Show effort to make nomination zy by acclamation unsuccessful SAM SABI HOUSTON HALL houston texis june 28 AP allied E smith four times governor of new york and long the favorite son soil of the empire state democracy was noraLia ted for the presidency tonight by the democratic national convention A single ballot was sufficient to break through the last resistance of the group of candidates opposing him although at tie the conclusion of the loll ion call of ar the states he was a handful of votes choit of 0 the two iwo thuds decad to nominate he was so near the mark that thai state after state broke away from the favorite song thoy they had been supposing and ad voiced in a noisy band wagon rush to lie be th the e to lay their atlle athea feet the official tabulation after all Cli changes anges of 0 votes in favor ot of tie cie leader had been recorded gave th new 23 2 3 of tile the 1100 votes in tile the convention ile he eed but 13 1 3 to nominate noisy demonstration follows announcement Arrao announcement of the nomination was followed by a loud and colo ful demonstration on oil the convention floor with the smith people parading about the hall rb to the skies their happiness at t clr 1 victory in some parts of the all the bitterness of the contest was carried along by apted hs ted arguments among divided southern delegations but for the most part tile the defeat of the anti smith sinith group forecast for daa days s was accepted philosophically missouri Alis the home state of 0 senator jim reed who stood in the forefront of the last datoli attempt to stop governor smith tried unsuccessfully to circumvent the rules and have the new yorker declared nominated by after he had polled mut e than the number needed on oil the roll call and ivr mien m ien ea lie he heard the final result senat senator reed heed himself left for the corive convention hall to exhort his fellow democrats to unite under the banner kofl ot his bis late cival Plat platform forin adopted without roll koll call all this was of a piece with the action of the whole convention earlier ta in the day when it adopted the party platform im without a roll arll rf the he loll 1011 long discussion over pro hi bl atlon in committee ended in a report pledging the party to strict enforcement t of the prohibition amendment and laws along with all others both wets and drys took he the t speakers stand to ask the convention veri tion to accept the plank as submitted and tor for the alist timp i in deais a democratic platform p x is s approved without a floor light 10 |