Evening star., 1924-07-04
RalstOn Witlldra,us From, Race.
Ne,u AIgnn,er,ts Are Forecast

menL WhereOy the entire convention
strength might be clearly divided be-
tween the two leaders.
BIames Favor1te Sons.
The continued deadlock, which
passed all national convention records
when the fifty-eighth ballot was
started, was attributed by Rockwell
to the failure of fayorite sons to
withdraw and leave the race to the
leaders. Senator Glass was the only
member of this group to release his
delegates yesterday. but the Vir-
to take his advice to go to McAdoo
and decided to stick to him a while
longer under their instructions.
The uncertainty of other delegates
demonstrated throughout the day, and
| the most general comment on the
subject was, I'VE don't know where
Holds to Ralston.
The Indiana delegation was held to
Ralston by Thomas Taggart, who said
the breeze" given his candidate was
| not according to plan, but was forced
| because some of the senator's friends
became a bit anxious" Mississippi
and Missouri, which left McAdoo for
his column during the day and other
Ralston votes which had come from
the Smith folda were willingly re-
! leased by Taggart to return to their
former lines, but he said ne expeGteo
them to come back to Raiston Wneh
needed He was still deslrous OF
"making friends" and insisted ne dlo
not intend to press his man until the
McAdoo and Smith leaders mao oseh
given all the chance they wanted:
mi M d.
souri, units to the McAdoo list aiter
switching to Ralston was DESCRIBED
by the Smith leaders as an enorL 10
get them to bring out reserves. ihls;
they reiterated, was what they nao
no intention of doing until the NC,
Adoo force was definitely spent: and
they added that they would not begin
their drive until the Californian
votes had dwindled to less than a
third of the delegates present and
voting, depriving him Of his veto
power over other candidates
The McAdoo total dropped below
the, original 4sl on o,a SIX oali9ts ,hs S seo
mark, passed the night before. but the
net result was slight. The losses
and recaptures, however. kept ms
workers busy while they were IN
progress, and provided much OF the
sions.
Smith Trend Upward.
The Smith trend, on the other hand,
was slowly upward, with few inter-
ruptions, and his total of 1888 on
the sixty-first ballot was the high
est he had yet received. This was
just 80 votes more than he had taken
so ballots previously. and the Smith
strategists said they hoped to stay
in about the same position until their
drive should begin.
Cognizance of the Fourth of July
which in recent decades has come to
be one Of the customary meeting days
for Democratic national conventions.
was taken before adjournment by
Chairman Walsh of Montana, who
made provision in today's program
for the singing Of patriotic airs and
the reading of the Declaration of In
dependence by Augustus Thomas.
The monotony OF the rapidly
mounting roll calls having served no
apparent purpose other than the con-
sumption of time. William Jennings
Bryan began, between spells of work
for McAdoo yesterday, to think or the
pli ght of those delegates who are be-
ing sorely pressed financially by the
length of their stay in New York. AS
a result. he devised, and Rockwell
approved. a plan to lay before the
national committee proposal that
general expense fund be raised for
embarrassed delegates.
Despite the duration of the conven-
ton. however, few delegates or alter
mates have left New York, apparently.
since the number of votes recorded
continues, with few exceptions. to to-
tai 1.09S on each ballot. Reports of
large, and even small, defections
from the voting ranks are promptly
denied by delegation leaders. and de-
partures from hotels are generally
attributed to moves into less costly
quarters to reduce expenses.
Sing Star Spangled Banner.
When the convention was called to
order soon after the appointed hour.
the Rev. Paul Mansfield Spencer of
the Church of the Strangers, New
York, offered the invocation.
Then Mrs. William f. Mills of
Helena, Mont, sang the Star Spangled
Banner.
Then as the next feature of the
Independence day exercises which
opened the convention. Augustus
Thomas read the Declaration of 1nde-
pendence. Mr. Thomas prefaced his
reading by the statement that the
document was not new and that some
of the delegates might not be
interested in it; but that for the
benefit of the great listening audi
ence on the air outside he detailed
some of the circumstances surround
ing it's composition by Thomas
Jefferson.
While the reading was going on
William j. Bryan himself dispelled
the exaggerated report of his death
by appearing among the Texas dele
cation and taking a seat.
Sees Weeks Delay
The delegation leaders and candi-
date managers took advantage of the
preliminaries to do some more con-
ferring. Norman E. Mack of New
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