The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-07-04

for the day of 76 votes atid stood at 427.
 Smith had a net gain of one and nine-tenths and his total at adjourn ment was 320 and one-half. Davis got 8 on the last ballot, net loss of eight, and Ralston had 92, gain of 62.
 Unable, during the day to break it's deadlock, the convention went into an- other night session with it's leaders ap- parently as much at sea as ever over ways and means to extricate it from its disagreements and vexations.
 The McAdoo leaders who had lost ground during the days voting, still were struggling to keep together enough of their strength to stem a rising tide of dissatisfaction which already had sent two NIcAdoo delegations over to the cause of Senator Ralston of In- diana an one to the standard of Sena- tor Robinson of Arkansas. Thomas Taggart, pilot of the Ralston boom, declared he was not preparing to urge on the growing total for his can didate as long as the McAdoo and the Smith forces still were determined to kep tehir candidates actively in the race. The Indiana leader declared he was we'll satisfied to loaf along for the present with his candidate in third place by virtue of a gain of 60 votes in the 12 ballots taken at the long day session.
 The Smith cohorts likewise were sit ting tight saying they did not desire to attempt to draw out the reserve strength for their candidate until the opposition had definitely begun to dis integrate.
 It appeared to the delegates that every one of the campaign managers of the rival candidates had taken to himself the philosophy of Micau-ber and that each was attempting to out wait the others. In the hope that something would turn up." How we'll the delegates liked it was not en- tirely revealed and none undertook to predict when they would take mat ters into their own hands, and go on leaderless to some sort of nomination. Hint Of ReStlessness A new hint of the restlessness of the delegates was given convention officials as soon as the night session began when John A. Lusk of the Alabama | delegation presented a resolution pro. posing that the convention remain in session without recess until a nomina- tion for president was made. J. J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn immediately made point of tA Ter against the pro. posal and Chairman Walsh sustained it and ordered the secretary to pro- ceed with the nGet ballot.
 The night session opened with prayer by the Rev. Henry Clay Risner. Bap- i tist minister of New York. Chairman Walsh announced that should the bus mess of the convention not be com pleted tonight, tomorrow's session would take due notice of the signifi- canoe of Independence day by listening to concert of patriotic airs.
 On the opening roll call of the night seSsion-the fifty-fifth ballpt since the voting began Monday morning-Rals- ton kept picking up one or two here and there, but there was no decided trend in any direction The Indiana senator got one in Arizona that had gone on the previous ballot to Frank lin Roosevelt, and two in Illinois that had been cast before for Governor Bry- an of Nebraska.
 The missionaries of the McAdoo cause had been at work during the recess and the lines of the McAdoo states again were holding under the combined at- tack of the opposition. The chairman of the Georgia delegation, rising to re- spond to the call of his state, shouted up defiantly to the chairman to record Georgia as voting on the next 800 bal lots for William Gibbs McAdoo."
 Trouble Hinted
 When Nevada was reached, however, there appeared threats of trouble. The state has been voting continuously for McAdoo but it asked that it be passed while the members of the delegation consulted as to their future course.
 Meantime Ralston was given another two votes in Pennsylvania. They pre- viously had been cast for Governor Bryan.
 The standing of tile leaders on the fifty-fifth ballot follows:
 McAdoo, 426.5; Smith, 320.5; Da- wis, 62.5; Ralston, 97.
 On this ballot McAdoo lost half a