The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat., 1920-07-03
Administration Platform Adopted Without
Dry Plank Which Was Urged Inserted
by Commoner.
No NOMINATION RESULTS FROM VOTE
McAdoo, Palmer and Cox Lead, But Have Fa'
Too Few Votes to Come Within Hail
ing Distance.

A Tammany special train has beef
ordered for eight o'clock this evening
indicating the New Workers think |
nomination today is certain
There were many indications OF las
situde during the gathering OF thu
clans and even the galleries--despit
the Importance Of the day-were very
slow in filling.
Fifteen minutes before the hour sci
to open the session there We're mo-
more than 5000 people in the visitors
Sectio and the space reserved 1os
delegates was still .epopulated
A large sign with the words Pal
mer for President" was standing Il
the Pennsylvania section.
The Cox cheering squad re-estaibIish
ed itself in the east gallery and 1t ap
pears likely there would be vocal con
tests between these contingents.
There was great interest in what
would be done with the fayorite sons
votes on the early ballots. With these
delivered to the leading candidates
there would be some basis for predic
tons as to the possibility of a nomt
nation today. Until thae was done
however, one guess was as good al
aEctheI, as none OF the candidates
was anywhere near the requisite two
thirds vote. ..H-
| McAdoos showing when the hellot
ing is resumed was the topic of prin
ciple interest. Rep0"ts persisted on
the floor that the Palmer and Cox or
ganizations had effected combinis
ton which swOuld prevent McAdoo'a
nomination. There also was much in,
| terest in seeing whether McAdoc
would send message to the conven
ton reminding the delegates thai hs
doesn't want the nomination, now thai
he is out in front in the balloting.
! Anti-administration delegates pro
fessed to believe the telegram fronS
President Wilson to the convention
is being held up to be used at the psy.
chClOgic;4 moment tG start a land
slide toward denomination of Che
president when it becomes apparent
that the leading candidates are hope.
lessly deadlocked.
AT $50, the hour It which the bat.
tie of the ballots was to have been re.
sumcd, there was little going on iD
the auditorium save a battle Of hand
bills that bid fair ~ snow under the
delegates. Huge quantities of cam.
paign literature were dumped into the
fight. HanCGills, stickers, posters,
booklets, postal cards and even dunn,
my newspapers were distributed
through the hall Delegates chairs
were plastered with them. The elev-
enth hour publicity drive eclipSed
anything in that line heretofore seen.
Every candidate, apparently, believing
this to be the last day, used up all the
remainder of his printed ammunition
in one farewell advertising barrage,
It was learned that, if the Iowa dele
cation decides to desert Meredith, the
states twentysjx vvtes probably will
go to Palmer under the unit rule. How,
ever. Meredith is friendly to McAd6o
and if Palmer fails to come within dis
itance of nomination soon it was pre-
dicted the Iowa votes ultimately would
go into the McAdoO column.
McAdoo also was expected to pick
up few more votes in the Michigan
delegation, according to delegates in
that section. 1t was predicted ha
would get seventeen votes on the first