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to stop il. Their candidate twice had
held the lead. However, many delegates
supporting him had given up hope that
he ever could be nominated. On the last
four ballots McAdoo lost steadily, sew
eral solid State delegations deserving his
banner for that of the leader.
The scattering Palmer delegates who
at first had swung to MoAdoo drifted
over into the Cox camp in increasing
numbers and he began to take n command
ing place in the ballotinR. Once he had
more than a majority the fight WAS easy.
At the end of another day OF furious
struggle, the convention stanpeded to
Cox, flung aside its rules and made his
nomination unanimous with a roaring
shout.
WILD DEMONSTRATION.
An uproar followed. The whole mass
Of delegates threw themselves into final
wild demonstration, greater than any OF
the orgies of noise that had preceded IL.
In the midst of the din, Chairman
Robertson succeeded in restoring sem
blanoe of order. to get the adjournment
until noon, so that Governor Cox's wishes
as to his tcsm-mate could be learned.
f. II. Moore Of Youngstown, Ohio.
national committeeman from the State
I
that won the nomination for the Ohio
governor, said it had been made without
promises.
The struggle was exceeded in duration
in Democratic annals only by the fight at
Baltimore in 1912 which gave Woodrow
Wilson his first nomination on the forty
eighth ballot. An ovcr-Sunday study
of the TWENTY-FIVE ballot, last week showed
the convention went TO work Monday
seemingly hopelessly tied up IN tri-
angular deadlock between Cox, McAdoo
and Palmer.
Leaders had no predictions to make,
although they thought Cox, with lead
Of some sixty votes over McAdoo and
moro than 200 over Palmer on the twenty
second roll CALL which events proved TO be
just the half way point, had q decided
advantage.
Neither Palmer nor McAdoo supporters
were dsunted, however, and the 23d poll,
first of the % more that the convention
was TO 20 through during the day and
night to follow, showed their forces rela-
lively as strongly entrenched as ever:
Time and again tho rival forces launched
their noisy demonstrations IN an effort To
force the issue. The roll calls went through
swiftly except for those interruptions.
Chairman Robinson and his aides on the
platform kept up constant pressure Tor
speed.
No noon recess was taken. The con-
vention drove ahead through two new
| surge., one toward Palmer and the other
toward McAdoo, neither Of which pro
duced any decided results. All three
leaders were going strongly when a dinner
recess gave opportunity for the final set
ting OF lines on which the battle would be
carried TO a finish.
NEW YORK is STUBBORN.
Galleries again were iammcd and dele
gates were keyed up 10 a point where
shouts and cheers greeted chsnges of
single votes. A slight continued gain for
McAdoo on the first night ballot sent his
parti.ans off into roaring, gesticulating
parade about the hall in which Western
and Southern State standards were
prominent, but which no amount of
shouting could induce New York or
Pennsyivania To join. New York had
reached a division Of 30 for McAdoo and
20 for Cox on which it stuck throughout,
while PENNSYLVANIA as steadily had voted
73 Of its 16 delegates for Palmer.
With the 37th ballot, however. Palmer
strength took another drop, amid luhi-
lation Of the McAdoo supporters. Chair
man Robinson fought for order and led
former Representative Carlin OF Virginia,
Palmer's manager, up TO the speaker $
stand The crowd hushed. IL recognized
Carliu and knew that his appearance fore
cast only one thIng-the release of the
Palmer delegates and break in the dead
lock. Men halted where they stood IN the
aisles 10 listen. Corridors poured back
hundreds of loungers 10 the floor to pack
the doorways and jam the entrances TO
the galleries. An electric feeling of ex-
pectancy was in the air.
PALMER WITHDRAWN.
Carlin briefly stated that Attorney
General Palmer was no longer willing 10
DELAY a nomination and authorized the
complete and unconditional release of
his delegates A shout went up only 10 be
quickly stilled, while Chairman Robinson
announced a Commute recess so that
delegations might be poled for new align
ments and the change IN the situation be
considered before another vote was taken
While the recess was on the galleries
sat tense staring down into the great pit
below, where delegates scrambled and
tumbled through the aisles conferring to
appraise the situation before determin-
ing their course McAdoo and Cox work
ers worked up to the maximum effort to
take advantage of the break. The floor
hummed and whirled like the Stock Ex-
change on panicky day. Great clusters
of Cox and McAdoo workers gathered
about the Palmer groups. Struggling for
attention and to enlist on their own
standards the army about to be disbanded.
Back in their seats again under the bang
ing urge of the gavel the delegates await
ed the 39th roll call. The effect Of Palmers
release OF his friends was noticeable at
once.
The announcement OF the whole ballot,
however started another tumult led by
Cox adherents 1t showed he had out
stripped McAdoo in the race for Palmer
delegates and again reached the lead The
Cox forces scented victory right there.
The Cox band trooped into the gallery
and hurled the strains of the Cox battle
song. "Ohio, Ohio" down into the din
below. Some time was required to get
quet enough to start new roll call
The forty-third roll call began in riot
of noise that made the poll audible only as
the surges of sound paused TO let the figures
reach the clerks.
Little by little the drift to the Cox
column continued gaining momentum as
it ran. Get into the wagon" roared a
man in the galleries and the Cox rooters
took it up. Votes for other candidates
than Cox or McAdoo brought yells to
Come out Of it" and Wake up"
In the New York delegation challenge
for a poll sent q dozen men scurrying TO
argue with the challenger. He was the