Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-09
BY WRIGHT a. PATTERSON.
For President:
JAMES M. cox, of Ohio.
For Vice President:
r. D. ROOSEVELT, of New York.

Convention Hall, San Francisco.
July 6.-After eight days Of the most
strenouous political battling any party
has seen IN many years. the Demo
cratic gathering at 2;45 Tuesday
morning Of the second week named
James H. Cox Of Ohio for president,
and on Tuesday afternoon named
Franklin D. Roosevelt for vice presi-
dent
The nomination of Governor Cox
was made ON the fortyfourth ballot,
and after a night Of the most intense
excitement
Beginning Of Break.
When the convention convened on
MondAy morning, after truitless pc
Rod of banoting on Friday night and
late into the night of Saturday II
seemed 10 be in deadlock out Of
which no one OF the three feadhg can
dldates could possibly be picked iis a
winner. This condition continued
throughout the day. and until after
recess taken a. S 80 until 8 80.
No evidence Of my serious break
could be found IN the lines Of any Of
the tifree leading candidates until at
ter the thlrty-eighth ballot, when Com
gresham Carlin announced the with
drnwa OF Attorney General Palmer
and the release Of his instructed dele
gates. On the Next ballots the Penn
sylyania delegation continued TO vote
almost soIidlys for Palmer, but after
that they broke, the majority going TO
McAdoo. ON the forty.tirst ballot the
MeAdoo forces began to break, and be-
fore the forty-fourth ballot was com
pleted 1t was evident that Governor
Cox haa won. and N motion - make
the nomination unanimous was carried
with a shout.
Reat Democratic Convention.
Ii was real convention, and mere
especially a zeal Democratic conven-
tion, that adjourned on Tuesday after.
noon. Ii was convention That was
run by the 1903 delegates and an
equal number of aternates. II was
leaderless. and, in fact II it may be
said TO have had fault at an il was
This lack of leadership TINT for many
weary hours made II seem impossible
for the necessary two.thirds to reach
an agreement on the choice Of cam
didate. During these hours and days
there were a number of men who We're
quite willing TO assume leadership, but
no Gre OF them. or no group Of them,
could find ii sufficient number Of fol
lowers 10 make their leadership eHee.
tive. The delegates insisted thar they
and not any self-appointed group Of
leaders. represented the rank and file
of the Democratic party, and each del
egate insisted ON voting The way he
believed. or profesSed 20 believe bis
people at home wished him To vote
regardless Of any plea for a oompro
mise. and regardless OF Tire useaof ev
cry expedient known TO political
strategy 10 influence him
Opening Was Featurelsss,
The opening Of the great gathering
was rs featareless as al such open
iugs are There was an air of ex
pectancy in the great audience. for tht
majority of whom this was, their frs
experience IN political convention
Of such magnitude The audience has
looked for a fiGht slarting with The tai
OF Vice Chairman Krener's gqyel bu
they ,were rewarded with nothins
meHe exciting lhansthe maSterful key
note address Of li9men Cummings il
which he outlined the issues on which
the Democratic Rarty would asE the
people for support This address wac
devoted. almost exclusively so Do,
League Of Nations aud it's point w0'
demand fer ratification wiihou
nuHfying reservations Tie RW Spe
cial emphasis on the point that h'
president was not opposed % reser
yations SO long as they did not seri