The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-06-30

Madison Square Garden, New
York, June 30.-Through four bal
lots the Democratic national con-
vention worked it's way up to noon
today without finding nominee or
materially changing the relative po-
sition of the two leaders, McAdoo
and Smith.
Out of the native sons only one
was eliminated up to the close Of
the third ballot. He was Governor
Sweet of Colorado. His delegation
took the vote it had been casting
for him and divided it principally
between McAdoo and Smith. Aside
from little rumpus in Missouri
the balloting was without ructions.
After challenges respecting the
unit rule, two Missouri delegates
had a brush, but the states SO votes
stayed solid for McAdoo under the
unit rule, despite charges from
challengers that the majority there
did not express the will 'of the peo-
pie of that state and that money
had been brought in for the Mchdoo
campaign.
1t seems obvious that the man.
ayers of the leading favorite son
candidates were sitting tight, wait
ing for the expected deadlock be-
tween Smith and McAdoo to be un-
mistakably established. OF course,
campaign managers expressed great
satisfaction with the voting and
pointed out that it was going just as
predicted.
First 2 Ballots
The official total for the first
ballot as announced from the plat
form was: Underwood 42h; Robin
son 21; McAdoo ABLY; Sweet IL;
Brown II; Smith 240h; Salisbury
7; Silzer 3S; John w. Davis 81; Rit-
chic 22k; Harrison 43R; Cox So;
Bryan 18; Ralston 30; Jonathan Da-
Wis 20; Ferris 30; Glass %; Thomp-
son /; Kendrick 6.
On the first ballot North Dakota
gave its 10 votes to McAdoo.
The totals for the second ballot
were as follows: Underwood az;
McAdoo 431; Robinson Al; Sweet IL;
Smith 25l u; Brown 12k; Salisbury
6; Cox 81; Silzer 30; Bryan 10;
John w. Davis 80; Ritchie 21h;
Harrison 23R; Jonathan Davis %;
Walsh 1; Glass 25; Thompson 1;
Kendrick s; Ralston 30; Ferris 30
total / ,098. ...5
North Dakota still stuck by Nc
Adoo, giving him its 10 votes.
The Third Ballot
On the third ballot the leaders
stood this way: McAdoo 437; Smith
255k.
That was a change of six for Nc
Adoo, gain, and gain of two for
Smith over the second ballot.
North Dakota gave Smith gain
of two on the third ballot when it's
delegates gave McAdoo and Smith
two whereas on the first two bal
lots they had voted solidly for Nc
Adoo.
While the clerks counted up the
tangled mess of ballots the band
played "Linger A While" 1t looked
as if everybody was going to be de-
tanned for an indefinite period" as
Harry Lauder would say.
The fourth ballot, however, re-
moved another favorite son candi-
date from the field. He was SEN
ator Kendrick of Wyoming, whose
votes were divided between McAdoo
and Smith. The third ballot had
Gov. Sweet of Colorado for
the field.
North Dakota Swings
North Dakota delegates again
showed signs toward Smith, giving
McAdoo six votes and Smith four
votes on that ballot.
The count for the third ballot was
as follows: Underwood AZ; McAdoo
437; Robinson al; John w. Davis
81; Smith 255k; Brown 121a; Sauls-
bury 6; Cox so; Bryan 19; Richie
22h; Harrison 23h; Glass 20;
Walsh L; Ralston 80; Jonathan Davis
20; Ferris 80; Silzer %; Thompson
/; Kendrick 6--total 1,09S.
The fourth ballot figures follow:
Az; McAdoo 433 6-1O;
Robinson ~; Smith 26O; John w.
Davis "a; Senator Salisbury s; Cox
SO: Bryan 10; Walsh 1; Richie 81