New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-07-09

ut 10 O'Clock this morning. III
nomination came at the conclusion ,
a forty-four ballot struggle in whit
he had steadily beaten down the fore,
of William G. McAdoo, former sccf,
larry of the treasury and PresideI
Wilson's sun-inlaw. ....
When The b~alloting on the fort,
fourth vote had gotten To Il poiI
where CoX had 702 votes and was raj
idly approaching the necessary tw,
thirds of 40, Sam h. AmidOn of kaI
Sas, manager of the McAdoO force
and vice chairman of the Democrat
national convention, took the platforI
and moved that the nomination q
Governor Cox be made unanimous. In
mediately there was "A roa from tn
tired and worn delegates which Taste
for n full four minutes before Chain
man Robinson could put the question
on Amidon's motion to suspend III
rules and nominate Cox by acclama
lion.
At ] :43 O'Clock this morning the M
ll'ii was i'iiiliHN Nblth bNtI Win
rolling chorus of ayes and Il smashinI
of the brass bands.
State standards which had surge,
back and forth in the desperate bat
ties of the deadlock raced to the from
e ile hail and to Il place before tn,
platform.
The vote on the forty-third ballot
which started the Cox landslide, was
McAdoo, 4l2; Cox, 56S; Davis, 57ia
Palmer, Z; Cummings, >: Owen, "a
Clark. .; Colby. l: Glass 5k.
Cox's gain was 27R. or l5S short o
the necessary two-thirds. McAdoo los
II; Davis gained 3.
The vote on the forty-first ballo,
was: McAdoo. 400; Cox, 497lk Pal
mer, IL; Davis. 55k Cummings, .
Owen, 30; Glass, "a; Clark, 2; Col
by. l..
The changes OF the forty-first ballot
were: McAdoo lost I; Cox gained TN
Davis lost 20k Palmer was reduced
TO IL.
The results on the fOrty-second bal.
lot show: McAdoo. 427 Cox, 54Oh
Palmer, s; Davis. 1912.
Cox forces soon after midnight, jubi-
liant with n new high level In the bal.
loting and predicting further acces-
sions, defeated a motion to adjourn
the convention which had the support
OF the McAdoO forces. The Cox peo-
pie wanted to press their advantages,
the McAdoo people wanted to adjourn.
A roll call was forced and the CON
ventiOn proceeded to its forty-second
ballot, apparently well on its way
the forty-sixth ballot record set
by the Baltimore convention which
Woodrow Wilson. The vote
against the adjournment
was 637 to 407.
An eleventh-hour release of Attor-
ney General Palmer's delegates left
Democratic national convention
with a fight between McAdoo and Cox
on its hands and both of them claim.
ing the other could not possibly get
enough out of the Palmer wreck to
a nomination. Cox's vote of
on the th%irty-ninth ballot was
his previous high water mark
1t appeared on the fifteenth ballot.
Attention of Senator Harrison of the
forces was called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffey of
pennsylvania, who asked what the Cox
were going to do about IL. Har-
said they were going out for
more.
The totals on the thirty-ninth ballot
McAdoo, 40; Cox, 46Sk /: Pal
ner, "a; Davis, 71h Cummings, -:
owen, 30; Clark. >; Colby, !.
The changes on the thirty-ninth bal
OF We're: Cox gained 81, McAdoo
34R, Davis gained olh and
'almer retained "a of his 2lI.
At the end of the second ballot after
he recess, when the Palmer vote had
211 and 1t was apparent that
t could be driven no higher, former
representative G. G. Carlin of vir-
inia, Mr.. Palmer's manager, took the
and announced the with
travail of the attorney general from
he race.
Delegates Cheer Attorney General.
Chairman Robinson. in presenting
i'm, told the convention significantly
hat he was presenting a man who
an announcement to make which
e was confident the convention would
ant to hear.
Expectation was in the air and the
invention, which only II moment be-
pre- had been in the height of dis
in n rackety demonstration.
uieted down like magic. until a pin
light almost have been heard to drop
the great auditorium as Carlin rock
speakers place and saiu in Sub
II am about to make an announce
tent Of greatest Importance 10 this
invention. at the conclusion OF which
shall move a recess for twenty min
to give the convention opportu-
lty to decide what course it shall
Ike.
"A. Mitchell Palmer asks me to ex-
ress his sincere thanks and a~pprecia-
on to every delegate who had voted
n his nomination. but is unwilling
delay the proceedings further, and
lthorized me to finally, positively and
,solutely release every delegate
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