The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-06

and the state leaders on the other nand-
rho heads Of the state leaders were
| fireman, leading the thlcaEo
and dominating threc-fourthS OF the on
tire Illinois delegation. and MurnnE;
loading the Tammany delegations ana
, srokcsman for about hvc-siXths OF the
entire big New YORK a~cLeEatIon
The State Leaders Strength.
,ddnI 70 tbesc were the entire twenty
! eight of New jerseys delegation ana
06io's forly-cight. This state leader
block WAS Tor Cox and for the vets,
and against the administration. There
could be no question OF ms lu'hIay
cIwccn Cox and the vets" The great
! hulk OF CuX'S support WAS wet. rn6
, nearly all the vets" in the convention
kept voting for him consistently. Inc
state leaders group was united through
out.
ON tho other hand. the administration
group was divided. One main branch OF
II was for McAdoo and another large
branch for Palmer. Smaller groups OF
the friends Of the administration were
| for Carter Glass and for other horses
even darker than Glass. Both McAdoo
and Palmer regarded themselves as pos
Slblc Winners Each felt that he ought
To have the administrations power and
favor. Between the two There arose
quite serious jealousy. But this jealousy
was never great enough to lead either To-
go over Ia Cox in a way that would
really make Cox n winner. The Palmer
=, forces at times Co-operatcd with the
Cox forces. but never in any way that
promised to be Of permanent help to
Cox.
Although tho Palmer leaders were
| very angry AT. the McAdoo leaders and
had good reason to be. they always re-
rmnlncd loyal To Wilson.
There was never any possibility Of
| union bctween Cox and Palmer. nor he
tween Cox and McAdoo on III" other
hand. In spite Of an acute hostility. II
was always apparent that sooner or
later. rather than soc an a~nti-adminiS-
tratiOn man like Cox win. Palmer and
cCthcr on some dark horses satisfactory
10 tho ADMINISTRATION. So matters stood
up to noon Monday. or ? o'clock in tho
afternoon by eastern time. !
McAdoo in the Lead.
As the day wore on. McAdoo once
moro came into the lead. but IN a way
that was dramatic or significant. Ry
late in tho afternoon. he was still be
low tho highest figure that Cox had
reached. The gains he was getting were |
chiefly in tho shape Of presents from
Indiana and other states that had pre-
Nirusly been for Cox. and tho initiated
in the audience felt that these votes
were being given 10 M"Adoo by Cox. !
only to be taken back again at Il tims
that would do MCAdoo the most harm
pS~ycholoEically. hat is one OF tho
oldest tricks in politics and it has
been practiCcd here again and again.
!, is hardly to be dreamed that McAduO
will ever get this nomination. or any
serious help toward II, through Cox.
MrAduO. IN spite OF being IN the lead, !
* at a serious disadvantages. His man.
ayers FIRST proclaimed and made Cyry- I
body believe that nc WAS going 10 got
the nomination before the nth ballot
the delegates. They failed to mako
good on that day. failed 50 Conspicu-
ously as 10 make MCAdoO almost a iiG-
ure Of dcrision.
$500, Il. -. " |
terms. tho McAdoo managers took n
chance and threw a bluff. Their bluff
was called. most ANONYMOUSLY called. ,
Now. having failed TO make good on
their carly D~rctension of spontaneous :
nv brute StubbCrnncSs. Their position .
now can hear no other Interpretation, !
except that they propose to hold the
deadlock all summer. II necessary, UNI !
less a majority Of tho delegates Will y,
abandon their real wishes and yield To
the power Of a deadlock. Cold judy;
mrnt compcls one to say that. however. ,
YOU may dislik" the method. there Is
some possibility OF its succeeding. ,
However. much the delegates may look
with scorn on McAdoo as a buffer. -,
however much they may detest the /,
MCAdoo managers for creating a dead !
lock and p~rolonG!ng II, it stnl remains
true that the convention Will only take
the alternative OF naming Cox through
eNaSpcTdtiph a6"'i"A HSH''' i"u''
ALWAYS hc remembered that as the con-
~vcntion has gone on. the Identification
of Cox with the vets has become more |
and moro crystalized and this is a dry"
convention. There are plenty of "drys"
here. always to keep Cox from getttnS
two-thirds.
only through sheer exhaustion. or
through delegates going home and leav-!
ing their proxies TO others, or through
cxasperation at McAdoo for p~rolonginS
the deadlock. would Cox be likely 10 hc !
named by this convention. The Nc 4,
Adoo people seem 10 be willing 10 take
his chance or any other nance !,
The normal and more gracious thing
for the MCAdoo managers 70 do now
would be to unite with Palmer and
agree on some dark horse candidate ),
agreeable Ia the administration. One
feels sure that If McAdoo himself were 1