The Butler weekly times and the Bates County record. (Butler, Mo.) 1918-1950, 1920-07-08

Once he had more than a majority,
the fight was easy. At the end OF
another day of furious struggle the
convention ssampeded to Cox, flung
aside its rules and made his nomina-
ton unanimous with roaring shout
A terrific roar followed. The whole
mass of delegates threw themselves
into final wild demonstration, great
er than any of the ogies of noise that
had preceded.
In the midst of the din Chairman
Robinson succeeded in restoring a
semblance of order to get the ad-
journmcnt until noon SO that Gov.
Cox's wishes as to his teammate
could be learned.
T. H. Moore OF Youngstown, Ohio,
National Committeeman from the
state and leader of the tireless and
uphill fight that won the nomination
| for the Ohio Governor, said it had
been made without promises.
Forty-Six Ballots in 1919.
The struggle was exceeded in vot-
ling duration in Democratic annals
only by the fight at Baltimore i'll 1912
which gave the President his first
nomination on the forty sixth ballot.
Fresh from an over-Sunday study
of the twenty-five ballots taken last
week, the convention went to work
Monday seemingly hoplessly tied up
in triangular deadlock between
Cox, McAdoo and Palmer Leaders
had no predictions to make, although
they then thought that Cox, with
lead of some 90 votes over McAdoo
and more than 200 over. Palmer OIL
the twenty-second roll call, which
events proved to be just the halfway
peiiHt, had advantage.
With the thirty-seventh ballot,
Palmer strength took another drop.
Amidst wild jubi1ation by McAdoo
supporters, Chairman Robinson
fought for order and led former Rep
resentative Carlin of Virginia, Pal
mer's manager, up to the speakers
stand. The crowd hushed. 1t recog-
nized Carlin and knew that his ap-
pearance forecast only one thing, the
release of the Palmer delegates and
a break up in the long deadlock.
Men halted where they stood in the
aisleS to listen. Corridors poured
back hundreds of loungers to the
floor to pack the doorways and jam
even the entrances to the galleries.
Feeling of Expectancy
An electric feeling of expectancy
was in the air.
Carlin briefly stated that Attorney
General Palmer was not willing to
longer delay a nomination, and au-
thorized the comolete and uncondi-
tional release of his delegates. "A
shout went up only to be quickly
stilled while Chairman Robinson an
nounced twenty-minute recess, so
that delegations might be polled tor
new 'alignments and the change IN
the situation be considered before an |
other vote was taken.
While the recess was on, in the gat- |
leries sat thousands staring down in |
to the great pit below where dele |
gates scrambled and tumbled through |
the aisles conferring to appaise tt.s |
situation before determining their
course. McAdoo and Cox workers
worked up to the maximum effort to 1
take advantage of the break The
floor hummed and whirled like the
stock exchange on a panicky day.
Great clusters of Cox and McAdoo
workers -,thered about the Palmer
groups, struggling for attention and
to enlist under their own standard
the army about to be disbanded.
Back in their seats again under the
banging urge of the gavel the dele
gates awaited the thirty-ninth roll
call. The effect of Palmer's release
to his friends was noticeable at once.
By twos and threes and large groups
delegates previously voting unchang-
ingly for him went to other candi-
dates. Each change. that brought |
Rain to MeAdoo or Cox let loose
new roar. The faithful Pennsylvania