U.S. PRESIDENCY

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 July 1924, Page 11

U.S. PRESIDENCY

EXTRA EDITION.

THE DEMOCR ATS.

FRUITLESS' WORH

ar OABL»— PKKSB ASSOCIATION—COPYBIGHV Received July 1, 9.50 a.m. NEW YORK, June 30. Six ballots ,and no nominee or even an indication of a nominee was the result of six , hours’ work. of the Democratic convention; The voting was: McAdoo 443, Smith 261, Underwood 41, Robinson 19, John Davis 34, Charles Bryan 19, Cox 59, Ralston 30, Glass 25 and Silzer 28.—-Reuter. The net-: result of' Saturday’s session of the Democratic Convention was to create dissension within the ranks of the party and release a flood of religious hatreds.. likely to cause .riot and bloodshed in many sections of the country during the campaign, and furnish the party’s adversaries with much campaign material. According to impartial observers, tlie nomination is not worth a penny now. “As" a. result of the Ku Klux Klan quarrel they elected President Coolidge on Saturday night,” is a statement heard on ail sides. >

Yesterday’s great conflict over the Klan plank appears to have had one outstanding effect, namely, no aspirant for Presidential nomination having connection with it 'is likely to be chosen, the- party leaders indicating that every effort will he made to heal all wounds,arid assure a united party by choosing a man untouched by the Klan controversy. Thus . MoAdoo, Smith and Underwood would, not, he available. The vote over the Klan was so close that a woman’'delegate from Georgia altered' the' result by changingher vote, so that it permitted all. aspirants’ to claim some’ advantage from it. Thb situa'fibix' promises the strangest results when the convention, after the Sunday /rest, will meet to-morrow and begin balloting for the Presidential nominee. A note of relief was sounded by supporters of Mtrs Le, Roy, of Springs, South. Carolina-/ who announced that they .willplace her nomination for the Vice-Pres idenevAi ls. -N. Z. Cable Assn. _ ' .Received July 1, 12.30 p.m. NEW YORK, June 30. The ninth ballot shewed: little change in the vote, and' the convention went into recess until to-night. It seems apparent that’ it is: heading towards a deadlock.—Aivs.-N.Z; Cable Assn. THe. sixth day of the Democratic Convention; found- tlie delegates listless. One delegate tried to get the convention to reconsider the Klux nlank. vote, but was hooted .down, and* the dragging business of polling for the Presidential nominee began: Mr Smith’s, cohorts conserved their votes, And Mr' McAdoo’s strength’ was allowed to appear at first to indicate that MbAdoo cannot command the required" support before turning toward Smith. The first ballot showed a total of 1096 cast, of which 643 J votes were for* McAdoo, 241 for Smith, and the remainder being scattered among tluw 17 other aspirants.— : Aus.-N.Z Cable Assn.