The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-26
SMITH FIREWORKS TO OUTSP ARKLE .M'ADOO'S BLAZE Governor Al To Have Backing Of All New
 York BALLOTING SLATED
 TO START FRIDAY Bosses To Take Charge I After First Few
 Votes
By THOMAS [. STOKES,

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 NEW YORK, June 25.--With the strains. of "The Sidewalks of New York" playing through the rafters at Madison Square Garden, the can didacy of "AT' Smith, who came from the east side and talks out of the corner of his mouth, will be put before the convention Thursday morning, when an attempt will be made to rival the McAdoo demon stration of Wednesday afternoon.
 The New Yorker's nomination for the highest office in the land will be the first made when the conven- tion resumes. Connecticut, the next state on the list of nomina- tions, has yielded to New York. Smith stands ace-high in this city. They talk Of no one else.. So ''show" that will be at least as noisy as the McAdoo blowoff is. almost certain.
 Some Others
 His nomination will be followed by a numer of others, including such dark horses" as Senator Ralston of Indiana; John W. Davis of West Vir- ginia; James NJ. Cox of Ohio; Senator Carter Glass of Virginia; Gov. Jon- athan Davis of Kansas; Governor AL bert Ritchie of Maryland; Davis F. Houston of New York; Governor Sil- ger of New Jersey, and Governor Charles Bryan of Nebraska.
 The nominations are expected to be completed Thurkday unless the Smith
 & af z kt..@s..-.. 4 ssy, &s,,. s,ssfss<,f gear Temporarily. On Friday the gruelline ballot fight ia scheduled to be. gin, provided tho platform row is out of the way.
 But despite the yelling and stamp ing of feet for Smith and McAdoo, now the leading candidates, it becomes in- creasingly evident that neither one will get the nomination. The mantle will almost certainly fall upon one of the numerous dark horses" either one of those nominated Thursday or one still out of the pale,
 Bosses To Take Charge
 When the deadlock comes over Smith and MeAdoo the bosses will take charge and direct the nomination from confer ences held outsides of the convention hall. The wire-pullers have already, started their quiet work behind the scenes. Only few important leaders were on the floor Wednesday during the session.
 McAdoo, it is sure, received one of the greatest ovations ever accorded democrat placed in nomination. But exuberant as the outburst was for brief time, it then lapsed into more or less of a mechanical affair. His Op- ponents point out that many of the states which swung their delegations into line will give McAdoo only partial support and that he is slipping rapidly. His friends, one the other hand, inter- preted this phase of the ovation as showing that McAdoo was still strong in those states where a majority is against him, and is holding his own.
 But there is no doubt about another event of the session Wednesday. This was the enthusiastic demonstration against the Ku Klux Klan, which broke out when Fordney Johnston, nominating Underwood, denounced the hooded order. At least half of the dele gates were in their chairs cheering when the klan was denounced by name.
 This is all against McAdoo. The Californian is not unfriendly to the or ganization and is making strong efforts to keep an anti-klan plank from the platform, as are his close followers, including William Jennings Bryan.