The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-07-06

/ delegates were singing Others were
I standing on their chars. Wells were
I rendinE the air mingling with the
/ crashing music of two bands and the
/ great pipe organ which almost m
I pletely covers one end Of the huge
auditorium
ONE OF THE ORIGINALS
At the sight of Amidon on the plat
form. the noise lessened perceptlhly
Amidon was one OF the original Nc
Adoo men. From the very first bal
lot on Friday night, the Kansas del
egatlon had voted its twenty for Nc
Adoo right down the line. never way
aring Ia its allegiance to the former
treasury head
Amidon raised his hand foy Selnee-
Robinson was pounding madly with
his gavel and the table was dancing
under the force Of has blows.
II move" yelled the Kansas. as soon
as he could make himself heard Z
move that the nomination of Gov.
James n Cox be made unanimous.
THEN THE NOISE BEGAN
For a bare instant there was hush.
Then the hall was thrown into an Up
roar again by the yells that came from
the throats of the 10000 delegates and
visitors who crowded the place.
For Eve minutes the uproar contir-
ued parade had long since start
ed and into its hilarious procession
uent nearly every one. Robinson tatr
y shivered the table with has rain IF
blows from the gavel. When he sue
eeeded in restoring semblance ~ or
der moved to put the motion % the
gentleman from Kansas 10 the dele
gates There was roar ii ayes
to his question and If there were any
noes they We're lost IN the coming
chorus
BROKE NICE FOR cox
Things started breaking favorably
for Gov cox at the beginning ii the
night session Thirty-four ballots had
been taken up TO that time and IA
none 81 them had any Of the leaders
showed any formidable strength Nc
Adoo had passed Gov. Cos on the
thirteenth ballot in the late after
noon Veterans Of the Baltimore con
vention eight years ago recalled SIS
nifcantly that ID had been the thirtieth
ballot at Baltimore that Woodrow VII
son had passed Champ Clark 1t was
a coincidence that his son-in-law
should now assume the lead on The
same numerical ballot under eircum-
stances that were almost Identical
"HOPELEssLY DEADLOCkED'
For SIX ballots McAdoo held the
lead with Cox always closely behind
and trailing the two Of them was a
Mitchell Palmer. The big Pennsyl-
vania delegations. augmented by Geo
rgia's IS votes. and a scattering Fl
others had kept the attorney general
always in the running.
When adjournment was taken for
dinner at the end Of the thirty-s xth
ballot party leaders and delegates
we're almost a unit in declaring that
the situation was hopelessly dead
locked Neither Cox nor McAdoo up
to that time had succeeded in getting
close to the 500 mark let alone tile rs
required for nomination
PALMER WITHDRAWS
On the thirty-seventh and thirty
eighth ballots. after the convention
met in night session. the situation re-
NAMED practically the same McAdoo
led on the thirty-eiEhth with 405
and Cox polled 3s3.5 and Palmer 211
just after the official results Of the
thirty-eighth had been announced. e.
e CarIin. the Palmer manager took
the platform He was introduced hv
Chairman Robinson as man who had
an important announcement To make.
II am instructed" he said "hv a.
Mitchell Palmer to inform those who
have supported him that he greatly
appreciates their support Mr. Pal
mer. however. is unwilling 10 delay
the proceedings and he has auth