The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-07
DETAILED STORY Of THE STRUGGLE
THAT CAVE COX THE NOMINATION

SAN FRANCISCO. Cal. July g.
James NJ. Cox. three times governor Of
Ohio. Was nominated for the presidency
carly his morning by the Democratic
National Convention in the breakup Of
one OF the most prolonged dcadIocks in
the history OF national political parties.
II took forty-four ballots To make II
choice and II was not until the thirty
eighth. when Attorney General Iulm"r
Withdrew from the race. that tho long
succession OF roll calls showed any 'dcti-
mite trend.
In the turnover Of the Palmer dele
gates COX gained the advantage Of VIII
Ham G. Mc-Adoo. his. rival for first place
since early in the ballotlnG, and that
advantage never was lost.
With It's choice made. the convention
adjourned TO noon today to name n
candidate for the vice presidency.
Supporters of Governor Cox won a
way 10 the nomination by persistent
battering at the McAdoo and Palmer
forces in many states throughout a
long series OF shifting and rallies which
left ono and another Of the candidates
in the lead.
on the opening ballot Friday the
Ohio governor was n third place. II"
soon passed Palmer. however. and IN
N" twelfth ballot went ahead of Nj
Adoo. Then began 4 scc-sawinS be
tween Cox and McAdOo totals which At
IN" fnG OF the tNlFtH-NlNln ron call AZ
midnight found the two Virtually the
same.
Vote Made Unanimous.
on the forty-scrond ballot tho Access
Siun OF most OF the Palmer strength To
Cos put him we'll ahead. and after that
great and little state delegations went
into the Cox column IN a procession, ON
the tarty-third ballot h" got a majority
for the FIRST time OF all the votes cast.
and on the fOrty-fOurth he was plunG-
ing toward the Required twO-thIrds when
colorado changed its vote To him and
made the nomination obvious. It was
made unanimous on motion ST Samuel
e. Am!don Of Kansas. a leader "t the
McAdoo forces.
OF the torty-four ballots. two wcro
taken last FRIDAY night. fourteen Al All"
first session Saturday and sin at the
Saturday night session. Thor" were
twenty-five recorded yesterday. fourteen
! ~ the all-day session and eight last
night.
Cox began tn" hsh, with lai on tn"
first ballot. and climbed steadily until
the fifteenth ballot. when he had t6Sig.
His lowest vote after that was on tho
thirty-ffth. tn" FIRST taken at last II -hts
session. when It fell 10 &7di-:
y curious thing in tho voting for Nc
Adoo was that h" received @6S on III"
frat ballot. the lowest cast for him. and
=bbl7 on the last ballot. His hIEh-waI"r
mark was AZ on the forticth ballot.
~ mat llnP loN nhd 4JD.
Palmer opened with "56 votes. His
highest vote was 26Tta on IN" seventh.
hcAdoo Supporters Desperate.
AS IN" Cox total passed that Of NJ
Adoo and SurSed Upward. the McAd"o
managers made Il de$pcrat" fight to stop
| in time.
Their candidate twice held tho lead
and lost IT.. however. as many delegates
supporting him had given up hope that
he eyer could he nominated. on the last
fNlr hal1ptS NrAlnS Inst StpaA1IC enN-
cral solid state Delegates deserving his
banner for that OF the leader.
Besides IN" scattering l'1lm"r dele
! gates who at FIRST had swung 20 Me
Adoo. others drift"d over into the Cos
camp In increasing numbers and h" he
gan to take q commanding place in tn"
hallotinG. Once h" had NOR" than Il
majority. the fight was easy. At tn"
the convention Stampedcd to Cox. flung
asid" its rules and made his nomination
unanimous with a roaring shout.
Great Demonstration
4 terrific uproar followed. The whole
mass Of delegates threw themselves into
a fna' wild Demonstration. greater than
any of the orgies of noise that had pre-
, coded.
I In the midst Of the din, Chairman
Robinson succeeded in restoring a sem
until non so tina, Governor CoX's
wishes as to his tcammatc could be
learned.
r II. Moore. % Youngstown. ONO.
national committeeman from The stat"
and leader Of tho nrclcss and uphiiil
hight that won the nomination for the
OHIO governor. said II had been made
Without promises,
The struggle WAS exceeded IN Voting
| duration in Democratic annals only by
tho tSht at Baltimore IN 1917. which
! gave the president his first nomination
on the forty-SiAth ballot.