Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-06

Fresh from over-Sunday study of
the twenty-five ballots taken last
week, the convention went to work
Monday seeking to end the hopeless
tie in the triangular deadlock be-
tween Cox. McAdoo and Palmer The
leaders had no predictions to make,
although they then thought Cox, with
a lead of sixty some over McAdoo
and more than 200 over Palmer had
a decided advantage Neither the
Palmer nor the McAdoo supporters
were daunted. however, and the roll
call for the twenty-third ballot show
ed their forces relatively as strongly
entrenched as ever. The roll calls
went through swiftly, save for the
noisy demonstrations Chairman
Robinson and his aides kept up
constant pressure for speed and no
noon recess was taken. The conven-
tioin drove ahead through two new
surges, one toward Palmer and the
other toward McAdoo, neither of
which produced any decided results,
although the leaders were going
strongly when recess for dinner gave
opportunity for the final setting of
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be carried to a finish
Last Ballot Never Finished.
The galleries were again jammed
after the dinner recess last night
and the delegates were keyed to a
point where changes of single votes
brought cheers and shouts. With
the thirty-seventh ballot Palmer's
manager, Carlin, announced the at
torney general was not willinc longer
to delay a nomination and uncon-
ditionally released his delegates.
This release was noticeable at once.
On the forty-second ballot the
Georgia chairman shouted that his
state, formerly in the McAdoo list
would "join hands with Ohio to name
the president" The shout that fol-
lowed rocked the building. The forty
third ballot showed continued drift
to the 0hioan when the 44th be-
gan the result was forecast with the
first vote. Alabama swung solid for
Cox. State by state followed. AS
the total passed the seven hundred
mark Sam B. Amidon, of Kansas,
McAdooechief, moved the nomination
be made unanimous and it carried
with TREMENDOUS "aye." The bal
lot never was completed.
Battering Won For Cox
The supporters of Cox won the
way to the nomination by persistent
battering of the McAdoo forces in
many states throughout the long Sc
ries of shifting rallies which left now
one, then another, of the candidates
in the lead.
On the opening ballot Friday the
Ohio governor was in third place. He
soon passed Palmer and on the 18th
went ahead of McAdoo.. Then began
the see-sawing between Cox and Nc
Adoo the totals of which at the end
of the thirty-ninth ballot found the
two virtually the same.
On the forty-fdurth ballot Cox
was plunging toward the required
two-thirds when Colorado changed its
vote to him and made his nomination
obvious. 1t was made unanimous on
motion of Sam B. Amidon, of Kansas,
leader Of the McAdoo forces.
As the Cox total passed McAdoo's,
the leaders and managers made des-
perate fight to stop it in time. Their
candidate twice had held the lead
and lost it, however. and many sup
porters had given up hope that he
could be nominated.
On the last four ballots McAdoo
lost steadily, several solid state del
egations deserting his banner. Once
Cox had more than majority the