The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-27
SMITH WINS FIRST TEST OF Y OTES McAdoo Loses In Effort To Balk Adjournment
 For Night SEEKS TO OFFSET
 WILD OUTBURST Brennan Faction Thwarts Move To Get Ballot
 ing Under Way SESSION TO RESUME AT 1O:30 A. M. FRIDAY Day Is, Given Over To Placing
 Candidates In
 Nomination
SESSION TO RESUME
 AT 1O:3O A. M. FRIDAY
By RAYMOND CHAPTER, (By Leased Wire to Age Herald )

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 MADISON SQUARE GARDEN. NEW YORK, June 26.-Joinging hands, the Al Smith George Bren- nan forces gave William c. McAdoo s defeat in their initial test of strength in the democratic national convention Thursday, after a wild, aN-day session.
 The test came on the question of adjourning, McAdoo forces, led by Bruce Krener of Montanay moved to recess until T 80 o'clock Thursday night. They desired to take one or two ballots, if possible, in order to produce a showing of strength for McAdoo which would offset the wild demonstration for Smith which ragged intermittently throughout the whole day.
 : The Brennan faction decided to fight this ,maneuver and moved, to amend Kremer's motion by adjournins the con. vention until 10s30 o'clock Friday morning.
 : Vote To Adjourn
 ' After a. roll scail during which fac tional wrangies broke ont iIa several lls x30IsSeA&lS9l sUeeli 55G asas in favor of adj0grning until Friday and 513 against adj0utnmeft
 A great shout went up from the anti McAdoo forces when the result was an nounced. N5
 It was . victorious end to Al Smiths great day at the convention.
 Smith forces began their red letter day by taking possession of the gallery long before the convention met. Leath- er-lunged brigades recruited from the Fulton Fish market district, where le- gends of A1's boyhood abound, flocked into the choice seats of the Garden. But few minutes later they were chased up to the great gallery roost where they spent the remainder of the day, yelling, whistling and shrieking for Smith.
 Din Lasts All Day
 The din lasted all day long and by evening nerves of convention officials. as well as of delegates, were frazzled.
 The whole day was given over to the placing of presidential candidates in nomination and to seconding speeches. The session opened at about II 80 with a seconding speech for McAdoo by Coy. ernor Sweet of Colorado. This pre-ar- ranged stroke gave the McAdooites an opportunity to cut loose with demon stration before the Smith fireworks. Smiths galleries looked on silently while the McAdoo delegates marched around the hall, yelling and shouting.
 Nexf FPanklin n RoOseyelf rising on his crutches, took the speakers could begin to be heard, so great was the Smith noise.
 The Smith demonstration was the high spot of the day, lasting in all prac- tically an hour and half. Then the following candidates were placed in nomination
 David K. Houston, New York, by Iowa; Willard Saulsbur3, by Delaware ; Samuel NJ. Ralston, by Indiana; Gov ernor Jonathan NJ. Davis, by Kansas !; Governor Albert c. Ritchie, by Mary land, and Senator Woodbridge N. Fer ris, by Michigan.
 Former Governor James NJ. Cox, John W. Davis and several others ought to be placed in nomination by Friday.
 Ritchie Is Acclaimed
 Next to the Smith and AlcAdoo dem constructions, Ritchie received the biggest hand. It was a one-state affair, but the Maryland crowd managed to put on noisy entertaining shot. They march ed around the hall, waving the bright colored state flag and a woman mounted the speakers stand and held portrait
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