Evening star., 1924-06-27

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| lican and Democratic parties would
| not be sufficient to assure victory for
| L Democrat.
| Unions Take Hand.
| However that may be. the railway
unions have taken a hand in the
| struggle.
| The campaign between the candi-
| dates continues without much change
+, The so-called test vote on adjourn
ment Thursday has been upset by the
statements of some delegations which
voted with McAdoo and some who did
| not that they will be found in another
column when the baloting starts
and that their votes last night SIM
ply indicated their personal conven-
fence on the question of a night ses-
sion. Louisiana. with twenty votes,
voted with the McAdoo forces. for in
stance, but will probably be for Gov.
Smith. Virginia, with twenty-four
votes, wanted chance TO have Car
| ter Glass nominated before a body of
| rested delegates, but is friendly to
McAdoo. The Philippine delegates.
with six votes, were in conference
with McAdoo when an alternate cast
the ballot with the anti -McAdoo gem
erals on the floor of the ton.
Nebraska is favorable to McAdoo but
voted with the antiMcAdoo group to
avoid a night session.
Has at Least 500 Votes.
All in all, the first ballot shows
only that the McAdoo claim of around
800 votes is not exaggerated, and
that they may have more.
The fight now is against time with
the anti-McAdoo strategists trying to
prolong the convention so that Al
smith sentiment may have more
chance to permeate the minds of the
delegates as unquestionably when
they mingle with the populace here
they find almost unanimous enthusi-
asm for him. The platform fight is
dragging out and it now looks as if
the committee will not be ready be-
fore nishtfall and that the debate
may be ballot or two before ad-
Journment Saturday, but the McAdoo
forces Will try to. delay it until Mon
day 80 Sunday will not intervene
to enable their adversaries to pene-
trate the McAdoo line.
Won Case for Labor.
The friends of John w. Davis are
very hopeful now as the deadlock be-
tween the leaders grows more and
more certain. In opposition to the
idea that Mr.. Davis was counsel for
the Standard Oil Company comes the
tatement from his supporters that he
has recently won for organized labor
its biggest victory in the Supreme
Court-a sign that he is merely
lawyer and not a partisan of either
capital or labor.
The city is still talking of the demon
stration Tor AL Smith and the rema rka-
BILE nominating speech made by Franklin
Roosevelt. The delegates are becoming
convinced that Al Smith can carry New
York if nominated. He did not have
many states in the parade of banners
but his champions are continuing to
argue that man who can carry New
York can carry Illinois, Massachusetts
and New Jersey and Connecticut
1t is significant that in the McAdoo
demonstrations the west and south
Joined, while the east made up the bulk
McAdoo and Smith still lead the field,
and there is little evidence that either is
losing ground, though the dark horses
are still hopeful that the New York gov
ernor and former Secretary of the
Wood and Lowden at Chicago four
years ago, which led to the nomination
of Harding, who had less than fifty bal
lots at thf start, Anything may happen,
but the Job Of eliminating the two lead
has not yet been accomplished