Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE cox
JAMES M. cox, GOVERNOR OF
OHIO, WINS OUT IN DEAD
LOCK AT FRISCO.
ROOSEVELT v|CE-PRES.
PALMER RELEASED DELEGATES
ON 18TH BALLOT AMID
LOUD CHEERS.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Auditorium, San Francisco. July g.
James NJ Cox, governor of Ohio, was
dominated for president of the United
States In the Democratic convention
1t 40 O'Clock this morning. The
nomination came at the conclusion OF
forty-four ballot struggle in which
ie had steadily beaten down the forces
Of william G. McAdoo, former secre-
AIRY of the treasury and President
Wilson'S son-in-law.
When the balloting on the forty
'ourth vote had gotten to point
where Cox had 702 votes and was rap
dly approaching the necessary two
birds of 729, Sam b. Amidon of Kan
,as, manager OF the McAdoo forces
md vice chairman of the Democratic
national convention, took the platform
md moved that the nomination OF
Governor Cox be made unanimous. I'm
nedlately there was roar from the
ired and worn delegates which lasted
'or full four minutes before Chair
nan Robinson could put the question
m Amidon's motion to suspend the
.ules and nominate Cox by acclama.
ion.
AT :43 O'Clock this morning the mo-
Ion was formally voted over with a
'olling chorus of ayes and a smashing
If the brass bands.
State standards which had surged
,ack and forth in the desperate bat
les of the deadlock raced to the front
4 the hall and to a place before the
PLATFORM
The vote on the forty-third ballot,
which started the Cox landslide, was
McAdoo, 412; Cox. sos; Davis, 57h
Palmer. 7; Cummings, 3; Owen, "a
Clark, .; Colby, 1; Glass 51s.
Cox's gain was PIN, or 15S short OF
he necessary two-thirds McAdoo lost
Is; Davis gained s.
The vote on the forty-first ballot
vas: McAdoo, 460; Cox, 48Tih Pal
ner, IL; Davis, 551a; Cummings, 2;
Owen, 50; Glass, "a; Clark, 2; Col.
~, l.
The changes of the forty-first ballot
we're: McAdoo lost Z; Cox gained tn
Davis lost 201z Palmer was reduced
% IL.
The results on the forty-second bal
ot show: McAdoo, 427; Cox, 5401s
:'almer, s; Davis, 49k.
Cox forces soon after midnight, jubi.
ant with new high level in the bal
oting and predicting further acces-
'ions, defeated motion to adjourn
he convention which had the support
If the McAdoo forces. The Cox peo-
)le wanted to press their advantages,
he McAdoo people wanted to adjourn
A roll call was forced and the CON
,ention proceeded to its forty-second
ballot, apparently well on it's way
'oward the forty-slxth ballot record SET
oy the Baltimore convention which
dominated Woodrow Wilson. The vote
unofficial against the adjournment
was 637 to 4OI.
An eleventh-hour release of Attor-
aey General Palmer's delegates left
The Democratic national convention
with fight between McAdoo and Cox
On its hands and both of them claim.
'ng the other could not possibly get
enough out of the Palmer wreck to
attain n nomination. CoN's vote OF
i6Sk on the thirty-ninth ballot was
exactly his previous high water mark
rs 1t appeared on the fifteenth ballot
Attention of Senator Harrison of the
Cox forces was called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffey CT
Pennsylvania, who asked what the Cox
forces We're going to do about It, Har-
sison said they were going out fol-
more.
The totals on the thlrty-ninth ballot
we're; McAdoo, 40; Cox. 4681l Pal
mer, "a: Davis, 7111 Cummings, .
Owen, 80; Clark, 2; Colby, l.
The changes on the thirty-ninth bul.