Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09

At the end of the second ballot after
the recess. when the Palmer vote had
touched 211 and 1t was apparent that
Ii could be driven no higher former
Representative C. c. Cariin of yir-
ginia, Mr.. Palmers manager, took the
platform and announced the with
drawal of the attorney general from
the race.
Delegates Cheer Attorney General.
Chairman Robinson, in presenting
him, told the convention Significantly
that he was presenting a man who
had an announcement to make which
| he was confident the convention would
want TO hear.
Expectation WAS in the air and the
convention. which only n moment be-
fore had been in the height of dis
order in a rackety demonstration,
quieted down like magic. until a pin
might almost have been heard to drop
in the great auditorium as Carlin took
the speakers place and said in sub
| stance:
II am about to make an announce
ment of greatest Importance to this
convention, ut the conclusion of which
| shall move n recess for twenty min
utes to give the convention opportu-
nifty TO decide what course it shall
take.
"A Mitchell Palmer asks ne to ex-
press his sincere thanks and apprecia-
tion to every delegate who had voted
for his nomination, but is unwilling
to delay the proceedings further, and
authorized me to finally, positively and
absolutely release every delegate
pledged to him that the convention
may proceed to nominate the next
president of the United States"
There was roar of "Hurrah for
Palmer" as the lines broke and the
convention went into a recess. The
denouement, coming at the end of
thirty-eight hard-fought and fruitless
ballots, gave the same effect as does
an over-flated automobile tire when 1t
bursts with bang and then sizzles
down.
The entire Palmer vote. added to
McAdoo's total on the thirty-eighth
ballot, would give 6161a. The Palmer
vote added to the Cox total on the
same ballot would give the Ohio gov
ernor 5941k.
Both leading candidates would fall
short of the two-thirds, which is 100.
The consensus of opinion seemed
to be that Cox would gain Massachu-
sets, Michigan and Maine, while Nc
Adoo would gain heavily in Georgia
and that Pennsylvania would split be-
tween Davis, McAdoo and Cox.
Delegations voting solidly under the
unit rule but at heart divided between
McAdoo and other candidates, have
developed ill-feeling so much so that
the caucusses which took place on the
floor during the recess gave evidences
of the feeling There was shouting
waving of arms and some shaking of
fists and great deal of hurrying
about
Platform and convention hall floor
were jammed with an arguing, gesticu-
lating Lass of men and women-most-
ly men-but the argument was not
greater in volume with them despite
their preponderance in number
Both the McAdoo and Cox forces
were claiming the bulk of the Palmer
delegates. The claims were so con-
fllcting that 1t was apparent that only
the thirty-ninth ballot would tell the
story.
During the recess there was circu-
lated about the floor copies of tele-
gram from Judge Moore, Cox's mana
ger, to Daniel C. Roper of New York,
accredited with being one of the Nc
Adoo managers, charging that "a
crowd of government employees and
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personal ends and in defiance of Mr..
McAdoo's expressed wishes, improperly
using his name to create a deadlock in
this convention"
Charging that several delegations
were packed with government en-
ployes holding out for the nomination
of McAdoo, Moore's telegram charged
that the action of the payroll brig
ade is creating national scandal to
the ruin of the Democratic party"
"They know there is no chance to
nominate him." the telegram contin-
ued, but hope to bring about a situa-
ton where they can deal off the dele
gates to some candidate where their
jobs will be protected"
Judge Moore expressed the opinion
that Mr.. McAdoo would not be party
to such a deal and urged that in his
own and his party's interest he wire
to the convention forbidding the use
of his name.
The shifts and changes of the bal
lot were important. Alabama, first
crack out of the box, broke sixteen
to Davis, taking all of Palmer's and
one of McAdoo's for it
Arizona threw her four for Cox back
to McAdoo.
Connecticut threw two to Cox and
two to McAdoo.
Arkansas divided her two for Pal
mer equally between Cox and McAdoo.