Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-07-03
divided it between Smith and Nc.

stration and some new signs went
up. They read "McAdoo forever"
Once again the McAdoo people made
the most of the opportunity.
On the 35th Michigan left Ferris
again and divided this way: McAdoo
ID IL; Smith, II IL; Ralston, two
and Cox one.
Oklahoma's visit to the McAdoo
camp was a brief one. 1t lasted
just one ballot. After going to Nc
Adoo on the saith ballot and Great
ing a furore among the McAdoo adj
herents in the convention hall, Okla
homa on the 25th ballot went back
!, to Senator Owen, her favorite son,
and some of the delegates said she
was going to stay there
Gerard Gets Vote
James w. Gerard, former ambas-
sador to Germany, got one vote from
| South Dakota which had been going
| to Chairman Walsh.
| Nebraska was enormously an
nounced as casting its entire sixteen
votes for McAdoo. AS a matter of
fate the division did not vary from
| that on previous ballots as between
| McAdoo and Robinson.
New Hampshire transferred hall
a vote from McAdoo to Smith. This
was the first change in the voting
on the thirty sixth ballot.
In North Carolina Ralston receiv.
ed half a vote which was taken
from McAdoo.
E. L. Doheny, the California oil
operator, was given one vote in
North Dakota, which was taken
from Governor Smith.
The Doheny vote was cast by E,
J. Hughes, of Dickinson, an under
taker, who explained that he did it
for fun. Doheny is now under in
dictment in the District of Columbia
supreme court in connection with the
naval oil leases. g..
, No Break i'm Sight
There was no definite indication If
a break in the 9taGlock batweec Nc
Adoo and Smith as the convention
reassembled Wednesday. The dee
gates still were divided among tar
teen candidates, record field for
this stage Of a national convention,
when the thirtyfirst roll call was
begun.
McAdoo and Smith were as before,
in the lead, with John w. Davis well
up in third place, out Of the dark
horse division, and Senator Ralston,
of Indiana, although sixth in the vot-
ing on the thirtieth ballot, a much
discussed contender. James M. Cox,
Of Ohio, retained fourth place, and
Senator Underwood, of Alabama, held
the fifth.
The managers Of all the leading
contenders continued to express con-
fdence after the thirtieth ballot, and
"; tr h. o,1ry L.
What happened at their little con-
ferences remained to be seen in to-
days events y
Of the leaders, .McAdoo was the
only one to show declining ten
dency through the fifteen ballots
yesterday, while Davis displayed the
greatest accretion of strength. The
McAdoo workers, however, predicted
a victory today and David l.. Rock
well, manager Of the Californian's
campaign, insisted "our lines are
holding and we have assurance from
our delegations that they will stick
to the finish.'
McAdO0 Drops Back
McAdoo, who received 431 votes on
the first ballot and climbed to 479
on the fifteenth dropped below his
starting point last night on the TWEEN
ty-sixth, when his count declined to
Ais IL and ended the night with the
same total.
Smith, meanwhile, maintained his
advance, netting eighteen votes on
the day, which was eighty-three more
than he had in the beginning, and
George E. Brennan, Of Illinois, one
of his leading supporters, while max
ing a round of calls after midnight,
predicted he would reach 400 during
the early balloting today.
The Davis gain represented anoth-
er 100 per cent climb. Starting with
63 on the 10th ballot, he ended with
126 IL, as compared with the pre-
ceding days progress from 81 to OIL.
The Ralston talk Gdined much mo-
mentum when the Davis drift set
William j. Bryan to working in ac-
tive opposition to the West V:rginian.
Friends of the Indiana senator, who
wound up with. 33 Votes-a gain of
two for the day and three altogether
were confident that Bryan's second
choice inclination lay in their direc-
ton, despite his continued adherence
to the McAoo camp. The Davis
boosters, however,, admitted no
chagrin over. the Bryan fight against
their man.
Only there favorite sons were
shaken completely out of the ballot
ing yesterday, and one-Senator
Owen, of Oklahoma-was added to
the list. Governor Brown, of New
Hampshire, and Senator Harrison, of
Mississippi, were dropped by their
respective delegations on the 10th
ballot, and Governor Bryan let go of
the Nebraska vote on the 21st. All
of the Kansas votes, meanwhile, !
turned to McAdoo, but Governor
Jonathan M. Davis, of that state, con-
tinued to receive several undecided
votes from Illinois and Pennsylvania |
delegates.
Underwood Holds Own
In the surviving favorite son
group-John w. Davis, having
emerged into the leader classification
Senator Underwood was the only
one receiving widely scattered sup
port at the end of 80 ballots. Start
ing with Al IL on the 18th ballot,
he ended with 80 IL, the same num-
Der he received on the 18th, and
three less than he got on the first.
The McAdoo losses yesterday came
chiefly from the switches of the Mis-
souri, and Oklahoma units, and his
workers, although plainly concerned,
said they were sure these blocks,
which went respectively to Davis
and Owen, would return to their col
umn upon falling to find another
candidate capable of commanding the
necessary two-thirds majority.
Despite rumblings of dissent in va
rious McAdoo delegations last night,
the late balloting found him holdins
firm to more than third of the to-
tai votes, with the Smith forces yet
to reach that point.
Second choice gossip increased
steadily as the balloting proceeded,