Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-07-02
ATTEPT T1 AGREE: ON MAN T() DEFEAT N'AD00 $ PENDING Many Feel Move Really Is An
 Attack Upon
 Wilson FORMER TREASURER
 STILL IS SILENT Administration is Still Clearly in Control and Delegates are Afraid to Give Up Votes of Their
 Favorites

San Francisco, July 1.-The. at tempt at a combination against the nomination of William c. McAdoo was still being carried on when the convention went into it's night ses- sien but it still was without any definite results.
 Lack of headway was ascribed to the absence of central control and to the feeling among many of those importuned to join that it was really directed against President Wilson rather than wholly movement against McAdoo. That feeling it's managers agreed was it's weakness.
 Another real difficulty was that many of the supporters of candidates having enthusiastic following, chief ly Palmer and Cox, argued that they should not be asked to desert their candidates until it had been develop ed whether they can gain in strength. In these camps were scattering dele gates who preferred McAdoo to any dark horse. The promoters of the attempted combination against Nc Adoo were proceeding desultorily and one after another they continued to bring forward such names as Form CT Speaker Clark, Vice-President Marshall, Homer s. Cummings, Bain- bridge Colby, and even William J. Bryan. Clearly and admittedly there was no name about which they could rally. The Cox and Palmer leaders laughted at the idea of swapping off" at so early a stage and as- serted it had not been demonstrated that MT. McAdoo commanded a place in the running to cause them to fear hinl-it was for them plainly a case of waiting to be shown.
 Palmer Still First.
 While the real leaders were dealing with the platform question those who for one reason or another, opposed McAdoo. Palmer and Cox kept up their informal conferences. Many contended that few ballots would easily show the impossibility of nom- mating either Palmer or Cox and the bitterest administration oppon- ents warned delay in effecting pro- gram might bring them to the issue at time too late to defeat McAdoo. Delegates without pronounced convic- tions, embarrassed these leaders by demanding to know why it was that a combination was necessary. In many instances this forced the ad- mission that the principal argument should not be nominated was that he was the son-in-law of the pres ident.
 The administration clearly was in control of the convention and this explanation was unpopular in many quarters on that account.
 All factions have been canvassing the state delegations to determine the actual strength for each of the leading candidates. The returns do notagree> but the nearest to an inn rartial estimate obtainable showed that on the first ballot the strength of Palmer would be about 278 with McAdoo following with 247 and Cox in third place with 160. This left All delegates scattered among the other eleven candidates placed in nomination.
 Huntington, N. Y., July 1.-William G. McAdoo retired at o'clock to- night without having broken his sill ence as to whether he will accept the nomination for president on the democratic ticket should the dele