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sippi went over, and the next moment
Oklahoma. which had been giving
vorite son: announced a return to
McAdoo. The challenge from Davis
people on the delegation was drowned
in the demonstration which started
and the decision was left to be made
later.
The result of the thirty fifth ballo
Robinson, "a; Smith, s2sis: Davis Q,
West Virginia. 1O7: Richie. 1917
Cox. 55; Davis of Kansas, 3; Glass, "a
Ralston, 80: Walsh, Il; Salisbury
Total, 1,09S.
McAdoo lost So. Smith gained -
Davis was unchanged.
On the thirty-sixth ballot the lead
ers stood: McAdoo, 439; Smith, 1928
McAdoo and Smith each lost l.
vote, while Davis total was un.
unchanged.
ton was at it's height the McAdoc
cation found the most they could ge,
was sixteen votes. and McAdoo vic.
tory there was deferred, at any rate
Michigan added new element to the
days balloting by returning to Sena.
tor Ferris Her votes had beer
u
Davis. Suddenly this morning Mich
igan snatched them back again fol
Ferris. 1t was, of course, a maneu-
Yer by which the delegation was
taken to the logical place while de-
velopments progress and the oppor-
tunity to ride with winner was
awaited.
In the McAdoo demonstration, which
swept the convention floor, the lead
ers or those preponderantly in the
lead were women. William Jennings
Bryan expressed his appreciation OF
MississippfS return to the McAdoC
fold by dividing among the women
of the delegation an artificial sun
flower, red rosebud and faded red
carnation.
McAdoo Scouts Busy.
AS the contending forces wheeled
into position to renew the struggle
at todays session of the convention
there were strong indications thai
the Smith and McAdoo people were
preparing for the utmost exertions
Overnight McAdoo scouts had been
making heroic efforts to bring back
Mississippi and Missouri, planning or
the psychological effect to win them
new accretions. The Smith people
frankly were prepared to give their
candidate "a ride" and make efforts
to run up his total. Their plan was
to make an utmost showing at the
days session and capitalize it's value
as the developments of the day might
indicate. The object of the McAdoo
people was to make a supreme effor,
to get back from the slump which
struck their fortunes yesterday anc
carried them to a low ebb.
The John w. Davis people were
planning to acquire all they coult
while this was going on, and thu
other dark horse camps seemed to b.
disposed to let Smith and McAdoc
breeze it out between them" as one
could get the required two-thirds.
Dark Horses Sit Back.
The dark horse strategy was tc
sit back and let the two leaders con.
vince the convention that they hat
no hope of breaking the deadlock.
Reports of an impending break
from McAdoo in the Texas delegation
were denied even by the little hand
full which would welcome it. The
forty from the Lone Star state, one
delegate who was praying for e
break said. were sure to stand fol
McAdoo until he gave the word re-
leasing them.
Thomas Taggart. Senator Ralston's
boomer, said he expected to see NC,
Adoo and Smith make gains al
through the day session, with trans
fers of votes back and forth, but he
expected no result from it.
There will be uppercutting anc
sparring. but no decision" said the
Indiana leader.
Just as the clock moved up tc
eleven Chairman Walsh began CAV
cling for order. 1t was quickly Sc
cured and prayer was offered by
Rabbi Newman of Temple Israel, New
York.
Rabbi Newman prayed earnestly
and at length. When he concluded
a McAdoo delegate in the Missouri
space shouted: Great prayer"
With that the clerk plunged into
the ever-present job of calling the
opened, as usual, with "a votes fol
Oscar Underwood from Alabama. i,
recalled among the old-timers the
famous call for Underwood on the
on the rising infection by former Gov
Brewer.
Illinois Still Split.
where McAdoo lost one to John w
Davis.
Once more Illinois was not ready
to come to a decision and scattered
her vote among the field. The same
division held overnight.
The McAdoo strength held good
overnight in Iowa, and under the unit
rule the 26 went to McAdoo again
as did the 20 from Kansas and Ken
lucky. The 20 for John w. Davis in
sachusetts made no overnight change
and Maryland's 16 were still holding
good for Richie.
Michigan was not ready to change
her vote.
Neither was Minnesota. Then came
Mississippi on which the McAdoo peo-
pie had been working furiously over
night. The 20 for John w. Davis
held good, however. The McAdoo
forces had failed to make a dent in
was true in Missouri. The Davis line
held.
No Breaks Occur.
North Carolina took back the sim
gle vote it had been giving to Smith
and added it to McAdoo.
Pennsylvania again scattered her
Was no ire
loose vote from Richie to Walsh OF
Montana and gave the remaining nine
as usual, to McAdoo.
Virginia's "a still stood on today's
first ballot with Senator Glass. The
lines generally on all sides were UNI
broken. Davis held tight to hfs II
from his home state-West Virginia
and the remainder of the roll went
through about the same.
The announcer in Wisconsin. who
nCiStololS udu HeNcT HlSScu tHe
Mister" McAdoo, this morning made
it plain "McAdoo."
Smith Loses One.
McAdoo was unchanged; Smith had
lost one and Davis gained one.
The total number of votes cast or
the first ballot today was the full
strength of the ,098
That effectively disposed of stories
that delegates and alternates were
pninO. nn1oOofoo OIL hoxye
gone, in small numbers, but the first
vote showed that every delegate who
had departed had left an alternate.
Totals for the thfrty-f1rst ballot
follow:
Underwood, 3sh; McAdoo, 4154k
Robinson, % Smith, 322h; Davis o
West Virginia, 127h; Richie, 1914
Cox, 81; Davis of Kansas, 6; Glass