Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-06
DEADLOCK HOLDS
IN AN
| ALL-DAY SESSION
Afternoon Recess Called at
End of Thirty-Sixth
2 Ballot.
sALMER BOOhl BALLOONS
! AS CLOSING HOUR NEARS
strength of Three Contendcrs
Drawing Closer Together
as Voting Continues.
litter FEELING DEVELOPING
2ox Managers Request Their War
Horses to Stand Pat and
Block Stampede.
'ALMER BOOhi BALLOONS
AS CLOSING HOUR NEARS
IITTER FEELING DEVELOPING
|ox Managers Request Their War
Horses to Stand Pat and
Block Stampede.

AUDITORIUM. SAN FRANCISCO,
uiy 5.-Thc Democratic National
aonven,ion took fourteen ballots on
q first session today and falling to
Ind nominee. took recess at 1853
E'clock until s:30 o'clock this even
Eng.
4 When the afternoon ba!lot!ng was
d, the closing stage. the Palmer boom
Z as taking an upward excursion-in
Fact the first II has enjoyed since it
ook the slip In the twelfth ballot
H,st week. The McAdoo votes had
'taken the leading place from the Cox
Votes and the Cox column had finally
sgained some OF Jts strength. When
Ahe ecssinn ended the three principal
Ztontenders were probably closer to-
'Fether than they had been for long
tpme and IL II meant anything. Il
eleant that the deadlock was a little
s5ghter
q Tho McAdoo people tried to explain
Nhc Palmer rise by saying /, was
sscaily an excursion to carry the At
&orney General as far as he could 20.
f'hey declared the Cox people had
tho same thing and failed TO
Gut their man over. When the Palm
gr and Cox booms had both been
iven n 10y ride 10 use the Ian
Huage of the McAdoo managers. II
as the plan OF the McAdoo people to
&egin 4 new drive for the Presidents
on-in-lnw.
4 Nomination Hopes Fade.
q Hopes and prospects that / e con-
- Eontinn mi oh
6iinmering soon after Il got down to
business. II was apparent that the
Zines were going to hold The Cox
zines did hold stoutiy In the face Of
Ewo breaks to McAdoo. one from In
uiana and another from Washing
yon. They came back in some other
q Celegations soon. Palmer sentiment
pas rather tagging when the sudden
fush of votes TO the Attorncy-Icn-
,tral's column gave 1t sudden rise
Sate today. and his supporters were
5akinG new heart.
There was no evidence OF any plans
which would assure that the conven-
{ion could finish it's work tonight
4'hc three candidates have run wide
3ange in the balloting. Palmer.
tarting out at 25G. fell as low as 14+
n the second, and hy the thirty
Hixth had gotten back to 24l.
B Cox was at his lowest with 1874 in
Ehe first ballot. His high water mark
9vas 4GS in the nineteenth. BY the
ahirty-sixth he had sagged down to
W.
! McAdoo Leads or.
q McAdoo. starting OF, with lead,
t.
! ook first place. however, hut by the
8hirty-second ballot McAdoo was not
Pnly back in first place. but had
ttruck high-water mark for him OF
d2l l-2. In the thirty-sixth he was
2t 500.
During the recess the Cox people
3vent into conference. There was
n proposal in the air to see II the
New York delegation could not be
4'wung to the Palmer column.
The report which went with the
s'tory Of the conference was that if
q he search for dark horse" were
slnavailing. the Cox strength might
Ape thrown 10 the Palmer column.
yrhis was. of course. dependent on
convincing the Cox managers that
q dsS iihN OF uSh tHtlT 1IlnlI IN the
a>alloting.
4 The forces went in session this
5norning with predictions on every
$aand that nominee would soon be
Found. Large bets were laid that
3he convention would nominate within
9in hour and a half. But such moor
progress was made that vote was
forced on proposals to suspend tho
H-ules and drop off the low man on
each succeeding ballot until n nomi-
e1ation was made. Tho plan failed
For lack OF the necessary two-thirds
|sote. but it showed the growing tenn
per of the convention.
Another Day Predicted.
When the day session was drawing
Toward n close and thcre were pros
poets OF another session tomorrow.
CONTINUED on Fourth Pagc.)
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