Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-07
DELEGATES LEAVING
AFTER LONG BATTLE
Scramble Today for Train Ac
commodations HoneVard. %
Plan for Campaign.

San Francisco, July T. Franklin ID
Roosevelt ~ New York, Assistant -e'rr
tAry Of the Navy, was chosen Dy arriafna-
ton by the DeuOcra'ic National M
veution yesterday afternoon ns tho party
candidate for President ihe '0n
vention, which had been IN seFeion enef
June 2S and had been dead orked up II
the forty-fourth ballot on The seiectiou ~
Presidential nominee. chose NT fonae-
velt in few minutes
The question ~ sclerting a Wire Pros
Dental candidate had not consumed unch
Of the time Or thought ~ tho leader
here, but with the Presidential nom na-
ton out ~ the way, Il Was taken up
for serious discussion Tor tho hrvt tine
early Yesterday morning First ~ az tnr
leaders got ~ cDrnrnrin icatiun with iipF
vernon Cox over the lonr-fistance fnie-
/ phone M his homo, in Dayton 'ihln
/ His advice a. 10 p rinnHg mate ga4
asked lie wanted N know who - o.
the field When the rt was given rr
was also informed that Mr. Roosevelt
vas acceptable ~ the leafers and IA
gave his approval.
Mr. Roosevelt was selected after 80
names of seven other CsndldateT had
been presented n the delesates. Nher
IL became apparent that The powers that
scramble 10 get on the band wagon and
l make the selection unanimous.
The list of Otb.r asplrsvnts included
/ David r. Francis 81 Mis'iouri, exam
+ bassador N Russia; Maj. Cen l.. ~.
4 Tyson ~ Tennessee, Gowsrnor samuel
i ID. Stewart Of Montana. eE-ssovernnr
James H. Havley % idarto, Joseph
1 Davies of Wisconsin. IT II vaughan III
I Oregon and Edward l.. Doheny Oi 1,iil-
fornla.
RUSH TO WITHDRAW NAMES.
When these candidates or their repre-
sentatIves got the dr1ft Of the Ruosevri
! sentiment, one after the other mour ted
the platform and either withdrew their
own names or had them withdrawn
I Several other embryo candidates were
I not even presented 70 the convention
Ex-senator James Hamilton LeVis a'
Illinois refused 70 have lis name of-
I fered
Charles F. Murphy q New YORK.
/ George 4. Brennan 81 Illinois and p. III
Moore OF Ohio. leaders OF the Cox foroes
had united on Roosevelt before the
convention was called 20 order. From
delegation 70 del -atlon the word vas
passed that Roosevelt had been agreea
/ upon. and that it was merely a waste ui
/ time to proceed with the presentation
Of other names. But q sItge of orat0rN
was waiting 70 be let loose, and thc
convention managers, having notnna
else to do for q few hours, thought o. well
10 let the speakers have their chance
-AMMANY AcUEEAp'E.
II remained for Governor Alfred p
Smith Of New York 20 zrse fhe QuIetus
to all the other booms. lie mounted The
platform. amid the plaudrs of the dele
gates. and IN a vigorous speech seconded
the nomination Of Mr. Roosevelt hc
scramble for the Roosevelt band wagon
Immediately followed and for the next
fifteen minutes every candidate or hu
representative was busy nullhying " ha'
had been said few minutes before.
At 3.l5 o'clock It was suggested thal
the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt he made
unanimous, and the Convention by a Wv,
voce vote ratified that proposal ~
convention then wound up IN a splu
OF harmony
Homer 5. Cummings, chairman of ths
National Committee, and .Iosephus Dan
iels, Secretary Of the Navy, both y
whom were McAdoO supporters % "a,
last; made short speeches IN favor 81
the nominees and predicted victory a.
the November election. The cry q
Cox and Roosevelt went up and th,
weary delegates fled out Of San Fran
cisco's convention hall apparently vel
satisfied with what had been accom-
plished.
NOMINATION QUICKLY MADE,
In way the scene Yesterday whei
Mr. Roosevelt was nominated rivalled
that Of the breakup early in the morn
ing in the McAdoo-Cox deadlock and th
nomination Of Cox. What il lacked in m,
tense expectancy of the last ballots aftc
the action Of Attorney General Paine
in releasing his delegates broke down ,h
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