Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-09

the first ballot. His high water MAJ
was 1853 in the 10th.
Sauged Down at Last.
BY the seth, he had sagged down
377.
McAdoo, starting out with lea
was 266 In the first ballot. Cox soc
took the frst place, however, by tn
SIND ballot, McAdoo was not only bac
in first place but had struck a hig
water mark Of 421 H.
In the seth he was at 800.
During the recess the Cox peopl
went into conference. There was
proposal In the air to see II the Ne,
York delegation could not be swun
TO the Palmer column.
The report which went with tn
stor yof the conference was that
the search for dark horse were ur
ayailing the Cox strength might b
thrown to the Palmer column. Thi
OF course, was dependent on convinc
ing the Cox managers that they hat
struck their limit in the balloting.
Predictions All Go Wrong.
The forces went In session thi.
morning with predictions on every
hand that a nominee would soon be
found. Large bets were laid that the
would nominate within an
hour and half. But such poor prog
ress was made that a vote was forced
IN proposals to suspend the rules. and
lrop the low man on each succeeding
ballot until nomination was made.
me plan failed for lack OF the neces.
iary two-thirds vote. but 1t showed the
rowing temper of the convention.
Even when the day session was
Irawing toward a close and these
we're prospects Of another session to-
morrow, the desperate leaders were
till looking for some way to break
he deadlock.
The McAdoo forces reversed the
rider of the progression in the bal.
,ting and took the lead today in the
iirtieth ballot. McAdoo had lost the
lad to Cox on the twelfth ballot last
eek.
Cox Lines Hold Fast.
For moment, when Indiana tum.
ed in 20 Of her 30 and Tom Taggart
mself cast the ballot II looked as II
forecasted slide to McAdoo had be-
In. When, little later. Washing.
n, which had been scattering her
ties, cast them all for McAdoo, the
cAdoo people wefv sure the move.
snt was on. but 1t was too late on
E ballot to do any good. The Cox
ople probably a little nervous but
ofessing the confidence which the
tcome justified, sent word to their
II horses to stanr pat and refuse to
stampeded. The word was effee-
9 and the blocks which have been
, Cox standby, were unmoved The
es held fast.
IN attempt at recess during the
Tier part OF the session was drown.
out in shouts Of its approval
When Palmer on the thirty-fifth
lot hit higher mark than he had
any time since the eleventh, the
mer people wanted one more bal.
The Palmer people set up an.
err demonstration. There was
on foot for recess until
clock after the thlrty.ffth ballot,
the Palmer people wanted one
re ballot before that and the recess =
was not pressed. While the
nsylvanians were chanting pal. a
:, Palmer, Pennsylvania" to the 9
e of GLORY, Glory, haIlelujah," the i
people took hand at making t
'dy and when the McAdoo people
up counter demonstration, the
0 and Pennsylvania crowd chanted
a verse which went: U
36th Ballot.
III the boys are on the payroll" 81
y directed their mega-phones to.
the McAdoo crowd. 9,
hen the convention got back to 5,
r and Alabama was called on the ic
ballot, Palmer made another e
, taking seven from Alabama. He :"
them from McAdoo, Davis and
1t was the vote which the e eT
ler people had been promised and "
the reason they did not want to ", ",
IS. ar
len Palmer picked up four more Sc Sc
linois, taking from both McAdoo Ii
Cox. Knetucky. having previous. la
'st one vote for Miss Laura CLAY,
one for Miss Cora Wilson 20
TT. The Kentucky delegation Al
giving complimentary presiden-
votes to Kentucky women. Pal. wi
ditorium, San Francisco, July S. ISL
e first evidence of a break in 1
deadlock in the democratic ma. lnl
! convention today came on the exI
ty-ninth ballot, when Tom Tag :
rose in his place In the Indiana mi
alton and gave 20 of the Hoos. wo
tate's 30 votes to McAdoo. F
Cox manager, viewing the dem. s'o
alton without evidence of alarm, L
leg
ty
i right. we will still have 30 sal
the best of McAdoo when this e en
Closes" ser
McAdoo man nearby remarked sex
Moore had just lost $500 betting II
e early nomination Of Cox. REC
McAdoo crowd got a lot OF A
standards in their procession iss,
eft about half OF them at heir put
J. The demonstration was c,
tired one. 1t seemed as rail
srybody had demonstrated him. ann
to exhaustion in the roaring cen
lcles of last week and had lii. ,Sn,
lergy left. bill