The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-05
COX LEADING WHEN CONVENTION
ADJOURNED AFTER 2 BALLOTS

san F~NNN"lSCO. July i-Aft"T =
CruJtlr>S i|al!o,-. ia" Dcmo'F"'II ma
tional curN,ul!rn. Just before midnl2h'
.av.. up hoy 81 sr,"Cs!nE a pr"Hiu'i.
Vial nominee within tn" nrst "cf> o.,
rs session nui adjourned Until !"
O'Clock Monday morning.
Ecpcatcd attempts to ADJOURN Wet
defeated throughout m car! par "a
tho night, but as midnight a|pr"A'hch
and II vas .hou, To become Sunday. the
tradition that n Democratic natlNNa'
convention never works on Sunud!'
coupled with IN" fact that IN" c"nN,'h,
ton was tired. worn and fra@SItu NRi
It's effect and the final motion I" ad-
Jouru Was unopposcd.
When The convention St"rn"'' 1"<
WAS leading with 4J0. MCAu"" came
ncNt with So and Il hall: .,
Palmer Mas down I" -" :. l II" Itn''
h,llrtlnE nf the night Was fut ~ Nj
.\doo movement. bU' u failed t" nah,
much h~radway. Georgia. MS E3mH Sta'"'
IcdS,d t. l'alner. swung over vim h|E
Is votes N a N!"ch f"r on" ballot -
sec # j; would start he" rati\r son u,
ward Ni,torv. bat Il failed II do :" ami
shn swun. hack 10 tho attorney general.
No dark horse appeared during a.
NIGHTS ha'iotiuC To carry OF Inc non
prs and t~hC~cun"Cnii0n ADJOURNED ~ ,
rs much IN need Of somebody {" ra'I!
about aS II was Wh"n - peSuA l" ~
t. vas IN = deadlock with nobody n
sigh; 10 break It
\ FENNClSCO. july t.-kTC"n-
ycuins after \ brief r"""sS '.'>t niEh'
me Drmnrratir national c~onFNni'"n
started bailotNr again and m ~" hr>'
.tNo attempts q: III" Nc" session ~
moro progress waS made selecting 7
prcsidtuta, nomincc than ~ INC -
futil, ballots whIca marked the prev
Gus sessions.
The scycntccnth and eighteenth at
,rlnrls were NOR" or loss SC"-s"W per
fnrmanccs and Kit" flying expeditions
IN which candidate managers tr'cd i
ind some on upon whom To center.
Dark horse tall Ccntcr.nS ahou' 4
Who'll, paddock or mentioned po*S'hili-
ties. charaCtcr.1 cd the rch""a, o, ~.
hallCtInE. After The eighteenth hAL'"'
when no result "a hccu a'tainNh. IN"
convention evidently decided - ".tnt'"
a li,t!e relaxation. for u Demonstration
started by tn" COX people soon n"IanH
~ryrrvhpdV'S Demonstrates III "u''h /"
70; Of STAG standards mixed mis- m
;"nl,ciy and ne sua, number of >crim.
images took place without, very man, o.
mo kno" inS what th"1
were scrimmlS.rG about.
The Cox band. which mad been Nrnt
is monolonouS ,ir"nH. something about
"Ohio" tho words "F when prEf
browne out III tho dn when nc COX
boomers tried - S!nS them,
Chairman Robinson "Lu "sh"T C'hNFn-
ton offIr.aia rrai;H,uS tive tnt'iiy o. At
tempting 10 rN""H WAT "W"ul't"a IT."
ryervhoJy'S Demonstration. sat p.tC.diT
hop!ny the rarK"i ana the "xh!o ton
Of cnrrgy. nervous and ";h"r";$,. would
wear il.c'C ou!. Then. ~ suddenly as
il. had h"tn started. 'hr dCmonStratinn
begun % De away and the convention
wont back 20 itSr'f Ia So" whether ~
had shouted and viGElcd !;Sc'f ou' "f :!
deadlock. l. hrp.rHntl% had not and
Proceeded 20 the i9:A ballot.
On tho l9:h ballot. as "a n" oiherF.
tho Democratic convention tound No
nominee. 4 fcu. sea- ttcr;nE shifts and
Ranges wcro all that It vroduc"d.
On the Goth haliot~ Connecticut $ vote.
which had hten solid Cummings. gave
him only : while 6 went to cox ana
McAdno bad been rotnE down sine"
tho 10Th ballot and his Covc- started
noise among mo MrAdoo boosters.
! s, the opening o. tn" 2i't ballot al
.ves vc-r turned toward PcNnsylranln.
What Pennsylvania docs Georgia -
expected 70 do also. tn" COX pcop''
claimed that when the rr"ak came they
would have the best NJ 1t IN o"ih
states.
When chairman Robinson ATTEMPTED
20 announce tho results Of tho twentieth
hailnt he got az far aS 'hc nam" or Nc
Adoo whom the Mc.hdon crowd. aDnar.
entity all SGT with n Gcm0nstreti" n am
I'M the ac~companimcnts all nN"d BE-
gan To whoop II up again. TIL" band IN
tho gallery which was silent Whrn tn'
rrvnn rcCpl" attempted a d"monStrn..
ton for their champion hlar"d ana
doomed without ccastn%. helping inc
McAdoo demonstration along as II had
on previous daya. ,
Many women " the r"or ana