The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-07-03
FIRST BALLOT.
Cast Last Night.

MCA0OO ..................S .SOv
Palmer ~
COX ................. lay
Auditorium, San Francisco, July
3.-McAdoo led the gains on the
first ballot of the day-but the pre-
dicted slide to him failed to ms
terialize. Most of the original
votes stood fast. The unofficials
for the three leaders. was:
McAdoo, as3h.
Cox, 177.
Palmer, 2ssh.
Unofficial McAdoo gain was 3h::
Cox gain, Is and Palmer's loss oe
liz.
n. c. Bolts to McAdoo.
North Carolina furnished the
first break to McAdoo and dele, !
gates switching from Senator Sim-
mons. The change was expected
though.
On the fourth ballot, the lines
were holding fast again and the op-
position to McAdoo was smiling.
On the fourth the solid Nebraska
vote for Hitchcock broke. some go
ing to McAdoo and Meredith and
Owen. Nevada switched her STD
from Cox to McAdoo.
Palmer Gains 8. d. !
The Gerard block in South Da-l
kota, most of them going to PAL
mer.
The leaders stood puoffi icially Ii
the fourth ballot as follows:
| McAdO0, 49,.
Cox, 178.
| Palmer, Ss4.
All three of the leaders gained
throughout the ballot unofficially4
McAdoo's gain was 15H: Palmer
2Az; Cox. l.
Palmer Falls aBck.
McAdoo and Cox made some
slight gains in the fifth, with Pal
mer losing strength.
The unofficial standing OF th0
three leaders on the fifth ballot
was:
McAdoo, 357.
Palmer, SA.
! Cox, 1S1.
! Palmer lost 10; McAdoo gained
1S; and Cox gained 3.
/ Bolts for Cox, Palmer.
On the sixth Indiana broke to-
Cox with 16. and Iowa broke to Pal-'
mer with 26 under the unit rule.
i There was little progress toward
a nomination on the sixth ballot
The leaders unofficial standing
was:
4 McAdOo, 36S1s.
! Cox, 19S.
/ Palmer, 265h.
! McAdoo gained unoficially 111si
votes. Palmer gained 21h votes
and Cox gained IA.
| Get Chance to Stretch.
i After the sixth ballot the dele
gates got a welcome chance to-
stretch their legs while the organ
; played and a choir sang "A Dear
Old Pal of Mine"
The reason for the pleasant re-
cess was to give several delega-
tions an opportunity to caucus and
decide what they would do on the
seventh ballot.
During the calling Of the seventhi
ballot New York caucussed and .,
big break to Cox from the delega-
ton was forecast.
N. Y. Yields to Cox.
Tbn Grct n hrao In fhA AAYfA
delegations came when the New
York delegation of 80 swung away
from Governor Smith. gave 68 to-
Cox. Is to McAdoo and scattered
its other votes. The delegates
working for the combination
, against McAdoo kicked up great
demonstration and the sts/iards Of
New Jersey. Indiana, Mississippi.
Kentucky. Ohio and Maryland Join
ed. 1t was the first demonstrates
Of a slide to anybody.
| New Jersey also broke to Coz,
throwing him rs from the block
that had been cast solid for Ed
wards. 1t threw the conveutton
hall into q tumult again.
Hell beat Harding in Ohio,
was the cry that rung through the
convention hall. Three Of New
Jerseys went to McAdoo.
! Cox Big Gamer.
| Two big breaks to Cox marked
the seventh ballot In the Democrat
ic national convention. New York
and New Jersey both gave the Ohio
governor q big contribution from
their delegations, sending the Coz
boom upward to the great delight
Of and denomination Of the forcss
opposed to McAdoo. On that ballok
tseventh) the three leaders stood
unofficial:
| NcAd0o, 3Ba.
Cox, eosh.
Palmer, 9e7kA
The changes ON the seventh hal.
lot showed Coy gained looM votes