Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1920-07-04
NIGHT SESSION CONTINUATION OF DAYS
REPEATED EFFORTS To BREAK DEADLOCK

Cox people said, would come to them I'M
a block, they hoped, and they also ex-
pected a return to their column of the
II Tennessee votes they had before ths
whole delegation went to Davis. The
Cox pepole were counting on larger
proportion of the Wisconsin vote and
also accessions from the state of Wash
ington.
Over Sunday Recess unopposed.
Prayer opened the evening session. It
was followed as usual by the singing OF
the Star Spangled Banner. The Cox
people, Senator Harrison of Mississippi
said, would not particularly oppose an ad-
journment until Monday If the convene
ton wanted it, becaue they were sure
of winning then and were symathetic
with the indisposition to run the con-
vention proceedings Sunday.
The 18th and 18th attempts were
more or less see-saw performances and
kite flying expeditions in which candi-
dates managers tried to find some one
upon whom to cen>er.
Another Demonstration.
Dark horses talk centering about a
whole paddock of mentioned possibilities
caused the renewal of the bailoting. After
the 18th ballot, when no result had been
attained, the convention evidently de-
cided it wanted a little relaxation for a
UPmoHStTdilUH started uy lup 1OA
people soon became everybody's demon
stration in which a lot of state standards
mixed indiscriminately and the usual
number of scrimmages took place with
out many of the scrimmagers knowing
what they were scrimmaging about.
The Cox band which had been kept out
of the hall, was in again tonight whang-
ing its monotonous drone. something
about Ohio" the words Of which were
drowned out in the din when the Cox
boomers tried to sing them
McAdoo's Picture.
Congressman Connolly of Texas ap-
peared in the demonstration bearing aloft
the first picture of McAdoo which ap-
peared in the convention hall.
1t was evidently home made attempt
at Autograph drawn from memory
probably. 1t looked more like a carl
cature. Autographs of Cox made their
appearance. cheer leaders sprung up
from unexpected places as the state
standards moved around the hall in a
winding line.
The pipe organ, the convention band
and the Cox band were in an ear split
ting contest most of the time. Chairman
Robinson and other convention officials
realizing the funlity of attempting to
check what amounted TO everybody 8
demonstration, sat placidly hoping the
RACKET anu tAuiDttlUl Ol eEeFSy, uGF-
vous and otherwise, would wear it self
out
If the tradition that a Democratic
conf<ltion never worked on Sunday was
good. the demonstration signalized the
postponement of the nomination contest
until Monday because with two hours and
half left for business before midnight
the crowd showed no disposition TO get
to business. 1t roared and pranced and
i
crawled and wiggled and screamed and
shuoted and hooted and the convention
looked for all the world as If it had gone
mad
Then as suddenly as it began the DEM
oustration began to die away and the
convention went back to examine itself
and see whether it had shouted and
wiggled itself out of a deadlock. 1t ap-
parently had not and proceeded to the
10th ballot.
18th, 18th. 18th Ballots
On the 18th ballot Palmer gained II.
Cox lost 1212 and McAdoo lost l. Davis
gained 5. Cummings received 10 and
Owen SO; Davis received 81.
The 18th ballot resulted: McAdoo, :
3301a; Palmer 1T4h: Cox, 45S; Cum
mings. 10; Owen, IS: Davis. 42: Glass,
70; Clark, .
On the 10Th ballot, as on the others.
the democratic convention found no
nominee. A few scattering shifts and
changes were all that it produced.
Results of tht 18th ballot were. Nc
Adoo, 327ia; Cox, 46S; Palmer, 179la:
Davis, 81; Owen, 81
Twentieth Ballot.
Twenty ballots still found the Demo-
cratic national convention making no
toward selecting nominee, and
confronted with the probability of con-
tinuing its work next week
With Cox. McAdoo and Palmer in
deadlock, in that order, prospects for
q nomination Saturday night were bad.
The figures for the leaders on the Goth
ballot were: Palmer, ITS; Cox, 1851;
34o1a; Davis, SO. Owen Al.
The convention Went to the ballot for
the 18th time. Word spread about that
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