North Carolina Newspapers

ERRILL, Editor and. Publisher VOLUME xlvui. alston Gets More Strength In Ballots Cast Just Before Noon; Other Leaders Making No Gains || LOSING NOW ILHTEST BALLOTS d sinith Both Are akins No Headway.— Releases Delegation Bt It Sticks to Him. .LOCK Tit l HT AS EVER TODAY . ve d However, That Tag is About Ready to f{ His Candidate “A If to Test Strength. rorlv Tliinl Ballot. . , 4(1- Smith 310 1-10; Me-j Eli,)- Ihi vis »»f WHt Virginia. , ’ -_j. -_m : Ralston 31: ® 44: HitVliie 17 1 : Davte, of i "iota! ions. North Carolina Jlf.Vi"' -": Ikivis. of West Vir 1. Thirty-Fourth Ballot. tie< San Fiaiieisco record. Me-- N 4,111; Smith 31il MO: Davis, . Virginia. 71: Underwood 30; !• (lias's 21: Ralston 31: Ilobin- Ritchie 17 1-2: Ihi vis. of Kan • W-iNh 1' Saulshury ti: Owen : iirfl. Total lot IS. Ballot, j, , 481.4; Smith 310.1 : Davis, r Virginia 73: Underwood 3S ; • Gia." 24: KaNton :’,l ; Robinson 1; Ssuisbury ti: Owen 4. Total H Forty Sixth Ballot. Smith 310.1 : Davis, of Hteiii. TI: I ’ml*T\vood 37 1-2: H: :4: Ralston-31 : Robin- Si ;i; 1 2 : Davis, of Kan ll'i -; 1: Saulsbury 0: Owen ■laim v— ■tmilor :>< -iio Baltimore eonven ■ ■ Forty-Seventh Ballot. ■wOMJ: Smith 320.1: Davis of Virginia 7u 1-2: I’mlerwood 3S ft’>4: Class 24 : Ralston 31 : Rob- Kitchie If.'l-2 : Davis of Kan ftfa!'!il: Saulshury ti: Du nes 4: ■ Forty-Eighth Ballot. ftl Mia!' t..| th.- Ist h ballot fol ■fAo-lv. 1-L: Smith 321 : Davis ft brsdiaa 7" M!; I'mlenvood 3S ft : 4: * 24: Ralston 31 : Rob ■ - Ihakie l'i 1-2: Davis <>f Kan ft Forty-Ninth Ballot. remit ~f til,. 40th ballot ■ 4ti2 12: Smith 320 f Wi>t Virginia. 03 1-2: ■ Kfn.im 4.7: Ritchie 10 1-2; Kansas. 2: Wa'sli 1; Sauls ■ "wen 4. Total 1698.| ■ Fiftieth Ballot. ft” T 2: Smith :S2O 1-2: \ .rgmia. til: Underwood ' t-D: Oai.-s 24 : Ralston 58 ; Uit.-hie 10 12: Davis, of '' 1: Suul'bury 0: Owen ■ E'fty-First Ballot. ft 44 -. ‘‘2: Smith 325; Davis, _j r k'Uim. f., l 2; Underwood Ralston 03: 10 12: Davis, of -1-2: Saulsbury 0: ft Total 10! is. ■ J-Secoinl Ballot. Mr 4! ~ U - : s '"h!, .".2" 1-2: Davis ■ >( 1 30 1-2; 7 4: Ibiistm o:',:. Robin y.y j' I ’2: W;il>h 1 ; Sauls (,,| V'‘rmii- Rrvan 0; • total lnos H'V"' • Mi> '" l,ri ,:l 't her 30 iia: "r Halsti.n, '"i l)ri\(. n K truest. ■ New York, w'"’ latmehed Bft the nomi '•‘•••Hi.i. by the "t hallots ap m ■ ark. the In |ft under Ht bnti, ding un |ft-:., 7 ~v ,lh ' sv meed the 1 •Uiiiiia t»-< 1.- • tile 40th H, tin :i„. r j 1 the M<*- -"lid 20 ■ 4, 1 ludianna B M 11 Fillinois ,'j'J'.'.': • I: " his total on a Ml *“■ a i ; <>i ride the W'Ho : --'l"ag his IH'it i ... HGH <: '*ud; (H .!. a w.n<-li H ' i,w , M '' ,h ° " ; ta s ... •' 'l'd not of BbC ‘ 'klahoma, IHi " a ' ,, r i; *'l swung to t Arkansas. .A* H u *'l I'tit over rule. |H '' 4*12 ].a i'Adoo total THE CONCORD TIMES I Meantime Governor Smith was hold i ing his own with 320 votes, and most lof the other candidates were running | along as usual except for the gain to J Robinson resulting in Oklahoma's .de ! parture from the McAdoo camp. While the voting went on William G. McAdoo held several conferences with his advisers and carefully outlined the strategy they were to follow. As the roll calls succeeded, one an other in early afternoon it became ap : parent that if Taggart expected to put | over his candidate with a rush he was to ’ 1 |be disappointed. The Ralston movement j 1 made bu slight dent in the 50th ballot | and again in the 51st most of the Mc- Adoo and Smith delegations held steady. Madison Square Garden. New York, •Tuly 2.—-The 48th ballot produced these results among the leaders: McAdoo 4N3.5: Smith 321; Davis 70.5; Robin : son 44; Underwood 38 1-2: Ralston 31. jOn this ballot McAdoo lost' 1.0; Smith gained .0; lost 1 ; Davis. Un j derwood and Ralston were unchanged. Still Deadlocked. Madison Square Garden. New York. | July 3.-—Eclipsing all recormds for pro longed balloting save one, the Demoera ic national convention was still dead locked as tightly as every 1 today with no indication of how soon the break would come. McAdoo had 'dropped below the 500 mark again, due to the loss of Oklahoma, which jumped to Senator Robinson. The Smith people said they were laying back "letting McAdoo have his run,” and the McAdoo people said they were waiting for all of the Smith votes to be brought out on the floor before disclos ing their strategy further. It looked very much as if both forces were near their top strength. Meanwhile managers of candidates who have been held in reserve as dark horses to break the deadlock, were care fully considering the arrival of The mo- j ment for them to make their drives. On the 46th ballot in Maine Davis: lost one-half a vote, and McAdoo gained I one-half. In Nebraska McAdoo gained ! one and Ritchie lost one. North Caro- j lina passed, indicating a movement for a change, and on the recall, voted as follows: Davis, of West Virginia, 2 1-2: Underwood 1-2; McAdoo 21. Groomers of dark "hrfrses who think they have chances, have agreed that their best strategy was to lay back and let the Smith and McAdoo people tire themselves out before their own drives Efforts' were made during the night to get Virginia and Arkansas to join the McAdoo standard, while at the opening of the convention this moyniug the Mc- Adoo managers had the advantage of holding Missouri. Mississippi and Okla homa. The negotiations were unsuccessful. Arkansas remained solid for Senatotr Robinson, and Virginia for Senator Glass. Mississippi. Missouri' and Oklahoma had been held in tfie McAdoo column by very slender margins under the unit rule. Today’s session was called to start at 10 o’clock and Chairman Walsh had an nounced balloting would begin promptly at that hour. It did not. however, and delegates’ spaces were sparsely settled when that hour arrived. Floor leaders and convention managers were looking tired and fagged, and so were everybody else except the delegates who have not been doing anything so far except vote when their names are called. At the outset of today’s business, the convention was within, two ballots of the 44th ballot record at San Francisco, and within four of the 4Gth ballot record at Baltimore. It was plain that a new record was to be made today at Madison Square Garden. Glass Releases His Delegates. Madison Square Garden, New York. July 2.—Senator Carter Glass today re leased the 24 Virginia delegates from their pledges to him, but the delegation decided to continue voting for him un til they could agree where to go. McAdoo’s Total Going Down. Madison Square Garden, July 3. Me- Adoo’s total went down on the 43rd bal lot, the first to be cast today; because Oklahoma with her 20 votes jumped out of his column and joined the forces of Senator Robinson. This showed a net loss of 10 for McAdoo, a gain of one-half a vote for Smith, a gain of four votes for Davis: and the gain of the whole state of Oklahoma for Robinson. It was at exaetly ,10:30 when ( hair man Walsh began rapping for order. At ter the prayer the clerk began to call the roll, and “24 votes for Oscar Underwood” rolled in from 3pabama as usual. The first change came in Florida, where the single vote which had been cast to Underwnod went to Ralston. The Ralston people said they were ready to start their drive today afer the ballot “if things looked right. The first breaks for the Indiana seuatoi weie expected to come from the middle west. The Ralston lieople were claiming that they had a hundred votes ready at once. Nebraska on the. first ballot today took one from Smith and entered it up for Davis. McAdoo people said they were ready to give Ralston a laggei more restless than ever, was saying a word here and there. Members of the old Wiaua-Illinois-New York coalition seemed to be working in harmony again. North Carolina took half a vote from Glass and gave it to- McAdoo McAdoo s lieutenants were noticeably late comm in today. They had been to a late con > ference. They predicted the convention would end tomorrow. At any rate they had a long record to their creel it, as most Democratic conventions in rece Qt dec I ade have been in session on the Fourth of July. , MORRISON DRIVES WATTS OFF FLOOR OF THE CONVENTION j Political Wire * Puller Wants to Shift Support to Senator Simmons. I Ren Dixon Mac Neill in News and Ob server. Madison Square Garden, New York. July 2.—Governor Cameron Morrison drove A. D. Watts from the North Caro lina section of the convention floor after a bitter personal clash between the two when Watts undertook to switch the ! State's vote from McAdoo to* Senator jF. M. Simmons temporarily until a strong candidate appeared on the horizon after the break from McAdoo. The break between the two men came on the 34th ballot. “You ought to be put in jail and driven out of this c : J. y,” the governor hotly declared to Watts after they had talked together for a moment. Watts replied with some heat and withdrew. Present ly he was back hi an effort to renew ne gotiations with the governor. but : got nowhere. “I will not say a word to you now or a4 any other time. I want you to get out of the delegation. Y'ou are not fit to be here,’ ’the governor told I him. Behind Watts tarried the sensation of the convention insofar as the North Car olina delegation is concerned. Before their eyes fifty men and women had witnessed the disruption of a jxilitical alliance that has stood the test of a generation. The governor was warmly commended by many of the delegation, particularly among the women on the floor. Mrs. Palmer Jennag was most emphatic in her commandatiou. She was standing within a few feet of the clash and heard it all, Watts’ blasphemy in cluded. The former arbiter of the political destiny of many men in North Carolina had occupied a seat in the delegation since 11 o'clock this morning, conferring quietly whenever he got an ■ opportunity. On the 34th ballot lie showed his hand openly. The delegation had been polled by Chairman Gardner without change in the vote twenty and a half for McAdoo and three and a half for Davis. Mark Squires was to declare the vote. Watts approached him with the suggestion that it be thro.ra to Simmons. With thosuamhr'bf deleguteTlinTr'spec-* tators massed around the delegation it was impossible to arrive at any general understanding. Protest was made that the vote had been taken and the delega tion should not be changed. The Gov ernor came in and Watts approached him with the declaration that Senator Simmons wanted the delegation switched away from McAdoo, that he had nevai; been for him and that he thought the time ha<l come to break. Morrison instantly denounced the statement as false. He said that he knew Simmons was whole-heartedly for McAdoo and that he would never coun tenance any switch to himself. Watts persisted, speaking in low tones to the governor. Presently he spoke louder, in troducing blasphemies into his remarks. The governor was very evidently highly incensed. F'ive seats away it was im possible to tell what the row was about, but it was apparent that there was a row. After a few minutes Morrison ordered Watts to get out'of the delegation . It appeared to be settled, but after a little, Watts was back for another parley with the governor. He didn’t get it. As Watts, turned to go he said “Goodbye,” in a voice that every member of the del egation could hear. They took it to mean that the break, made before 12,000 people, was final and irrevocable. "Watts was gone' and he was no more among the delegates in the convention. He ap peared there last night late in the eve ning for the first time. No effort was made any of the delegates to patch up the breach. No body went out after Watts to bring him back. He sat for a while in the bal cony immediately overlooking the State delegation and then mov<>d down aipong the delegates on the floor of the conven tion. He wore none of the decorative badges or other insignia with which ev ery man and woman on the floor is gor geously festoonetf He was simple and unadorned in his coming and going. Nobody appears quite to understand the move made by Watts. Simmons has been understood here to be a strong supporter of McAdoo. Just where he is headed, if Watts was speaking for him, nobody knows. The delegates don’t know where to go yet, when the inevit able break in the ranks of the leaders comes. If Watts was masquerading in the Simmons garments, nobody can figure out where he is headed. It has been currently reported that he is for Rals ton. THE COTTON MARKET Further Decline Under Continued Selling Due to Bearish Crop Report. New York, July 3.-— I The cotton market declined further in today’s dealings un der continued selling inspired by yester day’s bearish government crop report. Liverpool was lower than The market here opened with July' unchang ed?. but other months 10 to 20 points lower. Later July eased off to 28.73, or 15 points net lower. Opening prices were: July 28.85; October 24.05; De cember 23.45; January 23.20; March 23.35. Methodists to Act on Unification^ Chattanooga. Tenm. July 3.—The spe cial general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, today defeated a resolution which advocated immediate adjournment without action on the unifi cation plan. PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1924 BOOM FOR RALSTON SE EMS TO TIE I XDERWAV NOW V ncunf.rmumninfTTTi^ t jss Bpt:Mdlll i m ■ ivs/aaM Up, \ Ijl Jmk * ■HL wßra , jflj Mk Billow Copyright. Mississippi Gives Her Her Vote Indicating Tliat His Managers Are Ready to Give Him “a Ride” to Determine His Strength. MEANS GIVEN TWO YEARS; IS UNABLE TO GIVE BOND He and Secretary Lose Motions for New Trial and Are Held in $25,000 Bail. New York, "July 2.—Sentenced to serve two years in the federal peniten tiary at Atlanta and fined and $5,000 respectively for conspiracy to re lease whiskey illegally from distilleries, Gaston B. Mean#, former department of justice agent, and FT liner IV. .larnecke his secretary, tonight were #ent back to the tombs, unable to furnish the $25,- 000 bail each required pending appeal. Overruling a motion for a new trial, F’ederal Judge Wolverton imposed the ■maxiorora -for Means and Jarnecke then filed a writ of er ror. .American Mission Murker Murdered.. Washington. June 30. Rev. George Douglas Byers. an- American Citizen attached to the Presbyterian mis #ion, was murdered June 24. presumably by bandit#, at Kuchek island of Hainan, according to information received by American Minister Schurman at Peking end forwarded to th state department today. Minister Schurman received his re l>ort from Douglas Jenkins, the Ameri can consul general at Canton, who was informed of the murder by the British consul at. Kiuugehow, Hainan island. The U. S. S. Sacramento would leave Hong Kong Tuesday, it was stated with Vice-consul Chamberlain aboard and proceed to Hoihow, the port nearest the scene, to conduct an investigation. Services at St. Martin’s. On the first Sunday in July at St. Martin’s Church near Bost Mills the Young Peoples' Missionary Society will render a very interesting program. In the morning at 11 o'clock,the pastor will deliver a sermon to the young people. At one o'clock dinner will be served on the ground. After dinner the society will render its program consisting of recita tions and readings. Special music will be rendered by the choir. The Rev. M. L. Ixester. of Concord, will deliver an address. Mr. Kester is a noted speaker and his many friends will be delighted to hear him. The public is most cordially invited to attend these services. Would Have Nevada Support Smith. Reno. Nevada, July 3. —Democratic leaders in Nevada today telegraphed the state delegation at the Democratic Nat ionala convention urging the delegates to swing from McAdoo to Governor Smith; of New York. The delegation is bound by the unit rule, and the dispatch was sent at the request of Geo. B. Thatcher, one of the delegates who telegraphed for such authority. Call For Bank Statement#. Washington, July 3- —The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of all national banks at the close of business on Monday, June 30th. The fir#t National League pennant was won by Chicago, in 1876. Thumb Prints Sent By Telephone Roughen “Way of Transgressor” Special Dispatch to New Y'org World. Chicago, July" 2. —The possibilities in police and detective work of transmit ting thumb prints by long distance tele phone were demonstrated today before a group composed of Chief of Police Collins. Michael Chief of De vectivs; Capt F7vans of the Identifica tion Bureau and other#. Thumbs prints were receive from New York. New possibilities in thief catching and arrest of fugitives were disclosed. Chief Collins was greatly impressed. “Wonderful,” he exclaimed. “Combined with the radio, this invention will certainly make bard going for 'the fugitive, and will speed up the work of justice- NORTH CAROLINA ROAD SYSTEM BEST, SAYS CUBA The Havana Evening News Holds It Up As an Example. Havana. Cuba. July 3. —The system by which the State of North Carolina buiit its highways is held up as an example for the Cuban government to follow in a re cent editorial in the Havana Evening News, one of the American newspapers published here. The editorial which was based largely on reports received from the Cuban delegates to the Pan- American Roads Conference are touring the United, States, is as follows, in part: “North Carolina made, % SS<MmUOM. bond issue tliYee years ago. The money was not handed over to politicians, it was paid to road workers, and the roads were built. The delegates to the Pan- American Road Conference now touring the United States, say that the North Carolina system beats all other states, when it comes to comparing the length of time that the road work has been going on and the results that have been obtained. "North Carolina is not as big as Cu ba. It has not the population equal to Cuba. North Carolina does not have the valuations that Cuba can show. Why should not Cuba therefore be able to do what that.state has done and more? “There is uot as much land left open for development in North Carolina that would increase so greatly in value as there is in Cuba. There are not the pos sibilities of increasing production in North Carolina as there are in Cuba. A system of good roads in Cuba would at tract many times more visitors in the winter than have been attracted to North Carolina to remain an indefinite period.” The editorial then goes on to say that Cuba would profit materially by follow ing the plan of North Carolina in its road building scheme and points out the many ways that the money so expended would be doubly repaid to the country. It countermands tfie fear of sonic people that the politicians would get the money by saying that “it is not to be expected that some persons would not make a financial profit, but the benefits to the people as a whole would far offset any sue hpersonal gains.” The editorial then calls attention to the improvement of educational facili ties that came to North Carolina as a result of good roads which enabled the children of a great distance to attend schools of high standing and emphasizes that such is what Cuba needs. “The real work of building the roads will bring more profits to the people who are piking along on little deals than they ever thought of,” says the writer. “It is the big opportunities that count, and the little fellows now getting small sums could go after the big business, and at the same time give the country some thing for its money.” The writer urges the people of Cuba to follow such a plan as that of this state so that all may be well benefitted in many ways. He concludes by sayying “Cuba must have good roads like North Carolina.” “For instance, if we could wire the thumb prints of Grant, for whom we are looking in connection with the Rondout mail robbery—if we coukl wire them down to Texas, where he escaped from the Penitentiary—why, the thing has tremendous possibilities.” ! So enthusiaetic was the Chief that he invited some of the company’s en gineers to demonstrate the invention be fore the International Congress of Po lice Chiefs, which meets in Montreal July 14. “If we could have this system in operation throughout the United Stateß and Canada,” he added, “It would in crease police efficiency a thousand fold. The thumb prints, much enlarged, were projected on a screen.” LAFOLLETTE WAITING TO HEAD THIRD Conference Which Meets at CleV July 4th Expected to Name » Cleveland. Ju’.y 3. —Unless all \ -i«eut signs fail, the conference for Progressive Political Action, which meets here July 4 aiul 5, is expected to name Robert M. LaFollette for President on a third party independent ticket, those behind the organization believe. The Wisconsin senator has announc ed his willingness to become a candidate on a third party ticket "if he is want ed-” "The convention of the conference has been given impetus by the failure of congress to enact farm and railroad legislation,’’ said a statement issued by the conference bureau, adding that "a new flood of requests for credentials have been received from organizations of farmers and labor.” More than a I ' ***** ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE score of jgroups, chiefly brotherhoods and union labor, some time ago had in dicated they would be represented. The convention was calk'd by the adoption of a resolution at the con vention of the conference meeting in St. Louis February 12. The resolution specified a convention of “workers, farmers and progressive.” It addl'd that the convention “shall be for the purpose of taking action on the nomination of candidates for the office of President and Vice-I*resident of the United States, and on other questions that may come up.” Delegates represent ing 30 states attended the St. Louis meeting. Friends of Senator LaFollette here say he does uot expect to= be elected President. The most the leaders of the 7-onlenhice expect to to -ettrry from six' to eleven northwestern Ktutes. having 52 to 80 electoral votes. All things being favorable, they look to the elec tion of the next President in the House of Representatives. His supporters here figure LaFol lette will carry six states, Wisconsin. Minnesota. lowa, North and South Dakota and Montana. F’ive others, list ed as possibilities are Nebraska. Wash ington, Wyoming, Idaho and Colorado. The conference for several years has been building up an organization with which to make itself a lwlitical power. "That power,” said a spokesman, "was first demonstrated in the election of 1!)22. when the so-called radical group of senators. Win'd or in Mon tan a, Howell in Nebraska, Dill in Washing ton. FTa/.ier in North Dakota and Ship steail in Minnesota, was elected " The writing of the LaFYil’ette plat form no difficulties. It has al ready been written, made public at the Republican National convention in Cleveland, when the Wisconsin delega tion failed in an attempt to have it adopted, and with few changes will be ready for presentation to the country as the platform of tfie new third party.” William H. Johnston of Washington, president of the International Associa-' Hon of Machinists, has been made chair man of the conference and "Warren 8. Stone, of Cleveland, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive vice-chairman. The national committee of the con ference will meet here two days before the opening of the convention to com plte final details. With Our Advertisers. An invitation is extended to you to be one of the customers of the Citizens bank and Trust Co. Stationery for all uses can be had at Ixidd-Frix Music and Stationery Co. Oth er office supplies and musical instru ments too. Furniture of real heirhiom durabilitj at the Roll & Harris Furniture Co. New Red Seal ri'cords also arrived. See ad. To Open Florida Highway. Okeechobee City, F'la.. July 3. A big public celebration is to be held here tomorrow to mark the formal owning of the new Conners Florida Highway, con necting the west and east coasts and af fording a straight run from Miami or Tami>a to Balm Beach. The highway was built by William J. Omners. mil lionaire Buffalo newspaper publisher, at a cost of $500,000. The road is fifty miles long and extend# through a swamp land never heretofore explored. lowa Scatters Vote. Madison Square Garden. July 3.—-The lowa delegation whose 20 votes have been cast for McAdoo since the start of the balloting agreed informally during the 51st ballot to discard the unit rule and scatter its votes as follows; McAdoo 9, Smith 7 1-2; Ralston 4; Davis, of West Virginia 3 1-2; Walsh 1 1-2, and Under wood 1-2. The revival meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Cedar street, are still in progress. The services are being conducted by Rev. JR. A. Chcistenbury and Mrs. F7liza Honeycutt. Services be gin at 7-:45. Everybody invited. Cotton on the local market today is quoted at 28 1-2 cents per pound. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SMITH TO BE ASKED SOON TO CONFESS DEFEAT This Is Rumored in Conven tion Hall Although Party Leaders Say There is Little Chance For It Now. COMMITTEE SEES i BOTH HELPLESS National Committee Will Ask Candidates to Leave Field, According to the Reports Heard at Convention. Madison Square Garden. Juuly 3. Several members of the Democratic Nat ional Committee were discussing on the floor of the convention today a suggest ion that ti e committee seek to end the deadlock by pressing for simultaneous public withdrawal of both Smith and McAdoo. “There is still some question whether the time is ripe for such a “move” said Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, when asked about it. Cordell Hull, chairman of the committee, thought the suggestion hqd merit. Some members of the committee " received the suggestion favorably and leaders outside of the com mittee expressed a willingness to con fer on the question. Apparently' however, something devel oped to blast the idea after it got under discussion, for after casting about on it. Chairman Hull said “it seemed unreason able.” and F’rankliu I). Roosevelt, man ager for 'Governor Smith, said "I*oo l’ooh.” BRYAN PLEADS FOR McADOO AMID RIOTOUS SCENE Heckled by Seme From the Gallery ami Booed by Some.—Galleries Are in a Riot. New York. July 2.—That stormy pe trel of democratic politics, William Jen nings Bryan, added another tumultous chapter to his long <*areer today when Fe went before the democratic national con vention in an attempt to stem the tide of opposition to William G. McAdoo. Interrupting an all-day succession of inconclusive ballots for a nominee for the presidency the three times' candi date of hfs party plunged the convention into a near riot and finally was all but driven from the platform by heckling delegates and booing galleries. Besides Mr. McAdoo, he mentioned seven other presidential aspirants who would be satisfactory to him, but none of them aroused more than momentary en thusiasm and when the balloting was re sumed scarcely a vote had been changed. Neither did the conferences of the leaders during an ensuing recess mater ially alter the situation, and the conven tion went on into another night session with its disagreement over the nomination still in a jumble. McAdoo and Smith, both unable to make material headway, kept their respective parties at the head of the list. Davis, of West Virginia, lost a few votes, but remained in third place, and the supporters of Ralston, of Indiana, be came more active in presenting the quali fications of their candidate as a compro mise selection. The entire effect of Mr. Bryan’s ap pearance before the convention was not immediately apparent. The McAdoo men declared the incident this afternoon when the Commoner got up to explain his vote. It was his opportunity. As he got up on his feet, the vast throng of humanity, packed ami jammed into the garden, became hushed. Smith and Davis leaders cast worried glances here and their, quietly signaling for their con fidential messengers, and with whispered words in their ears these messengers scurried on tiptoe to various state dele gations. If anyone can put the “fear of death” into a iKilitical candidate and his hench men on a national convention floor it is William Jennings Bryan, but now a mem ber of the Florida delegation'of a dozen. The breath of auger, of righteous indig nation, of vehement principle for the right as he sees it, is feared by those who would thwart or pervert a cause on the convention floor in about the same pro portion as inhabitants of stricken Lo rain, (>., likely do a tornado since the recent catastrophe. No one doubts Bry an's sincerity of purpose. Bryan, didn't criticise any candidate before tne convention, but he told his fellow democrats, and his words Curried conviction to the hearts of hundreds, that it was Mr. McAdoo who had made the writing of a progressive platform posi ble. He led up to this declaration by naming over six or seven good democrats in the nation whom be would cheerfully support, but his mention of Walsh. Rals ton, Meredith, Daniels and others appar ently was only meant as a designation of type of the progressive spirit which a united democracy seeks. WHAT SMITTY'S WEATHER CAT BAYS a Partly eloudy onight and Friday; prob ably* local shower*. NO. 104.