The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-07-03

On the twelfth ballot the leaders II
mcr. 2Ot.
The break In illinois on the twelfth
ballot gave Cox 80 votes more 20 his
string. The Cox people In the CON
vention made great Reconsideration.
All the votes were taken from Palmer
ana II were retained for McAdoo.
Further breaks In the solid delegn-
tions were reported imminent. The
state delegations standards which
previously had carried votes to Cox
were raised in the demonstration
which the casting of the block Of
votes from Illinois occasloned and
the parade for Cox started around the
hall led by Ohio and followed by
New Jersey. Illinois, Mississippi
Maryland and Indiana, Florida, KEN
lucky. New Jersey and other states
which had been casting Coz votes
Rhode Island also fell in.
Iowa Topped to Cox with her
whole 26 on announcement and mem-
bers OF the delegation made protest
demanding a poll II was known
there were McAdoo votes In the dele
| CATION.
A roll call was ordered later and
/ the poll went on.
McAdoo led the gains ON the first
ballot OF the day, but the predicted
| slide to him failed to materialize.
/ Most OF the original votes stood fust
! The total for the three leaders was;
McAdoo 323ls Cox III; Palmer
/ 252k.
McAdoo gained S4h: Cox is and
| Palmer showed "A loss Of / ".
l.orth Carolina furnished the first
/ break to McAdoo, the delegates
swinging from Senator Summons. The
change was expected.
All Leaders Gain.
ON the fourth ballot the lines We're
holding fast again and the opposition
to McAdoo was smiling. The solid
Nebraska vote for Hitchcock broke,
some going to McAdoo and Meredith
and owen. Nevada switched her six
from Cox to McAdoo.
The Gerard block in South Dakota
broke most OF them going to Palmer,
The leaders stood unofficially In
! the fourth ballot, McAdoo 335; Cox
| l7S; Palmer 2b4.
All three Of the leaders gained
throughout the ballot, official gain:
McAdoo ! y, Palmer 2lA Cox ~.
/ McAdoo and Cox made all the gains
up to the firth ballot with Palmer
losing strength. The official standing
! OF the three leaders on the fifth
! 244. Cox 1871.
Gains Are Small.
There was little progress toward n
! nomination ON the sixth ballot The
| leaders stood; McAdoo 36Sh; Cox
! 1876: Palmer 265i McAdoo gained
| 1lh; Palmer gained 2l u and Cox
IA. In the sixth Indiana broke TO
| Cox with II and Iowa broke to Pal
mer with 26 under the unit rule.
After the sixth ballot the delegates
got welcome chance to stretch their
| legs and rest while the organ played
| and tenor sang Dear Old Pal of
Mine" The real reason for the
/ pleasant recess was to give several
delegations an opportunity to caucus
and decide what they would do on
the seventh ballot.
All three OF the leaders at the be-
ginning of the seventh were stronger
in votes than they had been at any
time since ballOting began. Palmer
more than picked up his loss OF the
Gfth ballot.
Two big breaks to Cox marked N,
seventh ballot New York and New
Jersey both gave the Ohio governor I
big contribution from their delegn
tions, sending the Cox boom upwarC
to the great delight and demonstrd
tion Of the forces opposed to McAdoo
on that ballot the three leader
stood officially: McAdoo, 3S4; Cox
29b y Palmer, 267 y.
The changes on the seventh ballo
showed Cox gained lO0ia votes, Me
Adoo gained 10 u votes and Palmer
gained two. This put Cox In secont
place for the first time. All the gain
We're made from the field.
big Demonstration.
When the New YORK delegation o.
80 swung away from Governor Smitl
and gave 6S to Cox, l6 to McAdoi
and scattered its other votes, the del
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