The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-07-05
DEMOCRATS may
TURN TO WILSON
TO BREAK TIEUP
Delegates Reassemble Firm in
Belief Dark Horse Due.
Candidate Who Gets Majority
Vote Can Win Now.
M'ADOO CROWD CONFIDENT
Claim Mississippi viii Desert
Cox Column on 23rd.
Missouri Starts Wilson Boom,
Giving President Two Votes.

San Francisco, July 5.-The Dem
ocratic national convention went into
its ninth session and its twenty-third
ballot today for a presidential nomi-
nee. There was nothing to indicate
that any marked change was in pros
pect from the last roll call of Satur
day night.
The twenty-second BALI had left
the Your leaders. Cox 430; McAdoo
372 Il; Palmer 1856; avis So. A re-
manning 10 votes were scattered
Owen, Glass, Cummings with two re-
corded for President Wilsc- and
couple FOR Champ Clark.
Both McAdoo and Cox supporters
were emphatic in claims for victory
today but they had no definite basis
for their confidence to make public.
1t has been a rule of Democratic
conventions under the two-thirds
nomination rule that the first man to
secure a majority. which would be
54S votes on the f I roll of this con-
vertion, got the omination. Tfesi-
dent Wilson'S first nomination at Bal
timore in 1912 was an exception into
which unusual circumst- nco entered.
Palmer Holds Key.
On the face of the twenty
ballot, Palm forces We're Jlding a
key to open the door to a majority.
The favorite son votes esumably
were being withheld from the Cox
McAdoo deadlock for some definite
purpose. In some cases t -ey were
looked upon as lightning rods kept
up in hope of a storm and a scurry
for a dark horse nominee. They may
also have to do with vice presidential
ambitions. The Palmer forces were
the main reservoir from which Cox
and McAdoo hoped to draw reinforce
To
Palmer's main guard is composed
OF % of the 76 of his native state,
Pennsylvania, allied with Georgia's
solid IS. The Georgians made com
plimentary excursion to the McAdoo
ranks on the twenty-first ballot, but
the twenty-second found them back
in Palmer entertainments. 1t was
tribute from McAdoo's native state.
Much park Horse Talk.
Dark horse speculation still was
running riot today. Almost every liv-
ing Democrat who ever got headline
prominence in newspaper was trot-
ted out at one time or another. 1t
was an unusual delegate who did not
have a what about Jimmy this or
Bill that" to fire at any friends ne
met. Leaders combed the list for
availables but of all the talk there
came nothing even to suggest name
on which a new mobilization might
be made.
The convention assemblies with pros
poets of more uproarious demonstra-
tions such as have characterized 1t
from the start. Unless some wholly
unexpected shift occurred in the twen-
ty-third ballot, rival workers planned
to try again at the forst opportunity
to jar the great body out of its poise
and into landslide.
Cox Cohorts Confident.
C.he Cox DeoDle based their hopes
on the fact their man led consistently
from the twelfth ballot and that they
had pra cticallyA all the bosses" on
their side. E. H. Moore, Cox manager,
displayed his confidence by betting
$500 to $1,000 that his candidate
would be nominated by the twenty
fifth ballot Thomas J. c. Spelley,
Palmer supporter. took the long end
c. c. Carlin, Palmer manager, said
his delegates would be voting for the
attorney-genera on the last ballot and
asserted Palmer would get back all
order to block McAdOo.
McAdoo leaders spent yesterday and
last night exhorting the faithful to
stand by their guns and promising
large accessions to their ranks from
unreveaied and unexpected sources.
Plans were made for spectacular dem
onstrations for McAdoo during to-
days session.
Glass Denies McAdoo Rumor.
A report was circulated last night
that Senator Glass had decided to re-
lease the Virginia delegation. Glass
vehemently declared that there isn't
a word of truth in it" The Virginian
was supposed to be ( ing up his dele
cation for the benefit of -icAdoo.
According to fairly accurate polls
of the delegates. Palmer would get at
least 8 of them if they were released.
Most Of these Is were in favor of Cox
as a second choice it was said.
The Oklahoma delegation of twenty
ard the West Virginia delegation of
sixteen were expected to stand by
owen and Davis. because of the dark
horse possibilities for their favorite
sons"
William J. Bryan let it be known
that Owen is his favorite as a COM
promise candidate.
Cummings May Solve it
Cummings was popularity supposed
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