Milford chronicle., 1920-07-09
Landslide For Ohio Governor
on 44ih Ballot.
ROOSEVELT RUNNING MATE
Assistant Secretary Of Navy Named
For Vice President-Palmer's With
drawal Led to Victory For Cox

HoiiLhdteu lOI the presidency bv
the Democratic national convention
in the break up of one of the most
prolonged deadlocks in the history of
national political parties.
It took "A ballots TO make a choice
and it was not until the thirty-eigbtb
when Attorney General Palmer with
drew from the race, that the long sue
cession of roll-calls showed any def
mite trend.
In the turnover OF the Palmer dele
gates, Cox gained the advantage over
William G. McAdoo, his rival for first
place since early in the balloting, and
the advantage never was lost.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Of New
York, assistant secretary Of the navy.
and relative of the president who bore
that name, was chosen as It's candi-
date for vice president and running
mate for Governor Cox.
Supporters of Governor Cox won
the way to nomination by persistent
battering at the McAdOO and Palmer
forces in many states throughout a
long series of shiftings and rallies
which left now one and then another
of the candidates in the lead.
On the opening ballot Friday the
Ohio governor was in third place He
soon passed Palmer, however, and on
the twelfth ballot went ahead of Nc
Adoo. Then began a see-sawing be-
tween the Cox and McAdOo totals
which at the end of the thirty-ninth
roll-call found the two virtually the
same
On the fOrty-secOnd ballot the ac-
cession Of most of the Palmer strength
to Cox put him well ahead, and after
that great and little state delegations
went into the Cox column in a pro-
cession. On the forty-third he got for
the first time a majority Of all the
votes cast, and on the forty-fourth
he was plunging toward the required
twO-thirds when Colorado changed its
vote to him and made the nomination
obvious 1t was made unanimous on
motion of Sam b. AmidOn, OF Kansas,
a leader of the McAdOo forces.
OF the A ballots, two were taken
last Friday night, II at the first ses-
sion Saturday, and six at the Satur-
day night session. Twenty-Five were
recorded Monday, Il at the all-day
session and eight Monday night.
Cox began the fight with 134 on the
first ballot and climbed steadily until
the fifteenth, when he had 46S1s. His
lowest vote after that was on the
thirty-fifth, the first taken at Mon
day nights session, when It fell to
37G1s
As the Cox total passed that OF
McAdOO and surged upward, the Nc
AdOO managers made a desperate fight
to stop it in time. Their candidate
twice had held the lead and lost it,
however, and many delegates support
ing him had given up hope that he
ever could be nominated On the last
four ballots McAdOO lost steadily, sew
eral solid state delegations desertlng
his banner for that Of the leader.
Besides, the scattering Palmer dele |
gates, who at first had swung to Nc /
AdOO, drifted over into the Cox camp /
in increasing numbers, and he began /
to take a commanding place in the |
majority the fight was easy At the /
end of another day Of furious strug- /
gle the convention stampeded to Cox, |
flung aside its rules and made his
unanimous with a roaring
shout
A terrific uproar followed. The
whole mass of delegates threw them
selves into a final wild demonstration,
greater than any of the orgies of noise
that had preceded
The struggle was exceeded in voting
duration in Democratic annals only
by the fight in Baltimore in 1912
which gave President Wilson his first
on the forty-sixth ballot
The bandwdgOR movement for
got under way very quick
", and although other candidates
among them Governor Stewart, Of
Montana, and Major General L. D.
Tyson. of Tennessee-were presented,
there was no doubt Of ROosevelt's
selection from the first
Senator Robinson, permanent chair
nan of the convention, was appointed
chairman Of the committee to notify
Governor Cox of his nomination, and
Chairman Cummings. Of the national
committee, to notify Roosevelt.
The Platform.
In many respects the platform fol-
ows that adopted by the Virginia
Democrats and publicly approved by
President Wilson. The league of na-
ions plank was taken virtually as a
Whole from the Virginia platform, but
n other respects there have been
and many new subjects
AVE been added. A summary Of the
draft follows
Preamble-Sends greeting to Presi-
lent Wilson, commencing his achieve
nents in the interest of the country
nd of the whole world. Condemns
n general terms the Republican con
,ress.
League Of Nations-The Democratic
,arty favOrs the league of nations as !
he surest, if not the only, practicable
means Of maintaining the permanent
eace of the world and terminating
he insufferable burden of great mill
airy and naval establishments. 1t
7as for this that America broke away
rom traditional isolation and spent
er blood and treasure to crush a
olossaI scheme of conquest. 1t was
pom this basis that the president OF
he United States, in prearrangement
nth our allies, consented to a sus-
ension of the hostillties against the
nperiai German government; the ar