Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-07-04
TIRED DELEGATES
RESIST ATTEMPTS
TO FORCE RECESS
Reassemb|y Finds Combina-
ton Partly Cemented Against
Cox's Efforts to Gain.
BY N. O. MESSENGER.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-With no
prospect of an early end to the dead
lock through which they voted for six
hours continuously today, delegates to
the democratic convention were tired,
restless and rebelling against efforts
Of McAdoo, Palmer and lesser admin
istration forces to compel recess until
Monday, when the convention reas-
sembled at o'clock tonight A re-
cess had been taken from 5 o'clock
after the sixteenth ballot had shown
the delegates still hopelessly dead
locked
The hour Of reassembling found a
partial working agreement among the
McAdoo, Palmer and lesser admins
tration forces to try to prevent Cox
from making further gains and. if pos
sible, demonstrate his nomination to
be impossible, as that in itself prom
ised to be quite a hefty undertaking.
The plan did not go any farther, but
was to be left for developments to
guide subsequent action.
Would Force Recess.
This combination hopes to force
recess until Monday, but the delegates
are tired and restless and it is by
no means certain it could be accom-
plished.
McAdoo and Palmer managers sent
around among the delegates request
ing return of votes which were al
lowed to "sweeten" Cox when he was
making his trial run and which failed
to come back after Cox got going so
fast
big men in all delegations sought
conferences to try to break the dead
lock which the last ballot had. shown
Thomas B. Love, Robert Woolley and
Trade Commissioner Thompson beg
ged the Palmer forces to come over
to McAdoo. Attorney General Palmer
himself had refused to go to McAdoo
and would not be a party to a deal
with either McAdoo or Cox.
Palmer Majority for McAdoo.
OF course. the Palmer leaders real
ize they could not. control all their
following, and it was assumed that
in case Palmer should be dropped
out as low man the bulk of the Palm
er followers. such as the Georgia dele
CATION and others elected in similar
way. would naturally go to McAdoo
The opinion among the rank and file
Of the delegates was found to be that
the deadlock had reached proportions
warranting President Wilson's interfer-
ing to break it.
1t was assumed that Senator Glass
and Secretary Colby were in tele-
phonic communication with the White
HNuse. and a delegation went down
to the ST. Francis Hotel to urge Colby
to ask the President to indicate a
preference and break the deadlock
Indiana, Illinois and New York were
comforting during the recess, the re-
suit expected to be manifested upon
reassembling at 8 o'clock. For the
period OF the recess the most intense
interest is centered upon what may
be happening in the White House.
Sixth Sees Cox Gain.
Up to the beginning of the sixth
ballot the voting ran true to previ-
Gus agreements. the backbone of
which was to let Cox have a tryout.
the big delegations remaining under
camoufage of their favorite sons.
until Iowa swung 26 votes from Mere
dith to Palmer. This was construed
mainly as check to the Cox move
ment.
When New York came out in the
open on the sixth ballot with 6s for
Cox and is for McAdoo the conven-
ton gave great shout, taking this
action as signal that the bride would
be thrown off and the delegates
turned loose in other delegations
The voting was suspended for five
minutes while the galleries shouted
and the delegates in other states
caucused hurriedly to determine their
next ballot. Then when New Jersey
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