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ordinarily might have been a stir
ring spectacle.
Each succeeding gain for Ralston
was cheered by the Indiana delegates
and a few others in other parts of
the hall joined with them, but there
were no prolonged demonstrations
and almost the only activity on the
floor was the scurrying of the cam
paign managers from delegation TO
delegation in an effort to bolster up
their lines. Taggart was working
everywhere, and was surrounded al
ways by a group of state leaders
who were asking him thousand and
one questions. The McAdoo mama
gers were trying frantically to hold
what was left of the once dominating
likewise were clinging tenaciously
to their delegates.
A bitter row developed in the Ohio
delegation. w. w. Durbin, one of the
delegates at large, was working to
run up the Ralston total in tnat state.
and Ed Moore, the Cox manager at
San Francisco four years ago, was
fighting against any reduction in the
total that was going to Smith. On
the ninety-first ballot Moore chal-
lenged the accuracy of the vote as
cast by the delegation chairman and
demanded a poll.
Later the Ohio delegates settled
their troubles among themselves.
and reported sixteen for Rals;on and
nineteen and a. half for Smith, with
the rest scattering.
New DeadIocI0 Looms.
With both McAdoo and Smith be-
low the total necessary to exercise
renewed hope today and kept up it's
hammering attack, but with no very
clear results.
AS delegations left the leaders they
scattered their strength so widely
that some of their managers feared
new deadlock might result between
a new set of candidates.
Temporarily, at least. Ralston of
Indiana, had the advantage among
the favorite sons and Thomas Tag
convention floor when today's session
opened ready to drive on to what he
hoped would be nomination of his
candidate before tonight.
At the same time. however, both
the McAdoo and Smith managers
showed signs of a renewed effort to
lift their candidates back above the
one third veto. Some observers be-
lieved there might be disposition to
let the McAdoo and Smith men de-
Full w q
purpose. IL neither was nominated.
of opening peace negotiations for
agreement on compromise. can
didate.
sSth Ballot Started.
The supporters of Robinson of Ar
kansas. Glass of Virginia, Davis of
kept their men conspicuously in the
picture meantime iE the hope that
when the time came for a COM
promise they would be able to COM
mand a full share of attention.
Called to order at IL O'Clock, to-
days ession began with an invoca-
tion by the Rev. Francis Potter of
the West Side Unitarian Church, New
of The Star Spangled Banner" by
celebrated opera star, Nine. Tamaki
Miura A resolution expressing the
grief of the convention at the death
of THE Star Spangled Banner" by the
Rabbi Stephen A. Wise. on behalf
of Franklin d. Roosevelt, and was
adopted by a rising vote.
Then the convention started its
days work with the eighty-eighth
ballot.
Changes Fail to Show.
As the first roll call of the day went
forward, it became apparent that the
overnight discussions of the party
chiefs had had no immediate mate
rial effect on the situation. AS state
after state returned the same vote it
had cast on the last ballot last night,
some of the most experienced of the
war horses on the floor admitted they
didn't know where they stood, or in
what direction events might be NOV
ing.
One feature of the opening roll call
was a gradual slipping away of No