Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-07-09

tons, and what a hearing il was. Mr.
Bryan was given an hour and half
to present his side of the story, ana
he went TO bat with all his old time
vigor.He received the cheers but not
the votes and his dry plank went down
TO defeat with only 155 votes in favor
of IT. and his other pianks were beat
en- without a roll call.
Cochran Plank Fails.
The Cochran wet plank Jared but
little better. The gifted orator from
New York used all OF his great ability
in presenting his side of the question,
but without effect. When the roll was
called the delegations from the large
! cities. and from two or three of the
distinctly wet states. were with him
TO the extent of 1856 votes. nearly 200
less than the needed majority.
The minority report on Ireland pro-
vided for o promise of recognition for
the IRISH republic as refunds sup
porters had not been satisfied with
merely an expression Of sympathy
and The referring Of their demands to
the League Of Nations. The minority
report was presented by Delegate Do
| heny of California. II had the united
support Of the Irish delegates. but
went down to defeat by vote Of 402
to GIG.
While the platform, as adopted. may
be said TO represent a victory for the
administration forces as led by Sena-
tor Glass, it was not adopted without
4 giving all chance TO secure such
/ changes as a majority Of the dele
| gates favored on the liquor question.
| Mr.. Bryan pointed out after the ses-
sion that the combined vote for his
dry plank and the Cochran wet plank
did not represent majority of the
delegates, which was an evidence to
him that the party was determined
TO entirely ignore the subject
One Great Feature.
Much as the great audience bad
appreciated the oratorical displays and
the keen competition that had marked
the efforts TO secure party endorse
ment for opposing ideas. the one great
eeature Of the national show for which
All had waited was the baIloting on
the candidates for the presidential
nomination. and when Chairman Rob
inson Of Arkansas ANNOUNCED the next
order Of business as the roll call of
the states Immediately after the
adoption of the platform, he was
| greeted with a mighty roar.
First Ballot.
On the first ballot on Friday night
/ the result was McAdoo 266, Palmer
/ csc, Cox 1874. Governor Smith 100,
owen ss. Davis AZ. Cummings %, Mar
shah ~. Meredith 27, Hitchcock Is,
| Glass 26, Edwards A. Girard 81, Har-
| rson 6. and a few scattering votes.
BY the time the fourteenth ballot
was taken on Saturday the contest had
narrowed down to the three leaders,
with the exception of the Oklahoma
delegation, which stuck to Senator.
owen to the last: The West Virginia
delegation. which never deserted Am
hassador Davis, and the Virginia dele
4 CATION. which stayed by Senator Glass
4 until Monday afternoon. All of these
| delegations were sticking TO favorite
sons in the hope Of being I'm when the
time OF compromise should come. The
vote Of the leaders on this ballot was:
4 McAdoo 35515, Cox 1872, Palmer 1872
After the sixteenth ballot n recess was
taken in the hopes that some compro-
mise might be effected that would per-
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but It was without result. The lead
ers were willing To pick dark horse,
and tile ATTEMPT was made 10 put over
sAmhassador Davis, bur the delegates
refused to follow the leaders, and con-
tlnued to vote almost to d man as
they had before adjournment, and
they continued TO do SO until midnight
forced an Adjournment 10 Monday.
Withdrawal Of Palmer
In reality Il was the caucuses Of
sunday and Sunday night that in the
e,id resulted in The withdrawal Of Pat
mer and made the final nomination
possible The snnce allotted to this
story IS not sufficient 10 warrant an
attemn, al painting word picture of
Tie Democratic convention Of 1920 1t
vns a convention that viii he remem7
tered ms one Of the most fierceiy
fought political battles one Of the most
picturesque political gatherings in the
pation's history
Spectacular Demonstrations.
The demonstrations for favorite
candidates and for favorite policies
contained all of the oldtme political
fervor Time after time came pa
rades Of state standards Time after
time came fights for the possession ~
state standards. aud In which a mum.
her pf them were destroyed Al the
! close Of MIR Bryan'S address IN sup-
} port Of his dry plank all of The state
standards, with the exception of New
York Mississippi. Illinois, New Jer
! sey Alabama, OHIO and two or three
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