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bectaticn for . ''break" became more
and more general during the day.
The forty-fourth ballot brought IlE,
tie change in the situation. McAdOo
was unable to increase his total aad
Smith remained stationary.
Line Up Second Choice.
Both Thomas Taggart Of Indiana
and Governor Brough Of Arkansas
were busy on the floor during the
balloting lining up secondary choice
strength for Ralston and Robinson
respectively.
The Arkansas managers claimed
% have eight States lined I'D f1r
Robinson when the "break" came.
Iaggart was said to have cops.d.
orably more than that for Ralsfon.
McAdoo dropped q vote on the
norty-nfth ballot and Smith made
no progress.
A. II was being taken, Robinson's
managers were working earnestly on
the floor to set the stage to give this
ArkAnsas Senator "a ride within q
few ballots.
AS the forty-sixth ballot was start.
ing reports were spread on the floor
that Senator Carter Glass Of Virginia
had released his delegates.
The Glass managers were in con.
ference at the Waldorf and the re-.
port could not be confirmed in the
Garden 80 Virginia continued to cast
Its twentyfour votes for the Senator.
: The opening of the thirteenth
session OF the convention today
found McAdoo engaged In SUI.
preme effort to hold his slipping
cohorts together and add to. them
Tor one final, grand assault On the
domination.
II he fails-and the opinion was
general this morning that he would
Iall-then the disintegration OF hIs
strength IL expected, and it win be
iert to his rivals to see how close
they can come TO attaining the goal
Tor which McAdoo shot and missed
-tWo-thtrds OF this turbulent,
epOchal convention. Conferences
that lasted throughout the night
preceded today's session.
One by one, McAcloo ans his field
marshals sent for favorite sons
Carter Glass, Of Virginia: Joe +.
Robinson, Of Arkansas, and man.
ayers OF Samuel M. Ralston. OF
whose persistence In hang.
ing on has prevented either McAdoo
or Governor Al Smith from attain
ing q majority of the convention.
Votes Are Refused.
They were asked for votes. Rob.
tnson for his fourteen from Ar.
kansas, Glass for his twenty-four
from Virginia, Ralston for his thirty
from Indiana.
But % far as could be learned.
their answer was NIT pleasing to
McAdoo and his managers and today
McAdoo was faced with the seem.
dngly impossible task Of increasing
his total from the camps Of his
Interest opponents-Smith Of New
York; Cox, Of Ohio, and Davis Of
West Virginia.
MoAdoo's total at the close of the
forty-second ballot was 1854, or
t]6.0 less than a majority, and
1855 less than the two-thirds re.
Quired for the nomination under
present rules.
The goal Of the McAdoo man.
ayers last night and today was D
majority. Once assured Of this,
the prospect was that the McAdoo
managers would assault the two
thirds rule, and seek to have the
convention discard it In favor Of a
new rule allowing a nomination
BY q majority.
A change In the rules, however,
seemed more remote even than the
chances OF McAdoo for obtaining
\ sufficient votes to enable him to
make the fight.
, BryaIl's Effort Futile.
Developments in the last turbu.
lent twenty-four hours, which in
cluded a dramatic effort by Will
liam Jennings Bryan to stampede
the convention in McAdoo's favor,
have only made McA0po's opponents
more certain than ever that his 10
q Nbrlorn cause.
The Bryan speech. while Il turned
9one wavering votes into the
.McAdoo column and enabled him
70 climb 70 the highest point he
mas yet attained, 6o6.6 votes, at
the same time knit SAe anti.McAdoo
forces more closely O1oether. They
have veto bloc Of more than S67
votes. which Bryan only made more
solid.
Bryan was generous to others
besides McAdoo. While declaring
that the e1-Treasury head was
untitled" to the nomination, the
Commoner at the same time gave
the convention the names OF An
even half dozen other men whose
names were then in the ballotina
whom he considered acceptable. y
They were Robinson, Daniels, RAJ.
eton. Meredith, Walsh and 'tHroth.
or Charlie" Bryan, and in the case
OF two particularly, Ralston and
ROBINSON, their managers simply
took advantage Of Bryan's indorne.
ment to stick in the race 7oorA
closely than before.
In Common Camn.
And he drove Glass. smith. I'm.
derwood, Davis, Richie ana Owen
into o common camp, IN defense
o. their separate ana at the aaYne
time mutual interests.
Within two ballots after McAdoo
had reached his peak atren Cth
riding on the crest OF the Rrvar
waye, the signs Of disinteRra fion
began to appear in hfs ranks.
Oklahoma caucused after the
1orty-second ballot ana deci6A6
against any more riding with Mo.
AdOo.
a majority Of the twenty vote. In
Oklahoma was against II although
this same majority was divided, on