Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
COX TAKES LEAD
FROM NJ ADOO ON
TWELFTH BALLOT
Distances Palmer in the
Seventh Round and
Gains Steadily.
MOST OF INCREASE COMES
FROM LARGER STATES
p mcr Rooters Announce
Slogan of Never Give Up
the Ship"
VOTE FAILS TO DEVELOP
New York and New Jersey I'm Ejr.,
Break To Standard Of Ohio's
Governor.
MOST OF INCREASE COMES
FROM LARGER STATES
VOTE FAILS TO DEVELOP
New York and New Jersey I'm Irir.,
Break To Standard Of Ohio's
Governor.

SAN FRANCISCO. July -tiovcr-
nor James 81 Cox. Of ONO. with a
total OF '0i votes. took the lead on
;hoN,wel:th haI!o, IN the Democratic
presidential race a. the national con
vention this afternoon. leaving Sc
Adoo as second in the running and
further retard!ng Palmer. cox.s
great leap forward came when Ill.
nols switched II OF her votes u
tho ohioAn. He has Already mass
cd Palmer In ,hc seventh ballot.
During the taking OF the twelfth
ballot the df!tt 10 Cox was the signal
Tor demonstration OF his adher-
ents. The parade was started by the
Ohio delegates. carrying s large
America Tag. and they Mere follow
ed through the aisle BY delegates
from New Jersey. Illinois. Indiana.
Maryland. New YORK, Kentucky,
Florida, and Arizona.
The Palmer forces were declaring
their candidate had been ''doub bic
crossed"
The Cox demonstration VAS some
what married BY u lis; fight. which
was precIpiia;cd when some one ,flea
TO get the standard o. Arkansas into
the procession
Fist Fight In Parade
The Arkansas hammer was grabbed
by william Garden. OF that state. VINO
assaycd to enter the parade CARRYING
it alof. Garden was knocked down
In the fight which started when !.
number OF other delegates tried TO
block his progress. Before any scri-
Gus damage could he wrought the
rnekus was Tue!cd by officers.
Tn. thirteenth ballot sam found
the Democratic convention without a
nominee. Cox continued to climb.
and had taken the lead from McAdoo
and also the vote power OF one-third.
which his opponent had held through
out the twelfth ballot.
steadily increasing in every bal
lot the Ohioan took mos, OF the con-
cessions from many OF the large
States and scattering votes from the
smaller ones.
Cox Gains Fast.
On the thir;ccntn ballot, Cox. Ne
Adoo and Palmer stood: McALoo.
a63 l-2: Cox, i2S IL; Palmer, 1873 i-2
Cox gained 81 IL; McAdoo lost -
and Palmer lost Z IL. Despite the
gain of Cox. there seemed no prospac,
Of enough OF break TO nominate
anybody and the convention wen,
into the fourteenth ballot.
Governor Cox passed Palmer with
the suddcnncss OF Il summer storm
when. in the seventh ballot, 6S OF
New fork's 80 votes and % OF New
Jerseys IS votes were switched from
the favoritc sons OF those two States
and recorded for the Ohio Governor.
McAdoo still led the procession,
however, with 3S5 votes. having
gained l6 IL over the sixth ballot.
CoX's total gain in the seventh was
100 votes, while Palmer was found
to be but one vote ahead OF his posi-
ton on the second ballot. taken last
night.
Inc Palmer rootcrs who had cx-
pressed considerable cock-surcncss
that he would be the party's nominc,
were noticed to be wearing very lon,-
faces when the results of the seventh
ballot were announced, Their slogan
of never give UP the ship" spurrcd
them. though. to renewed efforts TO
capture the ground lost.
The virtual deadlock showed tho
hrst manifestation OF n decided brcal;
when New Jersey responded to the
roll call with % votes for Cox ana 2
for McAdoo. Shortly thereafter. whom
New York was called pandemonium
broke loose as its 90 votes were
found divided as follows: Clark
Davis ]. Palmer 2. Gerard 9. McAdoo
16. Cox GS.
Illinois Going TO Cox.
The. eighth ballot marked the dis
migration of the Illinois vote. four
teen of them being cast for Cox.
Louisiana also dropped ten votes to
Co%and ssachusctts contributed two
more to his total. Montana gave Cox
two and McAdoo six, loss of two
for McAdoo.
While tho eighth ballot was taken
an earnest conversation. took place
In the center aisle between Ed Moore.
leader of the Cox forces. and George
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