Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-07-08
OHIO GOVERNOR is
CHOSEN TUESDAY ON
THE 44TH BALLOT
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10th 900. 400 ACT 10
41st 49,. 497 IL 460 ~
42d ..... $40 IL APT
44th ...... 7O2 IL 266 1-2
AS the Cox total passed that Of Nc
Adoo and surged upward the McAdoo
managers made a desperate fight to
stop it in time. Their candidate
twice had held the lead and
lost it, however, and many delegates
supporting him had given up hope
that he ever could be nominated. On
the last four ballots McAdoo lost
steadily, several solid state delega-
lions deserving his banner, for that
of the leader.
Besides, the scattering Palmer del
egates who at first had swung to
McAdoo, drifted over into the Cox
camp in increasing numbers and he
began to take a commanding place in
the balloting. Once he had more
than a majority the fight was easy.
At the end of another day of furious
struggle, the convention stampeoeq
to Cox, flung aside its rules. and
made his nomination unanimous Win
a roaring SnOuC. 49,,
A terrific uproar followed. The
whole mass of delegates threw them
selves into final wild demonstra-
ton, greater than any of the orgies
of noise that has preceded.
In the midst of the din, Chairman
semblance of order to get adjourn
ment until noon SO that Governor
Cox's wishes as to his teammate
could be learned.
f. H. Moore, of Youngstown, Ohio,
national committeeman from the
uphill fight that won the nomination
for the Ohio governor, said it had
been made without promises: 49,
The struggle was exceeded in vot-
ing duration in Democratic annals
only by the fight at Baltimore In
first nomination on the forty-sixth
ballot.
Fresh from an over-Sunday study
of the twenty-five ballots taken last
Monday seemingly .hopelessly tied up
in triangular deadlock between Cox.
McAdoo and Palmer. Leaders had no
predictions to make. although they
then thought that Cox with a lead
of some sixty y got over b jn,an 90
the twenty-second roll call, which
events proved to be just the halfway
point, had decided advantage.
Neither Palmer nor McAdoo sup
porters were daunted; however. and
the twenty-third poll, first of the
twenty-five more the convention was
to go through during the day and
night to follow, showed their forces
relatively as strongly .entrenched as
ever. Time and again the rival forces
launched their noisy demonstrations
in an effort to force the issue. The
roll calls went through swiftly ex-
cept for those Interruptions. Chair
man Robinson and his aides on the
platform kept up constant pressure
for speed.
No noon recess was taken. The
convention drove ahead through two
new surges, one toward Palmer and
the other toward McAdoo. neither Of
which produced any decided results.
All three of the leaders were going
strongly when a dinner recess gave
opportunity for the final setting Of
lines on which the battle would be
carried to a finish.
Galleries again were damned and
delegates were keyed up to a point
where shouts and cheers greeted
continued gain for McAdoo on the
first night ballot sent has partisans
off into a roaring gesticulating pa
rade about the hall in which western
and southern state standards were
shouting could induce New York or
Pennsylvania to join. New York had
reached a division of twenty for Nc
Adoo and seventy for Cox, on which
it stuck throughout, while Pennsyl-
vania as steadily had voted seventy
three or its seventy-six delegates
for Palmer.
With thes thirty-seventh ballot,
however, Palmer strength took an
other drop. Amidst wild jubilation
by McAdoo supporters, Chairman
Robinson fought for order and led
Virginia, Palmer's manager. up to
the speakers stand. The crowd
hushed. 1t recognized Carlin and
knew that his appearance forecast
only one thing; the release of the
Palmer delegates and a breakup in
they stood in the aisles to listen.
Corridors poured back hundreds of
loungers to the floor to pack the
doorways and jam even the entrances
to the galleries. An electric feeling
of expectancy was in the air.
Carlin briefly stated that Attor-
ney General Palmer was not willing
longer to delay nomination and au-
thorized the complete and uncondi-
tional release of his delegates. A
shout went up only to be quickly
stilled, while Chairman Robinson an
nounced q twenty-minute recess so
that delegations might be polled for
new alignments and the change in
the situation be considered before
another vote was taken.
While the recess was on. the gal
!erics sat tense, staring down to the
great pit below where delegates
scram bed and tHmbled through the
ais!es comforting to 1ppraise the sit
uation before determining their
course. McAdoo and Cox workers
worked up to the maximum effort to
take advantage of the break. The
floor hummed and whitfield like the
stock exchange on a pan!cky day.
Great clusters of Cox and McAdoo
workers gathered about the Palmer
groups, struggling for attention and
10 enlist for their own standard the
ari~E about to be diS1anded.
Back in their seats again Under
Tic Changing urge of the fyaye!. the
delegates awaited the tI2irty-ninth
ron cell The effect of Mr.. PAlI-
"r'S rc'eaae tn hi friends u.&S no
t:cC BILE ct once. LY tWoS and thrGes
end larger groups the delegates
pre- ,'iou!T vOtinE unchanginGIy for
hirl went to other candidates..
'cl change TINT brought gain to
7Fc roo O. Co" let loo@e II now rO~i'.
- E7i+hTul Penn$yivlnians insisted
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