Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-06
cox NOMINATION
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interest and excitement, was becomin
weArisomc.
The first ballot of the evening plodde,
along IN about the usual manner unit
Tennessee was reached, when thes
shifted politicians turned their "a vote
To Davis. Apparently they believed tn
Palmer boom had run its course.
Alaska, ON this ballot, fairly startled th
convention by casting six votes for Jane
Hamilton Lewis of Illinois. he of 'pinl
whiskcrs" fame. Previously Alaska hat
steadily been voting three for Palmer
two for McAdoo and one for Cox.
But otherwise this first trial Of strength
gave no indications of a weakening of the
deadlock.
SITUATION BECOMES TENSE.
MoAdoos supporters went wild for, q
few minutes over his gain of six votes
hut the Cox men also showed over an
equal gain for him. The McAdooites
insisted upon parade demonstration
after the announcement of the result, and
VI noise and fuss were productive of votes II
would have won the nomi nation then and
there But McAdoo gained only hall
vote ON the next ballot.
Then came the announcement of
Palmer's release of his delegates, followed
hy a recess Of twenty minutes. Specula-
tion ran Wild throughout the hall as 10
who would hc come the benehciaries of the
Palmer support AnSiously was the next
ballot awaited as an answer to this specu-
lation hut the answer was more pro-
nounced deadlock than ever, narrowed
almost 10 McAdoo and Cox.
The major part OF the day was given
over 20 try out" for McAdoo. Be
ginning with 36il2 votes on the 23d
ballot. he gained steadily, although
slowly az first. On the twcnty-nuth
ballot Tom Taggart har>'ed him % OF
lndlanas 80 votes, which advanced him to
within ten Of the Cox votes, and on the
next ballot he had passed his Ohio com
pctitor. the count showing McAdoo
la3 -, Cox iOOl2. On swellcd the McAdoo
tide until the sd ballot. when il reached
high water mark at i2l IL held this
total the next ballot and then lost a half
vote. but this was sufficient 20 turn the
tide 10 the ebb and on the 36th ballot.
Just before recess, the McAdoo vote had
dropped To 300.
Meanwhile the Palmer resurrection had
come to pass, and the Pennsylvanian
profited not only by the McAdoo slump,
but also at the expense of Cox The
latter. starting with i25 votes. advanced to
i29 on the second ballot of the dav. and
manipulation. the Palmer total had in
creased from ISL y to 23S; and the Penn
sylvanian had two very enthusiastic
iublations.
Owing to this see-sawing by the leaders.
the second liners failed to profit Marshall
had almost disappeared. and Davis was
subjected TO damaging fluctuations. start
Ing with 50l3 advancing TO 66 on the 33d
ballot and slumping 10 2S on the final roll
call. Owen of Oklahoma opened at "a
and closed at 3S.
The Tennessee delegates. evidently
playing for position and effect, were CON
spicuous for their changes. They had
been with Cox, and when he took the lead
they switched To Davis When the
Palmer boom started thev supported it
promptly, until recess. To be with the
winner at the finish seemed 20 be their
determination.
The bubble element Of the McAdoo
boom collapsed visibly Thursday night
and Il did not require the evidence of the
balloting Friday night and Saturday To
restore 10 our minds firm belief i'm the
correctness of our original estimates
IL Will readily be seen from study of the
twenty-five ballots thus taken, that the
situation as wired To Every Evening last
Sunday night, probable elimination of
lradlng contestants was entirely correct
rs preliminary survey and also stood
as a presentation of the situation as il
confronted the convention Yesterday
morning when the contending forces re-
assembled IN the great auditorium to
renew the contest. OF course. in such
situations any result Is possible but there
were few m this convention city last night
who expected the nomination of McAdoo,
Cox or Palmer. The Cox cohorts con-
tinued their vociferous expressions of
confidence, but they were not then
impressive. The McAdoo leaders plainly
showed the depression that prevailed
among them. They had their day and
were plunging ahead most iovouslv
until the severe and unexpected check OF
the eighth ballot, which showed loss
oi four votes from the total of the seventh
instead Oi the steady gain that had en-
couraged their hopes up TO that time.
THIS check left McAdoo in the position
OF general who could not hold his
forces in the face Of the enemy's resist
ancc, and this usually spells defeat.
HOW cox WENT ALONG.
And as with McAdoo. so with Cox,
starting with a discouraginglv small vote,
the Ohio governor went along steadily
until with the support OF Tammany and
OF other anti-McAdoo forces in Indiana
and Illinois, he forged 10 the front and
became the leading contestant from the
twelfth TO the twenty-first ballot. He
reached the then high mark, 46S12 votes
on the fifteenth ballot, amid the wild
enthusiasm Of followers, but lost fourteen
votes IN the next count; again he rallied,
receiving 46S votes on the 18th ballot
but fell 10 456l2 on the next and closed
weak and wobbling with only 430 votes
on the twenty-frst and final ballot Of the
session
Now, this booming OF Cox was merely
the trying out process of Tammany
and other anti-McAdoo elements, who
were determined that McAdoo should
not be nominated. They gave Cox first
show.
WHAT DELAWARE DID.
Delaware took .ittle hand in the ballot
changes that so strikingly featured Sat
urday's balloting The SIX delegates
opened proceedings with four votes for
NcAdoo-Senator Wolcott and Messrs.
Hazel, Frazer, and Allen, and two for
Narshall-ex-Senator Salisbury and dele
gate Joseph. On the fourth ballot Joseph
and Frazer switched TO Cox, but only
Joseph STAYED with him. On the fifteenth
and sixteenth ballots, Salisbury. Frazer,
Allen and Joseph voted for Cox, but
Senator Wolcott and Ben Hazel stuck
10 McAdoo like burr from first TO last
On the final ballots settled down TO four