Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-07-03
First Breaks In Voting
Ranks Today Give McAdoo
Advantage; Slide Absent

Auditorium, San Francisco, jury 8
.--McAdoo led the gains on the frs
ballot of the day--but the predicted
slide to him failed to materializes Mos
Of the original votes stood fast. The
unofficial total for the three leaders
was: McAdoo 323A; Cox 1T; Palmer
252k.
Unofficial McAdoo gain was 34k
Cox gain IS, and Palmer showed loss
Of 11h.
North Carolina furnished the first
break to McAdoo, the delegates swing
ing from Senator Simmons. The
change was expected.
Third Ballot.
The third ballot as officially an
nounced was;
Vote cast 1924; necessary to choice
722.
McAdoo 3231s; Cox 1T; Palmer
2511s; Gerard IL; Cummings 26;
owen 90; Hitchcock l6; Meredith 26;
Smith 92; Edwards 32A; Davis 2Sh ;
Glass %; Harrison 6; Marshall 26;
Clark Z; Bryan /; Daniels 1.
On the fourth ballot the lines were
holding fast again and the opposition
to McAdoo was smiling.
On the fourth ballot the solid Me-
braska vote for Hitchcock broke, some
going to McAdoo and Meredith ana
Cox to McAdoo.
The Gerard block in South Dakota
broke, most of them going to Palmer.
Fourth Ballot
Auditorium, San Francisco July 3
The fourth ballot in the democratic
national convention today still found
McAdoo, Palmer and Cox leading in
that respective order, making occa-
sional small gains about evenly divid-
ed.
The fourth ballot announced fol-
lows: Total votes cast 1896. McAdoo
1856; Cox 17S; Palmer 254: Gerard
2; Cummings "a; Owen 32; Hitch
cock s. Meredith 2S Smith 90; Ed
wards 81. Davis 81; Marshall "a;
Clark 8; Bryan L; Glass 81.
Fifth Ballot
Auditorium, San Francisco, July 3
McAdoo and Cox made all the gains
up to the fifth ballot with Palmer
losing strength. The unofficial stand
ing Of the three leaders on the fifth
ballot was McAdoo 357; Palmer 244:
Cox 1871. Unofficial Palmer loss 10;
McAdoo gained 18 and Cox gained B.
The fifth ballot as officially an
nounced follows:
Total votes cast 1901; McAdoo 357
Cox 1871; Palmer 244; Cummings 21:
Owen "a; Hitchcock s; Meredith 81;
Smith s5; Edwards 81; Davis 20;
Glass ~; Marshall 20; Clark 9; Col
by 2. TO-
Sixth Ballot
The sixth ballot as officially an
nounced follows:
oTtal vote cast 1890; McAdoo 36o
Z X Gov 1876; Palmer 265; Cummings
20; Owen So; Smith 90: Edwards 80;
Davis 20; Glass 27; Marshall 13;
Clark Z; Colby 1.
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 ofI
Mine'' The real reason for the pleas
ant recess was to give several dele !
cations an opportunity to caucus and
decide what they would do on the 1
seventh ballot
All three of the leaders at tho be-
ginning of the seventh were strong
ef In votes than they had been at |
any time since the halloting began,
faimer having more than picked up
MS loss of the fifth ballot.
New York Ranks Break
The first big break in the solil del
esations came when the New York
oeiegation of ninety swung away
from Governor Smith and gave sixty !
e'ent to Cox, sixteen to McAdoo and
eoattered its other votes. The dele
gates working for the combination
against McAdoo kicked up a great
demonstration in which the stand
eius OF New Jersey, Indiana, Missis-
suppl Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland
anybody