The Dolores star., 1920-07-09

ut 40 O'Clock this morning. me
nomination came al the conclusion "t
forty-four ballot SGuGglc in which
h." had steadily beaten down the forces
nf William 6. McAdno. former s"cr"'
iary of the treasury and President
Wilson's Son-in-luw.
When the balloting on the forty.
fourth vote had gotten To point
where cox had 1O2 votes and was rap
idly approaching the necessary two
| thirds of 30. Sam i. AmidOn nf Kan
saS. manager of the McAdoo forces
and vice chairman Of the Democratic
| national convention. took the platform
and moved that til" nomination oi
Governor Cox he made unanimous. I'M
| mediatcly there was Il roar from III"
! tired and worn delegates which lasted
| for II full four minutes before Chair.
man Robinson could put the question
on Amidon'S motion 10 suspend She
rules and nominate Cox 10y acclaim
| ton.
Al :l3 o'clock this morning the mo.
lion was formally voted over with q
rolling chorus of ayes and a smaShin.
of the brass bands.
State standards which had srIrgrd
back and forth in the d"~pcrat" bat.
Ties of the deadlock raced to the front
- the hail and 10 n place before tn"
platform.
The vote on the furiy.third ballot,
which started the Cox landslide. was ::
McAdoo. 4l2; Cox, 5GS: Davis. jIia :;
| Palmer. :: Cummings. =: Owen. - .
Clark, =; Colby. |: Glass ~.
CoX's gain was 2Tia. or LIS short of
the necessary Iwo-thirdS. McAdoo loST
IL; Davis gained $.
The vote on til" forty-first ballot
was: McAdoo. iGO: Cox, 4gTia Pal
mer, -; Davis, 11l4; Cummings. =;
Owen, 81; Glass. "A; CLARK, =; cot
by. /.
The changes of the forty-firSt ballot
were: McAdoo lost :; Cox gained ~ ::
Davis lost 2ol4 : Palmer was reduced
To IL.
The results on the forty-Sccond bal
lot show McAdoo, 421: Cox, 5iOIs !:
Palmer s; Davis, 1879.
Cox forces soon after midnight. mhi-
| liant with a new high level in the bal
loting and predicting further acccS-
sionS. defeated Il motion To adjourn
| the convention shich had the SIIprort
| of the McAdoo forces. The Cox pco-
pie wanted I" press their advantages
the McAdoo people wanted to adjourn.
| A roll call WAS forced and the cuu.
rention proceeded to its forty-Sccoud
| ballot, apparently well on its way
toward the forty-SiXth ballot record SET
by III" Baltimore convention which
nominated Woodrow Wilson. The vote
| uh"tilriai against the adjournment
was Gi1 to 400.
| An "l"N"nilI-iIOur release of A1tor-
ney General PaImer'S delegates lef,
| III" Democratic national convention
with fight between McAdoo and Cox
on its hands and both of them claim
ing the other could not poSsihIy get
enough out of the Palmer wreck 10
attain Il nomination. CoN's vote of
i6SR on the thirty-ninth ballot was
exactly his previous high water mark
as II appeared on the fifteenth ballot
Attention of Senator Harrison of the
Cox forces was called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffpy al
| pennsylvania, who asked what the Cox
forces were going to do about il. Har.
rison said they We're going out for
| more.
The totals on the thirty-ninth ballot
were: McAdoo. 40; Cox, 1851. Pal.
iner' -; Davis, 71h; Cummings, =:
owen, 81; Clark, .; Colby, |.
The changes on the thirtv.nintb b.I.
lot were: Cox gained 81. McAdoo
gained 3412, Davis gained 2lh and
Palmer retained ~ of his 21l.
Al the end Of the second ballot after
the recess, when the Palmer vote had
touched 21l and il was apparent thot
II could be driven no higher. former
representative {. {. Carlin of Vir-
elillh, MIR. Palner'S manager. took the
platform and announced the with
drhwai of the attorney general from
the race.
Delegates Cheer Attorney General
Chairman Robinson. in rresenting
''' '''' NV SltnlflrlufIy
'hat ne was presenting n man who
Iihd an announcement to make which
he was confident the convention would
want to hear.
ENpeciati0n was in the air and the
convention. which only n mom.p, h..
fore hnd been in the height of dis.
order in rack"ty demonstration
fuleted down like magic. until min
lhisht almost have been heard TO drou
In 'h" great auditorium as Carlin took
'he speakers place and said in su,.
stance:
i am about to make an unuounc..
iheht OF greatest Importance 10 This
convention, ~ the conclusion of which
! Sliil move recess for twenty min.
utes I" give the convention onportu-
MY to decide what course If shan
take.
"A. Mitchell Palmer asks me to ox.
press his sincere thanks and npnrccin.
non 10 every delegate rv-b, b,,,I -,