U.S.A. PRESIDENCY.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1924, Page 3

U.S.A. PRESIDENCY.

AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CAULS ASSOCIATION BREAKING ALL RECORDS. NEW YORK, July 3. Historians now recall that the Democrats in the year 1860 took no fewer than a 7 ballots before choosing Mr Stephen Douglas a.s their Presidential nominee. The pessimists are now fully predicting this Convention may exceed the 1861) reeoru. TWELVE HOURS’ SESSION. NEW YORK. July 3. The Convention has now been sitting for twelve hours. The Gist, ballot showed the positions thus: — MeAdoo 469 Smith 34a Cox 34 Ralston 37 Underwood 42 Robinson 23 Glass 2a . Senator Owen 23 "Ritchie 16 Saulsbitry 3 Senator Walsh -I - Governor Bryan 2

A gentleman from Ohio rose saying: “Let us discontinue the monotony of this i ndless balloting. We need not only sleep, hut time for conferences.” The Convention thereupon adjourned.

CONVENT! ON l<’ 10 U R F.S. NEW YORK, July 4 The Democratic Convention adjourned till Friday afternoon after the sixty-first bnliot, when Me Adoo stood 469), Smith 833 J, Dawes 60. NEW YORK, July 4. After a seething session which swung n handful of States hack and forth among tho leaders, the situation appeared to have rentjhcd a hopeless deadlock. The parly chiefs were consulting as to the methods of amending the rules m order to permit a choice of plan. It was proposed that both MeAdoo ami Smith he called upon to withdraw, and permit their strength to go io compromise candidates. 1 his was pronounced as absurd and impossible by the managers of the respective •>■ parties. It was suggested a rule he adopted to eliminate the lowest man in cneli ballot automatically . until three remain. A formal resolution to this effect is expected to he moved today. . ,

Smith’s loaders assorted they would hold their forces in position until the MoAdon vote was reduced to less than one-third of the delegates present, which constitutes the power ->t veto. |,A folettr’s CLAIMS. XK\V YORK, July tAn assurance that Senator La l*ol- - would accept endorsement as the Presidential candidate was given to the Conference, on progressive political action bv Representative Nelson, lender of La Colette forces in the House of Representatives tn-dav. He declared in the campaign La Folette would denounce every form of special privilege and would call on Progressives to strengthen the position in Congress, , and fight for control of agencies that ' shall determine the election of l resident. He asserted La Folette would bo the next President or have a decisive sav as to who would l>e the na- . tion’s'chief. He held the balance of power in Congress and would demonstrate ho holds the balance of power of the country.