Show I OPPONENTS PUT M MADOO ADOO ON DEFENSE Attempt at Combination Is Making l Little Headway For For Convention Feels Fees It ItIs ItT T I Is Antagonistic Move Te By A l FRANCISCO July 1 The Thc The S SAX attempt at a combination against the nomination of William Villiam G. G McAdoo McAdoo Mc- Mc rc- rc Adoo was still bc being ng carried on when the convention went into its night session but it still was without without with with- out un- un definite results Lack o of was ascribed to the absence of central control and to 10 I the tho feeling among amonS' many nany nan of tho those thoo e importuned importuned im im- rn- rn to Join that It Jl was really directed a against President Wilson rather than titan wholly a movement ment against McAdoo Mc That 1 hat feeling eeling its managers agreed was it weakness Cox Cot Men Loyal Another real difficulty was that of candidates f many of the supporters can having ln t enthusiastic tlc followings s chiefly chief chief- I h b ly Palmer an and C Cox x argue argued thru that th they 1 should sh should uld nut not be le asked to desert their c candidates ates until It It had been developed i. h whether the they can gain strength In Jn these camps were vere scattering delegates ele who preferred d McAdoo to an any dark lark horse The promoters of the attempted c combination against ag McAdoo Ic oo were proceedIng proceeding proceeding pro pro- desultorily and one after another another an- an other the they continued to bring forward such names as Former Speaker Clark i Vice C ce Pre President Marshall Homer Cum- Cum Bainbridge Colby and even William Jennings Bryan Bran Clearly and admittedly h there was no noname noname name about which they could coul rally The Cox and Palmer leaders laughed I at the l idea ea of swapping ocr off at so I carl early a stage lag and asserted it had not I been demon demonstrated that Mr Ir McAdoo oo commanded a a. place in the running to I cause them to fear car him him It it wa was with them plainly a n. case of or waiting to be shoWn hown I Informal Conference Continue I While hUe the real leaders were dealing I with the platform m question those thoc who for lor one reason or another opposed McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Ic Adoo Palmer and Cox Co kept up their Informal c conferences Many Ian contended that a few ballots would easily sho show th the impossibility of oC nominating either Palmer or Cox and the bitterest adminIstration administration admin admin- opponents warned dla delay in effecting cUng a program that might bring them to the issue at a time lato late to de defeat cat McAdoo Delegates without pronounced convictions embarrassed th these e leaders b by demand demanding In to know why h It was that a a. combination wa was Instances this necessary In man many forced the admission that the thc principal argument arg why they ther thought Mr McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- Ic Adoo doo should not be nominated was that he e was the son law pf ot the the- dent The administration clearly was In control of ot the convention and nd this explanation was w unpopular In many quarters on ott that account Palmer Lender Leader in Cnn Canaan All have lune been ean canvassing vassi ngo the state delegations to determine the actual strength for each of the tho leadIng leadIng leadIng lead- lead Ing candidates Tho The returns do o not agree but the nearest to an Impartial estimate obtainable showed that on the first ballot the strength o of Palmer would be about 76 with McAdoo oo following following following fol fol- fol- fol lowing with and Cox In third place with This left all delegates ates scattered scattered scattered scat scat- among among- tho the other eleven en candidates candidates candidates candid candid- ates placed In nomination 1 MAdo 1 Ado Retires Keeping Silence Huntington r- r N. N Y Jul July 1 William G G. G McAdoo retired at 9 D o'clock tonight without having having- broken his silence asto as asto asto to whether ho lie will accept the nomination for President on the Democratic Uc ticket et should the delegates name him Newspaper men Journeyed to the McAdoo McAdoo Mc Mc- cAdoo c- c Adoo homo home tonight at 9 o'clock to find the thc house in darkness The They learned from r m the watchman that Mr McAdoo had gone one to bed and antl had left no message e for or them |