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BY the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1-At
I1:20 O'Clock Chairman Robinson
called the democratic natiOnai con-
xcrt;ou to order for it's f>urth
days session.
suspension of the rules would
he necessary il the convention were
to proceed to ballOting for NOM
fnee before 1t passes on the plat
form.
= SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July L
Prospects for balloting late today Tor
a presidential candidate went glim-
mering as the delegates to the demo-
cratic national convention assembled
for the fourth days session
Voting for President will not begin
Until the platform has been adopted.
Yesterdays whirlwind eight-hour
session having placed ten candidates
) formally in nomination. only one
speech remained on the program 10
be heard today before the report OF
Z the resolutions committee reporting
the party platform.
1t was the speech by Gov. Cornwell
of West Virginia. presenting the
name of John W. Davis. ambassador
/ to Great Britain. Cox. McAdoo. Pal
I mer. Gerard, Hitchcock. Cummings,
Edwards. Smith. Meredith and owen
had been formally placed before the
Iconvention before it recessed last
Knight to resume at IL O'Clock this morn
ne.
MeAdo0 Has ssYnside."
AFrankly admitting that McAdoo
seSmed to have the inside track in
the1 race for the nomination, the inner
CIRCLE of old line democratic leaders
sworHked through the night devising
find fn ia candidate who could command
the necessary two-thirdS vote.
9hamp Clark. former Speaker of the
hGuse of Representatives, who was
denied the nomination at the Balti-
more convention after repeatedly hav-
ling received a MISUNDERSTANDING
unprecedented in democratic party
history-was being discussed by the
old-line leaders as a possibility about
Z whom they might rally.
Plan to Block Coalition.
! The answer of the McAdoo people
TO that move was that If an inner
] circle combination forestalled the
of the Treasury there would be dis
closed another coalition which would
produce Wilson-backed dark horse
who could make enough accessions
to win.
The name of Homer S. Cummings,
chairman of the national committee,
cropped out whenever the administra-
tion dark horses were being discussed.
The name of Vice President Mar
shall WA generally linked with that
of Champ Clark when combination
candidates to break the McAdoo wave
were being discussed among the old
liners.
Cox. and Palmer stand Pat.
Managers for Cox and Palmer, when
they figured in these discussions, inva-,
riably demanded to be shown that their
candidates were out of the running.
chief of staff, refused to concede that
the Attorney General could not be nomi
mated and E. II. Moore of Youngstown,
Ohio. the Cox field marshal. said:
This may be grasshopper conven-
ton, but / haven't been informed as yet
that anF of the Cox delegates are going
to jump
Nevertheless. the report persisted that
there vas some kind of an under
standing between the Cox and Palmer
men and that the managers of these
candidates favored the nomination of
any one rather than McAdoo, and they
countel~the New York and New Jersey
delegations as sympathetic with their
views.
All Set for Bryan.
Inc COnNcnllOH Was dii set iOI d dttlC
royal, with Bryan in his old-time role as
the storm center if he continued to in
sist in his determination to force "a
blatforrn no wet can run on"
One of the plans under consideration
tor today's proceedings was to get the
tatform out of the way, take two or
bree ballots and then recess to Friday
Jhorning, leaving tonight for maneuver-
ing. nose-counting and rounding UP of
forces No one could be certain. how
ever. of even getting the resolutions out
of the way today.
d.. Claims of Leaders.
Z Claims of strength for the leaders
ranged about this way when the con-
>yention got ready for business today:
frreconcilable opponents of McAdoo
lain block of at least 400 bitter
enders who would stand to the last and
Wprevent his nomination
McAdoo leaders claimed to have with
Yin fifty votes of the necessary two
thirts and declared they were sure Of
hccessions attracted by their showing of
ktrength which they were sure would
Vtimulate a band wagon" movement.
In contrast to this the opposition to
tIcAdoo claimed his vote never would
exceed $50. They conceded to Palmer
:D3 votes, which they predicted would
tick with the Pennsylvania through
cut the opposition to McAdoo. New
-ork was being counted on to cast
twenty-five votes of her ninety against
IcAdoo from beginning to end and with
Notes from New Jersey. Indiana. the
Few England states and some other
tie McAdoo opposition counts up about
Is votes against the former Secretary.
exclusive of the votes in the Cox block.
IlreQuires 72S to nominate.
Bryan Keeps Silent.
Bryan's help is being counted on in
tie movement against McAdoo, but up
util today. so far as could be learned.
hs only answer to overtures has been
tlst he must. for the present. concen-
ttite all his energy on the platform
f;ht-
One of the leaders in the opposition
te McAdoo epitomized the situation by
s,ying there was an effort under way
10 Hardingize the convention, but up
10 Ethe present moment no Harding
c0hd be found. Some of them fore
sad prolonged balloting and negotia- :
tioas before an agreement could be
reafhed.
Ikspite the growing organized op-
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