Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-07-06
No Definite Lineup Reached
Until Thirty-Eiqhth Ballot
One OF Strongest Deadloc ocks.
In i History ! 1 OF I National i 4 ',ii''
Politics Broken Early This
Morning Tie 4 Convention |, !! nj o.
As.embl ) !. 4 Name -, i. Man i!
For Vice President.

San EFAnClScOs lily ~ dHieS$ ~.
Cox, three times governor Of Ohio. was
this morning, by the democratic8 ma
.tional convention in the breakup OF
oneEofi the. most prolonged deadlocks
in the history Of national political
parties ..ss
1T took forty-four ballots to make q
choice, >and.it was not until thas thirty
eighth, when Attorney General Palmer
relsa1ed his delegates that the: long
su6esSion OF roll calls showed any
definite trend. q .,s Es u
In the turnover OF the Palmer dele
gates Cox gained the advantage over
William g. McAdoo, his rival for hrst
place since early in the ba1loting and
that advantage never was lost.
With its choice made,9 the conven-
ton adjourned until noon today to2
name a candidate for the vice presi-
dency. .s.i $3i' Guy 81 =. s,s .a${, ,s
IN Several Possibilities. /,
Should 1t be decided to give second
PLACE on the ticket to the east Funk
lin b. Roosevelt bf5 New York, assist-
ant secretary OF the navy. seemed to
be faworite but if the nomination
goes: tos the west there are several pos
sibilsties talked about Ny the leaders.
IS supporters Of. Governor Cox won q
way to the nomination by persistent
balloting at the McAdoo and Palmer
forces In many states throughout q
which left now one and then another
Of the candidates in the lead .as E
On the opening ballot Friday, ths
Ohio governor was in third place. He
soonSpassed Palmer, however. and on
the twelfth allot'.went ahead of Nc
Adoo. Then began a see-sawing be-
tween the Cox and McAdob totals,
which at the end OF the thirty ninth
roll call at midnight found the two
virtually the same. ift s'siY
On the + sforty-second ballot he ac-
cession Of most Of the Palmer Strength
went int6 the Cox column In Aproees-
sion. on the forty third he gotsa ma
tority FOR the & first time Of + all Z the
votes cast and on the forty fourth hs
wsx pdupeing; toward thesreqntedsfw two.
thirds when CeloEado % schah& 10 YOU
vious. It WAS made sunanitnous on mo;
tion of Sam b. AInidon Of Kansas. n
leader ~ the McAdoo forces.
OF the, forty four ballots two, were
taken last Friday night:s14 at the,hr
session Saturday and SIX at. the Satur-
day night session, There were twenty
two recorded yesterday. IA ats;tIfe ali
day session and eight last night.
Climbed Steadily. 81 u
Cor began the fightiwitf1 fl34 on the
first ballot and climbed steadily unit
the fifteenth,. when. he had 1853. 1-2
His lowest vote after that was on the
35th, tha first taken q last night s ses-
sion when 1t fell to s376 IT,
A curious thing in the voting fol
McAdoo was that he received 266 or
the first ballot, the lowest east for him
and 26e q on the last ballot. His high
water mark was 467 on the fQrtieth
ballot. y, 8. :4
At that time Cox had $50. tSss 35 $ .55 II
Palmer opened with rs g. votes. His
highest vote was 267, 1-2 on the sew.
enth ballot. \ N fS S. S.
AS the Cox total passed that Of Nc.
Adoo and surged upward the McAdoo
managers made q desperate fight to
stop Il In time. Their candidate twice
had held the lead and lost It.. however
and many delegates supporting him
had given up hope that he ever could
be nominated. Oh the last four ballots
McAdoos lost steadily, Several solid
state delegations desertingA 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 camI
in increasing numbers, and. he sbegar
to take commanding place in thu
ballotin8. i i.,, II 3t3$ n
90 Make 1t. ft.UnantMlOuS.
Onceshe had more than naajorit,
the fightfwas easy. AT the end &of an,
other day Of furious struggle. the con
vention stampeded tor Cox, sfiung aside
It's rules and made his Gnominatior
unanimous. with roaring shout.
A terrific uproar followed. The
whole mass Of delegates threw them
selves into q final Wild demonstration
greater than any OF the orgies of nois.
that had preceded. HI i. i 81 ~
In the midst OF the din, Chairman
Robinson succeeded In restoring q re
remittance OF order to get the adjourn.
nlent until noon so that Governoi
Cox's wishes as to his team niats
could be learned. @53 q \.
3. II. Moore of Yohngstown, Ohio
national commits tteemAn from the stat,
and leader OF the tireless and uphill
i fight that won the nomination. for TIL
Ohio governor, said IL dad been mads
without promises. 4 ~ s5 II;