful thirteenth roll ca.
there was q highly symptomat
episode. The chairman, by mistake
announced IndI the VOIe IOI JOuH "
Davis Of West Virginia WAS 100. Tha
WAS II more than Davis had receive
on the previous ballot 1t represent
ed the greatest gain recorded durin
the day by any candidate.
The eject upon the convention wa
alike broke into roar Of cheer
The Davis high command, Glenn Sha
yer of West Virginia and Frank
Polk, former undersecretary of stat
observing proceedings from their DO
Immediately opposite the speaker
platform, knew there was an erre
somewhere- Their own tally shove
Davis latest vote to be only so. BIZ
the convention thought the grea
decisive break" for Davis had
length arrived. That Madison squa.
was revealed beyond the question {
however slight, in the Davis tot
there were repstitions of last night
premature explosion.
SMITH May Aid Davis.
Davis unquestionably is in the va
of the dark horses. When Meade
and Smith decide to quit the We,
Virxinian will be stin farther 'ol
in front" That will happen. beesus
the Smith strength Is expected
now to him more or less en- bio
while the McAdoo strength will
Carter Glass Of Virginia will get
slice Of it. Homer Cummings wi
come in for . share. David F. Hous
tom may inherit his portion. Newto
d. Baker will be among those preser
when the McAdoo estate is divides
Huston Thompson, chairman Of tt
Federal Trade Commission, q stron