Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1920-07-03

In the plafurm af framed. the ad.
minietatiun forces We're led 10y Sec
rotary Colby aud senator Carter Glass
of Virginia during q debate In which
bath sides stirred delegates and Specta.
tors 10 repeated bursts of emotional en-
thufiasm MI. Bryan got a bowling
demonstration w twenty minutes after
he concluded hiH speech Tor the hone
diy plank. hut when the hallOting hc.
gan. II became apparent that much ~
the enthusiasm was personal tribute
To- his pas, service to the party aud
not IN expression of sympathy with
hiF present views
With the platform adopted. the con.
Ncntion WIS up with itH subject and
the voting on presidential candidates
began.
Alabama splits Vote.
Alabama, the first state to be- called
'rplit its strength many ways hut Nc.
Adoo got the lions share of It's nine
Notc'
IN Arizona. too. McAdon had wide
cdg" taking -four of the six votes
COX got more than any other candi
date In the Arkansas delegation.
Ten of CALIFORNIA; twcnty.slx votes
went to McAdoo.
The first state from which Palmer
got u plurality was Colorado. Come.
ticut east her fourteen solidly for nat.
ioal Chairman Cummings: Delaware
and Florida both scattered their
strength widely and then Georgia cas-,
her twenty.elrht all or Palmer. and
Idaho followed by giving all of her
eight Tor McAdoo.
Palmer got the hest NJ the count
In Illinois, taking twenty five of the
iifly eight
! kama solid for Ne AdO0.
When the twenty votes of Kansas
were east solidiy for McIdoo. u became
apparent that the race for the best
showing on the first ballot would he
between McAdoo and Palmer unless
there was an upset further down tho
roll NJ the states.
Many Of the states distributed their
strength ms compliment To various
candidates, however.
There wcr, sumc hisscs when Massa.
chusottT east one II her thirty.siN votes
Tor William T. Hearst. aud there was
n ro1d ~ applique moment later
when seventeen from tha, state went
g. Palmer. Another flash cf hand
clappinr followed announcement ~
the fir vote iug ". I Rryau
II camc from Michigan. when IN,
TOLL cal was CLOSE to half way mark
Palmer and McAdoo wcrr running nee,
nnd neck for the lead. with the for
'nor q score ~ 81 ahead Both wer,
Ear from enough To nominate. how
ever
Three Tor Wood.
When the chairman e the Now
Hampshire delegation announced thrc,
votes for Wood h. WIS drowned oul
jN demands ~ know whether the can
didlto was General wood \ lu, o
4 ~ n1turcd r,illcry followed. an,
then II was explained that the vote,
were Cor Chandler VI Wood ni Bos
ten. pr 'idcnt of the M,trrpioitnt
Trust company. AZ the roll call wen
there were f"w states outsiic q fihoS,
having fayoritc sons that did No, scat
ter their total arong several candl
date TgSas war an exception. xiv
ing her s,lid forty votes Tor NcAdou
There was nn change IN the PcnnEvl
vanin vote. Palmer lost cne on Rho.i
lrhnd Palmer also losi : IN Tennessee
and McAdua gainch two
TcNar wa ch.cfcd when IA. ni,nii
turned over an II hor forty votes .
MoAdoe
l'mh also continued IN th. Meade
! column. twenty four votes rsmsinc
with senator Glass. and wcst Virrini
sixteen with Davir Palmer los, nnc q
. Wi ~nnrin and Nc Adoo rained Z