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Show IAD00 GAINS SLOWLY AS VOTING GOES ON I & a a a a a a a a a o ft J President Wires Approval of Convention I Session To Continue H Until C andidate Is Named; Leaders Sleepy H AUDITORIUM, SAN FRANCISCO, July 3 -McAdoo led the gains in the first ballot of the day but the predicted slide to him I tailed to materialize. Most of the original votes stood fast. 1 North Carolina furnished the first break to McAdoo, the delegates dele-gates swinging from Senator Simmons. The change expected. The third ballot as officially announced was: Vote cast, 1084 ; necessary to choice, 722 McAdoo, 3231o, Cox, 177; Palmer, 2511o; Gerard, 11; Cummings, , 26 ; Owen, 22 ; Hitchcock, 16 ; Meredith, 26 ; Smith, S2 , Edwards 32V2 ; Davis, 28V2, Glass, 27, Harrison, 6, Marshall, 28, Clark, 7; Bryan I; Daniels, 1. The fourth ballot was announced as follows; Total votes cast. 1086. McAdoo, 335; Cox. 178, Palmer, 254; Gerard, 2; Cummings, 24, Owen, 32, Hitchcock, 5; Meredith, 28; Smith, 96, Edwards, 31, Davis, 31; Marshall, 34; Clark, 8; Bryan, 1, Glass, 27. Villi Ti iRII'M :in l-'r.inclsCO July .1. At 9;it o'clock this morning tho Democratic national conention waa called to order again and Chairman H Koblnson ordered the call of the tes to bi sumed for nominations foi president. Two ballots were taken before ad- 1 Journment last night without any can- B dldate receiving more than about one- H third of the requisite two-thirds votes H to nominate, but as the delegates as-a as-a mbled for What is expected to be H the final session of the convention pre- H dictions were made that a nomination H would come without protracted J struggle. H Just ay Harding's name filled the H a t the probable Bepubllcan noml- H nee, thn-e weeks ago this morning, on J the final 1 ; of ihe 1 : luihh .1 n con- MM ventlon, so William G. McAdoo s ap- ' peared to be in the ascendancy as the H delegates assembled today with this H difference, that the Ohio enndidute had beeii agreed upon by the elements In control of Hi" situation at Chicago while th- New York man's supporters here had still to fight a stubborn op-position op-position v. llli no definite assurance of t ) I I I OXCEDE NOTHING. Priends of Attorney General Palmer and supporters of Governor Cox took Into Careful account the reported strength 01 McAdoo. but expressed no H thai he could win the nomiiia- H tion in the face of the strong opposi- lion of Some of Hie parly leaders. The ; 1 ox men as they entered ' J ; he convention would concede nothing, t ut claimed they would pick up many j H delegates from the scattered candi- H dates who ale expected to rapidly van- H Ish. McAdoo men admitted their can- H dldate had Hie opposition of certain H aders, bul pointed out it is not well H ..nl therefore not effectUe H in holding down what they call the H constantly gathering strength of the H former secretary of the treasury. H .Mi Adoo. Palmer and Cox were the ' I H leaders In the two ballots taken last H night, mm the first, McAdoo had 2tV votes; Palmer, 256, and Cox 131. Gov- H ernor Smith of New York had 109, of H which ins own stale give him its full H ,iiota ot '.' vot'-s (in the second bal- H lot .McAdoo received 289; Palmer, 204, H and Cox, 159 Smith's vote dropped H WORKED DURING NIGHT. The chiefs of the McAdoo, Palmar and Cox forces conferred constantly H throughout the night and during tbe H earl) morning almost up to the hour H ot the meeting of the convention. At J 9:40 o'clock, the hour of reconvening. the emptiness of the convention hall reflected the sleeplessness of the night for leaders and delegates, for all were H . low in arriving. Despite that It was H tne last day oi the convention, if plans H ' did not miscarry and everyone was H trying to speed up. It was a slow start. H Tho baud and organ filled in during There was conference after confer- J n e ,,ri the floor as leaders and dele-gates dele-gates arne In, but they apparently were fruitless. There was not a man on the floor who could show any cvl- J I dence to support his prediction of H 1 what was going to happen today. At 9:45 o'clock Chairman Koblnson w;is on the platform with others of the convention managers and most of the delegates' spaces were filled |