New Britain herald., 1924-07-01
D e eclares LaFollette Would Take More Votes From West Vir-
 ginian Than He Would From Republicans - D e f e n ds McAdoo,
 Denying Faint Of Oil

Madison Square Garden, New York, July l.-WiIliam Jennings Bryan launched an open light on the con- vention floor against John w. Davis of West Virginia today during the talk ing of the l9th ballot.
 Hearing that the Mississippi dclcga- ton was planning to go to Davis Bryan left his seat in the Florida del cgation and went over to talk with the Mississippians.
 Afraid of LaEollcttc.
 "G tell you that l.al'ollcltc will take more votes from Davis than he will from the republicans. Bryan said as he pleaded with the delegates not to get behind the West Nirginian.
 The Mississippian delegates argued against Bryan's stand but he was de- tormined, He stood in the center Of the delegation and pleaded strongly.
 Never Aided Bryan.
 Davis partisans in the delegation argued with Bryan that no demo- cratic candidate save from the east had been elected in the past half cen- tury.
 T have been in battles Of the party for more than quarter of century and never had had much help from J John w. DaNie," Bryan answered cm- phatically.
 \ vigorous discussion cusueh after witch number of McAdoo men in the delegation demanded Of the chair man that the delegation be pollcd q gain before the next roll calt
 Has No Chance In West
 l'ryan contnnAd lis hrcath'Hs agat,yst the West irginian.
 "t know inc temper of the north west and offer as my opinion 10 this doleFatiou that you are throFng democratic chances to the wind in otinG for iac>is lis clients and his in tho east make him de- siraho there hut he can command no following in the northwest where ho election wilt he decided"
 Some of the women delegates brought up the subject of McAdoo's ,il connections.
 Defends Nicidoo.
 "McAdoo never got close enough io ooheny to get the friendship of Wall street." Bryan countercd.
 Later Bryan said he merely went ,yer 10 see inc delegation because ru- nors of switch 10 Davis had cached him. "1 am interested in this fight; l . want the party to wjn," he said. Bryan did not insist on a decision " he Mississippi delcgation, When he | ad finished his remarks about Davis 1 e walked away. While various dete- ! atcs answered Bryan, the discussion i tas calm throughout,
 snnticr Hot Argument
 A fcw minutes after Bryan had de- artcd from the Mississippi section Iolins x. Randolph, chairman or the eorgia delegation, was the center Of n argumcntatiNe group under the lissssippi standard urging the Me doc candidacy.
 The close margin which had de- dcd the Mississippi allegiance on the ! ghtconth and nineteenth ballots, less ld II bllf Illi NbN'. IldIt lllt NtiN Sh@ on the center of contention for all ,Ctions. Tine twenty votes apparent were to be had by MCAdoo for the viucing of a single delegate. After Bryan and Randolph had lcf, cnry l.. Whitfield, Mississippi chair an and A. C. Anderson of Ripley, le of the Davis supporters. declared nat poll of the delegation would ot he taken unti called for by at ast seven members of the delegation.
 Harrison Is Neutral
 Senator Pat Harrison. who had lrlier released the delegation rom him, was not on the floor hen the struggle was in progress and nrarcntly was maintaining q neutral ,sition.