Gilpin observer., 1920-07-08
DEMOCRATS
NOMINATE COX
JAMES M. cox, GOVERNOR OF
OHIO, WINS OUT IN DEAD
LOCK AT FRISCO.
ROOSEVELT V|CE-PRES.
PALMER RELEASED DELEGATES
ON BOTH BALLOT AMID
LOUD CHEERS.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Auditorium, San Francisco, July G.
lanes NJ. Cox, governor of Ohio, was
dominated for president of the United
States In the Democratic convention
At l 40 o'clock this morning. The
nomination came at the conclusion of
forty-four ballot struggle in which
ae had steadily beaten down the forces
of William G. McAdOO, former snecre-
.ary Of the treasury and President
Wilson's sOn-in-law.
When the balloting on the forty
'ourth vote had gotten to point
where Cox had 702 votes and was rap
dly approaching the necessary two
thirds of 100, Sam b. Amidon of Kan
,as, manager of the McAdop fdfces
and vice chairman of the Democratic
national convention. took the platform
ind moved that the nomination of
3overnOr Cox be made unanimous. I'M
nediately there was n roar from the
:ired and worn delegates which lasted
nan Robinson could put the question
'n Amidons motion to suspend the
.ules and nominate Cox by acclama-
ion.
At ] :43 o'clock this morning the mo-
Ion was formally voted over with n
'clling chorus of ayes and smashing
If the brass bands.
State standards which had surged
,ack and forth in the desperate bat
les of the deadlock raced to the front
Il the hall and to place before the
platform.
The vote on the forty-third ballot,
which started the Cox landslide, was |:
McAdoo, 412: Cox, SOS: Davis. SIN !;
Palmer, Z; Cummings, 2: Owen, "a !;
Clark, 3; Colby, L; Glass 51a.
Cox's gain was PIN, or 15s short Of
he necessary two-thirds. McAdoo lost
10; Davis gained 8.
The vote on the forty-first ballot
vas: McAdOo. 460; Cox, 497Ia Pal
ner, 12; Davis, 55H; Cummings, 2;
Owen, 80; Glass, "a; Clark, 2: Col
~. l.
The changes of the forty-first ballot
we're: McAdoo lost Z; Cox gained IN !:
Davis lost 20h Palmer was reduced
% 12.
The results on the forty y-second bal
OF show: McAdoo, 427; Cox, 54OA /;
Palmer, 8; Davis. 491s.
Cox forces soon after midnight, jubi-
ant with n new high level In the bal.
oting and predicting further acces-
lions, defeated n motion to adjourn
he convention which had the support
)f the McAdoo forces. The Cox peo-
pie wanted to press their advantages,
he McAdOO people wanted to adjourn.
roll cpii was forced and the con-
yentiOn proceeded to its forty-second
oallot apparently well on its way
'oward the forty-sixth ballot record set
oy the Baltimore convention which
dominated Woodrow Wilson. The vote
unofficial against the adjournment
was 637 to 4O7.
An eleventh-hour release of Attor-
uey General Palmer's delegates left
he Democratic national convention
with fight between McAdoo and Cox
on Its hands and both of them claim
'ng the other could not possibly get
enough out of the Palmer wreck to
attain nomination. Cox's vote of
1854 on the thirty-nnth ballot wns
exactly his previous high wnter mark
rs 1t appeared on the fifteenth ballot.
Attention of Senator Harrison of the
Cox forces wns called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffey of
Pennsylvnnln. who asked what the Cox
forces were going to do about 1t. Har.
'lson said they were going out for
more.
The totals on the thirty.ninth ballot
we're: McAdoo, 40; Cox, 1854 Pal
mer, "a: Dnvis. TN; Cummings, 2;
Owen, 80; Clark. 2; Colby. 1.
The changes on the thirty-ninth bul.